Company of Heroes

Published by THQ, Inc.
Developed by Relic Entertainment
Released 2006
Genre Strategy

Description :

A a real-time strategy game that drops you into the fray of World War II Europe. From the bloody beaches of Omaha to the deadly firefights of the Bocage, you attempt to lead your troops to victory one battle at a time.

What really sets Company of Heroes apart from other real-time strategy games, much like Relic Entertainment's previous entry is that you no longer train and control individual troops. Instead you deploy squads of soldiers. Players must train a balanced assortment of units in order to obtain victory over their adversaries.

In addition, resource gathering has gone in a different direction from that of other RTS games. Now players must attempt to capture and control strategic points which bring in the much needed resources of manpower, munitions and fuel to build and train new units.

Company of Heroes' Essence Engine brings a new level of depth to RTS games with deformable terrain and completely destructible environments. Units will take cover in burnt out craters and tanks can decimate buildings suspected of containing snipers.

The game comes with three modes of play -- single-player campaign, single-player skirmish and online multiplayer.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIV 3.0 GHz
Min.OS Win XP
Min.RAM 512 MB
Min.DirectX
DVDROM Speed 8X
Keyboard
Mouse
Internet/LAN
Offline Players 1
Online Players 8
3D Accelerator

Note :

1 GB RAM for multiplayer
256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series or better for multiplayer
100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 64MB video card with Pixel Shader 1.1 support or equivalent
6.5 GB of uncompressed free hard drive space + 1 GB after installation
1 set of discs per computer for multiplayer

Supported Video Cards :

ATI RAdeon 9500 series
ATI Radeon 9600 series
ATI Radeon 9700 series
ATI Radeon 9800 series
ATI Radeon X300 series
ATI Radeon X550 series
ATI Radeon X600 series
ATI Radeon X700 series
ATI Radeon X800 series
ATI Radeon X1300 series
ATI Radeon X1600 series
ATI Radeon X1800 series
ATI Radeon X1900 series
NVIDIA GeForce3/Ti series
NVIDIA GeForce4/Ti (excluding the GeForce4MX series)
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800 series
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 serie;
NVIDIA GeForce 6200 series
NVIDIA GeForce 6600 series
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 series
NVIDIA GeForce 7600 series
NVIDIA GeForce 7800 series
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 series

Trivia :

• Company of Heroes was named #1 "Game of the Year" by Computer Games Magazine (March 2007)
• As of September 2006, Company of Heroes is fairly unusual for a retail game of its kind. Unlike hundreds of other games on the store shelves, Company of Heroes does not require the DVD-Rom to be present in the drive when you play.
• Company of Heroes was named #2 "Game of the Year" by Games for Windows Magazine (March 2007)
  

Cheats :

Start the game with the -dev command line parameter. Then, press [Ctrl] + [Shift] + ~ during game play to display the console window. Enter one of the following console codes to activate the corresponding cheat function. Press [Ctrl] + [Shift] + ~ again to close the console window for code activation.

Effect	Code
Toggle fog of war	FOW_Toggle
Set game speed; default is 8	setsimrate
Hide taskbar	taskbar_hide
Show taskbar	taskbar_show
Toggle big head mode	ee_bigheadmode(<0>)
Enable statgraph_channel codes	statgraph()
Display frame rate	statgraph_channel("fps")
Quit game	abortgame
Restart game	restart