

I am not selling this! But still, the point is when the Americans parachute in all chipper like, or one of my little Russian comrades complains to another that "stealing my biscuits is not the Soviet way!", Company of Heroes is doing its job better than any RTS like it.

It's about doing the voices, making the sounds of the guns, living out your twilight years with no-one but the model army in your basement. Like any good RTS, these are games about make-believe, about moving little men around a battlefield, role-playing as one of those retired, amateur history enthusiasts with too much spare time, who are themselves role-playing as a Second World War commander. Of all the things to like about Company of Heroes, I'm especially a fan of the conversations.
