Company of Heroes 2 announced

[rickinator9]

News: http://www.gamereplays.org/companyof...news_id=883042

[Monk]

The DoW1 battles weren't that big, and I only played the campaigns. And I liked collecting and managing the arms and armor.

In the context of an RTS I would make the argument they were especially in skirmish mode. Of course they couldn't begin to approach the scale of something like Mount and Blade or Total War, but as for traditional RTS style, DOW1 allowed for some pretty sizable engagements. I liked that.

As to your second point, well, to each their own. I didn't really enjoy the RPG and loot collection mechanics, but there was nothing inherently wrong with them. The system worked fine, I simply did not enjoy it.

News: http://www.gamereplays.org/companyof...news_id=883042

Cautiously optimistic about some of those features. The AI news, again, depends on how much they've improved the skirmish AI. If they can lock that detail down I am sold.