Reviewers Liked
- Looks spectacular
- Battlefields are busier and more destructible
- Intense and engrossing
- Intelligent blizzard mechanic
- Each Campaign mission is different to the last
- Fast-paced and hugely hectic
- Basic good gameplay challenge at all difficulty levels
- Refines the excellent Company of Heroes formula
- Soviets are distinct from previous Company of Heroes factions
- A lot of improvements to multiplayer
- Twitch.tv integration and replays mean newbies can learn from better players
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Heavy-handed narrative
- Menu's are complicated and clunky
- Incomprehensibly high system requirements
- A host of technical problems
- Poor story and cutscenes
- Lack of WASD Camera controls
- Some of the major battles of WWII's Eastern Front are suspiciously absent
- Escort mission in campaign is really frustrating
- A high learning-curve may drive less patient players away before getting a chance to get into the game