For the last 2 weekends, I had spent most of my time playing “Company of Heroes“. Well, I usually spend my weekends trying to work on a couple of mini-projects on Java or testing out some open-source APIs out there but since I got my hands on this game, I decided to take a break for a while with programming. 
Here’s my view of the game. First of all, the game’s graphics is supposed to be superb based on most reviews. Sad to say, my graphics card which is a puny Nvidia FX5500, is just not powerful enough to take advantage of the game’s graphics in its full glory. But playing it even on the lowest settings is good enough for a non-hardcore gamer like me. I suppose playing it with an Nvidia GeForce 7900 would really be that enjoyable, but I don’t really want to spend that much just to be able to play a game. I’m a non-hardcore gamer, remember? 
Then the plot or the game play is also cool. It is the usual World War II scenario between USA and Germany, which is more or less like Call of Duty turned into a strategy game. It actually reminds me of Command and Conquer but with a lot of improvements, of course. I think the most unique feature of this game, is that you can zoom into your units or the battlefield up to the point that you can see that of the details that first person shooting game offers. It’s really cool to actually see the details of crossfires between your soldiers and the German enemies, or your engineers planting bombs, or your tanks trying to take out enemy soldiers or buildings.
Another thing is that it excites me to slowly take over territories, but also pisses me off each time I see the enemy trying to take the territory back. I guess, that’s the main issue there, to be able to gain a balance between taking over territories and protecting it. It’s quite a challenge especially if there’s a limit on the number of soldiers, and armored vehicles you can create. Then again, it’s a strategy game so there’s no need to elaborate on that.
I hope I can finish up the game soon, as I am starting to miss those weekend programming already. For now, I just can’t take my mind off this game so I better finish it off.
[tags]Company of Heroes, PC Games, Nvidia Video Cards, Call of Duty, Command and Conquer, Strategy Games[/tags]
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