On more than one occasion whole attacks were stopped by the blistering winds and the decreased visibility that comes with them, with both sides waiting for the weather to change before proceeding.
Troops stranded out in the cold can freeze and die, and must be positioned near fires or in buildings to ensure survival.
On certain, snow-white maps, play is interrupted by game changing storms that can halt an army in its tracks. It means managing your units carefully as they navigate the maps, making sure they take the optimum route to their destination. There's ice rivers that can be damaged and will crack - potentially sending vehicles into deadly water, and deep snow that can slow troop movement to a crawl. Perhaps the stand-out feature of the game is the weather conditions, and these greatly impact play, in more ways than one. Tanks will overrun your positions, and before you know what's happened, the end is nigh. When they do, unless you've stocked up on the relevant anti-tank weaponry, it's game over. This is significant because tanks change everything, and currently it doesn't feel like there's enough time to make use of your infantry before the hulking behemoths roll onto the battlefield. The early game feels much shorter than it is in the original, with tanks rolling into combat much sooner than you'd expect. Played in this vain, CoH2 is already entertaining. As with all games, playing against a similarly skilled opponent is the key to having fun. We're both relative novices, and still getting to grips with the game's basics, but when played against each other, things became much more enjoyable. It wasn't just me that was having trouble with the pesky AI, when co-oping against two computer-controlled forces we were both totally overwhelmed within minutes. We were both learning the ropes, and as such it was a much more forgiving experience. Against another human player I fare a little better, even after several games.
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