Feeling the impact of the actions I undertook in one region emerge on another front with another company was compelling, and kept me on my toes. In practice, this has the effect of making a mission on a different front more difficult, or may result in the introduction of tailored obstacles depending on decisions made in a previous operation. This is where Ardennes Assault provides an interesting diversion from the average real-time strategy campaign – when regrouping, scattered enemy forces defeated in one particular battle by one of the player’s companies directly impact the campaign of a different company by moving into their region. As each mission is completed, German forces regroup elsewhere on this map by moving into neighbouring territories. Split into a multitude of regions, the player must manoeuvre the three companies at their disposal across the map by selecting particular battles. The campaign of Company of Heroes 2: Ardennes Assault takes place across a large map of Belgium.

The player controls three American companies and is provided the opportunity to change the events of that historic encounter via a mixture of main campaign events and dynamic scenarios that are both hectic and fast-paced.

Set in 1944, Relic’s new expansion pack for Company of Heroes 2 follows the so-called ‘Battle of the Bulge’ that took place in the forested Ardennes region of Belgium.

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