

Being a stand-alone expansion pack, the game assumes players completed the previous campaign, providing only a bare-bones tutorial that is likely to ward off newcomers to the series. Players are tasked with controlling the US forces amidst the German Ardennes counter-offensive during World War 2. It’s an odd combination but one that served them well in past and is once again used in Company of Heroes 2: Ardennes Assault. Relic’s modern releases, namely the Company of Heroes and Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War games followed in this trend by creation mixing the classic RTS gameplay with “king of the hill” gameplay modes.

They would throw new twists to the well-established RTS formula resulting in unique titles like Impossible Creatures or sub-genre creating classics, such as the Homeworld series. Relic Entertainment spent the better part of two decades building a strong catalog of RTS games, many of which are held in high regard by strategy fans.
