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We get tanked up in this stand-alone expansion of the epic RTS

Words: Martin Korda, PC Zone UK
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Another quibble lies with the lack of proactive attacks from the opposition, which often feels somewhat stagnant: a problem given that Opposing Fronts is a territory-based game. With your foes rarely venturing out of their comfort zones to retake the territory you’ve just prized out of their grasp, victory can sometimes feel rather inevitable.

Conversely, some other missions are too taxing. Throw in some suspect pathfinding and the fact that troops often ignore your commands to take cover, instead opting to run into the open and get pumped full of lead, and you’re left with an unbalanced and unpolished experience.

Now, before you get depressed, let us assure you that there’s still more than enough here to recommend. The two factions are adequately varied and require their own unique style of play, with the Brits often bunkering down and pounding the enemy from a distance and the Germans employing Blitzkrieg tactics as they roll incessantly towards their foes in heavy, yet mobile armour divisions.

Also the sheer number of heavy weapons at your disposal is almost worth the entry fee alone. Once the big guns roll out, levels turn into brutal, armoured cauldrons of destruction in which men, debris and dirt fill the air in a thick blanket of death.


 
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Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts

Genre: Strategy
Release date: Sep 24, 2007
Published by: THQ
Developed by: Relic
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