How does Company of Heroes 3 plan to deal with the myths surrounding German general Erwin Rommel and the desert war in its North African campaign? We’ve spoken to the developers about this difficult topic among other things as they reveal Company of Heroes 3’s second single-player campaign.
Anyone who sets out to authentically portray a piece of world history takes responsibility for doing so sensibly – that goes for authors, filmmakers and game developers. Relic Entertainment has been telling stories from World War II for nearly two decades, setting out to provide a humanized perspective with plenty of grounding. So far, the team has succeeded in most cases – only the Soviet campaign from Company of Heroes 2 falls out of line with its flurry of clichés loosely based on blockbusters like Enemy at the Gates.
