Company of Heroes 3: Final Stand

Overpriced, under baked cash grab. Littered with bugs, UI errors, highly indicative of minimal play testing. Best case scenario, I want to sponsor devs and earn skins, but I can't even do that because of the amount of wasted play time needed to earn the skins, all while running the risk of losing progress every single time you quit. So it's not even worth it for the skins. I don't understand how a legitimate company released this and thought it was fine. It's worse than player made mods, except for the new skins which you can't even earn. Base game (coh3) is awesome, this expansion is a pile of trash.

I have really enjoyed my time with Final Stand, but it was advertised and priced as a full game and it is not that. It's in "great start" territory - it would absolutely be worth the money with two or three content updates. As it is now, I cannot recommend it unless it's on sale. Some gripes: - I wasn't able to write a review until I forced the Final Stand client to launch even though I've already put in several hours on the mode in the base game. - Achievements are earned on the client you play Final Stand through, which has resulted in an odd split where I have some Final Stand achievements on Company of Heroes 3 and some on Final Stand. - The lack of additional rewards for completing waves in Endless feels extremely bad. Why should we bother trying to push the limits if earns us nothing? - Several units feel very weak in Final Stand due to lacking Battlegroup Passives, such as Gurkha Rifles missing out on Valour or Tourelles missing Advanced Tourelles. - Several upgrades are useless due to Final Stand's gameplay changes. For example, you can purchase Rapid Repairs to improve Forward Repair Stations - a structure that you cannot build. - The Perk system feels extremely shallow; there's no customization endgame, you can max out every perk if you just grind. All builds will eventually reach the same apex of power. - Perk points are only able to be spent on the faction you earn them with, encouraging you to lock in and burn out instead of enabling you to try new things comfortably. My suggestions: - Add additional awards to Endless waves. - Add the ability to invest Perk points into exclusive unique passives or better unit roster variety so the experience feels customizable. - Consider reviving the concept of unique Hero Units from Company of Heroes: Online, allowing us to replace the starting unit with themed infantry squads. Maybe even consider adding some tradeoffs, like starting with zero resources in exchange for an armored car or special support structure.