There’s none of the tedious resource-gathering and base-building that you’ll find in those games more directly influenced by Warcraft. It focuses tightly on World War II tactics, as you control a handful of squads rather than a whole army, as they attempt to take back the hedgerows of northern France in the Battle of Normandy. If you’ve got an Android or iOS device, and you love real-time strategy, Company of Heroes might be the game for you.
Improbably, this experience has arrived in the form of a port for a fourteen-year-old classic. Where the titans of the genre measure skill partly in clicks-per-minute, it’s tough to imagine a solid RTS experience that brings that same micro-management to a touchscreen.
September 9, 2020: Company of Heroes is launching on Android and iPhone, so we’ve updated our review accordinglyĪlthough RTS is one of the most popular genres on PC, there’s been a lot of difficulty bringing those experiences to mobile.
