To complete this mission, you need only to take a point close to your base, a big sanatorium complex on elevated ground, and then set up defenses to hold the point against five armor-and-infantry attack waves. The only downside of the strategy is that it can result in a very long (~2-hr hr) playthrough. The mission also is likely to get “stuck” whenever German units are obstructed in their paths-apparently the devs never anticipated that the player might lay tank traps (TTs) to protect against unkillable German armor.įortunately there is an exploit strategy that allows you win the mission, getting the gold medal and lots of XP/veterancy, without many casualties. German vehicles-which are supposed to play a starring role in this mission-often take little or no damage, which of course makes it problematic to engage them.

The June release of 'Company of Heroes 2' sandwiches it between the release of other well-anticipated Real Time Strategy games 'Planetary Annihilation' (expected between April and June), 'Wargame: AirLand Battle' (expected between March and May) and 'Total War: Rome II,' confirmed for October.The Stoumont mission is one of the more broken missions in Ardennes Assault. Take part in historical skirmishes with 'Company of Heroes'Īs with the original, 'Company of Heroes 2' follows the fate of select infantry and armored units throughout World War II but occupies itself with Soviet progress on the Eastern Front rather than American deployment in Western and Central Europe.ĭeveloper Relic Entertainment had been working toward a March release, but then-publisher THQ ended up selling much of its series and studios during bankruptcy proceedings in January.īoth Relic and the 'Company of Heroes' franchise were obtained by Sega for the sum of $26.6 million, adding the two to its stable of strategy games overseen by Creative Assembly of 'Total War' fame.

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