Following the story is entertaining enough, but there’s a childishness to it that feels at odds with the whole “theatre of war” thing, where your commanders sneer and jab at one another like school kids. Italy in particular has a couple of standout arenas along its fairly drab campaign where you’ll engage the enemy in urban areas, blasting snipers out of bell towers and taking cover behind ornate fountains.Īrguably there’s more fun to be had in either solo or multiplayer skirmishes than in the campaign. You’ll need to keep squads in cover, lay down covering fire, deploy paratroopers and heavy artillery. These missions are the bread and butter of Company of Heroes 3 – Console Edition, and are responsible for every shred of genuine excitement and tension in the game. Here you’ll advance in increments, capturing essential assets that allow you to create more unit, heal and reinforce your existing squads, or field vehicles to help turn the tide. Much more involving are the strategic combat missions that put you in command of several squads of soldiers. And when you do engage, it rarely feels particularly difficult to move forward. The overmap gameplay is OK, but you’ll spend more time choosing sides between your own commanders than engaging the enemy. You split your time between controlling squabbling generals on the overmap and your soldiers in the mud, with the latter offering considerably more entertainment per minute. This is partly down to the setting, as the brass tacks of both campaigns are largely the same. It’s not a deal-breaker, but it’s something worth noting as you head into the two campaigns.Īs stated in our PC review, both campaigns are pretty good, although it’s fair to say that the Africa campaign is just more interesting. The concessions come in the form of some of the texture work, with notably less detail and crispness to environments when zoomed in. While it contains all the content of the PC version, it lacks some of the visual polish and struggles with translating the more precise commands.Īlthough the PC version had its share of technical issues, the PS5 version is mostly stable.

Company of Heroes 3 – Console Edition is no exception.

Not necessarily because of the mechanics themselves, but because the controls always feel much better suited to the mouse and keyboard.

Porting any complex tactical game from PC to console is always a big ask.

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