I can understand the need to patch in order to be able to play online – there is the security reasons as well as simply needing to have the same API version as the other players. If you just want to start the game and have a LAN or single player game, it will force you to download the latest patches before you can play – regardless whether or not the patch is 100MB or 1.8GB (yes, 1.8GB patches do exist). In order to play online, or to EVEN START THE GAME you must have the game updated to the latest release at all time. Over time they have pushed out updates making their product more and more unusable by the legitimate customer and driving me crazy.Īnd so, I give you the tale of woe that is the Company of Heroes customer experience. However, in their infinite wisdom, the developers decided that it would be a good idea to lock this product down even further to inflict as much pain as possible upon their paying customers in the name of anti-piracy. When I originally purchased the game, it’s DRM simply consisted of a product key and requiring the disk to play – whilst annoying and pointless, this was something I could put up with. This game is a particularly fun multiplayer RTS which ensures many hours of amusement when played at a LAN party and overall is one of the best strategy games I’ve played in some time. Normally I’m quite a calm relaxed user, able to handle even the toughest problems dished out by computer software without losing my cool… Unfortunately this weekend has driven me to a new level of annoyance thanks to the joys of a WW2 strategy game called “Company of Heroes” developed by Relic Entertainment and published by THQ.
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