Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts

The next chapter in the #1 rated RTS franchise thrusts players into a hellish war torn landscape to command two battle-hardened armies in relentless campaigns for honor and country. Players lead the tenacious…

82 25 September 2007

Real Time Strategy (RTS) Strategy Action Historical Warfare

Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Relic Entertainment, released 25 September 2007 on PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 9 hrs to finish.

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What Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts is

Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Relic Entertainment and released in 2007. It was published by THQ. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Essence Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts 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.

Description from Wikipedia · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, historical and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 76% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 18 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 9 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 2.0Ghz Intel Pentium IV or equivalent or AMD Athlon XP or equivalent. SSE capable processor required., 512MB RAM; Vista users require 1GB of RAM to play the game and DirectX 9.0c compatible 64MB video card with Pixel Shader 1.1 support or equivalent and latest manufacturer drivers. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 9GB.

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What it launched against

Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts launched on 25 September 2007, within three weeks of Portal, Halo 3, Team Fortress 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode Two. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Portal, Halo 3, Team Fortress 2, Half-Life 2: Episode Two.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

All media

Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts gameplay screenshot

Parents

Company of Heroes

12 September 2006

Quick answers

Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts — frequently asked questions

When did Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts come out?

Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts was released on 25 September 2007 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts?

At minimum, Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts needs 2.0Ghz Intel Pentium IV or equivalent or AMD Athlon XP or equivalent. SSE capable processor required., 512MB RAM; Vista users require 1GB of RAM to play the game, DirectX 9.0c compatible 64MB video card with Pixel Shader 1.1 support or equivalent and latest manufacturer drivers graphics, 9GB of uncompressed free hard drive space of storage.

How long does it take to beat Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts?

The main story of Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts takes around 9 hrs.

How many GB is Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts?

The PC version needs about 9 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("9GB of uncompressed free hard drive space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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