However, they ensured that nothing major would change-like new features, factions or other significant gameplay additions. They explained that a lot of their pre-launch focus was heavy on four factors: improvements to the RTS and Campaign Map UI, balance tuning, general bug fixing, and art and lighting improvements. They noted how this would be their biggest Company of Heroes game to date and heard through player and internal feedback that the game was “not quite where it needed to be for a launch in November 2022.” The big question or concern fans of Company of Heroes recently had been why Relic decided to delay the third installment’s release from November 2022 to February 2023. Mele explained, “PBR is kind of like when you look at buildings you can peel away layers of the plaster, revealing the bricks beneath and then also the physics to destroy buildings.” I was able to see these physics in full use when I drove tanks through buildings in both the Italian and North African campaigns-along with structures in the multiplayer mode. Regardless, this was one of the most fun new experiences ever because the HUD was easy to understand, and the tutorial was thorough.Īnother significant addition was the countless possibilities that physical-based rendering (PBR) allowed to evolve the combat situations in-game. The closest thing I played to RTS games was the Halo Wars games. As someone who dabbled in turned-based strategy games like X-Com and Total War, I was completely out of my elements in terms of the real-time management of building and managing units. One of the biggest additions Mele pointed to was Company of Heroes 3’s HUD, and UI was fully present and optimized for gameplay. They also explained why the game was delayed from a November 2022 release to February 2023. However, CGMagazine was able to have a chat with the Executive Producer for the game at Relic Entertainment, Steve Mele-who delved deeper into the improvements and additions they have made since. CGMagazine was able to check out the game in its early preview days around Gamescom 2022. With the biggest gap between the last Company of Heroes game, Company of Heroes 3 was the most exciting one to play yet.
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