Company of Heroes 3

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4.6

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 87 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 8 out of 87
  3. Negative: 51 out of 87

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  1. God_of_Games
    Feb 24, 2023
    0
    Update: Dropping my rating from 5 to 0. Relic took the opportunity to fix the game and instead they essentially just added a store where a simple skin costs $20. This is the nail in the coffin for me. As for Relic I'm sure their studio will go bankrupt anyday now The campaign map is just annoying. Full of bugs, not fun and nothing more than a blocker to the real game. CharactersUpdate: Dropping my rating from 5 to 0. Relic took the opportunity to fix the game and instead they essentially just added a store where a simple skin costs $20. This is the nail in the coffin for me. As for Relic I'm sure their studio will go bankrupt anyday now The campaign map is just annoying. Full of bugs, not fun and nothing more than a blocker to the real game. Characters look like toy solders. Tanks look like toys as well.. All and all the graphics are 4, game play a 6 and epic destruction environment an 8. All and all its a game that is buggy and could use another year of polish and balancing. Another lack luster game from Relic.… Expand
  2. magashimi
    Mar 19, 2023
    3
    I'd score it higher if the game was cheaper. For an extremely greedy fee, you get a bare bones, bland, and often broken RTS game that feels like it was developed by a fledgeling company that's just starting to break ground in the RTS world. They took almost nothing from COH1 and 2 in terms o learnings or quality of life. They overpromised, probably bribed critics, and ultimately failedI'd score it higher if the game was cheaper. For an extremely greedy fee, you get a bare bones, bland, and often broken RTS game that feels like it was developed by a fledgeling company that's just starting to break ground in the RTS world. They took almost nothing from COH1 and 2 in terms o learnings or quality of life. They overpromised, probably bribed critics, and ultimately failed to deliver anything even remotely close to what their fans expected.

    Play COH2 instead, and write this off as a mobile game. Relic has become the new Bethesda.    … Expand
  3. DolEggert
    Mar 1, 2023
    0
    Extremely disappointing sequel after 10 years of waiting. Graphics are units are good, but that's the best thing i can say. The skirmish feels like CoH2, and especially all the promises of a 'Total War' style campaign has been completely misguiding fans. The campaign is static and linear and feels like a tutorial. It makes no sense and is a dull experience to say the leasrt. This gameExtremely disappointing sequel after 10 years of waiting. Graphics are units are good, but that's the best thing i can say. The skirmish feels like CoH2, and especially all the promises of a 'Total War' style campaign has been completely misguiding fans. The campaign is static and linear and feels like a tutorial. It makes no sense and is a dull experience to say the leasrt. This game needs another 10 years of development to become an actual sequel… Expand
  4. Gark
    Feb 28, 2023
    0
    I've been really looking forward to this game!! It's hard to censor my disappointment. She is in everything, in everything worse than the second part! Disgusting color scheme, buggy units, lack of balance, there is no harmony of cards...vertical gameplay when you can't lift the camera above the tree - are you serious!? The sounds are worse than the original ones from the previous part.I've been really looking forward to this game!! It's hard to censor my disappointment. She is in everything, in everything worse than the second part! Disgusting color scheme, buggy units, lack of balance, there is no harmony of cards...vertical gameplay when you can't lift the camera above the tree - are you serious!? The sounds are worse than the original ones from the previous part. Their emphasis on a "dynamic" campaign turned out to be a complete failure - this is the most tedious single-player campaign in my life!! (endless dialogues, stupid AI) it is stretched to the point of absurdity. Of course, there is confidence that in a year or two the game will be a worthy continuation of the legendary series...I don't recommend it at the moment.… Expand
  5. Vasilefs
    Mar 6, 2023
    0
    Company of Heroes 3 is a game that fails to live up to its predecessors in every possible way. The developers seem to have abandoned any semblance of quality control in favor of rushing the game to market as quickly as possible, resulting in a mess of a product that is both frustrating and unfulfilling to play.

    The graphics, while technically impressive, suffer from a lack of polish and    Company of Heroes 3 is a game that fails to live up to its predecessors in every possible way. The developers seem to have abandoned any semblance of quality control in favor of rushing the game to market as quickly as possible, resulting in a mess of a product that is both frustrating and unfulfilling to play.

    The graphics, while technically impressive, suffer from a lack of polish and artistry that makes them feel flat and lifeless. The character models are poorly animated and devoid of personality. The environments are equally uninspired, lacking the attention to detail and visual interest that made the previous Company of Heroes games so immersive.

    The gameplay is similarly lackluster, plagued by glitches and bugs that make it feel like a half-baked prototype rather than a fully-realized game. The controls are unresponsive and clunky, leading to frustrating moments of misclicks and mistakes. The AI is similarly poor, making questionable decisions and failing to offer meaningful challenges.

    The sound design is equally disappointing, with repetitive sound effects and a forgettable score that fails to add an authentic atmosphere or emotion to the game. The voice acting is similarly weak, with flat performances that make the dialogue feel stilted and awkward.

    Overall, Company of Heroes 3 is a game that fails to deliver on every front. It's a lackluster effort that feels rushed and unfinished, and it's difficult to recommend it to anyone. If you're a fan of the series, you may find some enjoyment in the game, but for everyone else, it's best to steer clear and find a more fulfilling gaming experience elsewhere.    … Expand
  6. sdt777
    Mar 17, 2023
    2
    so many years waiting to... have wrost experience ever.. looks like a mobile game but we get less thing from the last game a terrible unbalance experience in MP and a awful SP its terrible easy bots a dumb. coh 2 is WAY better do not waste ur money
  7. Sebbzor
    Mar 22, 2023
    4
    As a longtime CoH fan I'm very disappointed by CoH3. The single player campaigns are so buggy and unfinished its barely functional, and definitely not worth the asking price. The much touted Italian campaign sounded great in theory but is abysmally implemented, like a bad Total War parody. Even where the game does impress its essentially CoH 2 with slightly improved graphics. There areAs a longtime CoH fan I'm very disappointed by CoH3. The single player campaigns are so buggy and unfinished its barely functional, and definitely not worth the asking price. The much touted Italian campaign sounded great in theory but is abysmally implemented, like a bad Total War parody. Even where the game does impress its essentially CoH 2 with slightly improved graphics. There are shockingly few new ideas on display given that its been a decade since the last game. I would highly recommend waiting for a sale to pick this up, at which time hopefully most bugs will have been fixed.… Expand
  8. sizzlor
    Mar 19, 2023
    3
    Game is buggy, and controls are terrible. This game is not very functional.
  9. Lupercal_XVI
    Jun 13, 2023
    0
    The end of CoH...Lelic destroys another franchise.

    This is an early access console/mobile game marketed as a AAA release. Everything from the camera to UI is horrid and designed for console/mobile gaming, dumbed down factions and mechanics worthless art style and bright colors. No grit of the second world war to be found. The campaigns are quite simply horrid. The DAK campaign is not    The end of CoH...Lelic destroys another franchise.

    This is an early access console/mobile game marketed as a AAA release. Everything from the camera to UI is horrid and designed for console/mobile gaming, dumbed down factions and mechanics worthless art style and bright colors. No grit of the second world war to be found.
    The campaigns are quite simply horrid. The DAK campaign is not even narrated by Germans and the Italy campaign is a bloated mess, they attempted a pseudo total war map here and it simply doesn't work, its boring and will bog you down wasting turns doing insignificant things like clicking on one of the many hundreds of enemy assets scattered across the map to "destroy" them, your turn is over after each one! It also throws mundane skirmish missions at you over and over to pad the time. Simply put its an unfun slog.

    Multiplayer is a complete mess, you cant even zoom out enough to see what going on properly and they will buff and nerf factions on a weekly basis making them unplayable for a time instead of fixing the games many, MANY issues. There are only a handful of maps these get repetitive very fast and its quite insane how this game shipped with so few MP maps...also the unit rosters are lacking as are the "commanders" which is the main theme of the game, lack.

    If you need to play CoH boot up coh1 or coh2, DO NOT BUY THIS CLUSTER OF A GAME AND REWARD THE INCOMPOTENT DEVS FOR DESTROYING A ONCE GREAT SERIES!    … Expand
  10. dmastri
    May 14, 2023
    1
    The Relic we all knew and love is gone. The new crew has completely lost the plot. Cartoon graphics. Horrible balance. Awful sound design. Lack of maps. Single player is a joke. No replays. No ladder. No observation mode.

    This should have been an early access title. And the worst part is how tone deaf the dev team is. It's one thing if you can own up to your mistakes, but    The Relic we all knew and love is gone. The new crew has completely lost the plot. Cartoon graphics. Horrible balance. Awful sound design. Lack of maps. Single player is a joke. No replays. No ladder. No observation mode.

    This should have been an early access title.

    And the worst part is how tone deaf the dev team is. It's one thing if you can own up to your mistakes, but instead they pretend things are great.

    Awful game, awful company, RIP COH    … Expand
  11. AddictivKaos
    Mar 4, 2023
    4
    The Italian single-player campaign is still as buggy as the pre-alpha. Especially around key missions like Monte Cassino. Game crashes post-mission while attempting to automatically save and you have to replay the entire mission again. If you try to manually save towards the end of the mission it can also crash. Saving bugs are just one key failure of this game. Think it has crashed 10The Italian single-player campaign is still as buggy as the pre-alpha. Especially around key missions like Monte Cassino. Game crashes post-mission while attempting to automatically save and you have to replay the entire mission again. If you try to manually save towards the end of the mission it can also crash. Saving bugs are just one key failure of this game. Think it has crashed 10 times in the last two days. Three-four times just trying to get it to save post Monte-Cassino to progress the game.

    The skirmish filler missions are too repetitive, it becomes dull.

    The campaign map's missions often lack clarity.

    The Partisan support to capture doesn't ever seem like it works. In mission statuses don't update or

    During missions units get stuck and can't move. Unit's actions don't work. There isn't enough feedback to the user that a unit or off-map support action has just been activated - it still looks like it can be clicked.
    The graphics look the same as the previous games (like 10years ago)

    If you get loyalty for one of the generals they give you automatic naval units which clog up unit supply on the campaign map until you discover the salvage action. Until that discover it makes it difficult to complete limited-turn/timed campaign missions.

    The Germans don't seem to use bombers in Italian campaign mode so there's no point building anti-air encampments or fighters for that matter. Actually there doesn't seem to be much point building any of the encampments.

    Most of the missions are finishing before getting to use the top-tier units or the unit cap for the map is already full. I'm able to keep just about all my early units for the entire game (retreating and reinforcing the unit). So the unit caps seem too low. Playing on standard difficulty - perhaps it is too easy.    … Expand
  12. Jonathan_harker
    May 26, 2023
    0
    This game is awful. DO NOT BUY IT. I've been a fan since the original. This game is in an Alpha testing state. Its should have been released as a "early access". If it gets better it will take a year or so but thats a huge IF
  13. DEEoftheDEAD
    Mar 2, 2023
    3
    To wait 10 years for a follow up to be this bad is astounding, "new features" no one asked for, "dynamic campaign map" that isn't dynamic, broken core features, bugged gameplay, barely functioning multiplayer with few maps, bugged and broken campaign, poor sound & graphics, abysmal UI, awful art direction and "ham fisted" game narrative - all while Relic wants you to pay $60/£50 for it!!!To wait 10 years for a follow up to be this bad is astounding, "new features" no one asked for, "dynamic campaign map" that isn't dynamic, broken core features, bugged gameplay, barely functioning multiplayer with few maps, bugged and broken campaign, poor sound & graphics, abysmal UI, awful art direction and "ham fisted" game narrative - all while Relic wants you to pay $60/£50 for it!!!

    In terms of core features, the sound is absolutely broken and the voice acting much worse than previous games, the User Interface is almost unusable, the graphics are awful and show zero progression from the second game from 2013. Even the supposed good reviews are littered with references to an unfinished game or poor graphics.

    Relic really do seem to be deaf to the voices of the game's community - all of these issues had been pointed out in Pre Alpha testing and none of it had been fixed. Relic could have simply added new content for the existing CoH2 game - new units, armies, theatres, quality of life enhancements - and it would have been much better than this half baked attempt at a new game. There are mods out there, developed by the community for free, that are better than CoH3!!! Think about that - a group of paid professionals could not out perform some fan boys doing a bit of game dev in their spare time, for free.

    Fundamentally i'd say there are 2 things wrong with Relic: one, the original team is long gone and no one who works there has a clue how to put this thing together, and two they are not passionate about RTS games - they simply don't understand what makes these games enjoyable and there focus is on bells & whistles the community doesn't care for while neglecting core elements of the game!

    The community and the game's IP would be better served under the direction of someone who "gets it" - file Company of Heroes 3 under failed RTS games- beside C&C: Red Alert 3!    … Expand
  14. CordialComet
    Apr 8, 2023
    2
    buggy, unbalanced, little content, in game shop, little maps, little strategy, small amount of units, Its a down grade and has less content then the last games even though they have copied and pasted assets but not the good ones.
  15. Unicron35
    Jun 20, 2023
    0
    A step back from COH2. Unbalanced mp matches. Blobs have no counters and are out of control. Unit caps are needed badly. Okay sound effects but can be improved. Awful UI.

    Customization options are horrible. Lack of maps and military doctrines. COH3 seems on course to go down in flames like DOW3. The devs seem like they could care less.
  16. stuckov
    May 29, 2023
    1
    No love, nothing New, no pve content. Bad game Compared with company of heroes 2.
  17. nemoxro
    May 28, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. a very bad game. COH 1&2 great. .... .... ... ..... .... .... ..... ....... ....… Expand
  18. B3ns3n
    Jun 10, 2023
    3
    This was written via translator:

    The balance between the teams is very bad and unfortunately there is only an English dubbing for the German army. The graphic is too comic detention. and there are far too few maps and customization options!
  19. zaku49
    Feb 27, 2023
    0
    A STEP BEHIND on a DECADE old COH2. DO NOT BUY. Looks EARLY ACCESS.

    1. Decade old graphics and ugly art style(running on RTX 4080 maxed out 2k) 2. Very buggy all over from graphics to game play. Arcade feel. 3. Absolutely horrific UI, and it takes most of the screen AND its not SCALABLE as it was in the previous COH2. I looks like something from a mobile game. Something unfinished.    A STEP BEHIND on a DECADE old COH2. DO NOT BUY. Looks EARLY ACCESS.

    1. Decade old graphics and ugly art style(running on RTX 4080 maxed out 2k)
    2. Very buggy all over from graphics to game play. Arcade feel.
    3. Absolutely horrific UI, and it takes most of the screen AND its not SCALABLE as it was in the previous COH2. I looks like something from a mobile game. Something unfinished.
    4. Sound is mediocre at best.

    This game either released 6 months too soon or they are just this ridiculously incompetent.
    It has some potential but only after a huge amount of fixes and a UI rework. Save yourself the disappointment and dont buy it yet, especially if you liked 1 and 2.    … Expand
  20. notwist
    Feb 26, 2023
    0
    This game is an insult to every fan of the Company of Heroes franchise. It was completely expected, but Sega should be ashamed.
  21. MxCarnage
    Feb 24, 2023
    4
    As much as I enjoy the actual gameplay (RTS battles), the overall package is clearly lacking and unfinished. Placeholder menuscreens, missing sounds, non existence of AI on strategy map etc. I really like the ideas of the strategy map, the unit upskilling, factions etc but in it’s current state it just doesnt work together properly. I trust this will be resolved with patches but the gameAs much as I enjoy the actual gameplay (RTS battles), the overall package is clearly lacking and unfinished. Placeholder menuscreens, missing sounds, non existence of AI on strategy map etc. I really like the ideas of the strategy map, the unit upskilling, factions etc but in it’s current state it just doesnt work together properly. I trust this will be resolved with patches but the game just shouldn’t have been released in this state.… Expand
  22. voxpopul
    Feb 25, 2023
    4
    This game is an utter dissapointment, I have seen early access titles look better. To release in such a state, a shameless actions from Relic, especially for the asked price. Full of bugs, UI looks like an alpha placeholder, graphics are....just wrong, so many problems, sound is bad.
    And worst of all, instead of at least a roadmap and promises of fixes, Relic provides excuses, "sound is    This game is an utter dissapointment, I have seen early access titles look better. To release in such a state, a shameless actions from Relic, especially for the asked price. Full of bugs, UI looks like an alpha placeholder, graphics are....just wrong, so many problems, sound is bad.
    And worst of all, instead of at least a roadmap and promises of fixes, Relic provides excuses, "sound is realistic" "you need 16 gb vram for better textures". Shameless.    … Expand
  23. Vasot
    Mar 2, 2023
    3
    Another Denuvo DRM infested game extremely subpar from what was advertised. The overall production quality is very mediocre. The art is bland and cartoon-ish. The sound is weak and un-immersive. The game is zoomed in so much and you can't zoom out (despite hundreds of community members requesting it). The lobby is a joke (you can't even host a comp stomp and label it as such, and no chatAnother Denuvo DRM infested game extremely subpar from what was advertised. The overall production quality is very mediocre. The art is bland and cartoon-ish. The sound is weak and un-immersive. The game is zoomed in so much and you can't zoom out (despite hundreds of community members requesting it). The lobby is a joke (you can't even host a comp stomp and label it as such, and no chat in lobbies). AI pathing is broken. Balance is pre-alpha. Unit abilities do not compliment each other or feel well thought out.… Expand
  24. Isegal
    Feb 25, 2023
    1
    Endlich kommt ein neues coh dacht ich mir....

    Grafik schlecht. Habe ehrlich mehr erwartet. Sind wir noch in 2007?
    Karten geschrumpft?? Man hat das gefühl, die karten sind kleiner geworden. Die kamera könnte man nach meinem geschmack noch weiter rauszoomen lassen, aber ok geschmackssache. Die sprache der deutschen geht garnicht. Son hässliches denglisch was die sprechen... unverständlich.
  25. rniebla1
    Feb 24, 2023
    2
    Esto es simplemente un engaño después de la calidad ofrecida en company of heroes 1 y 2, ya para rematar, el desprecio mostrado a la comunidad hispano hablante al no incluir voces en español que para mi era la esencia de los primeros.

    En definitiva no recomendado por el descuido mostrado en gráficos y sonido, por no hablar que en comparación con el coh 2 queda en ridículo pese a haber    Esto es simplemente un engaño después de la calidad ofrecida en company of heroes 1 y 2, ya para rematar, el desprecio mostrado a la comunidad hispano hablante al no incluir voces en español que para mi era la esencia de los primeros.

    En definitiva no recomendado por el descuido mostrado en gráficos y sonido, por no hablar que en comparación con el coh 2 queda en ridículo pese a haber casi 10 años entre ambos.    … Expand
  26. tuxus80
    Feb 26, 2023
    0
    Game is absolutly unfinished and nothing happend after public Tech Test.. Voiceover (special German for Germans) missed for the first time...
  27. chasemm18
    Feb 24, 2023
    4
    After playing the alpha and the final preview version I am shocked that barely anything changed…this game should not have been released in this state. There are some issues that are beyond a simple patch or update, they would need to rework to entire engine. As for the gameplay, it just feels Arcady and lacks the weight of the attacks in the previous two installments. There are a lot ofAfter playing the alpha and the final preview version I am shocked that barely anything changed…this game should not have been released in this state. There are some issues that are beyond a simple patch or update, they would need to rework to entire engine. As for the gameplay, it just feels Arcady and lacks the weight of the attacks in the previous two installments. There are a lot of strange UI and design choices and I can’t help but feel like Relic took the wrong lessons away from the last two games. This release version feels like it needed another year. I’m sure it will get updated and modded but this might be relics last go, and honestly I think it might be a good thing, charging people 60$ for a product that is a lesser version of your previous two games is a bold move.… Expand
  28. SammyHauguth
    Feb 26, 2023
    1
    I cant save while playing campaign. I played until after the prologue and now I cant save... How broken is this crap?!
  29. jml93
    Feb 25, 2023
    2
    This game is an awful downgrade in comparision to CoH 1 & 2. Bad graphics (even coh1 units are looking better when you zoom in on max settings - and there is an almost 20 year gap between those games) bad sounds, lacking atmosphere, unrealistic scenarios (Tigers and Churchills in early war phase of north african theatre) Less camera freedom in regards to angle and zoom and also critizisedThis game is an awful downgrade in comparision to CoH 1 & 2. Bad graphics (even coh1 units are looking better when you zoom in on max settings - and there is an almost 20 year gap between those games) bad sounds, lacking atmosphere, unrealistic scenarios (Tigers and Churchills in early war phase of north african theatre) Less camera freedom in regards to angle and zoom and also critizised basic alignment of such; missing audio translation (germans only speak english)

    Historical inaccuracies not only in the campaign, yet they decided to use real names like Rommel while others are apparently fiction. The story of the campaign, tho I have not completed yet, deals with sensitive historical subjects just like Call of Duty WW2 did before. Yet it is confusing why the italians do not have an own faction in the game and seem to be left as a side note.

    I also do not understand why this game gets such high ratings here (better than coh2) while the (user) ratings on Steam are noticeably worse.    … Expand
  30. ToxicTroll
    Feb 28, 2023
    0
    One of the worst RTS games in long time. It looks, plays and sounds as if it is a game from the year 2005.
  31. DerMeisenJager
    Feb 26, 2023
    2
    Game is simple mess. Dynamic map campaign crash every now and then. Game is an absolute downgrade from older titles. Nothing new in term of gameplay, no new units or so. Always the same boring "big three" (UK, US, and a soon to expect USSR is rumored). The italians don't even have their OWN factions.
    I wouldnt even tip you to "wait" a bit. But you can buy COH2 and still wont regret your    Game is simple mess. Dynamic map campaign crash every now and then. Game is an absolute downgrade from older titles. Nothing new in term of gameplay, no new units or so. Always the same boring "big three" (UK, US, and a soon to expect USSR is rumored). The italians don't even have their OWN factions.
    I wouldnt even tip you to "wait" a bit. But you can buy COH2 and still wont regret your time. But absolutly not this one. Graphics arent much more changing, I find the campaign (that I cant finish past 5 turns for the same old "Scar" error) slow, and boring. Not as touching as the story and cinematics from COH 1 and 2.

    And to top it off, the italy campaign got the longest tutorial ever made. As long as you play on the dynamic map, u'll get tips and tricks that pop-up everytime. Useless, because pass this campaign (again, if possible), this gameplay will NEVER BE USED AGAIN.

    So yeah.

    Stick to COH1 and 2, for your own sanity and wallet.    … Expand
  32. HypeN
    Sep 9, 2023
    4
    The game improves on a lot, but downgrades on a lot more. Generally speaking if you liked CoH 2 then you will enjoy CoH 3 for some time.

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Metascore
81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 63 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 52 out of 63
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 63
  3. Negative: 0 out of 63
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 23, 2024
    80
    As well as strategists, World War II history buffs will appreciate the models and types of vehicles used in the game. [Issue#326]
  2. Pocket-lint
    Jun 23, 2023
    100
    Bringing back the once seemingly moribund RTS in spectacular style, Company of Heroes 3 is intense, tactical, authentic, meaty and innovative - but not for the faint-hearted or those seeking instant gratification.
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  3. Worth Playing
    Apr 6, 2023
    63
    Pretty graphics or no, so much of the gameplay of Company of Heroes 3 is flawed in one way or another that it's difficult to recommend it. From campaign-breaking bugs in Italy to the inept AI that renders most Africa maps unsatisfying, the game came out in such a state that it's hard to believe it's part of the same series by the same developer. To the development team's credit, the game has been patched several times since release, but many of the issues persist. There are occasional glimmers of a brilliant game, but with so much of the content damaged by bugs, it is impossible to recommend it over replaying one of the other games of the series.
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