THE INVASION OF ITALY BEGINS! Company of Heroes 3 - Italian Campaign #1

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[@StonewallTitlow]

The fact that we have MacKay and Conti from the original game here for the Italian Campaign is so nostalgic.

[@joes3983]

Yeah, I thought he was a Sargent though

[@rxstumpy]

He was, this campaign is a year before the original game. He likely got promoted in the mean time

[@kaiserjoe2316]

That's all fine and well but is Conrad still struggling with his laces?

[@spiralwhirlpool2366]

@@kaiserjoe2316 “jesus conrad tie up your fcking laces.” Lol one of my fav lines

[@spiralwhirlpool2366]

@@rxstumpy those characters somehow got transferred to normandy lol

[@Jdcie]

What's up LionHeart! I'm a big fan of your content and a voice actor on CoH3. I voice the US Snipers. Excited to watch your playthrough!

[@lionheartx10]

Ah that’s awesome!! :)

[@denen404]

That's really cool! And I'm playing it myself atm but have failed a few times already rofl

[@kungpochopedtuna]

If you could give me 1 place to look to get into voice acting where would it be? I'm in the uk.

[@Sensaytions]

I am so happy you’re playing this! Thank you for the content!

[@SlimRhyno]

Seeing this on my KZbin recommendations made my day! Seriously, thanks for doing this 🙏

[@LuisMorales-lo1yf]

I love all your content you're literally a part of my day to day activities keep it coming 👍🏼

[@kaiserjoe2316]

An absolute joy! I've seen the return of the german motorbike and sidecar in demos. It still better be Klaus at the bars. What a hero!

[@soundone1502]

I enjoy your content keep up the good work !

[@thisrandomperson1472]

I love how cover when you load in is the 1SSF, those guys don't really get much commemoration from what they did so I think it's really cool that they did that

[@Jinisinsane]

I almost like this game, I just cant get over how silly they look running around in the open getting shot in the face with machine guns and not instantly dying.

[@mr.bojangles9215]

this is one of those situations where gameplay absolutely should overrule realism. the game would be unplayable if a single shot killed a man in a unit

[@AcornSmokes420]

Cod ain’t realistic lmao 😂

[@ccreasman]

Way back in the day (60s-70s), Avalon Hill was the boss of war games. I loved them (Third Reich remains among the very best war games ever). In 1977 they released Squad Leader, which was their first attempt into squad level tactics. It clearly demonstrated the difference between the strategic level of control that had been the mainstay of their current game crop and tactical level of control where individuals making up squads had to enact what previously had been just one of your units. And, I was terrible at it. LOL Quickly learned that I would have been a horrible tactical leader in war. I think this is one reason why current games like CoH are beyond my ability. Looking forward to following along with you here.

[@johanalitalo8331]

Enjoy the content. Hope you keep up the campaign, like to see moore.

[@Supergforce777]

Me: Can't wait to jump in and do some rts battle. COH3 campaign: best I can do is an auto resolve

[@pocketman202]

Weird I used to be in both of those divisions that they show for the american soldiers the Red Bull and the rock of the Marne. The accuracy of this game is commendable

[@joeyfjeldstad3582]

Ty for doing this

[@perkeyser2032]

When that enemy tank positioned himself (herself?) in front of that official looking building, I couldn't help thinking about that scene where the SS is guarding the plaza with the bank in the Dirty dozen. :) A very underrated movie.

[@brandonrobinson873]

“Muniplo, Williams, weapons and ammo!”

[@Audifaram]

It really bugs me the second city for the secondary objective got ignored

[@sharanyakaminda3684]

Hope you do more of this really enjoying it

[@lionheartx10]

Part 2 out later today!

[@dota2fanclub]

Thanks for covering CoH3.

[@DALONEWOLF108]

Bro I been watching your videos since I was in the 9th grade in 2010 I enjoy your vids this game looks great

[@lionheartx10]

Thanks!

[@DALONEWOLF108]

@@lionheartx10 I literally used to watch your total war videos all 57 of them like it was tv I’d come home from school make me food and watch hour long battles haha

[@lionheartx10]

@@DALONEWOLF108 Glad you've enjoyed my content for so long!! Which has been your favourite Campaign?

[@DALONEWOLF108]

@@lionheartx10 the total war 2 Spartan campaigns I’m a basic bitch but I just loved those especially since I loved Greek culture and mythology a lot

[@admiralradish]

5:07 Now thats what i call A SPICY MEATBALL!!!!

[@stevenlewis1950]

17:17 someone’s left their toy car on the side of the road

[@portman8909]

lol

[@klumpur23]

if you pick up the weapons on the floor, that will increase attack of your group.

[@lucasjleandro]

That made me remember Axis and Allies RTS 2004

[@avenpreston2001]

quick tip if they are in green cover behind say sandbags if the opponent is shooting on the same side it dosnt count as cover for the open side

[@erikreznak]

It looks stunning💖💘💝💝

[@scavenger8616]

I gotta thank you as I don't see many youtubers play thus game

[@AnoNym-vc6cr]

I remember in coh 1 That you can skip hall the Beach mission by capturing and usine thé First 88

[@GHOST-fq5cv]

I can't believe you are playing one of my favourite game ever. We Played this for hours as kids

[@biffbidderman8164]

Wasn't the game out like 3 days ago

[@GHOST-fq5cv]

@@biffbidderman8164 I meant the franchise, we played the first one

[@Dragomicha]

​@@biffbidderman8164 this guy

[@WolfMcCullen]

My initial impressions from the video: the RTS gameplay? *Chef's Kiss* The campaign map? Oof. Feels a little rough there. But hey, maybe it gets better later on; guess I'll have to keep watching to find out! :D

[@chessgeak]

Keep it up

[@odesa1987]

I just wonder, how to recover an captured building (shield icon) after been attack? Some building has 2 shield icon,some has 4 shield .

[@joellewis4693]

I hope he actually finishes this series... I hate watching 4 or 5 video getting invested, just to have someone stop the series midway through.

[@RealityCheckTime]

Is there any way to remove the bright colours on the unit models?

[@CrowMercury]

Oof. The beginning was amazing but the campaign is super rough. Skipping the entirety of Sicily that could have been a good tutorial ( it was an absolute rout for the Axis, took in 15 days ) and missing so many battles for the most handheld set I’ve ever seen is not a good first impression.

[@grimmann1060]

It’s unfortunate this game is being criticised so much I really liked the idea of a ww2 total war kind of campaign I doubt the next COH game will have a campaign like this now.

[@lionheartx10]

I dunno early days I think if they can work on improving the campaign in future updates that will bring about a better game overall

[@grimmann1060]

@@lionheartx10 yeah hopefully great gameplay by the way.

[@oashen5475]

*Has armored battalion* *Bombs the weakened infantry* "Is this overkill?" No good sir, I believe that is only bordering on a war crime :)

[@pascal9055]

tried this on tough too. I feel like tough = easy. The AI often just stands around. Wish you could change difficulty later.

[@Davidjh-1994]

love the tactical pause. you didnt capture pizzo

[@lionheartx10]

Didn’t need to

[@kyleholmes3160]

Loving this on my Steam Deck. Gamers now days are toxic as hell. Getting so much hate for absolutely no reason.

[@Brancock01]

i assume youre not a coh2 and coh veteran im not either but my friends are and they rightfully hate it bc in 10 years barely anything was improved

[@joehendrson3815]

Good video did this hit PS 5 yet ?

[@antehood_antoni1987]

Cool game :)

[@VineFynn]

Why do all the explosion animations look sped up?

[@ratetlordofsnakes]

They should do a Konflikt 47 game.

[@Some_Guy6]

Imagine how good this would be if this youtuber did not talk at all.

[@jasonpickens9839]

😬 it's a bit silly that you can crawl right into the path of an MG and then run away like nothing happened. I used to love CoH but they really need to fix this.

[@infernious]

Pizza time…

[@alexsp7086]

The only thing that bothers me about this game is it’s so easy it’s like tooo easy.

[@hollowremmu164]

You forgot a city...

[@Karagianis]

Generals totally not Paton and Montgomery, because we couldn't get the rights for them!

[@Rippedflesh69]

CoH has been dumbed down so much it's painful to watch. Hope the modders do a good job with it.

[@Harte74]

Looks great. :) But the Germans didn't have any HMG's. :)

[@jonathontyynismaa5310]

They do but it's quite rare if you think about sure they have MG42s and captured weapons too

[@Harte74]

@@jonathontyynismaa5310, they did not have HMG’s. When referring to HMG’s om the german side, it’s often an MG42 on a small mount, but it’s still only an lmg.

[@MyViolador]

wish we had a german campaign like in the expansion pack of CoH 1

[@thomasspangenberg5328]

You play as the Germans in the North African campaign

[@Combatant42]

Conti from coh1?

[@lionheartx10]

yep!

[@SkySweeperSyn]

God why is the camera so zoomed in?

[@lionheartx10]

Classic rts camera level, we’re used to much great zoom levels in newer rts games. I’m surprised they didn’t decide increases the levels for this game.

[@RyanJosepher]

Mixed reviews... Worth the money?

[@lionheartx10]

I’ve only played 2-3hrs so far. Need a good few more before I can give a solid recommendation one way or another tbh. I’m enjoying it but it does seem like they’ve kept things quite safe with this title and not really innovated much aside from the campaign map. Whether playing it safe and giving bud more of the same is a bad thing I think will be a highly personal decision.

[@Drax514]

People are shitting on this game so unnecessarily. Literally 10 mins in and you are past the on rails tutorial. Its really not that far at all. Gamers are the worst.

[@Audifaram]

except they don't let you fight any battles in the campaign...

[@Drax514]

@@Audifaram Case in point. If you literally spend the ten minutes and get past the tutorial, you can fight every single battle that you want to fight to your hearts content. Zoomers man. Absolute idiots, with literally zero patience.

[@Audifaram]

@@Drax514 we just watched a 50 minute video. Don't know we're you get your ten minutes from

[@diggs0027]

@@Audifaram the whole campaign? or just the tutorial

[@Drax514]

@@Audifaram And I'm literally playing the game right now, fighting multiple battles per turn, CHOOSING to fight them rather than autoresolve. So yeah, everybody here is just retarded as fuck apparently

[@jasonnguyen3961]

dose it had a grenader launcher for the infantry.

[@kianid100]

Is it just me or CoH 2 had better graphics ?

[@lionheartx10]

Unit models and general textures are better in COH3 I think its the particle effects in 3 that don't look as good or rather are similar to 2's.

[@IrfanPoser]

Graphics’s is a bit cartoonish

[@Balrog2005]

Looks like a mod of COH 2... no thank you.

[@thejunsk]

Wait i just noticed this small issue with this new feature. Pausing and RTS removes thr RT part of RTS. this is no longer a Real time Strategy game.

[@lionheartx10]

pausing is in every RTS game, hit escape to bring up a menu, the game will pause in 99% of RTS games :P And most have an actual pause feature too. If you could ONLY exclusively give orders in Pause mode then sure it would make calling it an RTS questionable but the faction that you can play the whole game without pause and that it is just that, an option (to pause) doesn't change that this IS an RTS :P

[@thejunsk]

@@lionheartx10 I see what you are saying, but add in Turn based over map and you no longer have a clear cut RTS. You have a game with an identy crisis. Just like when Relic added MOBA elements to DOW3. What they would be better doing( and this is just my opinion) is making an RTS game and not shoehorning in other popular elements to sway other players to the IP.

[@lionheartx10]

@@thejunsk I don’t think adding the turn based campaign is a detriment to COH3 being an RTS. It’s now an RTS with a turn based campaign, a great and much needed addition to innovate the frankly previously stale formula. DOW Dark Crusader did a good job of campaign and battles so why not COH. Plus SEGAs other core Strategy series, Total War has long since thrives on the combination of RTS battles and turn based campaign. DOW3 (doesn’t exist 🙃) but yes agreed the MOBA Elements were unneeded and negatively effected the title but I don’t think that’s what the mix of RTS and Turn Based Campaign does here for COH. While not a perfect implementation it’s definitely a positive for the series!

[@KaneTheMessiah]

@@thejunskWorks fine with the Total War games that are considered both turn based on world map and real time on battle map. What's the issue?

[@MrFartquad]

You should play Xcom2 with mods

[@lionheartx10]

No desire to replay xcom 2 again just yet, wasn’t too much interest in the last series I did of it so unlikely for me to do another too. Maybe if / when there’s an Xcom3

[@NASHPVKA]

COH2 have better voice actors and war sounds. apart from better graphics the battlefield details looks why better on COH2. I love this franchise and im really disappointed after waiting years for COH3

[@nightlord251]

First

[@paulfoster3316]

ai looks baddddd

[@Daiciyomon_4594]

Why nowadays games are suck in FPS and some are still defending it

[@lionheartx10]

???

[@gulanhem9495]

lol graphics from 2006.

[@lionheartx10]

They’re definitely improved from 2006, more like 2016 but still far from the cutting edge of what can be achieved in a modern rts graphically at least.

[@polyz911]

Canceled my prorder of this game after stress test. Horible balance and garbage skill trees.

[@EmperorShang]

The field of view sucks. The graphics sucks. They really gutted this franchise

[@Lancista]

*_That looks like and Enhanced HD Mod for Tales of Valor_* 🤣👎

[@PuellaMagiHomuraAkemi]

Garbage looking game, wow. 10 years and they achieved nothing

[@hth54]

1. Decade old graphics and ugly art style nope 2. Very buggy all over from graphics to game play nope 3. Absolutely horrific UI, and it takes most of the screen AND its not SCALABLE as it was in the previous COH2. I looks like something from a mobile game. Something unfinished. nope 4. Sound is mediocre at best. good enough It doesn't matter if this is just released. This game is charging £50 (£70 for digital prem) and is advertising itself as triple AAA. All criticism is valid criticism. It will likely still say the same six months from now. Live service games are a disaster and Company of Heroes being in the same boat as Dawn of War 3 puts absolutely no lessons learned inward. They expect full price? We expect full-high expectations. This game is worth £20 / £25 at this rate.

[@lionheartx10]

Graphics and art style don’t bother me too much tbh, the models themselves have decent levels of detail. I am disappointed by the UI choice, while it was fine / the common style in the early 2000s for rts games. We’ve seen numerous rts games innovate their UIs to sleek and minimal designs, ones that don’t take up 1/4 of the screen space. Yeah I was also disappointed that it’s not scalable too! Can’t say I’ve ever seen / player an actual mobile game with UIs like this, find the mobile argument a weak jab tbh. Think overall Relic have gone for playing COH3 way to safe as they know it’ll appeal to fans of the original 2 games style and design however it’ll make a lot of new players bounce right off and some returning fans that rightly so expected more after all these years. That said the campaign map for its first iteration is a solid entry and a great addition to the formula as is tactical pause which can lead to some very satisfying combat manoeuvres!

[@michaelperozich455]

First