Gamereactor UK: "There's an issue in real-time strategy games: they aren't realistic.
Deploying your troops in the field, seeing them move forward and take down the enemy gives you the illusion of conducting a war, and for many players this is enough.
When you try Company of Heroes for the first time, however, you immediately realize that there are many elements that have been deliberately ignored by many strategy games of the past. No games like Company of Heroes manage to portray the battlefield so smartly, with the troops that seem to have their own intelligence, and that don't blindly follow what is imposed by the player. In other words, one has the feeling of giving orders, but it feels that the squads are composed of human beings, and that they aren't just puppets in the hands of the player."
The Humble Company of Heroes Complete Bundle just launched. It includes Company of Heroes, Company of Heroes 2, Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor, and more.
Want to rest your trigger finger and flex your brain instead? The best multiplayer strategy games will have you outsmarting all your friends.
Very refreshing to see a story give the list right at the top of the article rather than making you click through it 15 times. Having said that, how do you not have HoMM3 on the list?! Yes, it's turn-based strategy, but it still has a strong multiplayer following 22 years later.
If you're hankering for some of the best World War 2 strategy games from a vast number of subgenres and styles, check these out.
