Product Description

Company Of Heroes: Opposing Fronts is the next chapter in the critically acclaimed Company Of Heroes series. Players take command of the German Panzer Elite as they struggle against the might of Operation Market Garden, or lead the British 2nd Army in the vicious battle for Caen, France.

The standalone title features two unique armies with full length campaigns, new multiplayer modes, Microsoft DirectX 10 support, mission persistence, improved vehicle and soldier AI, enhanced physics, and a dynamic weather system. Company Of Heroes: Opposing Fronts is fully compatible with Company of Heroes, allowing players to wage war with four unique armies.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2233 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: THQ
• Released on: 2007-09-28
• Platform: Windows XP

Amazon.co.uk Review

Last year’s Company Of Heroes was probably the best new real-time strategy game on the PC for ages but it didn’t quite do as well as it deserved – probably because the whole World War II setting is starting to look a bit overdone nowadays. This standalone expansion provides a second chance to experience not only the best strategy game for ages but also one of the few games to do anything original with the WWII theme. For a start you don’t actually control American troops in the game but either the British 2nd Army or the German Panzer Elite. (You can play though the missions as the U.S. Army and Wehrmacht if you have a copy of the first game to hand though.)

The Allied single player campaign revolves around the Battle for Caen, shortly after D-Day, and features the three primary regiments from the campaign: the Royal Canadian Artillery, the Royal Commandos and the Royal Scottish Engineers. The unique way the 2nd Army’s technology tree works allows access to all manner of new weapons and tactics including creeping barrages, Horsa gliders and three variations of the Churchill tank.

Meanwhile, the Panzer Elite campaign centres around the German opposition to Operation Market Garden. Here you can control the 2nd SS Panzer Corps and Luftwaffe paratroops. Ironically while the British are focused on defence the Germans specialise in speed and mobility with many varieties of tanks of and halftracks. With the same stunning graphics as before it invigorates both the real-time strategy game and the WWII game all at once.

Customer Reviews

Still the best...
Really can't believe the fuss people are making over the installation. OK it takes about 15 minutes to install, but anyone who remembers how long it took to load Spectrum games which then didn't even work wont get to excited by this, how fussy have gamers become when this is seen as a really big deal!

First time you run it requires a patch which is 170mb, not massive and isn't it better that the developers are keen to improve the game rather than release it and then wash their hands of it.

Game wise its classic CoH, still the best RTS there is with top notch graphics and rather amusing dialogue. The two new armies are a great addition to the franchise though I found the German campaign less engaging than the British.

If you liked CoH then you'll like this, simple as. If you've not given an RTS ago before then start here. Don't listen to those moaning about installation, it's a simple process that is over in 15 minutes.

As an aside if you do purchase this then you don't need to download the massive 1.8gb v2.101 patch for CoH.

Entertaining follow up
I only play on single player so my comments relate to that aspect only.
It took a while to suss that I had to load and play the game off-line to avoid problems with Relic registration but once sorted I had no problems at all.
So, a good follow up to the first COH game and two different aspects - first you play the very offensive Germans and then the defensive Brits. I enjoyed it and found it very entertaining especiallly as you had to adapt your style depending on which army you had to play.
Graphics are nice and this is the right side of difficult so it is not too frustating and you do get swept up into the game - there were a few late nights where I had to do 'just one more thing'.
Looking forward to the next one already....

Brilliant!
absolutly Brilliant. The Campaigns, though short, are gripping and tragic at parts, and some humourous parts as well! The two new armies are more specialised in different roles (defense for the British, Offense for the panzer Eilite), and the new vehicles and units much better. It looks like there is a game better than the origonal Company of Heroes, and this is it!
All that nonsense about installation is, well, nonsense! I experienced no problems.
Well done relic!