Company of Heroes 2: Ardennes Assault

 PC
  • Publisher: Sega
  • Release Date: Nov 17, 2014
User Score
6.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 86 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 45 out of 86
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 86
  3. Negative: 25 out of 86

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  1. RoboGeoff
    Nov 25, 2015
    0
    Unbelievable. I just got the Ardennes Assault DLC to COH2 for sale today, and right after the tutorial, I'm faced with the options of selecting 3 of 4 commanders to START the campaign. The 4th commander is a $5 DLC purchase. Are you kidding me Sega? DLC within DLC!?!

    Don't buy this $44 DLC unless it's on a massive sale.
  2. milomark
    Jun 10, 2015
    0
    At first the game was brilliant (i'm talking about the beta), but then after playing the game where the Soviets were portrayed as the evil ones in the war and the poor Germans against them really made me hate the game. Goebbels would be proud...
    I was still willing to give the multiplayer a chance, but that failed me too due to the lack of balance and constant buffing some type of German    At first the game was brilliant (i'm talking about the beta), but then after playing the game where the Soviets were portrayed as the evil ones in the war and the poor Germans against them really made me hate the game. Goebbels would be proud...
    I was still willing to give the multiplayer a chance, but that failed me too due to the lack of balance and constant buffing some type of German soldiers or vehicles. But that's not it. The DLCs that are game changing are really unbalanced. They are overpriced and overpowered.
    This game is a complete disappointment for me and many other Company of Heroes fans. Don't buy this unless its on 80% off or you know history well.    … Expand
  3. Xjac
    Apr 15, 2016
    3
    always lack of resources! always lack of resources! always lack of resources!always lack of resources!always lack of resources!always lack of resources!always lack of resources!always lack of resources!always lack of resources!
  4. dogne
    Jul 3, 2015
    1
    Suck balance.
    Too hard.
    Suck contents.
    Complex and rough game.
    There's no hope play like CoH1?
    I want to enjoy game.
    easy control,hard war.
    But this game give me pain.
    Training game?
    Why THQ ignore player from coh.
    Like DLC selling,Only gold dead.
  5. Kosake
    Jan 21, 2015
    0
    This expansion is another slap to the face for all fans of the franchise. Sega/Relic continue on their road to completely ruin the series with their descisions. AA being the latest failure, it offers nothing but the same bog-stupid unless predictably scripted AI, no multiplayer content and a sorry excuse for a campaign. Pricing this at 40€ is outright confusing, since you'd inspect forThis expansion is another slap to the face for all fans of the franchise. Sega/Relic continue on their road to completely ruin the series with their descisions. AA being the latest failure, it offers nothing but the same bog-stupid unless predictably scripted AI, no multiplayer content and a sorry excuse for a campaign. Pricing this at 40€ is outright confusing, since you'd inspect for actual new content to be created to justify that price, which is absolutely not the case.… Expand
  6. Zeev
    Feb 13, 2015
    1
    CoH1 - brave american soldiers.
    CoH1 Expansions - brave nazi soldiers
    CoH2 - Evil filthy dirty Russians.
    CoH2 Expansion - brave american soldiers all over again.
  7. cmstorm
    Jan 18, 2015
    0
    This game should not exist, it is very bad, I do not know what kind of people play this game, when I think I know one .... The graphics are bad, the sound deafening, the gameplay sucks
  8. ashrchristie
    Jan 9, 2015
    0
    After playing the first Company of Heroes and really enjoying it I purchased the second version expecting big things.

    The first game seemed to nail the allowable zoom so that it could be played like a strategy but the second is only focused on zooming in as far as possible so you can relieve yourself to the level of detail the designers went to looking at the sky and trees and the snow    After playing the first Company of Heroes and really enjoying it I purchased the second version expecting big things.

    The first game seemed to nail the allowable zoom so that it could be played like a strategy but the second is only focused on zooming in as far as possible so you can relieve yourself to the level of detail the designers went to looking at the sky and trees and the snow falling. This makes your units more like a series of linked first person shooters stitched together in the map operating independently of each other to create an unplayable Frankenstein monster of a strategy game.

    The structures seemed to look better in the first i.e. the HQ for one and the units deploy from the place where you expect as opposed to wandering on from any number of positions on the map only delaying deployment further.

    Adding more playable countries sounded great but it actually made the game more confusing as allot of the options in the first were removed such as the snipers, tank traps and machine gun emplacements which were key in holding territories. This just made me more frustrated as the zoom was so far in its impossible to move your troops in a meaningful way to use them as a replacement to the original defences.

    The new game map is tacky and overly colourful and the transition button is non existent in some campaign's.

    I would have been more happy to have just purchase a multi-player map update for the first than to have paid money for this piece of crap which seems to have in every way possible made a beta version which pales by comparison to the first and yet I still desperately want to find a reason to like it but unfortunately I find playability to be of paramount importance and level of detail should come second in strategy games.    … Expand

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#54 Best PC Game of 2014

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Metascore
81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 38 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 38
  3. Negative: 0 out of 38
  1. Hyper Magazine
    Feb 9, 2015
    80
    Great strategic action, made better by the addition of an open campaign. Some tutorials would have been nice. [Issue#257, p.71]
  2. CD-Action
    Feb 7, 2015
    90
    I really doubted the single player campaign in CoH2 could surprise me in any way, but the introduction of the strategic map made Ardennes Assault worthy of even being sold as a separate game. I’m impressed. [01/2015, p.56]
  3. Games Master UK
    Jan 31, 2015
    88
    This new addition costs as much as the core game and lacks multiplayer, but if you're happy stomping AI then the long, rewarding campaign will see you right. [Feb 2015, p.79]
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