Company of Heroes 3: Final Stand

Here are the cons: -Matchmaking is a joke as it doesn't update the lobbies in real time. -Elitists want SPECIFIC players with GOOD PVP stats or they leave/ kick you from the lobby. -There is significant delay when occupying buildings or certain units as the command to enter will be acknowledged and they will run into said building or unit but their character models will continue to run in the direction of whatever they are trying to occupy for a few seconds until they update and finally show as being inside whatever they were ordered to enter. -The price for this GAME MODE (don't care that it's a standalone) is too high for something that should've been a DLC or an expansion. -If you bought the DLC factions you will not have access to them in this GAME MODE. (I am sticking to calling what this is and refuse to acknowledge it as a standalone title.) -Each match is about 13 waves which is a bit short imo. The few good things: -Persistant Perk System that you can benefit from during a match which boosts unit stats, cooldowns, improved defense offense, etc. -Perk Points is really the only incentive to get Gold Medals (highest award for surviving all waves before opting for Endless Mode.) -All Units have variable stat changes to fit the theme of this GAME MODE like faster repair time, faster build time, more damage to armor, more damage to inf, etc. If this GAME MODE were less than $20 or $15 then I'd say go for it. But if that's too much for you or you already bought all the Faction DLC's for the base game and don't want a simple GAME MODE all on its own for nearly $30 then wait a few months or just give this a HARD PASS. Not sure who at Relic thought making this GAME MODE by itself and not part of the base game was such a good idea other than a quick cash grab.

This has no business being a standalone game. It's boring, repetitive, and without any depth. It would be fine as a cheap DLC for Company of Heroes 3, as a game mode. Overpriced and not at all worth it.

Company of Heroes 3: Final Stand is... okay. I don't have any prior experience with the Company of Heroes franchise, but this caught my attention because I enjoy roguelites and wave defense games. From my perspective, I actually appreciate that this was released as a standalone experience rather than simply being added as another mode to Company of Heroes 3. That said, I find it difficult to justify the price. The overall package feels underwhelming and more like an unfinished game mode than a fully realized standalone title. With only five maps and limited progression, there just isn't much to keep you coming back. The core gameplay is enjoyable, though, and there's definitely a solid foundation here. If the developers continue to add quality-of-life improvements, more content, and expand on the existing systems, Final Stand could become something really worthwhile. For now, it's a fun concept that feels like it needed more time in development before being released.

Quick thoughts. I'd make a CoH3 Wave Survival game with the following features. - No Difficulty Selection (You choose wave strenght, Weak, Strong, Extreme, Impossible.) You get rewarded for surviving the wave depending on your selection. - Building only during Preperation Time (Instant build, Instant upgrade.) - You can start the wave when ready (You do not gain passive income, at the end depending on the wave you get resources) - the card picks are set on first pick. You have to pick a hero type character to start with. Then you will get passive buffs / abilities for that character. After 6 Waves you can choose a new hero and get 6 more upgrades or you can upgrade already chosen hero to become stronger with 6 more upgrades. - Enemies will look at your hero and setup counter tactics (1 hero is more likely to get countered. 2 heroes give you a tactical advantage.) - Make a challenge mode where if u have a lot of something dynamic events will start to even the odds. a lot of bunkers? X bunkers get destroyed by 5 V1 missiles. What they made. - Spawn nodes with a set of troops to spawn. - Attack Waypoint on HQ. - Random unhinged upgrades that seems like they look at what you have in your pool and give an upgrade according to it. - A tiny perk tree which kinda chooses your strategy for you. What did they not do? - Make new models. - Make a better AI. - Make an interesting wave defense DLC. This feels like a fan made mod which someone made over the weekend. Not worth the price.

かなり厳しい。 レリックは昔はすごいゲーム会社だったのだが、今回も擁護が難しいレビューになってしまう まずローグライトとしてだが、バランスが悪い上に運ゲーすぎる。 このゲームはものすごく大雑把にいうと 　対戦車砲　＞　戦車　＞　マシンガン　＞　歩兵　＞　対戦車砲 というユニットの相性を楽しむゲームなのだが…… ローグライトモードだと相手はバランス良く歩兵、　軽車両、　と出してくるのに こちらはまともな対装甲ユニットをひけない場合があり、このばあいゲーム序盤でかなり苦しく積みが確定する。 そもそも定期的に自軍を強化する要素をもらえるのだが、それも パッシブでどっちか ユニットアンロックでどれか 使用するアビリティでどれか みたいのがきまっているっぽくて、 ゲーム序盤で使用アビリティもらっても……みたいな感触がある。 せめて最初からどの陣営も ・基本の歩兵 ・陣地や車両を修理する工兵 ・歩兵を止めるマシンガン ・止まった歩兵を攻撃する迫撃砲 ・対装甲ユニットである対戦車砲(弱くて軽量でもいいから！) を配ったほうが「腕でカバーできるよね」って感じでユーザ体験がいいと思うのだが、 そういった配慮がなく、ドイツアフリカ戦線だとかなり微妙な使い勝手のユニットしか最初からもらえない。 スレスパのストライクと防御がイマイチなのはどのカード選んでもそれより強いデザインだから許されているのであって、 「いやそれ弱いっしょ……」「かみ合わねえよ……」みたいな外れを引かされるとかなり萎えてしまう。 報酬を選ぶのも2択でどちらか、というのもユーザに不利でおもしろくない。 種類が少なすぎるので、安定したランにならない…… 例えばだが…… 1回目のユニットアンロックが 普通の工兵と　クソ高いグアスタトリ分隊 で、対歩兵能力をもとめてしかたなくグアスタトリ分隊を選び、 なんとか初期から出せる250輸送車の備え付けのマシンガンと虎の子のグアスタトリで序盤をしのいでいて、 そろそろ敵に強力な対空トラックとかがくるあたりで 　対空トラック　と　歩兵砲　の選択 を強いられたとき、どっちを選んでもハズレの状況がキツかった。 初期からいる対戦車車両分隊じゃ心許なすぎる! はやくまともな対戦車砲ををくれよ！ という気持ちになった。　このランはあっさり敵のグレイハウンドとかに対応しきれず負けた。 ある意味では補給のおぼつかない軍のロールプレイともいえるが、ローグライトを求めて得たい経験ではない。 そもそもとして、このゲームはCOH3のアプデとして追加されるべきで、1500円程度だったらお！いいじゃんとなるのだが…… 実際には3000円の別ゲー扱いという、謎すぎる売り方を行っている。 それでいてFINAL STANDを起動させると、開くのはCOH3なので混乱する。 (Steamで開くゲームを押し間違えたかと、最初開きなおした) いったいどうしてこんなことになったのか…… せめてゲーム部分がおもしろくてまともならば、よかったのだが……

30 dollars for a mod? This should be (AT MOST) 10 dollars. There are only 5 maps. Its fun, but where is the content for 30 dollars? Also, there is hardly anyone playing it. I do not recommend spending money on this (Unless its on sale) and I have every Company of Heroes game.

Rational review after several matches: Don't mind that they made this stand-alone so players can play it, may enjoy it, and then get the base game. More players = better. Was it silly that they released it without matchmaking? Yeah absolutely. But they have stated they will have that fixed by the end of the week so problem solved. As far as the game itself is concerned you have four factions to choose from and then you proceed to try to survive round after round while the game gives you random cards to choose from (units, passive and active abilities) making each run somewhat unique. I say somewhat because you aren't going to find the expansive list of cards here like Hades or something but it is still quite fun. Sometimes you get awesome cards and have a great run and other times you get not great cards and get rekt (at least for someone of my mid skill level). Each run you get points depending on how well you did but always get rewarded making every run worthwhile. You use said points to pick permanent upgrades for your faction which you can reset whenever and try different things out. Each map has a few (3-5) outposts out beyond your headquarters that you can are valuable to protect and serve as med station, reinforce points. One of the early upgrades in the permanent upgrade tree makes these more and more useful (add mg, and bazooka, add engineer to self-repair, add manpower bonus). The upgrades definitely are worthwhile and I think absolutely needed to survive at the higher difficulty levels which go above elite several times. I have been having fun with it and enjoy roguelite progression. I can see myself coming back to this again and again, especially after multiplayer matches where I got my butt kicked. As far as price I think it should have been $10-$15 for COH3 owners and $20-25 for rest. I'm still glad I got it, though.