Eastern Front is a free mod for Company of Heroes. Following the ethos of mimicking a Relic Entertainment expansion pack, Eastern Front has succeeded in adding two full new factions, the Soviet Red Army and the German Ostheer, packed with unique and exciting units to the existing armies - a feat never before achieved in the Company of Heroes world.
This mod is essentially at the level of what I would expect from the creators of Company of Heroes. The voice acting is spot on, and I'm proud to say that, as a Russian, there are no grammatical mistakes that I could detect in the dialogue of the soldiers. The gameplay is also spot on - I have not tried the Ostheer troops but the Soviet side has a great amount of depth as well as a wide area of troops to choose from. The new maps are also enjoyable - It's extremely entertaining and satisfying defending the Moscovian outskirts from the German invaders as well as liberating the Sevastopol port. Sound effects are also spot on.
There is only one negative that I can say and that is the fact that it took me a while to figure out how to launch the mod. I kept on getting an error telling me to launch it from Steam even after multiple reinstalls. Luckily, I came upon a way to launch it and it works flawlessly.
One thing I was especially glad to see is how stable the mod is now - I remember around a year ago when I gave it it's first try: It would crash not often enough to make me throw the mod out completely but often enough that it would get frustrating. Now I have not experienced a single crash, so good on the creators for making the mod more stable.
Overall, I love mod - from the satisfying onslaught of my T-34's onto the enemy base after a long and arduous battle for Kursk to the hilarity of the leader of the engineers going "Oh, you hurt your hand? Man up!"