Spearhead is a gameplay overhaul of Company of Heroes 2, similar in vein to the awesome Blitzkrieg Mod of the previous game. The goal is to make provide intense tactical gameplay using Relic's core gameplay features as a foundation. The download is available on Steam Workshop.
Absolutely bad.
Don't get fooled, this mod has nothing to do with Blitzkrieg mod from CoH1.
There is utterly no diversity in tactics.
Doctrines overlap way too much and allow for a really wide array of role. You can have heavy tanks, fortified defenses and artillery with the same commander.
Likewise, units can do pretty much anything. They have grenades, smoke, AT grenade, portable AT rocket... why even bother building several squads when one can fit any role ?
A very large but useless roster of units bloat the UI, you got several assault squads, several engineers, several anything that is good against absolutely anything.
This mean any infantry is a threat to armor and you better use regular squads against tanks because dedicated AT teams are 3-men squads and die way more easily. There is absolutely NO downside using a blob of the same infantry.
But the worst thing is balance.
First, can you explain me why 90% of all weapons have the same range ?
50 mm has the same range as 75/76 mm which has the same range as 85/88 mm wich has the same range as 37 mm flak...
Armor battles look like napoleonic wars with nice lines of tanks that shoot to each other at the same range. Only rare weapons like SU-100 or Kingtiger are allowed to outrange a bit their target.
Wanna get the most of your tank hunter ? NO ! Your SU-85 or your Jagdpanzer can't outrange a Stuart.
And I have never seen such a bad damage balance.
Nothing makes sense. I lost a Stuart to a MG42 team. I lost a AVRE to a Panzer IV. I lost a Panther to a 50 mm canon. You lose armor at a staggering rate and surprisingly enough when you use the same weapons against AI you bounce most of the time.
I've been a long-time BK mod player (when CoH1 wasn't even on Steam), I tried a lot of other mods like Europe at War, Battle of the Bulge... and CoH2 mods like Akula or Wikinger.
Mark my words : Spearhead has nothing to do with BK. In BK, balance is good. Doctrines are well-rounded and specialized. Units have their own range depending on their weapons, tank hunters are really fearsome and are not just a cheaper tank with no turret that gonna be hit at the same range as its target.
And I love seeing tank traps or roadblocks being destroyed by bullets.
Unfinished, unbalanced, fake unit variety.
Lots of great ideas that would make this a great mod if finished but what it is right now, is really far from finished and just few hours ingame can easily proove that
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Great mod! This and Wikinger are the two premier coh2 mods, and even with the ****** mod tools they are both outstanding.
FFS, at last ! This is basically the infamous Blitzkrieg Mod in COH2. In fact I think some BK veterans are involved in it. I've tried a few "tuning packs" (why don't Relic just call them "mods" ?) over the years but the doctrines were never right or just did not work. Here combat is devastating. Newbies should start it on normal difficulty and get used to the various upgrades and style of play. The mod has some interesting weapon descriptions. For example I never knew the STEN could use the same ammunition as the MP40. The language style is correct as well, heavily injecting the atmosphere with that 1940's spirit. WE FIGHT ON !
Adds life to a game that was otherwise devoid of any. I wouldn't be playing coh2 if this mod didn't exist.
The mod itself is nice, but very unbalanced. Playing Allies is a no-brainer with near indestructible IS-2 Tanks and Shermans that bounce of Ap Ammo from PvIV Ausf. J, Infantry that lack the firepower and skills compared to their allied counterparts. Shame, really.
One of the Blitzkrieg mod relatives.
Used to play BK mod on CoH1... over 4 yrs... and I'm telling ya, this **** is better, more balanced and just more fun to play. Imo best COH mod so far!
It's worth buing CoH2 only to play this modification. GJ devs!
Really good mod, have been playing it for very long with friends. Really boosts gameplay. I just wish, that the devs allowed custom models, because then, with more tanks and buildings, it would be the Blitzkrieg of CoH2. But still, a massive 9.