Product Description

Delivering a visceral WWII gaming experience, Company of Heroes redefines the RTS genre bringing the sacrifice of heroic soldiers, war-ravaged environments, and dynamic battlefields to life. Beginning with the D-Day Invasion of Normandy, players lead squads of Allied soldiers into battle against the German War Machine through some of the most pivotal battles of WWII. Through a rich single player campaign, players experience the cinematic intensity, courage and bravery of ordinary soldiers thrust into extraordinary events.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10575 in Video Games
• Brand: THQ
• Model: 49330
• Released on: 2007-10-11
• ESRB Rating: Mature
• Platforms: Windows XP, Windows XP Home Edition
• Format: DVD-ROM
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00" h x 5.75" w x 7.75" l, .60 pounds

Features

• Includes 2 new Skirmish Maps - Seine River Docks and Beaux Lowlands
• Squad AI where units act and react believably and intelligently with unprecedented realism
• Unparalleled animations and graphics that raise the bar for real-time strategy
• Interactive & fully destructible battlefields utilizing the Havoc engine and rag-doll physics
• Combining fast-paced and intense RTS gameplay with stunning visuals and an immersive storyline

Customer Reviews

Best RTS on the PC Ever!
Unless you are a serious noob the game is simple to get up and running with great frame rates. Although having a great GPU helps, the performance is really found through having a fast Core 2 Duo with high clock speeds. I have my E6850 set to 3.6GHz and there is a serious performance increase!

As far as the game goes...well this is my absolute favorite RTS ever! It is awesome! The user interface is very good for commanding units. Being able to zoom in on the action is great. And talk about great voice acting... it actually made me care about all of my units. All of the soldiers have great things to say on the battlefield. Also the weapons and pure chaos send the experience right through the roof for me. Explosions everywhere. I highly recommend this game to all PC Gamers!

$20 is an absolute steal for such a great game! Plus Relic keeps pouring so much love into the game with all the new content and really patches.

Help with Installation Issues
Company of Heroes Game of the Year is a great game. However, I didn't realize that the first game would be trying to get it to recognize the DVD. After installation I kept getting a disk validation error. If I happened to be online when I started the game, it would try to log on and update and said I needed a 115MB patch. This is not the correct patch! I contacted THQ and got back an Email about turning off anti-virus software and any virtual drives. My anti-virus was off and I don't use virtual drives, so that didn't help, however they were nice and trying to be helpful. Finally, after endless searching and investigating, I found out how to solve the issue on my own. If you happen to end up with the same issue, I think I can save you a lot of grief with the following:
Locate and install the patch en_2101_2102_patch.exe manually (This must be done first. If you just try to install the second patch it will give you an unrecognized version error and exit.)
Locate and install the second patch EN_2102_2103_patch.exe manually.
After this I was finally able to get the game to recognize the disk and run. After that it was smooth sailing. Good luck.

Would be nice if I could install it
Yes, I read the reviws and I was stupid enough to buy this version of the game and the serial number with the game was invalid. I returned the game foe a different one and the same thing, invalid key entered. There's the number on the back of the book and on this swank piece of paper that same with it. It would have been nice to try the game out, but since I can't install it all I have is this fancy box.