"From the Western perspective, when we think of World War 2, it's the landings in Normandy, it's the fight in Western Europe, but if you look at the numbers - you can't necessarily qualify the effect and the heroism of the soldiers - Normandy ranks 23rd. "Germany lost approximately 80 per cent of its total combat losses on a front of the war we've never visited until now," Duffy said.
"There are long term repercussions of this war and so we want to present both sides of the story in as sensitive a way as possible." He was at pains to stress the brutality of the conflict, and the sheer scale of the losses. It's about their stories - lead campaign designer Jasen Torres."ĭuring a COH2 presentation in London last week, game director Quinn Duffy said Relic "needs to be sensitive" in its treatment of the Eastern Front. It's about the troops on the battlefield. Those are the types of experiences we want to create." "It's these guys and how they act together.
That's the story that's evident even in gameplay. They're just the normal guy saying, if I don't guard my homeland I won't have a homeland. They're not by and large a high up political leader with ideologies spreading to the masses. When you get down to it, they're regular guys fighting for their homeland and their family. "We don't spend too much time on the sensitive issues of political ideology," lead campaign designer Jasen Torres told Eurogamer in an interview. You then lead the counter attack towards Berlin. In the game's campaign the player assumes control of the Soviet Red Army, under the command of Communist dictator Joseph Stalin, as it defends against Hitler's German invasion. The Canadian developer hopes to make COH2 as authentic as possible in its treatment of the brutal battle between the Soviets and the Nazis. Real-time strategy game Company of Heroes 2 will avoid the "sensitive issues" of the Eastern Front by focusing more on the soldiers on the ground than the politics of their leaders, developer Relic has said.
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