Infographics Revised Command Trees image - Company of Heroes: Back to Basics mod for Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
Back to Basics is a full conversion mod for Company of Heroes and its expansions. The aim of the mod is to create an environment that respects the nature of the original Company of Heroes gameplay, while enhancing its core features that put focus on tactics, proper decision making, and player skill. Along with new units, abilities, upgrades, and command trees, the mod features an entirely new weapon damage model and hitpoint dynamics, as well as brand new gameplay mechanics. Back to Basics AI is proudly unique and advanced. All AI systems have been worked on and improved, to the point of creating a completely new AI battle experience. The result is an AI opponent that can be challenging and unpredictable, while also being both fair and enjoyable to play against.
The Commander Trees were revised in accordance with the respective faction overhauls, and are covered in detail our articles.
Trench securing sounds unique and fun
Just a heads up, they dropped kilts from combat service. Scottish soldiers in kilts was a 1st World War thing.
If you are rolling with the choice for style that is cool, just saying.
Definitely a choice for style. Plenty of things that aren't exactly historically correct for the setting, but we generally roll with a "inspired by history" type of mentality rather than trying to go hardcore on historical immersion.
It is important to us that units look and feel different for the sake of game readability and overall sense that units aren't a simple copy-paste of one another.