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While troops can be healed back at HQ (or simply sacrificed to make way for newly-spawned battalions), outposts also act as a source of healing. It was a bit messy in the end, but it worked.Īs I slogged through the windswept desert of Libya taking it to the Brits, I was shelling enemy troops positioned on top of buildings - or just shooting at the building themselves to topple them - and taking control of all-too important outposts. While I’m sure there are many other players out there that will be able to fly through the mission with finesse, I simply gathered all the troops and tanks I had and threw them at a single objective. You’ll also be able to tow large pieces of weaponry with vehicles, something that came into play quite often during my preview experience. New features to Company of Heroes 3 include the ability to repair vehicles using frontline infantry, though there are specific resources - those being engineers and a recovery vehicle - that have that as their primary focus. There, the DAK intended to trap allied forces between the towns of Saunna, Ajdabiya and Msus. The North African Operation starts off with Mission Alpha, an engagement set within January 1942’s Operation Theseus in Libya. Players will fill the shoes of the bad guys - the German Afrika Korps (or Deutsches Afrikakorps, or DAK) - throughout. This portion of the campaign is set in early 1942 and will incorporate several real-world World War II battles including Ajdabiya, Tobruk, Gazala and the first battle of El Alamein. That out of the way, CoH 3‘s North African Operation is a single-player, narrative-driven experience that developer Relic Entertainment says has been crafted to cater to those looking for a classic Company of Heroes focused and linear experience. I’m not ashamed to admit I used the feature quite a bit - and that’s because there’s a lot to take in and work through, especially as a newcomer to the long-running franchise.

Hitting the space bar a second time will unpause the game and allow you to watch your actions play out.

Enabled by hitting the space bar, it effectively pauses the game - thereby removing the sense of “real-time” - and lets you plan out a number of moves.

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Though the biggest selling point of this stint of hands-on time was the opportunity to play as the Afrika Korps in North Africa during World War 2, I was more interested in the idea of Company of Heroes 3‘s Full Tactical Pause. The release of Company of Heroes 3 is fast approaching (well, in theory - we’ve got nothing but a 2022 release date), and with it came the opportunity to go hands-on with the latest in the popular RTS franchise.Īctually, and in the same way its release date is just a theory, so too is that notion of “real-time strategy” that suits this noob just fine.

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