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Company of heroes 3 apk12/12/2023 I’m not even sure I fault the developer that ported the game: Feral Interactive, for the problems. Company of Heroes is a phenomenal game, but the Android version feels held back by its fiddly controls and clunky UI. Still, I’m putting up with it to save space on my phone because I’m a contrary old grump.Īnd that’s about the end of it. It’s a less than optimal user experience I feel. But, I don’t have a lot of room on my phone and wanted to save space as much as I could. The streaming downloads are frustrating, especially in the campaign. Players can choose to download all of the game’s content at once or download it piecemeal: I clearly have chosen this second option. I had to replay the Omaha Beach (first level of the campaign) something like 5 times due to the second level not loading properly. The other thing that kills me is all of the downloads. But then, one of the above things will happen and I’ll be back to being frustrated. Honestly? I keep getting into these flow states where I’m not flubbing the controls and accidentally issuing my HMG a move order into the middle of an enemy situation, or accidentally selecting the wrong squad or throwing a grenade at the wrong place, and everything clicks and then I’m just playing Company of Heroes on my phone, and that’s pretty darn awesome. I could keep going, but I think it’d get a little boring to read honestly. I’ve had situations where I’ve double tapped on another squad by accident. I’ve had situations where I have a squad selected and have double tapped on the ground right next to a gun instead of on the gun. Some of the guns are kind of tiny, which makes it occasionally frustrating to use. To pick up dropped weapons or manned decrewed guns, you must double tap on the weapon itself with a squad selected. However, this is really finicky and I’ve had it fail more than work. To box select units, you must double tap on the screen and then drag the selection box. The touch controls more broadly are also frustrating. And that’s how it goes: I use the command card until it frustrates me enough to switch to the radial menu, and vice versa, over and over. It gets to be so bad that I often end up turning it back off in frustration. First off, I keep accidentally activating it while trying to pan the map with my fingers. The radial menu is easier to use but does have its own issues. I think you might be able to turn this off, but I haven’t found it in the settings yet? The worst thing about the command card to me is that it forces you to confirm any ability use, which is an extra tap. I keep switching between the radial menu mode and the command card mode. With the command card, the HUD takes up a LOT of real estate, and you have this kind of wide strip in the middle of the screen that’s available for you to see what’s going on. Players can choose to have a more ‘mobile centric’ command wheel for unit abilities, or they can use a standard RTS command card in the bottom right of the screen. First off, the game’s HUD is like, 30% or more of the viewable area. I have been really struggling with the UI and UX in CoH Mobile. It’s the controls that really hamstring the experience for me. There’s still the same depth and interest to the combat and game systems, and if anything it might look a bit better on mobile due to the smaller display sizes.īut I keep feeling like I have to fight the form factor to actually enjoy the game. The game is, as far as I know, basically unchanged from the version that people played on PC (with the exception of UI and controls changes to accommodate the different form factor of a touch screen device). I believe multiplayer is something that’s still in the works and should be coming eventually?Īnd yet, I’m struggling to be really positive about the mobile version of Company of Heroes. Dawn of War 2 and Company of Heroes 2 number among my all-time favorite RTS games, and I’m one of the more positive people about the overall quality of Dawn of War III.Īt the moment, CoH for mobile contains the game’s base campaign and vs AI skirmish. I still remember the awe and wonder I felt playing Homeworld for the first time. I am a huge fan of Relic’s strategy games.
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