Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts Released

Hey guys, despite the extremely stressful week we just had, and the even more excruciating weeks to follow, I'd like to give you guys some good news for once. The official standalone expansion pack for Company of Heroes, the 2006 PC Game of the Year, has been released and is now available at Datablitz. It's now currently priced at Php 1750 for the regular version of the game.

Company of Heroes introduces two new playable factions, the British 2nd Army and the German Panzer Elite, both of which, according to reviews, are much more difficult to use than the original two and were made for advanced or experienced CoH players. The British Army is a turtle player's dream team, but don't let this statement trick you into perceiving them as merely "build lots of defenses and wait for the enemy to charge." In reality, the British employ a slow take and hold strategy. In contrast, the Panzer Elite are an extremely mobile force, requiring the player to use good micromanagement to zip them around the battlefield in order capture points and stage hit and run attacks. In addition, the entire Opposing Fronts campaign has seventeen mission, from the perspectives of both armies. For more info, check the main Opposing Fronts site.

Main Site: http://www.companyofheroesgame.com/main.php

If you're still undecided as to whether to buy Opposing Fronts, here are two reviews to help get your mind straight. IGN gave Opposing Fronts an 8.8, stating that while it wasn't as innovative and mind-blowing as the original, it was still an amazing RTS overall. On the otherhand, Gamespot has not been as kind to it, scrutinizing its insane difficulty and labeling it as a fairly straightfoward and satisfying follow-up, thus giving it a score of 8.0. Although, for you information, Gamespot has never been too kind to CoH, giving the original an 8.8 just because it only had 2 factions. Eventually, due to the complaints of the public, they raised the score of the original to a 9.0. I'll leave you to decide whether it's worth it or not, just remember that it is a standalone expansion, and thus you don't need the original CoH to play it. Here are the links to the review sites:

1. Gamespot: http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/companyofheroesopposingfronts/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=tabs&tag=tabs;reviews
2. IGN: http://pc.ign.com/articles/823/823880p1.html

Hopefully this announcement has...somewhat...cheered up your day. If not, then hey, we still have Hellgate: London coming out on Halloween. =)