
StoryĬompany of Heroes 2 – Ardennes Assault chooses to explore one of the moments of the war that has not received too much attention in the gaming space over the years and it does so competently. The standalone nature of the new Ardennes Assault is clearly chosen to make sure that as many gamers as possible get access to it, and the structure of the single player itself points to how the series might evolve in the future and has some very solid ideas, even if not all of them are fully developed.


The Soviet campaign had some interesting ideas, but it failed to be as accurate as some fans wanted and as dramatic as other envisioned it, and Relic has since been focused on expanding the multiplayer side of the title, which manages to attract a solid audience and can still deliver some impressive matches. Company of Heroes 2 – Ardennes Assault feels like an attempt to show that the development team at Relic understands that it failed in its attempt to create a historically complex and engaging campaign for the original version of the title.
