Company of Heroes Demo

Does this have widescreen support?

I hate RTS games. All of them.

But this game is damn sweet. Of all the RTS games released in the last 10 years, Relic has finally made one that changes the genre. It just plain plays differently from all RTS games. No more rushing, no more crazy micromanagement, and no overcomplications. The game is fast enough to be fun, but slow enough so that you have time to really look at a situation and come up with a plan for beating it.

Also, the game is the first RTS to actually feel organized. Instead of just scattering units and base structures all over the place, you have a designated path you must follow to keep your supply lines working. Some people may think this limits the "strategy," but I think it's brilliant. Instead of putzing around with your base you can concentrate on the front line at all times. It makes the game more focused and balanced, because instead of winning by random chance and lucky base placement, you win because you matching your oppenent move for move. It's more like Chess and less like Battleship. Instead of guessing where your opponent is going to be and what he's going to build, you're intelligently positioning troops and timing your defense and attacks. Excellent!

And I haven't even played the single-player part yet, which I'm sure is just as great. Fantastic job, Relic, now keep this new genre you've created and build a new Warhammer game!!!

Relic rocks. If they do WWII this well, wait until they put something new and crazy on it.

These guys know how to innovate.

1 Hour Skirmish == The Shit == A MUST BUY GAME!

Wow... this game really is the refined RTS in its golden moments... I feel all Starcraft nostalgic here... yes CoH is amazing... and will become a huge franchised engine...

This demo is perfect gold... I didn't like DoW much but this... this takes the cake... and the whole bakery... yes it is worth the 1.8gb download.... set the game to easy and try the skirmish...

Reinventing the RTS... thanks Relic! :)

From the readme...

• Windows® XP or Vista
• 2.0 Ghz Intel Pentium IV or equivalent or AMD Athlon XP or equivalent
• 512 MB RAM
• 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 64MB video card with Pixel Shader 1.1 support or equivalent and latest manufacturer drivers (see supported chipsets below)
• DirectX® 9.0c compatible 16-bit sound card
• 8x or faster CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive
• Keyboard, Mouse
• 6.5 GB of uncompressed free hard drive space (We recommend having 1 gigabyte of of free space after installation)

Skirmish map?

This wouldn't happen to be a multiplayer skirmish map, would it?

OK, that was very cool stuff. Nicely accessible, tactical (i.e. with co-ordinating the multiple squads, cover usage, covering fire and so on), and almost as intense as the D-Day in Allied Assault despite being an RTS. Relic are onto another winner.

thats one big fucking demo!!! how big is the final game gonna be??!??!

The only thing that drives me nuts about CoH: it's a completely unapologetic ripoff of Band of Brothers. Not just the title, but the theme, characters, cutscenes, and music. Oh well, guess they couldn't get the rights.

Let's get a thread on how it performs with various system specs as I fear my rig 'aint gonna cut it :(

*** You had me at Install *** :)

I am a complete retard and I hate myself. Wondering if you guys could tell me what I need to put this mother at to look and run the best.

Athlon 64 3500+
1 gb ram
X800 pro

Can we get an optional torrent up in here?

Just completed a 1vs1 skirmish against the AI on Hard. Very intense match. The town was quite devastated.

over 1.8gig!!!! wow, is that a record for demo file size?

Is this the same demo that was floating around? The PCGamer version?

Wow, that's one huge demo.