company of heroes

Fred Woogle · Post by **Fred Woogle** » September 2nd, 2006, 3:41

Hey, has anyone played this? and is it any good? I've just got the multiplayer beta.

Fred Woogle · Post by **Fred Woogle** » September 2nd, 2006, 3:52

ohhhh its an RTS not an FPS. meh

Sticky Label · Post by **Sticky Label** » September 2nd, 2006, 8:10

I have BF2142 beta key and client. Haven't bothered playing yet though.

Post by **Dog Pants** » September 2nd, 2006, 8:35

I really like the look of CoH (not city of heroes, that could be confusing). Don't think it's out until later this month though.

Fred Woogle · Post by **Fred Woogle** » September 2nd, 2006, 9:03

getthe beta and a key at file planet mr pants

I tried 2142 for 5minuits before trying to hang myself

Sticky Label · Post by **Sticky Label** » September 2nd, 2006, 9:04

I don't think you can actually get keys any more.

Fred Woogle · Post by **Fred Woogle** » September 2nd, 2006, 9:07

Sticky Label wrote:I don't think you can actually get keys any more.

for COH? I got one last night

Fred Woogle · Post by **Fred Woogle** » September 2nd, 2006, 9:09

go here - http://www.fileplanet.com/betas/coh_signup.aspx

Anhamgrimmar · Post by **Anhamgrimmar** » September 2nd, 2006, 9:42

this is one i'm waiting for. i think?

if its the rts one thats a sequel to soldiers:heroes of wwII, then i'm definatly gonna get it, cos i loved that game. twas a good game in co-op as well

Post by **Dog Pants** » September 2nd, 2006, 10:03

Woo! Signed up for the beta. Just got to wait for ages to download from fileplanet now

Sticky Label · Post by **Sticky Label** » September 2nd, 2006, 12:48

Ty aka Sir Die Aloty wrote:
for COH? I got one last night

Uh, no, I meant 2142. Sorry.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » September 2nd, 2006, 12:53

Dog Pants wrote:Woo! Signed up for the beta. Just got to wait for ages to download from fileplanet now

This

Anyone have a less annoying mirror?

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » September 2nd, 2006, 12:57

it'll be on bukkake asap.

will mirror from there after

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » September 2nd, 2006, 13:03

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:it'll be on bukkake asap.

will mirror from there after

Thanks Berk

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » September 2nd, 2006, 13:09

http://files.hairy-arse.com/Betas%20and ... 1_19_0.exe

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » September 2nd, 2006, 13:22

Yer, urm....Thanks berk

TheJockGit · Post by **TheJockGit** » September 2nd, 2006, 14:23

Muchos Gracias Doctor KB

Post by **Dog Pants** » September 2nd, 2006, 15:08

Just finished the tutorials, so I thought I'd put down my initial thoughts:

It's similar to Dawn Of War in the way you control squads (not surprising, they're both by the same team).

It's not really revolutionary - you still build barracks, which infantry then come out of. I'd have liked to have seen reinforcements being brought to your HQ by truck.

The way infantry finds cover seems to work well. I saw one of my squads caught in the open by a machine gun though and they didn't take any casualties. I'd have liked a mistake like that to have caused some unpleasantness.

Conversely, the artillery caused me to exclaim "holy fuck!". It comes thudding down, causing big craters, and scattering bodies everywhere with its massive explosions. If artillery in BEEF was like this you wouldn't see friendlies running into it 'cos it's pretty scary.

The tanks are nice - they smash through walls and hedges and can take a pounding. They also have hit locations and a good hit can cause things like engine failure and even cause them to rampage out of control.

The terrain and buildings are pretty destructable. Take cover from an MG42 behind some wooden barrels and before long you'll be squatting behind a pile of matchsticks. Hit an MG in a window with a bazooka and it'll blow a big hole out of the wall and send the crew tumbling into the street.

Looking good then. Very cinematic, seems to flow nicely. The RTS formula remains mostly unchanged, but that's probably only a sticking point with people who (like me) like more realism.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » September 2nd, 2006, 15:36

New section on files.hairy-arse.com for this sorta stuff.

Betas and Demos

Fred Woogle · Post by **Fred Woogle** » September 2nd, 2006, 16:24

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:New section on files.hairy-arse.com for this sorta stuff.

Betas and Demos

thanks berk

the only problem I have seen with this, is that it seems to only allow 2 people into a game