Company of Heroes 2

Company of Heroes 2 takes the action to snowy Norilsk, where one of Stalin's largest camps is located. NKVD officer Churkin comes here, who understands that he will not survive the next purge of officers. The campaign is presented as a conversation between two people, so battles are interspersed with scenes where orders, losses and the price of victory are discussed. This gives the battles additional meaning. In the camp he finds a front-line comrade, Isakovich, serving his sentence and preparing to be shot. He wrote a tome about the real actions of the commanders of the Red Army, and it was for this that he was sentenced. Tactics require resources: infantry, equipment and support are limited, and supplies do not always arrive on time. In winter, you have to plan routes taking into account the cold. Churkin decides to find out the truth about the war, and Isakovich tells it through battles on a strategic map, explaining events non-linearly. This is how the player goes through the defense of Leningrad and other major battles of the eastern front. Online matches and expansions add new factions and maps, and the community supports the game with modifications. Some players spend hundreds of hours in multiplayer, practicing matches with friends and analyzing replays of battles. Mechanics take into account winter conditions: equipment gets stuck in the snow, and cold and supplies affect the outcome of operations. The expansions have added new campaigns and modes, and the community continues to play online matches. For those interested in military history and tactics, this campaign is suitable.