Company of Heroes 3 Launches - RTS Worth Almost 10 Year Wait
Today marks the official launch of Company of Heroes 3 for PC. The third installment of the iconic Second World War RTS series will debut in digital distribution in just a few hours.
Today - after almost 10 years of waiting - the next full-fledged installment of the legendary RTS series Company of Heroes debuts, this time bearing the number 3. The third part of Company of Heroes once again takes us to the World War II era, where we will have to manage air, sea and land units, as well as fight large-scale battles.
Company of Heroes 3 - key information
- Company of Heroes 3 debuts today, exclusively on PC. The developers also revealed console versions of the game for PS5 and XSX/S, but we don't know their release dates.
- The game will be unlocked in digital stores today at 6pm CET.
- The standard edition of the game can be purchased on Steam in standard, or more expensive Digital Premium (with many cosmetic extras) editions.
- The game at launch offers two campaigns, a multiplayer mode, a casual mode and skirmishes.
Company of Heroes 3 through the eyes of reviewers
The third part of Company of Heroes has already been tested by reviewers, who overwhelmingly praise the new work of Relic Entertainment. The game received an average rating of 82/100 (based on 38 reviews) on Meatcritc and appears in the reviews as a safe but successful sequel.
"Company of Heroes 3 is a conservative's dream, a safe sequel. (...) Everything that has been in the series so far is here in Company of Heroes, plus there's more of it and everything has been executed a little better," reads the review by Eurogamer.
Journalists stress that fans of the series - when playing the third installment of Company of Heroes - will feel like at home that has undergone a little renovation. This is because the game received a number of minor, gameplay-improving changes, such as the ability to tow howitzers or anti-tank guns.
Also praised is rich content at launch - including two large campaigns, which, while not stunning in narrative, offer a wide range of tactical options.
The list of cons to the game is quite small. Reviewers point to, among other things, poor AI performance on some occasions, not the best thought-out Italian campaign, as well as problems inherited from the previous installment with individual unit pathfinding. Some journalists point out bugs and technical issues, which were found in the reviewed version.
Below is a short list of selected reviews of Company of Heores 3:
- CGMagazine - 9/10
- IGN Italy - 9/10
- GameStar.de - 9/10
- GamingTrend - 90/100
- God is a Geek - 8.5/10
- PC Gamer - 82/100
- Cultured Vultures - 8/10
- Everyeye.it - 8/10
- Shacknews - 8/10
- PCGamesN - 7/10
- IGN - 6/10
At the very end, we remind you of the system requirements of Company of Heroes 3, which are available below.
Company of Heroes 3 - system requirements
Minimum
- Operating system: Windows 10 64-bit
- Intel i5 6th-gen or AMD Ryzen processor with 4 cores @3GHz
- Memory: 8GB RAM
- Graphics card: GeForce GTX 950 / Radeon R9 370
- DirectX: version 12
- Disk space: 40 GB HDD.
Recommended
- Operating system: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel i7 8th-gen or AMD Ryzen with 8 cores @ 3GHz
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics card: GeForce GTX 1660 / Radeon RX 5600
- DirectX: version 12
- Disk space: 40 GB SSD
