Company of Heroes single player playtest - wanna taste?

[Creamed Corn]

One of the other projects I'm working on involves a little RTS you may have heard of called Company of Heroes for the PC.

I need a few RTS gamers - a mix of expert, avid and casual - to come down to Relic and spend Thursday and Friday playing through the entire single player campaign. We'd like feedback on how it plays, difficulty, pacing etc...and I'm about to sweeten the hell out of the deal.

1 - you'll eat like bloody kings, man
2 - you'll get to play the full game 2 months before anybody else
3 - you'll get a $100 for your efforts

The all-day sessions will run between 9 AM - 6 PM on both days., and spots are extremely limited. So, if you live in the Vancouver, British Columbia area, fire off a PM to me by 5 PM Tuesday, July 11th. You'll be glad you did.

Thanks everyone.

[ÜberJumper]

Heya Tim:

Someguy, Novaburn and I are down at Relic on Friday, so maybe we can get in on the Friday portion of this?

We'll post on Relicnews.com shortly.

[Someguy]

I will be so down for this.

[NovaBurn]

I love vacations.

[Moe]

Why the hell don't I live in Vancouver?

[kanegz]

what a pity , not living in that area

[JAL-18]

Jesus titty fucking christ!

[Lochar]

You Relic guys are waaaay tooo nice, lol I would bring my own food and pay YOU to come over for a few days to play.

If I had the time I would actually consider flying up from FL just to play 2 days!

Its too bad you didnt have a 48 timer program that was hack free you could allow to be downloaded...*cough* oh do I detect a bug coming on?..:)


Lucky Bassids who live in Vancouver..:)

[ceejayoz]

Damnit!

I've a free plane ticket to anywhere in the States sitting around. Why can't you guys be in Seattle instead?! :(

edit: and the 14 day restriction sucks :(

[Noir]

This is the best idea in the history of man.

Shame I can't make it there, me being on the other side of the continent and all. :(

[Killer Of Many]

Alright I'm packin my bags it'll take me 3 days to drive there but I'm coming. :lonely: I wish but I'm busy this week but damn I would like to do that. Can you send me the whole campaign :bow:

[Soulblighter]

Would easily come up and hang out... however work does this thing where they pay me to stay... crazy i know.

[Rafta]

Free flight from Vienna included? :D

[newghost]

Id love to but I doubt I could guy.

Hope I can see a beta soon, I would give you feedback on that.

Instead of that sweet hundred bucks how about a plane ticket from Arizona, US?

[CoolJoe63]

LOL i live just below vancouver in langley. But i think im to young to be considered.

[CrimsonAngel]

NOOOOOOOOOOOO....

Hey i have a idea how about you do the testing in Denmark instead you can't trust people from Vancouver or Canada in general.

So come to Denmark we got bear....

[CoolJoe63]

can someone please tell me how old you have to be??

[Pyros]

can someone please tell me how old you have to be??
To legally sign an NDA, you have to be 18. The game is most likely to be rated Mature as well, so probably 18+ is my guess.

[CoolJoe63]

I wonder if I could have one of my parents/brother sign it? Plus i doubt Relic wants some 16 year old playtesting anyway.

[Creamed Corn]

18+ for the playtest, unfortunately. Sorry my man.

[CoolJoe63]

Thats a shame. Sounds like an awesome experience, congratulations to those who manage to get a spot. Geuss Ill just have to beat the game AFTER I buy it like all you other regular schmos :D

[mukkel]

This would be a lot of fun! I should take the day off of work and get some free food!

[TigerVX]

Wow, lucky for some people who live (Or are going to travel :P) Over there! Don't forget to bring a couple pounds of notepads for us forum goers! :author:

[Tesla]

lol this is the best idea in histoy, pitty im only 16 :D

thats it when i come of age im moving!

[Siegeman]

The combination of the cost of a ferry ticket across the Strait (damn expensive BC Ferries) and me being 16 means I can't go :(

[Mac_Bug]

I want to do it but... I'm an intern at blue castle games in burnaby and I'm not sure how that'll affect things... plus I've never felt right about skipping work

[LoneWolf666]

Hahaha, you guys are just incredible! :D Well, whoever gets there, have fun, mates. ;) It's a one-in-a-lifetime experience, after all. :)

[Moe]

You Relic guys are waaaay tooo nice, lol I would bring my own food and pay YOU to come over for a few days to play.

Dude, shhhh.

[HawkeyePierce]

Can I sleep overnight, I mean, I'll fly up there, I just dont want to pay for a hotel, I'll sleep in the lobby

[Trizzdog]

Lesse, I was in Vancouver last weekend setting myself up for post secondary, and then I'm comming down july 17th again to look at more stuff, which means there's no way I can make it to the playtesting...

/me curses at various gods then goes to cry in a corner

Edit: Btw, do you mean this thus/friday (13-14), or next thus/friday (20-21)?

[Soldier of Dest]

under 18...living in germany....mmeeeh I'm gonna die soon and slowly! :skull:

[fneep]

Thats just another thing that sets Relic apart from other game companies. You are too good to us. I wanna go live in Vancouver!!!!

[aerziel]

Awwww Damn It ><

[Tiresias]

I just passed my driving test, now all I need is to be able to drive a plane too and I'm there! :/

[Borriesz]

Why the f*ck do I live in The Netherlands?! Damn, my only chance to catch a glimp of the real game, has just been wasted! For all of you guys who do live there, give us some feedback;)

[Moe]

For all of you guys who do live there, give us some feedback

That's probably not possible due to NDAs.

[Mogolov]

I knew there was a reason i hated my old man for not taking that IBM job in Vancouver!!

God, I could have been born Canadian.


Ooohher! ;)

[Tiresias]

there's only one thing to do, everyone sing along

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjLLUdePnjY&search=blame%20canada

[Starblade]

Why haven't I moved to Canada yet?

[retroholyfire]

Here's the plan:
Operation Maniac - Everyone around the world flies to Canada then steals a military plane and paradrops over Relic HQ.
Damn really wish I could go.

[Commissar[PT]]

i am getting really SAD :(

Firs the beta, then in the gamespot forums there is a guy that responds to the normal fan (the one wich is still waiting and crying for this game) like: "hey in one game, a guy comes rushing at me with 2 shermans etc etc etc)... then there is this single player test, for lucky vancouver ppl... :(

Let the other people have a little taste of COH aswell!! release the demo please!

Or you could choose 1 user from this forum from each country to try the game and say what is the possible sucess if COH in his country. I STAND FOR PORTUGAL, so i am avaible for testing lollol

now seriously, give us the drug! ;)

[Starblade]

Since, you know, 1 is enough for a few million people. ;)

[darkelf]

One from each country starblade.

GOD DAMN IT! I wanna go, but I'm 16 and going to France saturday morning. damn! Can't you guys open an office in Norway, eh?

[LoneWolf666]

Do you guys seriously think we deserve the beta/demo/exclusive playtesting just because we frequent this forum?

[Tiresias]

yes :p

[Starblade]

Relic does, apparently.

[thudmeizer]

Damn! I live just north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada too.. Oh the Humanity! So its either:

a) Live near THQ in California, or
b) Live near Relic in Vancouver, BC, Canada!

Bahhh!!!!

Beamy.. SCOTT ME UP ! ! ! :D

[Midgetus]

I wonder if my girlfriend would be terribly hurt if I flew up to Canada instead of flying out to visit her? It's very tempting. I think I'm gonna put my faith in ComicCon, though. THQ had a sooper-sekrit booth there last year, and I'm hoping they'll be showing off this year too.

[Tesla]

well for the guys that got in have fun :D

[Mogolov]

Lucky lucky people!

I think Relic should relocate to the UK, somewhere near London would be ideal. :D

[Oryhara]

Oh man, I live in Coquitlam, near Vancouver. But I'm only 14 and obviously can't come.

That totally blows.

[terracomm7]

Why did I not look at this sooner? D: I live so close to Relics building.

Would of been fun, been playing RTS games since the mid 90s, Damn....

[ÜberJumper]

To any of the guys that were there on Friday, the three guys that came into the playtest room and were standing there, then left, was myself, Novaburn and Someguy.

We were playing in the next room over on the big screen.

[NovaBurn]

It wuz purdy. :D

[Someguy]

Yah novaburn couldn't micro worth a damn.

[JMA]

Evil, teasing the rest of people like that :)

Seriously, thanks for those who participated in the focus tests (sorry, I missed out on your names 'cus I was sick). All the feedback we got was great and will contribute to making CoH even better.

And to Uber, Someguy and Nova good seeing you guys. Glad you had fun!

Josh!

[Oryhara]

You guys are so good at been mean.

Right now, I'm trying to convice myself that even if I went, I wouldn't have been much help because I suck at those feedback things. I also seem to suck at convincing myself.

Oh, and that $100 would be great too. It would help me to buy this game call "Company of Heroes". Ever heard of it?

[Borriesz]

Company of Heroes.. ? What's that? Is it a movie? LOL

Anyway, thanks to all the good feedback, Relic can even inprove the game the way it is.. It can only get better! :)

[Soldier of Dest]

Meeeh

@Betatesters: I hate you all ;) :D

I was playing Soldiers: Heroes of WW2 the whole day.
But it still hurts to hear you all had so much fun... :nyah:

Gimme some details! :D

[eddyeddyd]

Im so down for this, ill be there

[Pankake]

I hope you have a time machine :/.

[MethodSZ]

why was this thread resurrected lol

[eddyeddyd]

I hope you have a time machine :/.

Maybe I do....

Can't believe i missed this

So who went?

what was the food like?

[Soulblighter]

we are done here.