The characteristics of the new units and the abilities of the new factions allow for a wide selection of move/countermove options. As the Germans, you’ll fend off Allied forces during Operation Market Garden. As the British, you’ll take on entrenched German forces as you try to liberate Caen, France, during Operation Goodwood. Opposing Fronts includes two new campaigns with seventeen missions and introduces two new factions: the British Second Army and the German SS Panzer Elite.

And as a standalone expansion, newcomers to the franchise don’t have to own a copy of the original to play. But Opposing Fronts does more than stack the same old content onto the foundations of the original game: it includes additional gameplay styles and features that give even hardened Company of Heroes veterans a run for their money, including weather effects, day and night cycles, and improved vehicle and soldier AI. The release of Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts, the official standalone expansion pack, may lead players of the original to wonder why they would want to play an addon to an already challenging game. With its immersive gameplay, complex intraunit relationships, and innovative supply-line-resource-gathering concept, it was arguably one of the best World War II–era strategy games on the market. One of the best-reviewed games of 2006, Company of Heroes was destined to become a franchise.

WWII Review: Company of Heroes- Opposing Fronts Close

Company of heroes: opposing fronts