Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
stand alone expansion pack to Company of Heroes
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts (abbreviated CoH:OF) is the stand alone expansion pack to Company of Heroes, a real-time strategy game for computers running the Windows operating system. Opposing Fronts was developed by Canadian-based RTS developer Relic Entertainment, and published by THQ in September 2007. Another standalone expansion to the Company of Heroes series, Tales of Valor, was released in April 2009. The expansion was made available for Android and iPadOS on April 13, 2021.
Gameplay
Dynamic Environmental Effects System
Opposing Fronts implements a Dynamic Weather Effects system consisting of real time weather effects and day-to-night time transitions. In addition to these enhancements, particular birds sing at various times of the day and during specific weather patterns. Although Relic had initially indicated otherwise, the Dynamic Weather Effects system has no tactical impact on the battlefield.
New single-player campaigns
Opposing Fronts introduces two new single player campaigns. The campaigns feature gameplay from the British perspective and the German perspective. The British campaign is based on the Liberation of Caen.
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