"What’s remarkable about the Soviet slingshot on the Eastern Front, and what’s abhorrent about the callous utilitarianism of the Stalin’s Red Army, and what’s brutal and tragic about Order 227 and the millions of civilians slain in their own homes, is all history. Any time a piece of historical non-fiction fiction can capture some of that complex narrative and communicate it clearly, the story is preserved along with the sentiments that it conjures. For that, Company of Heroes 2 champions a return to the dusty subject of the world’s deadliest military conflict and the individuals whose stories give it life. It is, lest we forget, still a game about killing all of those people to turn flags blue, for which the deep strategic joy strikes a sad, discordant note on a well-tuned instrument."
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