Two New Company of Heroes 2 Screenshots

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Relic have released two new high-res screens for the upcoming Company of Heroes 2, showing more flamethrower action as well as more tank warfare. Click on through to see them in full.

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[Gober]

Flame throwers... me likie

[frigidhell]

these photos are awesome! Couldn't wait to lay my hands on this game.

[InAUGral]

Company of heroes 2 is shaping up well and I sure hope THQ don't go bust in the meantime as who knows what company could end up buying Relic.

[Bronze_D]

ARGHHHHH.... what is that PzIV doing exposing it's side armor to the T-34

anyway, delicious screenshots...

and that is one mighty fine T-34 and PzIV... well would be nice with it's spaced armor but delicious still.

[Marcus Dunn]

wee came out

[xkrewshe8]

wee came out

Amen.

[diamondd]

I don't really think it looks that much better than the very impressive original, but having said that I don't care and CANNOT wait for this.

[Aeolus_C]

ARGHHHHH.... what is that PzIV doing exposing it's side armor to the T-34

They're clearly WoT players.

[DoHo_]

Am I just a cynical prick or does this look like it's on very low settings? I could have sworn the original looked much better than this. *shrugs* Still excited of course!

[Bronze_D]

dunno what CoH you are playing then, because it's definitely improved there since this is basically similar to DoW2 level of visual, and from DoW2 we knew the improvement they did from CoH visual.

primarily on textures and lighting...

[Marcus Dunn]

Yeah they’re definitely a step up from the original CoH but I can see where he’s coming from – those two particular shots don’t really illustrate just how big a step up. I think there was some footage floating around somewhere (wasn’t there?) where it looked like the unit animations were considerably more fluid – hell in that first shot they look a lot more detailed.

DoW2 looked great, but I was disappointed in that it didn’t bring over the complexity of CoH with all the commander trees etc. That’s one thing I hope all returns to CoH2 (and DoW3).

[Nemesis_22]

Ah, the T-34. I can see the discussion for its creation now.

Russki A: Dah, Comrade, we shall put the biggest gun we can find, and strap it to the nearest tractor chassis.
Russki B: Very good, Comrade. And what sort of armour shall we put on it, and aiming system - oh, and what about crew comfort?
Russki A: *Blank look of incomprehension*
Russki B: I make joke!
*Both laugh*

But with a bit of Russki ingenuity, I heard tales that they created reactive armour by strapping mattresses to the tanks. The springs caused the explosions of shells to 'bounce'. If they hit springs of course, otherwise everyone inside went deaf immediately and then died.

[Bronze_D]

hahaha...

jokes aside, armor piercing shells which are primary anti tank shell of the time do not explode... they are solid mass shell so mattress, springs, and what not have little difference since the sheer mass and kinetic energy of AP projectile will just punch through them like butter.