12 Greatest Real Time Strategy Video Games Of All Time
3. Company Of Heroes (2006)
Building on the excellent gameplay system they had developed for Warhammer: Dawn of War, Relic reached all new levels of RTS greatness in 2006s Company of Heroes. Rather than the traditional model of an economy being based on hordes of workers gathering your resources, Company of Heroes challenged you with controlling strategic points spread across the map to acquire manpower, munitions, and fuel. This system particularly suited the WWII subject matter, where countless soldiers fought and gave their lives to obtain strategically valuable points under the command of their superior officers. To protect these vital locations on the map, you can assign troops to control the area or build up defences like MG-42 posts. With its incredible attention to detail and destructible environments, Company of Heroes has a rare kind of authenticity never before seen in an RTS. Both the Allies and Axis are fully playable with a long-list of unique units taken straight out of your high school history text book, from the powerful Tiger Ace tank to the legendary American Rangers. Similar to the system used in Age of Mythology, Company of Heroes makes you choose a company (or doctrine for Axis armies) at the start of the game which will inform the style you wish to play. For example, the Blitzkrieg doctrine for Axis armies puts an emphasis on speed while the Allied Armour company gives you access to the games most powerful tanks.
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