

While all strategy titles are, by definition, a thinking man’s game, Company of Heroes 2‘s slower pace does a great job of tasking the ‘ol noggin, while the TrueSight system and weather hazards preserve a great deal of the reflexes and split-second decision making of faster RTS titles. Achieving battle honors does net you more than just emblems, such as intel bulletins that can only be unlocked after a certain battle honor ranked has been reached. The system even comes with a prestige mode, called Battle Honors, that allows you to reset back to level one in exchange for better emblems. So don’t expect to rank up quickly by playing the same exact mission over and over. You can even earn XP in single-player, but on a curve similar to what we saw in Halo: Reach. You play matches, earn experience points, and gain more customization options as you rank up. All this is unlocked via a traditional progressive upgrade system.
