Company of Heroes: Eastern Front

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Title: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Blackbishop on January 26, 2012, 05:54:23 AM
Hello Eastern Front fans,

After the blackout event in favor of the protests against SOPA/PIPA and the closure of Megaupload and other cyberlockers, we have good news for you from THQ and the next installement of Company of Heroes. A few hours ago THQ announced that they will develop new games for several of their franchises, being Company of Heroes one of them.

Quote from: THQ
The company’s five internal studios are developing games aligned to several of THQ’s key franchises, including the upcoming launch of UFC® Undisputed™ 3 and Darksiders® II, as well as Company of Heroes, inSANE, Saints Row, Warhammer 40,000, and the new title from Patrice Désilets and his team.

[...]

THQ will discuss its new streamlined business model that reflects this strategy in more detail on its third quarter 2012 conference call scheduled for Thursday, February 2, 2012.

And so the bet starts, which front is going to be done? The Pacific one with Japaneses and new mechanics? The Eastern Front scenario with soviets? Only the time will tell, what it is certain is that we will need to hurry then to finish Ostheer, otherwise we are going to become obsolete if the Eastern Front theater is chosen ;D!


Source: THQ News Release (http://investor.thq.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=96376&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1652344&highlight=) (thanks to Pariah (http://www.blisteredthumbs.net/forums/group.php?groupid=3) for the heads up ;)).


New COH2 website is now live!
http://www.companyofheroes.com/


Regards,
The Eastern Front Team
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: neosdark on January 26, 2012, 06:04:17 AM
Pretty sure it was Fish who gave the heads up Bishop

Look what I found guys :P :

http://www.gamereplays.org/companyofheroes/portals.php?show=news&news_id=860786

Any authenticity to this? Anyone think THQ will actually develop a new faction that could alter the COH gaming field or are they just blowing smoke and are going to release another stupid TOV  ::)
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Blackbishop on January 26, 2012, 06:05:51 AM
Nope, Pariah was but in a PM ;D... just that was a little busy at that moment.

OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD
http://investor.thq.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=96376&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1652344&highlight=
Quote
The company’s five internal studios are developing games aligned to several of THQ’s key franchises, including the upcoming launch of UFC® Undisputed™ 3 and Darksiders® II, as well as Company of Heroes, inSANE, Saints Row, Warhammer 40,000, and the new title from Patrice Désilets and his team.
;D ;D ;D
Feel free to post an announcement of you like.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: neosdark on January 26, 2012, 06:07:51 AM
Ahh, well how come he hasn't posted here in ages?
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Tankbuster on January 26, 2012, 07:21:02 AM
Hope it will be an RTS.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: BurroDiablo on January 26, 2012, 07:29:49 AM
Small point... the ' third quarter 2012 conference call' will detail Q3 2011 which ended on 31st December, not Q3 2012, so it's not a hint at a release date or anything :P Although Q3 2012 would be nice.

Ahh, well how come he hasn't posted here in ages?

He needs to keep hold of his money somehow :P Surprised he's not living in a cardboard box the amount of money he gave out.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: SublimeSnugz on January 26, 2012, 07:46:13 AM
Me like! Don't fuck this one up relic
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: BurroDiablo on January 26, 2012, 08:00:04 AM
Might be wishful thinking. If DoWIII is anything to go by, a free-to-play type game supported by micro-transactions, CoH2 will most likely be the same. It could work, you never know, but personally the prospect of having micro-transactions in game bugs the fuck out of me. It'll no longer be about skill, just who has the most money to burn.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Chancellor on January 26, 2012, 08:11:44 AM
Who cares about this shit...its going to be what Relic makes it, and IMO talking about it is no use.  Now wheres the fucking patch?  I don't know, or care, about what anyone else thinks, but for me, I'd rather be reading patch notes and doing more shoutcasts rather than reading some useless shit about SOPA or CoH2.

Last I heard, the balance was already 100% ready a while ago.  Someone's wanking.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: 777mais777 on January 26, 2012, 09:38:10 AM
Might be wishful thinking. If DoWIII is anything to go by, a free-to-play type game supported by micro-transactions, CoH2 will most likely be the same. It could work, you never know, but personally the prospect of having micro-transactions in game bugs the fuck out of me. It'll no longer be about skill, just who has the most money to burn.
Likely will make CoH from the third person(face) or from the first person. ;D
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Sommarkatze on January 26, 2012, 12:43:58 PM
Iam happy so long they make something new! Like a new front or anything! ( Korea <3)
 If they just make vanilla coh with better graphics a lá DOWII style! I will be disapointed only getting clothes for christmas style!! :C
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Pac-Fish on January 26, 2012, 01:36:44 PM
As long a COH 2 isn't completely retarted (as in fucks with balance or is complete sh#t and is a wate of money) then sure, lets see it ^-^

Even if there is a Official EF, I will still be loyal to this mod  ;). We've already balanced it and what not. I'll just plat it less that's all :P

@Yauz: Im under the impression the patch is under going last minute changes  :-\. Hence why it wasn't released Monday :P
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Jeff 'Robotnik' W. on January 26, 2012, 02:43:49 PM
I really hope it will be like COHO, that game was pretty fun

if not i at least hope that it will have modding support



or maybe it will just be another expansion
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Cranialwizard on January 26, 2012, 02:49:38 PM
...I'd rather be reading patch notes and doing more shoutcasts rather than reading some useless shit about SOPA or CoH2.

Because of SOPA your shoutcast would become illegal and you could be fined and face jail time for them, not to mention they'd be deleted.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on January 26, 2012, 03:00:29 PM
indeed
im worried about the inet future. SOPA is realy dangerous :(

@robotnik
i realy realy REALY hope CoH2 will not be like CoH:O
but plz dont get me wrong, coh:o had some nice ideas

i would like to have customization in coh2
but not with heroes...
the heros shit was pretty crappy :D
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Mass Killer DL on January 26, 2012, 03:01:46 PM
indeed
im worried about the inet future. SOPA is realy dangerous :(

@robotnik
i realy realy REALY hope CoH2 will not be like CoH:O
but plz dont get me wrong, coh:o had some nice ideas

i would like to have customization in coh2
but not with heroes...
the heros shit was pretty crappy :D

You would like to have Customization of what exactly?
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Pac-Fish on January 26, 2012, 03:03:01 PM
What do you mean by heroes ???. And by customization I think he means more rewards units and doctrines :P. Just think, all preivious strategies would change completely  :o. Experts would now have to adapt and stuff :P


Off topic but I've noticed the GR.org forums have sort of "exploded" due to this new news :P. Can you imagine how much more it shall explode when the new COH comes out? :P. Or if it ends up sucking XD. God I hope its still WW2, not some alien space race thing or modern warfare >_<. Not that I wouldn't like it but how would it even be implemented to vCOH:


Allies: US, Brit, SU, Space Marines, Navy SEALS :P

Axis: Wher, PE, Ostheer, Glorgan Aliens XD (its a made up name), North Korean Army ???
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on January 26, 2012, 03:12:40 PM
no wich customization i mean like coh:o had it
a pool of doctrinal abilitys and you have to choose the abilitys you prefer (you cant choose all)

and coh:o had hero units wich were mostly totaly OP
the whole hero system was crap! eg usa sniper hero (was a 2men double sniper squad)

Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Pac-Fish on January 26, 2012, 03:15:59 PM
Oh. I never played COH:O so I wouldn't know :P

Was it fun ???
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on January 26, 2012, 03:26:47 PM
hehe i would say it depends on that what you think is fun :D

honestly it was sometimes funny yes
but you needed less skills (OP hero units...)

in the short time i played it i was unter the top 3% of best blitzkrieg commanders
yes you see right^^ there was no real leaderboard only % which told you how good you are ( honestly i liked this and the lobby was not full of smurf stat whores :D)
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: greywolf on January 26, 2012, 03:48:10 PM
It is said the servers will shut down by March

The end has come...
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Pac-Fish on January 26, 2012, 03:52:46 PM
It is said the servers will shut down by March

The end has come...

Where did you hear this ???
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Max 'DonXavi' von B. on January 26, 2012, 03:56:04 PM
It is said the servers will shut down by March

The end has come...

Where did you hear this ???

If that's true I will personally smash THQ's door and go overboard with a minigun..
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Pac-Fish on January 26, 2012, 03:58:37 PM
If thats true then I'd be very upset  :'(

And then possibly hunt them down with a shotgun >:D. Or write angry petitions :P
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on January 26, 2012, 04:13:23 PM
It is said the servers will shut down by March

The end has come...

link or never happend
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: 777mais777 on January 26, 2012, 04:21:19 PM
It is said the servers will shut down by March

The end has come...

link or never happend
+1 ;)
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Celution on January 26, 2012, 04:22:21 PM
Honestly, I hope it won't be like CoHO. The hero units and especially pre-commander selection are something that took something away that was unique to CoH.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Killar on January 26, 2012, 05:58:28 PM
I hope its like SC2 for Starcraft.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: My Name Is Ante on January 26, 2012, 06:40:39 PM
I hope its like SC2 for Starcraft.
You mean:
Unit based, mine fuel and ammo, no miss chance, and no cover?
Then no...

But if it is quite balanced, then yes...

Still, I want it to be as close as possible to CoH while still unique as its own...
Which when I think again, like SC2 for Starcraft...
Wait...
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Killar on January 26, 2012, 06:43:14 PM
Starcraft2 did add only slightly more units to the factions, bug fixes,... . It mostly improved the graphics. Thats what i want for coh2 too.
Ofc the Worldbuilder would be very happy about some new objects aswell ;)
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Max 'DonXavi' von B. on January 26, 2012, 06:45:58 PM
Starcraft2 did add only slightly more units to the factions, bug fixes,... . It mostly improved the graphics. Thats what i want for coh2 too.
Ofc the Worldbuilder would be very happy about some new objects aswell ;)

And mappers gonna map! :D
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Chancellor on January 26, 2012, 07:02:01 PM
...I'd rather be reading patch notes and doing more shoutcasts rather than reading some useless shit about SOPA or CoH2.

Because of SOPA your shoutcast would become illegal and you could be fined and face jail time for them, not to mention they'd be deleted.

My point is that when I log onto here, especially the announcement page, I come on to see progression and news about EF, not to see shit that I can get information about elsewhere.  Talking about that stuff here is useless.  Anyone who wants to make a difference in SOPA or anyone who wants to bitch to Relic about what kind of game they want won't make a difference posting here.  Now unless I've been misinformed, the balance was already done 100% a while ago, with no further changes needed.  Someone must be wanking.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Killar on January 26, 2012, 07:06:46 PM
Now unless I've been misinformed, the balance was already done 100% a while ago, with no further changes needed.  Someone must be wanking.

Guess who...
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Blackbishop on January 26, 2012, 07:09:30 PM
Or maybe someone just have stuff to do in RL and cannot release the patch because it has not enough time for this hobby ::). Be patient lad, the patch is not going to be released any faster no matter how many times you keep writing the same thing over and over.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Chancellor on January 26, 2012, 07:18:02 PM
I'm not here to nag.  Do I sound a bit over-aggressive?  Probably, but that's just the way I am.  But the truth is, I'm just stating the ugly facts that no one wants to hear.  Someone has to do it.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Blackbishop on January 26, 2012, 08:20:16 PM
[...] Someone must be wanking.
Undoubtedly this is something I won't want to hear, it is ugly indeed but no where near of a "fact". If the patch is delayed everyone should suspect what are the reasons behind it, especially if everyone knows that we were working to release the patch at Eastern Front anniversary.

Then again, no matter how much you want the patch to be released right now, that we stop working on whatever we are doing right now to finish it ASAP, it ain't going to happen. Real life is always priority, so no matter if the patch is 200% ready, it will need to wait a little longer until someone has some free time to pack it up. That's the general rule of EF and any other mod.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: BurroDiablo on January 26, 2012, 09:36:55 PM
Yeah, immature ad hominem are uncalled for. Seriously, we can understand your frustration, but I'm sure keeping it civil isn't beyond your comprehension. These announcements have zero impact on the development process, you may think they are useless, but that's entirely subjective.
Whoever told you a while ago that the patch was 100% obviously doesn't fully understand the development process. The Dev team rarely, if ever, gives out percentages as mod development time is erratic. We could get 90% done in a week, then spend another 5 months on the remaining 10%, depending on who is available, what needs done, and how much time they have to dedicate. As Bish said... Patch could be 200% finished, but it means squat if there's nobody about to pack it up and distribute it.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Mass Killer DL on January 26, 2012, 11:21:20 PM
Aye I'm sure the Dev's have lives and also I think though I'm not sure of this but aren't a few of them also working/helping with other mods.

The patch is released when it is released, same with the Ostheer. And the way I look at it the most time spent on the patch the better it is going to be with minimum to no bugs, wouldn't you rather have a buggy game that crashes every second you try to play or would you rather have a game with the odd bug here and there but otherwise perfectly fine.

My point being go easy on the Dev's they are doing a great job.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Pac-Fish on January 26, 2012, 11:22:50 PM
I think some of them act as translators for other mods but not direct animating and programing :P
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: jaime on January 27, 2012, 12:48:49 AM
:) . I'm not really interested in CoH right now, but i know that when the trailer comes out, i will be obsessed with it .
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: slapstick on January 27, 2012, 01:30:08 AM
I'm not here to nag.  Do I sound a bit over-aggressive?  Probably, but that's just the way I am.  But the truth is, I'm just stating the ugly facts that no one wants to hear.  Someone has to do it.
Here's another ugly fact you might not want to hear: You don't pay these guys by the hour and probably haven't even made a donation. So the truth is, you need to fuck off.

Someone had to do it.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Pac-Fish on January 27, 2012, 01:36:43 AM
I'm not here to nag.  Do I sound a bit over-aggressive?  Probably, but that's just the way I am.  But the truth is, I'm just stating the ugly facts that no one wants to hear.  Someone has to do it.
Here's another ugly fact you might not want to hear: You don't pay these guys by the hour and probably haven't even made a donation. So the truth is, you need to fuck off.

Someone had to do it.

Ughhhh.....its going to be another one of those days, isnt it? ::).

Before you say anything Yauz, consider its aftermath (Im not saying your wrong). Feeding a flame (or a forest fire in this case) is never a good idea.

And to slapstick: There are MUCH better ways of saying
So the truth is, you need to fuck off.

Please, dont intice fights. This is a mod, not a flame session  ::). Even if Yauz is a bit aggresive, no need to use such language :-X. And not everyone is in a financial position to donate or wants to donate.

Everyone just forget this and go back to talking about COH2 please  :P
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: slapstick on January 27, 2012, 01:47:29 AM
I apologize and I check in on the site all the time and wasn't at all offended by the SOPA post. It's relevant to everyone on the internet. But the last thing a small team of modders need is unappreciative people. Posting under the guise of "It's the truth and someone had to say it" did nothing to make it any less insulting in my mind. It would of been less insulting to just admit you're frustrated in waiting.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Blackbishop on January 27, 2012, 02:25:59 AM
We would appreciate if everyone returns to the real topic ;D... otherwise post are going to be deleted...

I just hope the next CoH will have better modding support :).
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Pac-Fish on January 27, 2012, 02:38:08 AM
I just hope the next CoH will have better modding support :).

What do you mean ???. COH isn't mod-friendly ???
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: GodlikeDennis on January 27, 2012, 02:58:18 AM
No, it's not. It's taken years to get where we are now. Compare this to other games that are easily modded and have actual mod tools released by devs and the progress is extremely slow.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Pac-Fish on January 27, 2012, 03:00:01 AM
No, it's not. It's taken years to get where we are now. Compare this to other games that are easily modded and have actual mod tools released by devs and the progress is extremely slow.

I guess Relic doesn't like people tampering with their game  :-\. They want you to soley play their game ;D

I wonder if Relic ever listens to people complaints or concerns ???
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Chancellor on January 27, 2012, 08:09:18 AM
No, it's not. It's taken years to get where we are now. Compare this to other games that are easily modded and have actual mod tools released by devs and the progress is extremely slow.

That's true that COH doesn't have as many official mod tools.  Thank god for Corsix.  However, the vast amount modding resources available to the community these days seems pretty standard in comparison to games with actual modding tools.  Got to give massive thanks to Eliwood, DMz, and all the other modders at the COH Armory ofc.

@Slapstick, yea you've got a valid point.  I like to express myself in an aggressive way; lots of times more aggressive than how my mind is actually thinking, and I can see how it can piss some people off.  You got your opinion across straightforward without beating around the bush like a pussy, and I respect that.

If I've pissed anyone off, my apologies.  I also appreciate the EF content the devs have provided us, and I've never said otherwise.  Its just I am indeed a little frustrated to see this stuff instead of patch info, that's all.  In my mind I was just thinking why there was time to release info about this stuff, but not enough time for the patch notes.  Again, I don't mean to offend anyone here.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Pac-Fish on January 27, 2012, 03:42:42 PM
I think we all want to see the next 1.6 patch :P. But thats for another thread, not this one :P

What is Corsix BTW ???. I keep seeing that word but I have no idea what it is :P
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Jeff 'Robotnik' W. on January 27, 2012, 03:52:02 PM
Corsix mod studio is basically the main tool for modding ompany of heroes. it allows you to veiw and modify the stats of everything, and a lot of other things


and yeah company of heroes is certainly not the most mod friendly game, the only tools i think relic actually released themselves were world builder, the NIS thing, and object editor. everything else had to be done by the community

this means things like importing models into COH and animating them is quite difficult, with everything having to be set up a certain way in order to work, and having rely on the modding community to learn how to animate such things (people who know how to animate COH models are hard to find, and animating is quite complicated)

and also in my department of AI, Relic either removed or disabled the AI debugging stuff, making AI coding quite difficult, and most functions used are undocumented as well as most of the ai, though some of the relic coders left helpful hints here and there in the code
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Pac-Fish on January 27, 2012, 03:58:27 PM
Sounds difficult :P. At least you guys know what you're doing :D
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: HerrVoss on January 28, 2012, 06:01:42 PM
I know that if a group of un-payed computer coders can create such an amazing mod, the company that designed the game will also do a good job. But, I will judge when there is more information.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Pac-Fish on January 28, 2012, 06:08:18 PM
They might be able to create nice units and model and such but its the content and the gameplay that counts :P
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: mads on January 29, 2012, 12:31:37 AM
Here are some of the same news just from a different source ;)

Dec 20, 2011
http://kotaku.com/5869586/relic-working-on-company-of-heroes-2

Dec 20, 2011
http://www.nowgamer.com/news/1175469/company_of_heroes_2_in_development_rumour.html

Jan 25, 2012
http://www.nowgamer.com/news/1219128/thq_confirms_new_company_of_heroes_abandons_kids_games.html

I can not wait for the trailer to comes out. hope it will be a rts game like the other Company of Heroes games.
My greatest wish is the Eastern front. but a war like the cold war could also be interesting because it never broke out.
The Pacific Theatres could also be great, with huge maps,  aircraft carriers and water as part of the battlefield together with land- and air-combat. ;D

but really I'm just so happy because it sure will be a great hit. ;D
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Pac-Fish on January 29, 2012, 12:36:00 AM
Japs should be fun :P. Call in kamakaze for 200 muni XD
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: stealthattack1 on January 29, 2012, 09:32:34 PM
hmm. i guess time will tell whether i will be excited or not.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: HerrVoss on March 10, 2012, 08:13:39 AM
Something wierd happened today, I was looking around on the apple app store and discovered that THQ made the game for mac. But keep your pants on before you start nerding all over the keyboard. The game includes no skirmish or online multiplayer for some reason. Just thought I'd let everyone know.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Rikard Blixt on March 10, 2012, 10:25:10 AM
Something wierd happened today, I was looking around on the apple app store and discovered that THQ made the game for mac. But keep your pants on before you start nerding all over the keyboard. The game includes no skirmish or online multiplayer for some reason. Just thought I'd let everyone know.

http://www.companyofheroes.com/announcements/mac-company-of-heroes-campaign-edition-available
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: mads on May 03, 2012, 08:24:51 PM
OH MY FUCKING GOD  :o

Good news every one.  ;D
THQ are started making a COH 2, and guess what - it's with soviet. ;D

Only one bad news which is that it first comes in 2013. but then we can just play some more eastern front while we wait. ;D
link:http://imgur.com/a/67xoi  (http://imgur.com/a/67xoi)

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: SublimeSnugz on May 03, 2012, 08:55:33 PM
OH MY FUCKING GOD  :o

Good news every one.  ;D
THQ are started making a COH 2, and guess what - it's with soviet. ;D

Only one bad news which is that it first comes in 2013. but then we can just play some more eastern front while we wait. ;D
link:http://imgur.com/a/67xoi  (http://imgur.com/a/67xoi)

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Win! (Mega optur)
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on May 03, 2012, 08:58:18 PM
is it just me or looks the major on the first pic a bit like danko :P
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Mass Killer DL on May 03, 2012, 09:07:24 PM
Russian Architect :)

Graphics are looking pretty awesome 

Aye looks a little bit like him :p

On a side note I bought a Ushanka when I went to Prague :D
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Dzierzan on May 03, 2012, 09:37:32 PM
OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!

I hope that CoH 2 will be not like the Dawn of War 2. Anyway for now it looks pretty good.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: SublimeSnugz on May 03, 2012, 09:40:06 PM
OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!

I hope that CoH 2 will be not like the Dawn of War 2. Anyway for now it looks pretty good.

"company of heroes 2 isn't about different; it's about new and it's about more"  Your dreams has come true my child
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: mads on May 03, 2012, 09:57:58 PM
i think the new title of COH 2 is "COMPANY OF HEROES - not one steps back". I have read the whole article and to me it seems like it is the best from two worlds: company of heroes and men of war.

key features from the article:
Set in the beginning of 1941, the players role will take him from the defense of stalingrad to the victory at berlin.
Graphics look amazing the soldiers look just as good as they do in other ww2 firstperson shooters.
Realistic snow, tank treads make realistic marks, also tanks can get bogged down in snow drifts.
Snow melts Eg: a soldier with a flamethrower burns a farmhouse the snow on the roof melts and makes the roof fallin.
You can vault over fences.
New Feature called "True Sight" You can only see what your units see.
More advanced covering system.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Cireva on May 04, 2012, 12:25:43 AM
New Feature called "True Sight" You can only see what your units see.

No more piats and riflenades over hedges  :'(
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: neosdark on May 04, 2012, 12:28:10 AM
Graphics may be a a bit of a drain
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Pac-Fish on May 04, 2012, 12:50:58 AM
This looks bad ass >:D
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Sommarkatze on May 04, 2012, 01:33:03 AM
With risk of starting an flame war but..

Seriously Iam kind of disapointed. I already experienced the eastern front in COH thanks to the EF mod. This mod rocks.
I know it will have better graphic and new features and its one of the bloodiest fronts in the history of war  and such but still.. its the same front. I was really hoping for a vietnam/ korea or pacific one.
Something new! We already experianced tigers, panthers and all those famous vechicles and now we are going to have them again but with better graphic. Maybe differant faction structures but the same kind of units. Well its based on real stuff so its hard to make new units I know. Thats why you take another war :P

Nope, the only thing that could make this better is if they decided that the germans can call in Maus or something immature dart vader death mobile unit :P
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Panzer4life on May 04, 2012, 02:35:56 AM
Well Company of heroes 2 will probably expand its western front factions, and add on with the soviets, and unlike the mod, it is adding new game play mechanics to make this mod and that game unique and independent of each other. I am getting CoH2, but i will still play the Eastern Front.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: HerrVoss on May 04, 2012, 04:10:02 AM
I am screaming with Joy! I am so happy this is coming out! This made my year.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Tankbuster on May 04, 2012, 05:00:35 AM
Hey, did you notice they are making the Sov Infantry just like conscripts.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Dreamerbg on May 04, 2012, 10:16:38 AM
http://www.companyofheroes.com/  :P
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Pac-Fish on May 04, 2012, 11:34:54 AM
I really hope they don't just rip off this mod :-\
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Sommarkatze on May 04, 2012, 02:33:35 PM
Word Fishy.

I like how they are going the same way like they did in DOW2. Instead of releasing a sequeal with all the good things from the former game and much more new awesome stuff. They release a new game with new stuff but missing like 40% of the old stuff from the first game they can make expansions with ¨old¨ stuff and put it in the new game -__-

* Iam still getting the game yes XD
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Max 'DonXavi' von B. on May 04, 2012, 02:49:06 PM
I really hope they don't just rip off this mod :-\

My greatest fear..

I hope CoH2 will bring a worldbuilder - then I'll be the first to try it ;D
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Lord van Dalen on May 04, 2012, 03:00:42 PM
I hope CoH2 will bring a worldbuilder - then I'll be the first to try it ;D

Challenge accepted!  ;D
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: stealthattack1 on May 04, 2012, 05:56:14 PM
looks good, but you guys know, if it does take one step back, (aka, not as good as CoH) then i will still be playing this game and mod.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on May 04, 2012, 05:59:04 PM
my biggest worry is atm that they will cancel the base buildings and change it to something more like men of war
i dont like the only call in shit^^
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: stealthattack1 on May 04, 2012, 07:33:51 PM
that would suck

Edit: teching is an integral part of the game, and it is best when there are buildings to do it from. also, relic did such a good job with the previous buildings, such as seeing sparks from the tank buildings, the new units roll onto the field rather than just popping up, the flags waving in the wind, lights flashing, etc.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: HerrVoss on May 05, 2012, 05:13:55 PM
I hope CoH2 will bring a worldbuilder - then I'll be the first to try it ;D

Challenge accepted!  ;D

Challenge Considered...
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: kitekaze on May 06, 2012, 01:51:02 AM
I really hope they don't just rip off this mod :-\

If they do, I won't purchase the game.

At least, the interesting thing is that CoH2 allow troop to jump through wall, so no lazy soldier any more.

<rant>Sorry to say, but as an innovator, I feel this mod is nothing new than ripping off from exist races. The modding capability of the game isn't that limited. And I don't satisfy with this mod content such as sound, building, tech tree and exist race changing. I still judge this is good mod, but not the one it could deserve to be.</rant>
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Zerstörer on May 07, 2012, 11:18:17 AM
They won't rip us off, but since they want to keep it similar to vCOH but improved...and they are making soviets...they're bound to have some similarities.
It also depends how much different the combat system becomes as they are talking a lot about 'realism'. It could be that (like the weather effects) they're enhancing 'troop moral' mechanics where as squad that takes too many casualties automatically retreats and so on...

The website is on now :0
http://www.companyofheroes.com/
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Max 'DonXavi' von B. on May 07, 2012, 03:00:18 PM
Seems like an old friend wants to come back:

(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/6118/t34assault.jpg)

The tractor from the original reappears in its old shape :D :D

BTW that German tank looks pretty much like a Panzer III..
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Zerstörer on May 07, 2012, 03:26:22 PM
Seems like an old friend wants to come back:

(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/6118/t34assault.jpg)

The tractor from the original reappears in its old shape :D :D

BTW that German tank looks pretty much like a Panzer III..

Nope....its the same Pz4 model as in vCOH...not changed(no extra details and same down to the J type exhausts) apart from the colour scheme which is white :)

Which brings up the very interesting point of...can you import all vCOH models into COH2 so you can play the same vCOH in the Essence 3 engine? No need for re-modeling and re-animating what has already been created for COH?
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on May 07, 2012, 05:32:29 PM
and they plan to release in early 2013
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Max 'DonXavi' von B. on May 07, 2012, 05:41:05 PM
What a year.. CoH2, GTA V.. ;D
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: stealthattack1 on May 07, 2012, 06:16:22 PM
seriously.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: BurroDiablo on May 07, 2012, 07:14:52 PM
Nope....its the same Pz4 model as in vCOH...not changed(no extra details and same down to the J type exhausts) apart from the colour scheme which is white :)

Which brings up the very interesting point of...can you import all vCOH models into COH2 so you can play the same vCOH in the Essence 3 engine? No need for re-modeling and re-animating what has already been created for COH?

Pretty much why I think Western Front mods will be everywhere. If Relic are just ripping assets from CoH1, nothing is stopping modders doing that either. It wouldn't surprise me if Relic simply barred CoH2 from modding altogether... might piss people off, but when it comes to expansion packs nobody will be complaining about Relic 'ripping off' modders, like some seem to be doing over EF. (http://community.companyofheroes.com/forums/company-of-heroes-2-discussion/topics/I-have-to-express-my-excitement)

What a year.. CoH2, GTA V.. ;D

Hitman Absolution, C&C Generals 2, SimCity 5, Wasteland 2, Splinter Cell Retribution... Anchorman 2. 2013 is a good year, but fuck, I'm going to be broke by 2014.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Max 'DonXavi' von B. on May 07, 2012, 07:44:54 PM
might piss people off [...] like some seem to be doing over EF. (http://community.companyofheroes.com/forums/company-of-heroes-2-discussion/topics/I-have-to-express-my-excitement)

Essentially this:
Quote from: Tarka
To me, that's just a slap in the face for those who made the EF mod and is essentially redoing lots of hard work that went into it.  And no.  I'm not one of the devs of that mod.  I'm just someone who enjoys COH but finds this decision to be a bit boneheaded to say the least.

Hitman Absolution, C&C Generals 2, SimCity 5, Wasteland 2, Splinter Cell Retribution... Anchorman 2. 2013 is a good year, but fuck, I'm going to be broke by 2014.

Hehe sorry, I listed only those I already know about - though the games you listed sound thoroughly interesting :)
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Sommarkatze on May 07, 2012, 08:16:24 PM
There is coming a Wasteland 2 !? Well put peanut butter on my owl and call me Freddy! Praise the lord! <3
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Dann88 on May 07, 2012, 08:22:53 PM
The CoD, total war and other series kept same gameplay, add some shits and rise the video setting to a ridiculous level and people keep buying them anyway. I won't be surprised if people do the same thing with CoH 2.
I really hope CoH 2 will impress me but I'm fear it will not. Can't blame Relic though, CoH has a very good gameplay and it's very hard to improve something is already too good. Making a game is hard, making a (real good) sequel is even harder.
And I saw what happened with CoH's balance and patches too so I will wait until 2016 when I got another comp and save enough money to buy CoH 2 :P
Right now I will wait patiently as always (wait for the Ostheer first   8)).
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: BurroDiablo on May 07, 2012, 11:37:55 PM
There is coming a Wasteland 2 !? Well put peanut butter on my owl and call me Freddy! Praise the lord! <3

There is indeed, entirely crowd funded (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/wasteland-2)...inXile raised nearly $3 million to produce it... and Obsidian are helping.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Pac-Fish on May 08, 2012, 12:09:43 AM
Its comments like the ones we are seeing now (other forums) that make me wonder if anyone is even aware of EF's presence. It would seem as though they aren't  :-\.

Hitman Absolution, C&C Generals 2, SimCity 5, Wasteland 2, Splinter Cell Retribution... Anchorman 2. 2013 is a good year, but fuck, I'm going to be broke by 2014.

Not to mention there will be new games on other platforms too ;D
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: BurroDiablo on May 08, 2012, 04:58:14 AM
Nobody care about other platforms :P

Actually, that's unfair... as usual Rockstar will release GTAV on 360 2000 years before anything else. Thankfully, I own a 360 ;D
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: quinten9635888 on June 12, 2012, 03:28:10 AM
[...] Someone must be wanking.
Undoubtedly this is something I won't want to hear, it is ugly indeed but no where near of a "fact". If the patch is delayed everyone should suspect what are the reasons behind it, especially if everyone knows that we were working to release the patch at Eastern Front anniversary.

Then again, no matter how much you want the patch to be released right now, that we stop working on whatever we are doing right now to finish it ASAP, it ain't going to happen. Real life is always priority, so no matter if the patch is 200% ready, it will need to wait a little longer until someone has some free time to pack it up. That's the general rule of EF and any other mod.

You are right on that point, Modern Combat mod took 4 years for it to realease and alot of people thought it would die but no Its runing smoothly
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on June 19, 2012, 04:48:47 PM
new screenshot of coh2
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: CER10TY on June 19, 2012, 10:31:29 PM
Only me or does it look exactly like CoH :O
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Killar on June 19, 2012, 10:33:32 PM
Looks more cold imo
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: stealthattack1 on June 20, 2012, 03:14:05 AM
Looks more cold imo
XD hilarious.  ;D

2 p4 vs 1 t34?
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Pac-Fish on June 20, 2012, 03:23:19 AM
Maybe its a super T-34 with extra plating ;D. Or maybe the P4 are wounded :P
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Max 'DonXavi' von B. on June 28, 2012, 07:26:01 PM
It's there. Awesomeness 8)

1st official trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5j0cBqhm3A)
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: stealthattack1 on June 29, 2012, 06:37:30 AM
yesss!!
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Tankbuster on June 29, 2012, 10:20:04 AM
A bearded Danko
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: CER10TY on June 29, 2012, 12:53:43 PM
Eastern Front ;o
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on June 29, 2012, 08:02:15 PM
It's there. Awesomeness 8)

1st official trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5j0cBqhm3A)

awesome shit XD
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Tankbuster on June 30, 2012, 06:53:09 PM
too bad it only showed Danko waving his arms
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Max 'DonXavi' von B. on June 30, 2012, 06:59:27 PM
No matter what his real name will be, from now on he is just to be called Danko around this place.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Dann88 on June 30, 2012, 07:07:41 PM
He looks like my grandpa a lot except the badass part.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Pac-Fish on June 30, 2012, 08:21:20 PM
He will always be Danko to us :D
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on June 30, 2012, 08:45:58 PM
He will always be Danko to us :D

ok i think its time to tell you guys the truth
the guy of coh2 is dankos older brother... Ivan :P
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Pac-Fish on June 30, 2012, 08:58:22 PM
Explaining the facial hair :D
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Dann88 on July 01, 2012, 06:15:52 AM
too old to be a brother, only make sense if his family has about 10 brothers and sisters
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Cranialwizard on July 01, 2012, 01:10:19 PM
too old to be a brother, only make sense if his family has about 10 brothers and sisters

Danko's family has 10 brothers, in order of age greatest to least:

Ivan, Danko, Danko, Danko, Danko, Danko, Danko, Danko, Danko, and Danko.

(Accounting for how many times you have to replace him! :D)
(Hi Maxi xD)
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on July 01, 2012, 10:56:30 PM
no ivan and dankos father was just 10 years in prison
thats the reason why ivan is 10 years older then his younger brother danko XD
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Max 'DonXavi' von B. on July 02, 2012, 01:35:28 AM
There are not only ten brothers, but also 50 uncles, 250 cousins and 1000 other Danko family members. Ten of them died.. that one night on Stalingrad railroad station.. Poor Cranial, my defense was simply to stubborn ;)
Btw, I think we should have some more games like this sometime soon :D
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Cranialwizard on July 03, 2012, 06:11:30 PM
Even the females in that family are named Danko  ::)
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Pac-Fish on July 03, 2012, 07:40:32 PM
Great Grandma Danko? :D
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Blackbishop on July 06, 2012, 10:48:44 PM
You should read this article from IGN ;).

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/07/06/company-of-heroes-2-creating-an-authentic-experience

Thanks to Pariah for the heads up :).
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Trooper425 on July 07, 2012, 01:24:51 AM
Very cool read.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on July 07, 2012, 05:01:29 AM
and the interview with gr.org

http://www.gamereplays.org/companyofheroes/portals.php?show=page&name=coh-2-exclusive-interview

Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Tankbuster on July 07, 2012, 07:38:56 AM
Well, the interview was a damp squid
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Trooper425 on July 07, 2012, 08:40:12 PM
They've given themselves a whole year, but what I'm getting from all of these "reveals" is that they will have:
Dynamic LoS
more accurate sounds/skins
better gfx (but requiring a better comp)
improved? terrain effects
eastern front, but is that really a feature to look forward to considering...?

can anyone else add to this list?
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Orle on July 07, 2012, 11:54:15 PM
They said something about making the tanks ¨feel¨ more heavy, Oh and infantry being able to climb over cover.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Tankbuster on July 08, 2012, 06:43:56 AM
Soviets getting butchered by their own MG fire
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Dreamerbg on July 24, 2012, 06:59:35 PM
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/07/24/company-of-heroes-2-fighting-with-fire

 :)
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on July 24, 2012, 07:34:50 PM
some new screens

(http://hq-coh.com/media/HQ_CoH_Webseite/Company_of_Heroes_2/34.jpg)
(http://hq-coh.com/media/HQ_CoH_Webseite/Company_of_Heroes_2/33.jpg)
(http://hq-coh.com/media/HQ_CoH_Webseite/Company_of_Heroes_2/32.jpg)
(http://hq-coh.com/media/HQ_CoH_Webseite/Company_of_Heroes_2/31.jpg)
(http://hq-coh.com/media/HQ_CoH_Webseite/Company_of_Heroes_2/30.jpg)
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Tankbuster on July 24, 2012, 07:45:04 PM
THose tanks are sinking, my dreams have been answered.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: GodlikeDennis on July 24, 2012, 07:46:25 PM
Far too much realism for my taste. Sounds like crap to me :'(.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Tankbuster on July 24, 2012, 07:49:39 PM
Can someone post a transcript of the IgN article, it is taking too long to load on my comp.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Killar on July 24, 2012, 07:51:29 PM
Why are they only showing the soviets?? We know them already
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Dann88 on July 24, 2012, 07:53:00 PM
2nd pic: KKK troops

Overall: People will cry for money back from CoH2 and play EF mod instead :P. Relic is helping us ;D
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Tankbuster on July 24, 2012, 07:54:25 PM
It seems balance will become less important.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Imperial Dane on July 24, 2012, 08:15:57 PM
@Killar: How they are slanting it so far. They've got a soviet campaign, that will be their current focus for some time i suspect.. and fear.

As for all of the other details, we'll see how it works out. Sounds cool though, and a lot of cool stuff. 120mm mortars, katyushas, KV-1s. Soviet sniper teams by the looks of it. And Ost-truppen for the Germans. Plus the good old halftrack.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Walentin 'Walki' L. on July 24, 2012, 08:37:04 PM
Pic 1 is a screenshot from a cutscene most likely.
The only thing that I noticed on the second pic was the crappy suspension animation of the halftrack and that it's not sinking into the snow.
3th pic: 5 man mortar sqaud = EF? lol
4th: no comment :P
5th: Rockets do not seem to disappear after being fired. Also they use the standart Calliope rocket = fail
I see lots of static objects from CoH 1.

IMO they should stop releasing unfinished stuff... the graphics actually don't look that nice too.


Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Cranialwizard on July 24, 2012, 09:17:51 PM
Far too much realism for my taste. Sounds like crap to me :'(.

Basically this. This is why we hate bridge maps: You get your brand new fancy Tiger on the bridge and it suddenly blows up and there goes your tiger.

Same thing with their ice method. You have a simple shreck squad stand guard on an iced river and wait for a couple T-34s/IS-2 to come by and kill them all in a single shot.

Troops die from not being too close to a FHQ? (Fire, in this case) That's screwy.

I'm glad I'm sticking with EF.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Dreamerbg on July 24, 2012, 09:29:56 PM
From all I read - flamers can burn tank crews ; tanks can go under the ice ....  I will not build tanks in CoH2  ;D
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Cranialwizard on July 24, 2012, 09:36:57 PM
From all I read - flamers can burn tank crews ; tanks can go under the ice ....  I will not build tanks in CoH2  ;D

Just build Flamers! :D
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Dreamerbg on July 24, 2012, 09:44:44 PM
Yeah... then recrew the tank and use it  8)
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Killar on July 24, 2012, 09:54:11 PM
I think that are campaign features not MP features.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Cranialwizard on July 24, 2012, 10:12:21 PM
I think that are campaign features not MP features.

I can just imagine Danko in a King Tiger.
And Danko in a Tiger
And Danko in a Panther
And Danko in a Panzer IV
And Danko in a Panzer III
And Danko in a JagPanzer IV

@Maxi ^-^
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Pac-Fish on July 25, 2012, 03:56:11 AM
I think that are campaign features not MP features.

Yeah just like how direct fire stayed in the places ppl didnt care about
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Dreamerbg on July 25, 2012, 09:46:19 PM
"Company of Heroes (THQ)
ColdTech in CoH2 brings destructible ice! Ice has 'hit points', and as heavy tanks drive over it, or the ice takes damage from munitions, they slowly break down until whatever is atop sinks to a frozen grave.

Do you drive your armor across the ice to gain a tactical advantage at the risk of loosing it in the blink of an eye? What will you do as a commander? Sound off in the comments!"

Copied from their FB page   >:(
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Pac-Fish on July 26, 2012, 12:18:16 AM
Now ppl are just going to wire the ice with demolitions and blow it when its convieniant. LIke a bridge
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Cranialwizard on July 26, 2012, 04:20:48 AM
Now ppl are just going to wire the ice with demolitions and blow it when its convieniant. LIke a bridge

It's 100% like a bridge. Only it self repairs in a couple of minutes.

I'm just going to spam flamethrowers. Keeps troops warm. Burns tank crews. Burns weapon crews.  Burns houses. Burns churches. Burns cover. Burns Troops. Burns Blobs. Burns Elite Armor. Burns Ice. Burns HQ. Burns Danko. Burns everything.

OP sons of a bitches.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Pac-Fish on July 26, 2012, 04:24:15 AM
Burns Danko.

Not unless Danko has a flamer :D

You know what would be funny? If COH2 let you recover equipment from dead soldiers and let you drop flamers. Wait............O_O
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Imperial Dane on July 26, 2012, 09:19:38 AM
You might actually want to read some of all those previews as you're rather spouting a bunch of half-truths. No you don't need to keep troops at camp fires. That is just one way of doing things. Troop transports, cover and buildings also offer the same benefits.

As for flamethrowers, no they only roast the crews who are exposed in their vehicles, like the crews of SU-76s.

And i find the idea that people will just wait at the ice with a solitary unit just to shoot at it in case something crosses it to be a bit silly :P "Oh Hi Fritz, yes you just cross the ice. What all of these grenades and munitions here ? No, i wouldn't throw that over the ice.. Surely not, and this campfire indicating i have been waiting here all the time ?.. No.. that's for my brother Boris and his mortar crew. Yeah i know it looks silly, but why don't you cross the ice instead of just going around it ? Nothing's going to happen here. I promise !"

So perhaps calm down and think things through a bit, perhaps take time to read some more articles ?
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Pac-Fish on July 26, 2012, 01:11:46 PM
So perhaps calm down and think things through a bit, perhaps take time to read some more articles ?

We're just joking dude :P

You might actually want to read some of all those previews as you're rather spouting a bunch of half-truths.

I have read some of it. Or at least the ones they leave on GR.org.

And i find the idea that people will just wait at the ice with a solitary unit just to shoot at it in case something crosses it to be a bit silly :P "Oh Hi Fritz, yes you just cross the ice. What all of these grenades and munitions here ? No, i wouldn't throw that over the ice.. Surely not, and this campfire indicating i have been waiting here all the time ?.. No.. that's for my brother Boris and his mortar crew. Yeah i know it looks silly, but why don't you cross the ice instead of just going around it ? Nothing's going to happen here. I promise !"

Ummm you can lay demolitions and not have to stay put. The demolition still let you see whats around it. For example if you wire a bridge you can still see troops walking across it. Or if u wire a bunker. You can see a soldier tank go past it. Thats why wiring a bridge happens so often and so effectively. If you see a KT you're going to blow the bridge. You're not going to wait. The same can happen to ice. Now will they leave this aspect of being able to se whats near the demolitions? Maybe maybe not but for now I assume they will.

In addition some ppl send units to paces and dont actually pay attention as to where they went cause something else pops up and it diverts their attention.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Imperial Dane on July 26, 2012, 03:23:50 PM
Hard to see you're joking, remember, we're on the internet.. ;)

And well, here's a more comprehensive list of previews:
http://community.companyofheroes.com/forums/company-of-heroes-2-discussion/topics/Second-Wave-of-Previews

Plus this rather excellent preview with an interview:

http://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/7/24/3180751/company-of-heroes-2-preview


As for the whole demolition bit. You're assuming that ice will somehow function exactly like a bridge, that is ,you can wire demolitions to it. Never mind that you  can't cross most ice if any with stuff like say a King Tiger or tiger tank. Different ice has different breaking points.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Killar on July 26, 2012, 04:00:49 PM
I like that different map environments are used for different gameplay mechanics. At least fresh wind in gameplay.

What i don´t like is the tank capture thingy and most of all the true sight thingy, which makes it look like a commandos/MoW clone.

However its all scare information, so we have to wait for a fully report on it. I just hope relic will be more nice to the MP part in the next game, because this is what keeps a game alive.

I still play very old games of the 90´s because they are fun to play. Graphics dont matter that much if the game is fun.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on July 26, 2012, 04:07:33 PM
the true sight sounds also like MoW for me but im fine with this
what i realy dislike are tanks which can be captured and that your inf can die in the snow

at least there will be also summer maps so i see that 99% of all games will be played on these maps because you dont need a fireplace there to keep your inf alive which means less micro on these maps
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Imperial Dane on July 26, 2012, 04:46:57 PM
Can't quite understand why people have issue with the whole taking of tanks. As a whole it first requires tanks to be abandoned. Which is a critical akin to Damaged engine or gun. And probably a bit rarer. So it's not going to happen with every tank.

And then will follow a battle as both sides actually try to aqquire it. Never mind that just like with an AT gun, either side could just wreck it fully. So i am having a hard time understanding people's resistance to the idea :) As far as i can see it adds some interesting depth and mirrors what happened in the war without going fully nuts with it.

As for true sight. Should be more fun, hopefully means less silly jedi snipers, "you can not see me despite the fact i am in the middle of a road" but also means that tank rushes will be a bit more limited, makes recon more important and ditto with tank and infantry cooperation. So as far as i can see, it adds tactics and depth, and hopefully stays simple. Unlike MoW. Lots of good ideas, lots of dodgy execution too though.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Killar on July 26, 2012, 06:52:51 PM
oh i was under the impression that a flamer could kill a crew of a full health tank and then you can steal it. Just like an atgun. If thats not like that then it could be interesting. THx for clarification Dane!
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Imperial Dane on July 26, 2012, 08:07:11 PM
Nah :) From what i know, that might apply to stuff like open topped vehicles, SU-76s, and so on. But not a T-34 or anything like that. Essentially things you'd keep at the rear anyways.

We don't really know the full details of everything, but if something sounds a bit too extreme. Then that's usually because someone missed the actual nuances at play. Try reading the verge interview, they're not applying the sledgehammer approach to this and will be constantly finetuning all of this :)

As it is, i imagine tanks will receive some rework since we already know they will have limited line of sight, i also imagine side armour being added in and probably some improved hull and co-axial Mgs. Though that is speculation.

But if that was your line of thinking, i can understand why you were put off the thought of capturing tanks if flamethrowers could do all that :P But again, if something sounds as extreme as that, then it means someone has missed all the nuances.. or is lying to you ;) .. Probably a MoW Fanboy undercover >.>
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Killar on July 26, 2012, 08:14:01 PM
As long as i will be able to upgrade my stug with "Ostketten" to drive faster through snow im happy :)

(http://uwemilitaria.org/2-Track/Stug3/Graphic/Stug-ostketten.jpg)

(this stug was found in russia and had still its original paint and markings. As it did rot for some years under the sky in a russian military base it was repainted because of rust and some damage done by the soldiers.)
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Trooper425 on July 26, 2012, 08:43:13 PM
"McDermott demonstrates a returning unit from Company of Heroes, the BM-13 Katyusha."

...Wat? I guess EF has more people watching than we may have thought. :)
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Imperial Dane on July 26, 2012, 09:10:42 PM
Not sure if we get Ostketten or what. Certainly wider tracks have been mentioned as a soviet advantage. Then again, depending on the level of customization doctrine wise and such. it could be an option for some players.

As for the return of the Katyusha.. My guess it is a witless Journalist referring to the Calliope. Good rule of thumb when it comes to the majority of game journalists.. They have their heads up their arses. Which is why you read as many previews as possible ;)
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: vonklaus on July 27, 2012, 11:34:09 PM
By the looks of the picture released on Facebook today I assume the Russian liberation
 army will be in the game to some extent check out patch on dead soldiers arm looks
exactly like RLA patch ive seen in pictures plus its clear of snow so u can see it.
Might be just something for campaign but still interesting.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=451563858207946&set=a.445874815443517.106976.121191071245228&type=1&theater (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=451563858207946&set=a.445874815443517.106976.121191071245228&type=1&theater)
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Imperial Dane on July 28, 2012, 02:55:58 PM
Well seeing as there have been concept art for them as well, showing them in winter and summer gear. I suspect we'll see more to them. Some sort of Volksgrenadier equivalent is pretty likely.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Pac-Fish on July 28, 2012, 10:38:07 PM
Landser? :D
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Imperial Dane on July 28, 2012, 10:58:15 PM
By which you mean ? :P Landser was basically a term of endearment for the basic German soldier. A bit like the brits called their tommies, the yanks their GIs and so on.

More likely those russians could be called either Ost-truppen or Hiwis.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Blackbishop on August 02, 2012, 07:05:03 PM
If anyone is interested in another interview made about CoH2 to the Dev team, here it is: http://www.blisteredthumbs.net/2012/08/p32-company-of-heroes-2/
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: GodlikeDennis on August 03, 2012, 08:10:41 AM
"I can confirm you be able to play multiplayer as the German Third Reich and the Soviet Red Army"

Ugh... thanks for that priceless info, thanks.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Killar on August 03, 2012, 11:54:56 AM
Actually again there was nothing told new, except that they failed to interpretate the role of multiplayer games correctly. It might be true that alot of campaign games are played, but thats not what keeps a community alive.
Or he said that because he was the lead campaign designer.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: bangalor44 on August 04, 2012, 01:20:43 AM
I think the secret for the longevity of coh has been it can be modified.If they fail to make coh2 modable I think they will meet with very limited sucess.Just my observation.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Pac-Fish on August 04, 2012, 01:28:41 AM
I agree with bangalor. So many mods have come out for COH and thats what keeps it interesting. Tournaments get boring after a while. With mods it keeps the franchise going that much longer.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: BurroDiablo on August 04, 2012, 04:15:09 AM
They've expressed love for the mod community in the past so I assume modding will be allowed. The engine really doesn't look like it's changed much underneath the snow, and the franchise has a big enough fan base with plenty of modding enthusiasts that community made mod tools are surely to spring up eventually if Relic fails to deliver anything official. Hell, the existing mod tools could probably be modified allow CoH2 modifications.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: jonarus_drakus on August 04, 2012, 01:32:48 PM
The July issue of PCPowerPlay (Australia's premier PC gaming publication) Had a massive review of CoH2... And that's not all, the EF Mod actually recieved a mention in the article, and not an off-hand one either! According to the production leader interviewed, they are well aware of the EF mod, and many have actually played it! They also say that the EF mod 'influenced' their design process. The guy does go on to claim that in one of the last patches made for CoH, they intentionally added tweaks to make the Mod teams job 'easier' (From what I've seen on these forums that part is debatable).

Here is a link to the 'cover' of that issue: http://www.pcpowerplay.com.au/2012/06/pcpp205-on-sale-june-20/

There are ways to access specific articles... But I haven't been able to figure out how (so no direct-to-quote link, sorry).

There is one last bit of semi-related news in the same mag issue... There was another major article done on another massive modding project - "Tamriel Rebuilt" (Of which I have the honour of being involved with - the Oblivion "Hammerfell Project" spin-off anyway...). Why do I mention this? Because EF might just be on a large enough scale to receive similar treatment... Maybe... I think it would take action on the EF dev-teams part... Assuming said dev-team is even interested in seeking/receiving such publicity...

But anyway, even a minor 'mention' like this was worth making some fuss over in my mind...

~JD
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Imperial Dane on August 04, 2012, 07:25:01 PM
@Killar: He wasn't talking about longetivity of the community. He was talking about how most of those who actually bought the game only played Singleplayer. Rather vital difference there.

Usually you only hear about multiplayer and all that. But the people who just play singleplayer are far from a minority. I believe that was more his point :)
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Pac-Fish on August 04, 2012, 08:40:47 PM
Usually you only hear about multiplayer and all that. But the people who just play singleplayer are far from a minority. I believe that was more his point :)

I agree with this statement. Plus if you have no internet access you can play vs comp :P
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Imperial Dane on August 05, 2012, 09:36:24 PM
The current issue is we're basically relying on Gaming journalists. Not the most reliable bunch in the world. So one has to sift through a lot of replays. Two just popped up which rather threw in some new details on maps and coldtech for example. Plus another interview with Quinn-

Plus one dev popped up on Gr.org (sigh) and tried to point out that CoH 2 was CoH with some of the rougher edges removed. Which is of course pretty damn hard for us to verify at the moment :P

3 map types seem to have been confirmed. Summer, spring and winter it seems.

Just wish we could get some gameplay footage. I mean it sounds bloody exciting when you have someone like Quinn talking about it. but i'd sure as hell rather see and hear it myself :)
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Pac-Fish on August 05, 2012, 09:51:53 PM
I think they're just trying to "hype it up" per se. But I think ppl will begin to lose interest if we dont see some more gameplay soon :P. Or at least a better video than just the trailer.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Sommarkatze on August 05, 2012, 10:35:35 PM
I want autumm! <3
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Walentin 'Walki' L. on August 05, 2012, 11:44:21 PM
Some new info:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkB4wXZ9YB0&feature=related

EDIT: Something sneaky here at 3:10:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppn21bVSm5Y&feature=relmfu
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Blackbishop on August 17, 2012, 07:26:00 PM
A couple of articles, courtesy of Pariah:

http://au.pc.gamespy.com/pc/company-of-heroes-2/1225779p1.html
http://au.ign.com/articles/2012/08/17/company-of-heroes-2-small-tweaks-make-big-differences
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on August 18, 2012, 12:49:05 AM
lets take a look what the new pics tells us^^
(http://pcmedia.gamespy.com/pc/image/article/122/1225779/company-of-heroes-2-20120816052754055-000.jpg)

we see in the front a german stug III
around the stug there are many german solders (i think they are the main inf of relics ostheer)
so lets call them for now landsers^^

behind them are 2 panzer IV

but when you look in front of the first panzer IV there are on the left and the right something that looks like an officer
maybe a new 2men squad? or an upgrade for existing squads? we will see XD

(http://pcmedia.gamespy.com/pc/image/article/122/1225779/company-of-heroes-2-20120816052755483-000.jpg)

what we see here?
first of all we see one of our nice big cats XD an ostheer panther :D

what we see next?
2 kind of axis soldiers
the ones on the front with k98, the ones at the right side looks like close combat units with mp40

Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Pac-Fish on August 18, 2012, 12:56:48 AM
Those uniforms are so weird O_O
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Cranialwizard on August 18, 2012, 01:36:09 AM
It's relic's attempt to make it easy to play. The reason Volks and Grens for example are weirdly colored is because Relic wanted to make it easier to tell them apart.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Pac-Fish on August 18, 2012, 02:25:53 AM
Yeah but this color pattern is just freaky O_o. At least Grens and Volks were similar color. And grey which made sense (sorta)
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: CER10TY on August 18, 2012, 05:06:55 AM
So I heard snow isn't actually just something for the looks but kills your soldiers over time if you leave them exposed. D:
Anybody else heard that?
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: EasyCalic on August 18, 2012, 05:26:37 AM
Yes, in fact, somebody mentioned that fact a bunch of times in this very thread, CER10TY...
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: CER10TY on August 18, 2012, 06:14:21 AM
Yes, in fact, somebody mentioned that fact a bunch of times in this very thread, CER10TY...

Really? I must've missed that.
I blame it on not having slept for 16 hours now. :P
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Pac-Fish on August 18, 2012, 07:50:58 AM
Well just weather in general can effect troops. At least thats what I thought. Maybe it is just snow.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: CER10TY on August 18, 2012, 01:18:02 PM
Well just weather in general can effect troops. At least thats what I thought. Maybe it is just snow.

Afaik there's only snow in CoH 2 as possible weather which can evolve into snowstorms and all that. Seems like an interesting thing.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on August 18, 2012, 03:03:31 PM
(http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/483981_459023920795273_1332857265_n.jpg)

and as you can see the ui looks pretty similar to coh1
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Trooper425 on August 18, 2012, 07:26:19 PM
Replying to Apemen:
The StuG could be a III or a IV, we cannot accurately tell from this picture. That means that it could very well be the same model as the CoH StuG (like the other German vehicles will probably be). Also, the gray-top troops in the first picture are seen exclusively wielding kar98s. However, in the second one, they are seen with a mixture of kar98s, mp40s, and what looks like either a PzB39 or an MG34. This is in contrast to the brown-tops, who are not present in the first picture, and present in the second only wielding kar98s. This leads me to believe that the brown-tops may well be the new volks (tier 1 infantry), while the gray-tops are the gren replacement (tier 2) and can purchase weapon upgrades.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Desert_Fox on August 18, 2012, 07:57:54 PM
Afaik there's only snow in CoH 2 as possible weather which can evolve into snowstorms and all that. Seems like an interesting thing.

No. In CoH 2 we will see 3 kind of seasons in different maps:

Winter Maps
Spring Maps
Autumn Maps

(source CoH 2 official forum)
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on August 18, 2012, 08:05:14 PM
higher quality of this pic :D

(http://mediang.gameswelt.net/public/images/201208/c3029dcefb1c491d18d8cf24b5932114.jpg)
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Zerstörer on August 18, 2012, 10:08:44 PM
Replying to Apemen:
The StuG could be a III or a IV, we cannot accurately tell from this picture. That means that it could very well be the same model as the CoH StuG (like the other German vehicles will probably be). Also, the gray-top troops in the first picture are seen exclusively wielding kar98s. However, in the second one, they are seen with a mixture of kar98s, mp40s, and what looks like either a PzB39 or an MG34. This is in contrast to the brown-tops, who are not present in the first picture, and present in the second only wielding kar98s. This leads me to believe that the brown-tops may well be the new volks (tier 1 infantry), while the gray-tops are the gren replacement (tier 2) and can purchase weapon upgrades.
Its clearly a stugIII if you know your tanks  ;). The PzIV, Panther Tiger tanks look to have the same models as vCOH and there is even a wreck of a recently destroyed Sdkfz250. It's interesting to see that tanks like the T34 have different skins/stowage although the question is how that is controlled. As for uniform colours, the pre-release vCOH pictures showed many differences to the released product, so I'd wait till we see the final ones.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Chancellor on August 18, 2012, 10:32:52 PM
lets take a look what the new pics tells us^^
(http://pcmedia.gamespy.com/pc/image/article/122/1225779/company-of-heroes-2-20120816052754055-000.jpg)

we see in the front a german stug III
around the stug there are many german solders (i think they are the main inf of relics ostheer)
so lets call them for now landsers^^

behind them are 2 panzer IV

but when you look in front of the first panzer IV there are on the left and the right something that looks like an officer
maybe a new 2men squad? or an upgrade for existing squads? we will see XD

(http://pcmedia.gamespy.com/pc/image/article/122/1225779/company-of-heroes-2-20120816052755483-000.jpg)

what we see here?
first of all we see one of our nice big cats XD an ostheer panther :D

what we see next?
2 kind of axis soldiers
the ones on the front with k98, the ones at the right side looks like close combat units with mp40

Vehicles look OK.  The uniforms look like baby suits though.  All that's missing is the bib!
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Trooper425 on August 19, 2012, 03:17:58 AM
You're right Zerstorer, we can tell. My apologies Ape.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Imperial Dane on August 19, 2012, 08:45:49 AM
Only during blizzards really.

As for the troops. The ones in green are ROA troops, that is. Russian Liberation army. As for the green, ease of unit identification, plus i doubt the Germans are going to give any uniforms suited towards winter to their russian allies :P

But a ton of stuff in those screenshots. Got stuff like those chaps with the Gewehr 43s and Panzerfausts, rather reminds me of PE Panzergrenadiers, so let's call them that. Got people with white helmets in the background and panzerfausts as well, let's call them Pioneers because i recall earlier images with them equipped with MP40s. Though that seems like an Upgrade.

You've got another image showing off a light halftrack for the wehrmacht as well.

Plus one preview seems to confirm the SU-85 for the soviets.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Dzierzan on August 19, 2012, 01:44:34 PM
http://uk.media.pc.gamespy.com/media/133/133759/imgs_1.html

Here are some nice pictures. From these ones, i can say that animations of infantry seem to be same, even mortar crew is very similar.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Sommarkatze on August 19, 2012, 10:43:35 PM
Is that suppost to be like.. Furr collars? Look weird ;S And panthers? I thought it would be 1941 ?
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Ost_Front_Soldat on August 20, 2012, 05:54:28 AM
Is that suppost to be like.. Furr collars? Look weird ;S And panthers? I thought it would be 1941 ?

lol we had Pershings in 1944 France in CoH1, it would be nothing new but Relic has already stated that the game will take you from 1941-1945, from the German invasion to the ultimate victory in Berlin.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: BurroDiablo on August 20, 2012, 09:41:29 AM
Is that suppost to be like.. Furr collars? Look weird ;S And panthers? I thought it would be 1941 ?

It's through the entirety of the Eastern Front, 41-45.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Imperial Dane on August 20, 2012, 04:00:14 PM
And we don't know when Multiplayer is set. But a lot of the equipment seen so far would fit the 1943-44 bill so far.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Max 'DonXavi' von B. on August 20, 2012, 04:26:02 PM
Possibly it's like in RUSE where you can choose the age
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on August 20, 2012, 06:04:01 PM
or in the tiers you have a kind of research for the year to unlock later produced units
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Imperial Dane on August 20, 2012, 07:40:02 PM
Not likely .Would rather go against the Authenticity. More like it's either one period. Or they have set periods so you can play different ones. Like 1941-42. 1943 and 1944-45. That would be a cool option and could allow 2 armies. But essentially due to how they operated during the different periods. You'd have six different armies.

But so far it looks like most of the equipment is of the 1943-44 variety.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Zerstörer on August 20, 2012, 09:16:31 PM
Given that they said COH2 covers  the entire war in the East including storming Berlin, you will have a mix of units from the entire war, much like we do. They've also mentioned how technology changed throughout the campaign meaning you'll get stuff like T34/76 & KV1, transitioning to T34/85/IS2...how that is achieved we can only guess.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: e-gon on August 21, 2012, 12:33:52 AM
The Soviets are able to retreat in the MP
The Soviets got a Comand squad, which if it gets Vet can call in Ari (like in EFmod) and Strafes (IL2)
Snipers (Team of 2) cloak like Fallschrimjägers -> in Cover and they are Women ;)
Tanks have a reverse gear, so they move Backward with 2Clicks
Ranked Games have 3Vps
Like in the Game Panzer Generals you will be able to kill the Crew out of an enemy tank, repair it and use it

The second source->
AmiPolzeifunk played COH2
http://blog.fulltimegeek.de/
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: GodlikeDennis on August 21, 2012, 05:49:24 AM
Quote
Snipers (Team of 2) cloak like Fallschrimjägers

Oh joy...
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Hendrik 'DarcReaver' S. on August 21, 2012, 09:06:49 AM
Quote
Snipers (Team of 2) cloak like Fallschrimjägers

Oh joy...
Yay, finally we get back our 2men sniper team xD
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Cranialwizard on August 21, 2012, 12:58:27 PM
So basically they're trying to duplicate some of the major mistakes of 1.0  ::)
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Pac-Fish on August 21, 2012, 02:59:54 PM
Maybe the reinforce wil be much higher :P. You'd essentially be paying for another sniper but would still keep vet I guess. But yea sounds like this:

So basically they're trying to duplicate some of the major mistakes of 1.0  ::)
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: GodlikeDennis on August 21, 2012, 03:24:07 PM
We tried high reinforcement. It still didn't fix the fact that the unit itself is broken.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: donthateme on August 21, 2012, 03:29:54 PM
The Sniper-team was never really broken. The only problem was, that only Soviets had them, while other Sniperz were single. As long as Axis and Soviets both get a Sniper-team in CoH2, I dont see any (balance-) problems.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Tankbuster on August 21, 2012, 03:45:00 PM
and their cloaking is passive. Don't forget.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Cranialwizard on August 21, 2012, 04:10:48 PM
The Sniper-team was never really broken. The only problem was, that only Soviets had them, while other Sniperz were single. As long as Axis and Soviets both get a Sniper-team in CoH2, I dont see any (balance-) problems.

As long as both factions have sniper teams...I don't know if this fixes the problem. Will there be a Spotter and a Sniper or 2 Snipers? If it is 2 Snipers, there is still something wrong with that.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Pac-Fish on August 21, 2012, 04:37:51 PM
Im sure its a spotter
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Gerrit 'Lord Rommel' G. on August 21, 2012, 05:09:18 PM
The Sniper-team was never really broken. The only problem was, that only Soviets had them, while other Sniperz were single. As long as Axis and Soviets both get a Sniper-team in CoH2, I dont see any (balance-) problems.

As long as both factions have sniper teams...I don't know if this fixes the problem. Will there be a Spotter and a Sniper or 2 Snipers? If it is 2 Snipers, there is still something wrong with that.

I'm quiet sure that the german army is the current one...
Pics showed PzIV, StuG, Panther and Tiger I -> nothing new...  :-\
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Zerstörer on August 21, 2012, 06:05:47 PM
Im sure its a spotter
(http://pcmedia.gamespy.com/pc/image/article/122/1225519/company-of-heroes-2-20120723044211426_640w.jpg)
One has a scope and the other one doesn't. So it looks like what we use to have. Like vCOH it will take some patched to iron out the balance, but in truth any unit can be balanced if you teak the stats well enough and I trust Relic. Plus someone mentioned their accuracy not being as good vs moving targets. Hopefully they'll have limited the snipers impact in the game overall. Currently they're too much of a focal point far more than MG/Mortars.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Cranialwizard on August 21, 2012, 06:09:31 PM
You can't just flip stats around enough to change it's broken design flaws or it's fail. If we hard nerfed snipers by giving them all Passive Cloak then yes, there would be less focus on snipers, but that would be changing design :)

If the Germans do not have a dual team then the soviet team will not be balanced unless it's not a 100% accuracy vs most crap like vcoh.

Probably docking any sort of camo from the dual snipers might be OK.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Rikard Blixt on August 21, 2012, 06:29:36 PM
You can put the reinforcement cost of the sniper team to being the actual "buy price", making it 1-1 in Cost VS Risk for a sniper/spotter combo vs single-sniper, for both persons. As long as you can ensure that the sniper in the sniper/spotter combo will always be favored as a target.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Blackbishop on August 21, 2012, 06:42:28 PM
@Rizz
We used to have it like that in the internal version a while ago but it was never released on public and was split into the upgrade system ;D. It will make the unit earn vet faster, but that can be fixed by tweaking either the vet bonuses and/or the vet requirements.

With "faster", I mean that the unit survives to be sniped and lives another day saving it's already earned kills.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Rikard Blixt on August 21, 2012, 06:45:00 PM
Indeed, but against Wehr, who gains vet for "free" (i.e. no reason to keep unit alive), they have an even greater advantage imo.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Cranialwizard on August 21, 2012, 06:45:44 PM
You can put the reinforcement cost of the sniper team to being the actual "buy price", making it 1-1 in Cost VS Risk for a sniper/spotter combo vs single-sniper, for both persons. As long as you can ensure that the sniper in the sniper/spotter combo will always be favored as a target.

Still not enough really. The fact remains that at the end of the day, you still have half your sniper which can either continue sniping or call in artillery/provide support, and your opponent whom only has one lone sniper has nothing. It doesn't matter that cost are high, it's the fact that even if the reinforce matched the buy cost, it would be useless to reinforce. You'd just make another 2 man squad. Then you'd have 3 sniper/spotter units.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Pac-Fish on August 21, 2012, 07:51:11 PM
Yeah and plus, I dont think COH2 will have bought vet this time around AFAIK. So while one sniper gets to keep vet the other loses everything.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on August 22, 2012, 04:02:08 PM
HQ pics of the already posted ones

(http://blog.fulltimegeek.de/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/0001-7330companyofheroes2_online_germanadvance.jpg)

(http://blog.fulltimegeek.de/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/0002-7329companyofheroes2_online_russiantanks.jpg)

(http://blog.fulltimegeek.de/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/0003-7328companyofheroes2_online_commandpoint.jpg)

(http://blog.fulltimegeek.de/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/0004-7327companyofheroes2_online_citycombat.jpg)

(http://blog.fulltimegeek.de/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/0005-7326companyofheroes2_online_airsupport.jpg)

Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Imperial Dane on August 22, 2012, 05:28:50 PM
Well one has to remember all snipers will now be more on the passive side of cloaking. And when you then factor in the Soviet army will probably be more the agressor. It would make sense for their snipers to be able to suffer a bit more comparitively with a potential one man Sniper for the Germans.

I mean if you look at the Soviets. A lot of what they have is much more offensively minded. Much larger squads for even support units does hint at something more minded towards agression. And the losses that comes with it.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Ost_Front_Soldat on August 22, 2012, 06:53:56 PM
When having a release with 2 factions, they have to be either structurally similar(US and Wehr) or symmetrically balanced(PE and Brits). If you give one side a cloakable, sniping unit you will have to give the opposite faction a similar unit.

I can definately see the 1-mans Wehrmacht sniper returning, with possibly an addition ability or reduced cost to balance out the Soviet sniper team.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: BurroDiablo on August 22, 2012, 06:56:19 PM
StuG III looks real low poly... as if it was made for CoH1 but never added.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Dreamerbg on September 03, 2012, 05:21:37 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCaWFOYJU4g&feature=plcp
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Trooper425 on September 03, 2012, 07:36:18 PM
Its nice to hear torough impressions from actual gamers.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: neosdark on September 04, 2012, 02:26:07 AM
I swear this sounds like a total EF rip-off.

EDIT: The units sound similar, the upgrades are the same, even the names are the same at many times.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Pac-Fish on September 04, 2012, 04:39:12 AM
I swear this sounds like a total EF rip-off.

If you cant beat em, join em :P
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Dreamerbg on September 04, 2012, 08:55:42 AM
Part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6_bM7L8rWQ&list=UUiAyZWwE-uYhfC8CYisjbkg&index=1&feature=plcp
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: georider on October 14, 2012, 07:27:01 PM
Whooo , When this will be up lads ;)
A Ghost need to be resurrect !!!
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Andreas 'DMz' Boyce on October 14, 2012, 07:31:58 PM
LOL the Ghost of Christmas Past :)
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: BurroDiablo on October 14, 2012, 07:44:05 PM
Halloween isn't for another 2 weeks!
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: georider on October 14, 2012, 07:56:40 PM
I think we have X-mass in 3 months  ;D
How are you lads ? I must say that the excellent idea of E.F will take flesh and bones by our beloved company  ;)
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on October 21, 2012, 01:59:46 AM
found screen in one of the videos which shows that the coh2 user bar looks pretty similar to the one of coh1 :D
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Walentin 'Walki' L. on October 21, 2012, 11:23:51 AM
Actually it's the DoW II UI :P.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on November 06, 2012, 01:56:32 PM
a few new coh2 screens :D

(http://hq-coh.com/media/HQ_CoH_Webseite/Company_of_Heroes_2/60.jpg)

(http://hq-coh.com/media/HQ_CoH_Webseite/Company_of_Heroes_2/61.jpg)

(http://hq-coh.com/media/HQ_CoH_Webseite/Company_of_Heroes_2/62.jpg)

(http://hq-coh.com/media/HQ_CoH_Webseite/Company_of_Heroes_2/63.jpg)

(http://hq-coh.com/media/HQ_CoH_Webseite/Company_of_Heroes_2/64.jpg)

dunno but for me relic´s ostheer looks just like a unit mix of wehr and pe :(
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Killar on November 06, 2012, 03:59:24 PM
Yay! PE and Wehr finally mixed.
Tbh this looks more like a mod of vcoh than a new game. If you already have made a map using WB, you will notice a alot of similarities to these pictures. Also many units are the same. Graphically it didnt improve much too. I guess they finally fixed the DX10 for coh, which is a big improvment. Actually looks like EF mod version made by relic. Maybe it will be epic
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Walentin 'Walki' L. on November 06, 2012, 04:45:09 PM
(http://hq-coh.com/media/HQ_CoH_Webseite/Company_of_Heroes_2/60.jpg)

I feel like somebody robbed my campaign map... big city, railwaystation :P.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Killar on November 06, 2012, 04:47:23 PM
I feel like somebody robbed my campaign map... big city, railwaystation :P.

Did you release is yet?  :o
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Max 'DonXavi' von B. on November 06, 2012, 04:59:05 PM
No he didn't - and AFAIK it won't be released until the campaign comes out ;)

I can't believe Relic is so dull to use the same fucking buildings for a new game! They didn't even care to create urban Soviet ones.. copy and paste of CoH1 basically. Very disappointing.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Killar on November 06, 2012, 05:03:42 PM
No he didn't - and AFAIK it won't be released until the campaign comes out ;)

I can't believe Relic is so dull to use the same fucking buildings for a new game! They didn't even care to create urban Soviet ones.. copy and paste of CoH1 basically. Very disappointing.

Makes sense because its supposed to be a campaign map, but where did they get it from?

They also use normandy and dutch object assets for soviet urban buildings  ;D
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on November 06, 2012, 05:06:24 PM
maybe these are just bad screenshots
i guess we will see full dx11 support with coh2
dx10 would be a bit outdated^^

lets see how it looks realy ingame when the first gameplay video comes out
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Killar on November 06, 2012, 05:09:30 PM
These screenshots are for sure no DX11. And i highly doubt they will add such feature, when they basically reuse coh1 assets, but i hope im wrong.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Dann88 on November 06, 2012, 05:25:57 PM
2 boxes behind that T-34! Why? Why they put those boxes there?
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Ghost on November 06, 2012, 08:06:46 PM
2 boxes behind that T-34! Why? Why they put those boxes there?
vodka storage  ;)
well actually after some research i found this:
40l fuel boxes (http://www.wingsntreads.com/catalog.php?item=152)
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: BurroDiablo on November 07, 2012, 04:35:30 PM
Disappointed by the lack of new urban world buildings... and the lack of new Axis units for that matter. 90% of their budget must have went on ColdTech which is probably just going to piss off competitive players and never be used anway, rofl.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on November 07, 2012, 05:19:01 PM
Disappointed by the lack of new urban world buildings... and the lack of new Axis units for that matter. 90% of their budget must have went on ColdTech which is probably just going to piss off competitive players and never be used anway, rofl.


maybe this is the reason why coh2 is now delayed from former jan 2013 to march 2013
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: stealthattack1 on November 07, 2012, 05:51:12 PM
this is THQ
Guy #1:hey guys, how about we remake the best RTS ever made, but rip off a mod?
Guy#2: well we got to have somthing different dont we?
Guy #3: i got it! well just put in some ice!
Guys #1and2: yeah! awesome idea!


Later in March 2013......
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcb7xq62ja1qjag6vo1_400.gif)
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Max 'DonXavi' von B. on November 07, 2012, 06:12:02 PM
I approve your post. ;D
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Tankbuster on November 07, 2012, 06:17:29 PM
Tankbuster Approves
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on November 07, 2012, 06:21:50 PM
haha nice video :D
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Riggsman on November 07, 2012, 06:42:49 PM
Hahaha nice use of that Epic Fail stealth :D:D
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Dann88 on November 07, 2012, 07:21:59 PM
Yeah, we should keep playing EF instead of CoH2 to avoid future butthurt like that gif guy :P
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: stealthattack1 on November 07, 2012, 07:23:44 PM
Yeah, we should keep playing EF instead of CoH2 to avoid future butthurt like that gif guy :P
QFT
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Trooper425 on November 08, 2012, 07:36:03 PM
CoC2 is looking less and less original. They have said, however, that there are improvements that cannot be captured in a screenshot. Like better sounds and better AI pathfinding. I am a little disappointed at this point, but gameplay videos could (not will) bring back some hope.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Dreamerbg on November 12, 2012, 07:42:35 PM
According CoH 2 FB page, they have a multiplayer version and closed beta is coming.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on November 22, 2012, 12:27:36 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGTCeTq1DVk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGTCeTq1DVk)

ingame gameplay video of coh2 :D
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Killar on November 22, 2012, 12:30:38 AM
Thats a trailer, not a gameplay video :P

Well looks like EF mod to me tbh
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on November 22, 2012, 12:33:51 AM
Thats a trailer, not a gameplay video :P

Well looks like EF mod to me tbh

haha yes i 100% agree with you :D
and in the end i guess we have the better ostheer^^
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Max 'DonXavi' von B. on November 22, 2012, 05:00:50 PM
Thats a trailer, not a gameplay video :P

Well looks like EF mod to me tbh

haha yes i 100% agree with you :D
and in the end i guess we have the better ostheer^^

Hehe indeed!
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on November 23, 2012, 02:43:34 PM
leaked real gameplay of coh2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMW6Nwba16E (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMW6Nwba16E)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITp3YPlLTJw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITp3YPlLTJw)
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Dann88 on November 23, 2012, 02:54:26 PM
eye-hurting quality :P
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Killar on November 23, 2012, 03:00:34 PM
Finally. Remember this was the pre alpha version, but setup looks like men of war to me. Im curious how long this youtube channel will be there.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on November 23, 2012, 03:04:47 PM
Finally. Remember this was the pre alpha version, but setup looks like men of war to me. Im curious how long this youtube channel will be there.

i guess not that long :P
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: BurroDiablo on November 23, 2012, 03:14:04 PM
I like the new death sequence for tanks, combusts for a second before exploding, satisfying to watch.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Riggsman on November 23, 2012, 04:08:47 PM
Tanks don't bump when get a hit which is weird after COH. That IL2 strike animation was very much alike EF IL-2 strafe btw.

The things i loved the skins of infantry especially flowing jackets with wind and the Active Squads info which shows the cover, danger etc. You can react more faster.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Sotahullu on November 23, 2012, 04:57:04 PM
Flamethrower actually now looks good.

Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Dzierzan on November 29, 2012, 08:23:49 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BprB15p8Amc#!

Well... not bad.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Sommarkatze on November 29, 2012, 11:21:36 PM
At 0.25 . Nice to see that they got the camo right and didnt made something up like in the previous game :>
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Orle on November 30, 2012, 12:13:23 AM
Nice to see some new stuff!^^ German arty, Soviet 122mm guns, the IS-2 and ISU-152s looks really good too.

Not sure if im gonna preorder it though, i'd prefer a physical collectors edition more than a digital one.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: BffWithDEATH on November 30, 2012, 01:22:33 AM
would be amazing if they added ANZAC's and Japs in a DLC
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: BurroDiablo on November 30, 2012, 01:45:52 AM
Bleh, another annoying trailer filled with 1 second clips, it's nice to see a glimpse of an IS2 but holy shit it's taken them long enough.

would be amazing if they added ANZAC's and Japs in a DLC

Uh, that would be a little more than just DLC and would likely require more work to make than CoH2. ANZAC is pretty niche, they'd need to add in the US too for it to be viable commercially.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: neosdark on November 30, 2012, 04:03:17 AM
I can't say I agree Burro, WWII buffs would go nuts (name 5 WWII games where they are playable, other than Paradox Interactive games) and most CoH players would be interested, even if slightly.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: BffWithDEATH on November 30, 2012, 05:37:30 AM
ANZAC's is NZ and Aus so because of the Aus part it would be quite big commercially, and a rather unique change in the gaming industry. i dont think i can name a game where you play as or command anzac army's.
Italy would be a nice addition too.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: BurroDiablo on November 30, 2012, 11:24:45 AM
There's a reason you don't see them in any games, because a game focusing on the ANZAC's isn't commericially viable. Big budget titles like CoH need to sell big, and without the ingame infrastructure, Pacific assets, units models, animations and voice acting for Anzac/Japanese units, we'd be talking about a game with a bigger budget and with a longer development cycle than CoH2. I believe CoH sold the vast majority of it's copies in Europe, if you think most European CoH fans would want a game focusing on Anzac in the pacific then you must be pretty goddamn high, it's far too niche to have it's own game dedicated to it and they is exactly why it doesn't. Anzac forces added to CoH at all in any way, shape or form would be part of the Brits, as they are in MoW. But again, if Relic made the entire infrastructure for a game in the Pacific and it looks fantastic, they might as well add America first and then do Brits/Anzac's later, since US vs Japan would sell a shitload more copies.

Blame money. :P
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: BffWithDEATH on November 30, 2012, 11:59:01 AM
too true, but like i said it would be nice. but would as in it wont happen haha.

but why would the anzac's go under the brits? i know they were collonies of great britain, but as far as i know they didnt fight alongside the brits during the war. i know that the brits were meant to send something like 20k - 40k troops to gallipolli's flank to aid the anzac's but that didnt happen xD

maybe on sicilly or something, but im not sure if the brits were involved in avalanche, i think that was just USA and anzac's
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: GodlikeDennis on November 30, 2012, 02:32:01 PM
Australia and New Zealand (and Canada) are part of the Commonwealth and fought under British leadership in both wars. I believe Winston Churchill came up with the idea of the Gallipoli landing. In WW2, the Desert Rats had a significant role in the North Africa campaign under Monty, and ANZACs fought the Japanese probably in concert with British and American troops (after 1940).

Saying they were just colonies of GB is putting it mildly. The King was still Head of State and all Commonwealth countries still fall under British leadership as independently governed colonies.

An ANZAC specific game won't happen. The role in the war was not large enough and is not commercially viable. Additionally, equipment was British or American manufactured and offers nothing unique.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Desert_Fox on November 30, 2012, 02:44:24 PM
Not sure if im gonna preorder it though, i'd prefer a physical collectors edition more than a digital one.

There will be only digital version of CoH2 (I heard a dev say this in a video).
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Orle on November 30, 2012, 03:18:02 PM
Not sure if im gonna preorder it though, i'd prefer a physical collectors edition more than a digital one.

There will be only digital version of CoH2 (I heard a dev say this in a video).

Really?? that sucks big time=/
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Dreamerbg on November 30, 2012, 03:59:01 PM
Yep, I know the same thing from somewhere :)
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: BurroDiablo on November 30, 2012, 04:00:14 PM
Not sure if im gonna preorder it though, i'd prefer a physical collectors edition more than a digital one.

There will be only digital version of CoH2 (I heard a dev say this in a video).

I don't know about that, PCDVD version is availible for pre-order on various sites. That said, I preordered the PCDVD version of BF3 and I still needed to download the game via origin which was fucking stupid.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on November 30, 2012, 05:21:13 PM
last weekend there was a 50% deal on origin (europe) were i was able to preorder coh2 for only 25 euro
but afaik this works like a normal shop so i will probably get also just a key from origin to activate in steam and download it there
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: mSnowflake on November 30, 2012, 07:43:01 PM
last weekend there was a 50% deal on origin (europe) were i was able to preorder coh2 for only 25 euro
but afaik this works like a normal shop so i will probably get also just a key from origin to activate in steam and download it there

origin is just the same as steam, just from a different company. so it works exactly the same. you'll need to download it from them and use there program (origin) to start the game
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on November 30, 2012, 08:40:33 PM
not realy
relic said already that it dosnt matter where you bought the game you will always need steam because its a steamworks game :P
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Killar on November 30, 2012, 08:44:48 PM
Wait what? You can only play coh2 if you have steam account?
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: BurroDiablo on November 30, 2012, 08:49:10 PM
Yeah, your account is tied to Steam, so no more smurfing
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Killar on November 30, 2012, 08:56:59 PM
hmm that will also reduce cheating and playing without a key. Nice idea but also annoying if steam is offline, which happens often :P
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on November 30, 2012, 08:57:51 PM
Wait what? You can only play coh2 if you have steam account?

of course? whats wrong with this?
at least if you cheat and steam notice this you will not oly loose coh2 you will also loose all other games you have on steam

so bad times for cheaters and hackers :P
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Desert_Fox on December 01, 2012, 01:36:38 AM
Yeah, your account is tied to Steam, so no more smurfing

That's a GREAT GREAT GREAT thing!  :D :D :D
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: BffWithDEATH on December 01, 2012, 02:16:45 AM
this was actually a really great idea by the coh2 dev's, this should also help with connection problems when you have a perfect connection c':
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: GodlikeDennis on December 01, 2012, 03:10:30 AM
This seems very similar to DoW2. I just hope they have a logical ingame account rather than that Games for Windows shit.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: BffWithDEATH on December 01, 2012, 09:49:41 AM
i hope you can use your Relic id from COH in COH2.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on December 01, 2012, 05:09:25 PM
i hope you can use your Relic id from COH in COH2.

coh2 is a steamworks game so your ingame nick = your steam nick
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Walentin 'Walki' L. on December 01, 2012, 05:59:28 PM
i hope you can use your Relic id from COH in COH2.

coh2 is a steamworks game so your ingame nick = your steam nick

XD
You bought it over Origin so... you use Origin to log into Steam and then launch the game.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Sommarkatze on December 01, 2012, 06:05:28 PM
Jesus do I miss that time before you had to have a account for everything and logg in to everything :C
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on December 01, 2012, 07:08:48 PM
i hope you can use your Relic id from COH in COH2.

coh2 is a steamworks game so your ingame nick = your steam nick

XD
You bought it over Origin so... you use Origin to log into Steam and then launch the game.

hm i dont think that it will work in this way^^
imo origin users will get just a key for steam
or they will start coh2 in origin

but to start origin and start the game in steam makes imo no sense :P
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: donthateme on December 01, 2012, 07:31:03 PM
Jesus do I miss that time before you had to have a account for everything and logg in to everything :C

Agree, stupid Steam-shit... Lets see if CoH 2 will fuck up only cause of Steam :P
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: BffWithDEATH on December 02, 2012, 02:41:13 AM
w
i hope you can use your Relic id from COH in COH2.

coh2 is a steamworks game so your ingame nick = your steam nick

XD
You bought it over Origin so... you use Origin to log into Steam and then launch the game.

hm i dont think that it will work in this way^^
imo origin users will get just a key for steam
or they will start coh2 in origin

but to start origin and start the game in steam makes imo no sense :P


what will probably happen is you'l get a cd key and download the game, but you will use your cd-key to register the product on steam.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on December 06, 2012, 06:33:23 PM
2 new screens of coh2 where you can see the new ui
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Max 'DonXavi' von B. on December 06, 2012, 06:58:52 PM
Female snipers. How obvious!
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Desert_Fox on December 06, 2012, 07:01:34 PM
ui

UI mean?
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Max 'DonXavi' von B. on December 06, 2012, 07:10:36 PM
User Interface  ;)
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Rikard Blixt on December 06, 2012, 07:33:05 PM
User Interace  ;)
User Interface  ;)
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Ursidey on December 06, 2012, 07:35:29 PM
User Interace  ;)
User Inteface  ;)

User Interface ?  ;)
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Max 'DonXavi' von B. on December 06, 2012, 07:59:45 PM
User Interace  ;)
User Inteface  ;)

User Interface ?  ;)

lol
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Dreamerbg on December 06, 2012, 09:10:03 PM
You saw this ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr7HyQG-9Vc

If no - see it :D
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Max 'DonXavi' von B. on December 06, 2012, 10:37:37 PM
This is fucking impressive, thanks for the link!

Spotted an Elefant..
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: BurroDiablo on December 07, 2012, 12:02:50 AM
Huzzah, we got so see a totally new vehicle for a split second! :P
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on December 07, 2012, 12:28:25 AM
Huzzah, we got so see a totally new vehicle for a split second! :P

hey they have stolen our idea :D he also have a elefant :P
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Dreamerbg on December 07, 2012, 07:06:01 AM
I think I saw a flametrowing rusian tank. ???
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Killar on December 07, 2012, 07:36:04 AM
KV-8
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: BffWithDEATH on December 07, 2012, 08:07:46 AM
i Hope they have KV-2's personally they're a favorate of mine
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Dreamerbg on December 08, 2012, 08:00:05 AM
It seems that COH 2 closed beta will be next year -January probably. :)

http://community.companyofheroes.com/forums/community-news-feed/topics/Letters-from-the-Producer-1-Beta
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Riggsman on December 10, 2012, 08:19:46 PM
Go Get it! :D COH2 Alpha access!

http://www.coh2.org/news/888/coh2-alpha-sign-ups-open
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: stealthattack1 on December 10, 2012, 08:26:19 PM
the UI went all SC2 on us with the portraits.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Orle on December 15, 2012, 01:00:49 PM
Hmm, haven't seen this posted, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29S_SaFn3YM It's the multiplayer trailer.

One thing that confuses me though is the speech, they said in a interview that the factions would speak their native language, but here they speak english ??? ???


Also found this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpfYelvLzKY IGN feature thingie.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Killar on December 15, 2012, 03:18:36 PM
I dont like this cartoonish graphics. Looks like a step back rather then advance, but maybe its just the early stages.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on December 15, 2012, 05:54:31 PM
i have to say the more i play coh2 the more i like it

gameplay is just different and ofc the balance is not good yet
but still i like it

@killar
yeah i agree i also hope its only part of the alpha
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: BurroDiablo on December 15, 2012, 08:16:21 PM
Oh, Panzerwerfers, StuGIII Ausf.E's and B-4 203mm Howitzers. I'm pleasantly surprised, and I got my Alpha key in an email today.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Sotahullu on December 15, 2012, 08:46:41 PM
Oh, Panzerwerfers, StuGIII Ausf.E's and B-4 203mm Howitzers. I'm pleasantly surprised, and I got my Alpha key in an email today.

Lucky b####!
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Dreamerbg on December 15, 2012, 08:50:43 PM
lack of balance is killing most ppl wish to play...
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Riggsman on December 15, 2012, 08:55:34 PM
Balance shouldn't be a concern at this stage, but that UserINterface, that buttons, so much information popping up, italic fonts, rounded Tank forms, grrr. These will stay I guess and will be like a cartoon.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Killar on December 15, 2012, 09:09:05 PM
Relic just needed to make a mod of coh.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Max 'DonXavi' von B. on December 15, 2012, 09:11:29 PM
Someone realized the ridiculous proportions of the Pak43 model vs. infantry? It looks like a fucking railgun! Panzerwerfer seems too short, too.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Sotahullu on December 15, 2012, 09:20:59 PM
Someone realized the ridiculous proportions of the Pak43 model vs. infantry? It looks like a fucking railgun!

Well, it's 15m long so it isn't that suprising (i'm more suprised that they even added it in game  ;D).
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: BurroDiablo on December 16, 2012, 12:22:36 AM
Balance shouldn't be a concern at this stage, but that UserINterface, that buttons, so much information popping up, italic fonts, rounded Tank forms, grrr. These will stay I guess and will be like a cartoon.

Yeah, everything seems very... uh... bloated. The game is quite stylised, it remind me in some ways of Silent Storm. T-34 has the best line though... 'You can't out-smart bullet!'... straight out of TF2.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Max 'DonXavi' von B. on March 06, 2013, 08:00:58 PM
It is official, SEGA and Relic announced that the long awaited successor of Company of Heroes will be released on June 25 in both North America and Europe.

http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/13244/article/company-of-heroes-2-release-date-announced/
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Walentin 'Walki' L. on March 06, 2013, 08:32:31 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsswyhu30bc

I held my breath at 3:21 <.<

AND no WorldBuilder for CoH2. I smell DLC's I smell moneyprinting!
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Dreamerbg on March 06, 2013, 08:47:50 PM
Lol, MG gunners on top of Panzerwerfers  :o ;D
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Max 'DonXavi' von B. on March 06, 2013, 08:53:02 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsswyhu30bc

I held my breath at 3:21 <.<

AND no WorldBuilder for CoH2. I smell DLC's I smell moneyprinting!

Relic fucked up with Opposing Fronts, with Tales of Valor, and they will do it again!

Eastern Front for life, comrades.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Jeff 'Robotnik' W. on March 06, 2013, 09:23:08 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsswyhu30bc

I held my breath at 3:21 <.<

AND no WorldBuilder for CoH2. I smell DLC's I smell moneyprinting!

Well it could be possible that we could adapt the current worldbuilder for use with COH2. Or perhaps they will release it later (unrealistic expectations lol).
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: BurroDiablo on March 06, 2013, 10:03:09 PM
Thought they might go with a release that coincides with the beginning of Operation Barbarossa. Dat cheese.

And exceed us, Relic?

(http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Elburro/ui/buryyou.jpg)

 :P
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Sotahullu on March 06, 2013, 10:12:15 PM
Many people have forgotten one simple thing: Relics new owners is Sega.

And that video material is old. Many things could have happened!
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: BurroDiablo on March 06, 2013, 10:19:25 PM
The video is old, but the Gameranx article is new. And I don't think anybody has forgotten about Sega, not that the change matters anymore, Relic finished integrating with them last week.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Andreas 'DMz' Boyce on March 07, 2013, 02:41:48 AM
 Unfortunatly the lack of a worldbuilder, and the impression the guy gave in the interview basically said hands off its our game & our engine, any maps you get will come from us at a price. Its about what i expected tbh. Dont worry its not that impressive to play anyway from what i have seen. And apart from the 2048 textures and the added gimmicks of the ice and jumping over fences there really isnt that much more to see. Okay its pretty, but how many times have we all seen pretty & hype about how brilliant a game will be in the last 3 years on dozens of games, and all they have done is be played once or twice and been binned.

 The fact that it only has a soviet campaign also smacks of DLC tbh, as they can then sell you a Axis campaign followed by an allied and commonwealth one. Then they can mess around selling you north Africa followed by japanese and the pacific, each one in turn deteriorating in legnth and quality as per usual.  Walki summed it up just about right i think. Just a lisence to print money for themselves, they couldent get coho to make money so now they will force you to buy maps and vehicles ..... or be at a distinct disadvantage when you play.

 I for one shall not buy it untill it has been proven to me in a dozen replays ive watched, and deffinatly not until they half the price :/ . For one game with only a one sided campaign, no matter how long the campaign is, it is not worth the money they are asking. Starcraft 2 i could understand as you had a choice of 6 factions, Each with a campaign.  But to just play one faction in an rts games campaign, and then be expected to play online with the other faction, when they didnt even have the decency to give you even a short campaign for it is rediculous.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: EasyCalic on March 07, 2013, 02:01:39 PM
The fact that it only has a soviet campaign also smacks of DLC tbh, as they can then sell you a Axis campaign followed by an allied and commonwealth one. Then they can mess around selling you north Africa followed by japanese and the pacific, each one in turn deteriorating in legnth and quality as per usual.  Walki summed it up just about right i think. Just a lisence to print money for themselves, they couldent get coho to make money so now they will force you to buy maps and vehicles ..... or be at a distinct disadvantage when you play.

 I for one shall not buy it untill it has been proven to me in a dozen replays ive watched, and deffinatly not until they half the price :/ . For one game with only a one sided campaign, no matter how long the campaign is, it is not worth the money they are asking. Starcraft 2 i could understand as you had a choice of 6 factions, Each with a campaign.  But to just play one faction in an rts games campaign, and then be expected to play online with the other faction, when they didnt even have the decency to give you even a short campaign for it is rediculous.

Are we forgetting that the original CoH only has 1 campaign also? A fairly good one at that.

And for all we know, with THQ's disappearance, we might not even get anything new for CoH2 at all now.

Star craft 2, six campaigns? You smoking pot, chum? THAT IS REDICULOUS.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: BurroDiablo on March 07, 2013, 09:40:36 PM
We can only wait and see what happens with mods and worldbuilder. Sega seem like a reasonably competent publisher, hopefully any amount of monetisation will be minimal now Relic is securely funded enough to continue developing games. If recent gaming debacles have taught developers and publishers anything, hell hath no fury like a pissed off fanbase. Besides a game being a buggy and broken mess, there's nothing fans hate more than the inability to create custom content and integrated virtual begging (aka, microtransactions).
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Jäger on March 08, 2013, 03:41:03 AM
Thought they might go with a release that coincides with the beginning of Operation Barbarossa. Dat cheese.

And exceed us, Relic?

(http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Elburro/ui/buryyou.jpg)

 :P

I have to say, you guys are a better team than Relic.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Nils18 on March 08, 2013, 08:54:46 AM
It is like what I have been suspecting for a long time: it is essentially this mod recycled with better graphics. And then there is the addition of stuff I really don't like, with the ice and the fact that your men can freeze to death. I understand that it may be realistic but come on, we are playing a computer game here.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Walentin 'Walki' L. on March 08, 2013, 02:08:41 PM
It is like what I have been suspecting for a long time: it is essentially this mod recycled with better graphics.

Which is not a bad thing!
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Nils18 on March 08, 2013, 02:09:58 PM
Indeed, Walki! But why the need to pay for it? EF is for free and the community can influence it to a considerable degree!
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Hendrik 'DarcReaver' S. on March 08, 2013, 05:01:17 PM
Indeed, Walki! But why the need to pay for it? EF is for free and the community can influence it to a considerable degree!
To get better graphics and epic campy snow maps which will be pleasing all those Scheldt Compstompers :D
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Walentin 'Walki' L. on March 08, 2013, 05:14:08 PM
Indeed, Walki! But why the need to pay for it? EF is for free and the community can influence it to a considerable degree!
To get better graphics and epic campy snow maps which will be pleasing all those Scheldt Compstompers :D

Well be proud that they increased graphics quality and didn't go the CoD path.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Jeff 'Robotnik' W. on March 08, 2013, 06:34:27 PM
Indeed, Walki! But why the need to pay for it? EF is for free and the community can influence it to a considerable degree!

Well, they got to find some way to make money. The COH servers arn't gonna pay themselves.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Loupblanc on March 09, 2013, 03:07:56 AM

 Hugs all.
 "Exceed the EasternFront" ? :p ... Sounds disrespectful, doesn't it?
 I love the mod you guys made. Looking forward to Ostherr and Campaign ;)
 
 Still want/need COH2 though ;)
 Completely agree to what a lot of you said.

 No worldbuilder... well, it's their new child. It's understandable. It will come in time.
 COH1 didn't have a worldbuilder for awhile.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: BurroDiablo on March 09, 2013, 04:05:19 AM
There was 2 months difference between the initial CoH release and Worldbuilder being patched in. If they're that swift this time around, I'll eat my own farts.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: EasyCalic on March 09, 2013, 04:29:38 AM
There was 2 months difference between the initial CoH release and Worldbuilder being patched in. If they're that swift this time around, I'll eat my own farts.

Be aware... I'm saving this quote.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Blackbishop on March 28, 2013, 06:39:26 PM
I haven't seen anything about this in the fourms, but there is a date revealed for the closed beta for CoH2.

http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/03/28/company-of-heroes-2-closed-beta-starts-next-week/

Although in other sites says it starts in April 25. I guess we will know it soon :P.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: stealthattack1 on March 28, 2013, 09:40:56 PM
nice. well well see if pc gamer is credible.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: The Soldier on March 28, 2013, 10:31:39 PM
April 2 for the pre-order people, April 25 for those that got beta keys. :) Epic!
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Jeff 'Robotnik' W. on April 08, 2013, 01:34:23 AM
I'm really disapointed at how they made the soviet's in COH-2, they feel like a copy of the Americans from COH-1, except worse. Lets just say more than half of the soviet tanks half trouble penetrating the REAR armor of the german ones, and the IS2 and ISU-152 are just a disappointment  :(
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: 250.Inf. Div. on April 10, 2013, 08:57:14 PM
I'm really disapointed at how they made the soviet's in COH-2, they feel like a copy of the Americans from COH-1, except worse. Lets just say more than half of the soviet tanks half trouble penetrating the REAR armor of the german ones, and the IS2 and ISU-152 are just a disappointment  :(

Agreed with you 100x100.
After play alpha and beta i am very disappointed with the optimization, units(very poor design), A.I. ¿where is the new dynamic A.I. they promised?.
I still prefer E.F mod.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Jeff 'Robotnik' W. on April 11, 2013, 01:48:20 AM
Well, since SEGA is dropping the written NDA today, i can give you specifics regarding what is broken right now in COH2 (still cant post video or images though regarding the COH2 beta)

A few things to consider
-the way penetraion in COH2 is done is changed, there are no more target tables, and tanks now have an armor and rear armor value and guns have a penetraion value

penetraion is calculated by:
Armor / penetration = chance of penetration

Here are some fun stats for you (im just glad the game is still in beta so they have a chance to fix them)

Soviet tanks are crap, and you need to win early game or you risk getting steamrolled by axis late game armor. the only soviet tanks i even consider worth building right now are the KV-8 and SU-85.

-The IS2 has a 50% chance of not penetrating the REAR armor of the tiger, which has 220 rear armor(also, both the tiger and IS2 can be built multiple times from the tank depot when you choose the doctrine thta has them)
-The penetration of the IS2's gun is 110, which is the same as that of the Panzer IV and stug
-The ostwind is capable of killing medium tanks, its gun has a penetration of 30, unlike the ostwind in COH 1 which has .000001% chance of penetrating medium armor and above (the COH 2 T34 has an armor of 135, and 100 rear armor)
- the T34 has a 25% chance of not penetrating the rear armor of any german medium tanks (T34 has a penetration value of 75, axis medium tanks have 100 rear armor)
-The panther has 1000 HP (the same as the COH2 IS2) and 340 armor, and has a range of 60 (the same as AT guns).
-the stug is only 50 fuel (cheaper than the 75fuel T34),  but has a range of 60 like the COH2 panther and COH2 Su-85, and some have managed to build them only 4 minuets into a game.
- the T34-85 is doctrinal only and replaces the standard T34-76. However it costs more, is slower, and takes longer to reload than the T34-76 and german medium tanks. It has a penetration of 110, the same as the german panzer IV and stug
-The panther, elefant, and brumbar (which is a heavy tank in this game) are all non-doctrinal, the soviets have no access to non-doctrinal heavy armor
-The elefant is basically a mobile flak 88, but penetrates every tank 100% of the time, except for the IS 2 (which has 500 armor, the same as the elefant. also, unlike COH 1, in COH 2 the penetration of weapons remains the same, even if your very far away)
-The doctrinal ISU152 is ok against everything but excels at nothing. It has a range of 100 and good splash damage, but has poor armor (225) and health (675, about the same as the panzer IV) poor accuracy (it has high scatter) and the same penetration as the SU-85 (170). i remember a game where i watched multple shots from this thing bounce off of a non-doctrinal panther and thought WTF (especially since the game says these things should be good against the heavy tanks)


Soviets have tons of arty
-remember how in early EF you could build the 120mm mortar early in the game? Well take a guess at what COH2 did...
-The ZiS-3 (though i guess its because its not that great in its job as an AT gun) and Su-76 can fire mini arty barrages
- The doctrinal 152mm howitzer does 300 damage and has 100% penetration against everything, and has a very big area of effect

soviet guards are probably the best soviet AT option, and perhaps best infantry in the game
for about 360 manpower you can get your hands on some guards infantry. Guards infantry come equipped with 2 PTRS anti-tank rifles. each PTRS has more penetration, DPS, and range than the T34-76 (and more range than half of the axis tanks) and is extremely accurate. Guards can also purchase a DP-28, which gives them the "button vehicle" ability which we all know and love. The combination of those 2 make them very effective tank killers

many games i have defeated the german armor by putting these guys in a halftrack and  running circles around the german tanks with them, like a soviet kangaroo carrier (but unlike the kangaroo carrier, infantry have a 100% chance of survival if you kill the vehicle they are being carried in)




However, the game is obviously in beta and i guess we should expect such imbalance. Even then i do enjoy the new feel of it, and i absolutely love how soviet vehicles have a chance of getting women drivers which talk when you select them
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: saprize21 on April 11, 2013, 09:12:38 AM
Cool :) Could you deliver some screenshots? :) // Curious
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Raider217 on April 11, 2013, 09:22:05 AM
Cool :) Could you deliver some screenshots? :) // Curious

There is an NDA on COH2 beta that means no vids not screenshots cept of course written stuff such as Robotniks comment

Well, since SEGA is dropping the written NDA today, i can give you specifics regarding what is broken right now in COH2 (still cant post video or images though regarding the COH2 beta)

Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Jeff 'Robotnik' W. on April 11, 2013, 10:06:27 AM
Cool :) Could you deliver some screenshots? :) // Curious

Unfortunately no, as said by the guy above me

I just hope they improve the soviets, because right now they feel like a joke. You can win with them, but its not worth building any of their tanks and their is very little veriety in strategy if you want to win, and have to rely on ZiS AT guns or things like the obviously OP guards infantry to take out the german late game armor, or the very early stug.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Orle on April 11, 2013, 05:11:24 PM
I've also had a go on the CoH2 beta, and i get graphics issues :-\ flickering and such, but anyway.

I think its pretty wierd that the elephant is a non-doc unit, its just....wierd. The brummbar is also pretty heavily armored, i had 2 T-34s flanking one but most of the shots were bouncing, which is also something that happened when i attacked a stug III with a IS-2, the first 2 shots bounced >:( i destroyed it shortly after though with a Zis-3.

hope they tweak the damage, because as it is right now, it heavily favors the germans( tank damage/pen that is)
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: saprize21 on April 11, 2013, 05:28:07 PM
I've also had a go on the CoH2 beta, and i get graphics issues :-\ flickering and such, but anyway.

I think its pretty wierd that the elephant is a non-doc unit, its just....wierd. The brummbar is also pretty heavily armored, i had 2 T-34s flanking one but most of the shots were bouncing, which is also something that happened when i attacked a stug III with a IS-2, the first 2 shots bounced >:( i destroyed it shortly after though with a Zis-3.

hope they tweak the damage, because as it is right now, it heavily favors the germans( tank damage/pen that is)

Well its a beta :P
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Orle on April 11, 2013, 05:29:10 PM
I've also had a go on the CoH2 beta, and i get graphics issues :-\ flickering and such, but anyway.

I think its pretty wierd that the elephant is a non-doc unit, its just....wierd. The brummbar is also pretty heavily armored, i had 2 T-34s flanking one but most of the shots were bouncing, which is also something that happened when i attacked a stug III with a IS-2, the first 2 shots bounced >:( i destroyed it shortly after though with a Zis-3.

hope they tweak the damage, because as it is right now, it heavily favors the germans( tank damage/pen that is)

Well its a beta :P

Yeah ofc ;D i love the Voice acting though, and the weathersystem is pretty nice, so its not all bad :P
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: The Soldier on April 15, 2013, 12:52:39 AM
Weather system is A-OK in my book. :) Love the blizzards! :D

Althought, to be frank, balance with tanks are F*CKED UP.  No seriously, THEY ARE. :P There was a replay on the SEGA forums that showed the OPness of the Germans armor.  The Soviets hung on in a 500-point victory point game (the points go by WAY faster in CoH2 than they do in CoH2, btw) until the Germans were down to 10 points.  Then rolls in the Elephants, Brummbars, and Tigers. :P They lost.  Base annihilation. XD
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Dot.Shadow on April 16, 2013, 02:59:42 PM
CoH2 has no mid game. There is no reason I should not go from Grenadiers/Panzergrenadiers in CoH2 and straight for the Panther spam.

Mortars are ridiculous. POOF! Whole squad gone.

Snow & blizzards are okay I guess, but they just make games that much more campy. Arty rules the field on those maps.

Overall:

Teching is broken. Going straight from early game to late is stupid.

Balance is broken. (Mortars instakill entire squads all the time, soviet weapons crews are way too large and seem to ignore barbed wire fields, tanks are just silly, grenades do practically nothing now (as opposed to when they killed entire squads in alpha).

Unit control is annoying. Infantry squads sometime even split up when retreating, making them impossible to control when 1-2 guys are standing in the middle of the map, while the rest are camped at your base. They also like jumping over fences at the worst possible time (especially if there's a grenade they can all pile on top of, or if there is flamethrower which can lit them all on fire in an instant).


It just feels less tactical, more spammy, campy with a larger requirement of luck.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Sikko on April 16, 2013, 03:13:59 PM
For everyone who is interested: The Propagandacast now features a CoH2 2on2 replay in winter condition.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Propagandacast?feature=mhum&v=p8Ca04ARJxo&lr=1

Enjoy.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Sotahullu on April 20, 2013, 08:07:09 PM
By the way, is it now that it's no longer German versus Allies but now it is like you can take what you want?
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: BurroDiablo on April 20, 2013, 08:24:39 PM
Yeah, you can mirror match in CoH2.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Rikard Blixt on April 21, 2013, 04:23:20 PM
Yeah, you can mirror match in CoH2.

I think they removed it in the beta, haven't played enough to actually see it tho, but from a file

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settings =
{
   mirror_match_allowed = false,
   mixed_teams_allowed = true,

Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: TheVole on April 21, 2013, 04:32:38 PM
You can still have russians vs russians.
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on April 21, 2013, 04:52:44 PM
yes but they locked it in automatch games
Title: Re: THQ will develop a new Company of Heroes game
Post by: Dot.Shadow on April 22, 2013, 11:13:39 AM
yes but they locked it in automatch games

Correct. What limitations there will be in final release though is hard to tell.