I was the Animation Supervisor on the original COH1, and expansions, i can tell you it was a very unique time and place, with some of the most talented artists and developers in the industry, we made the game with pure passion. I'm still very proud of what was created.

You can tell COH1 is made with passion and love.

Is it just me or did the vehicles in CoH1 look the best?

They seem to have done some solid additions mechanics wise but everything is overshadowed by the more visceral elements. The UI, the super zoomed in perspective, the sound, the lighting, all feel like steps backwards.

When game from 2006 has better sounds and more realistic team movement.

Any else think coh1 has the best animations

What I like about COH 1 is the infantry automatically moves to the nearest cover when in combat.

The fog of war in coh3 has so much pop in/out. The shadows also make it look bizarrely unfinished. The gunner in the coh3 m8 also looks substantially worse than the coh1 gunner. This is a nice video for comparisons because I was going back in forth from the tech test and coh1 and couldn't put a finger on why coh3 doesn't look great to me. Overall it just doesn't look like 17 years of improvement.

The biggest gripe for me with Coh3 right now, art wise, it that the sounds just lack that umpf, CoH2 sounds were just glorious and felt so weighty. I get that CoH3's sound is more 'realistic', but I think it would have been better to make the game sound satisfying.

Even the voice acting and dialogue seem better in the previous titles.

I guess the sound is the biggest difference, COH1 sounds were just amazingly loud and clear (even when your screen is far from the unit and they speak through the radio). In COH2 sometimes when I intensively micro a unit I don’t really pay attention to the screen and lose units without knowing, but in COH1 I’m used to hear other units complaining really loud on their radio for me to take a quick peek on the unit banner-minimap.

CoH 1 : labor of love. CoH 2 : when your hobby turnh to chore. CoH 3 : when it turned to full time work and the devs hate it. --

your cadence and inflection were on point for this video

17 years later, COH 1 graphism were and still awesome !

That mg42 reload though, made me laugh xd

To me personally the graphics problem lies in fogginess. In CoH1 and 2 there is fog in the distance whereas in CoH3 it feels like you are already in that fog, making the graphics feel blurry, mushy and unclear (best seen in Rifleman example). That and vehicles look like they are made out of plastic.

I think a lot of the criticism of the CoH3 tanks is because they look shiny and new which is true when they are just build, but they have dynamic weathering which means if you look at one that has survived the match for a while it looks much better than the previous games and you can actually tell what had been fighting it, had a few so far with fire damage from engaging flame units.

Surprised you didnt show us the Tiger difference, COH1 had absolutely epic tanks, the sounds, the movement, animations, coh3 does feel like a downgrade graphics wise.

What they really messed up is the sound of the MG42. It's nice to see how much damage and supression this thing brings down, but the sound.. It's not far away from a bloddy star wars blaster to me (who shot a real MG42 in person)

Coh 1 sound design was on another level. The graphics still look great. Coh3 needs about another year's polishing.... Frankly very disappointed

Nothing can beat the company of heroes 1

When chatting about grahpics its good to remember that there are several layers that are entagled together. Engine fidility(the capabilites of the engine to rander models, draw objects, recall textures and so on), Art style (color palet/draw style/model and objects look and so on), and there are Animations(the way draw out and interact within the frame). I fall in love with CoH 1 because for its time it was revolutionary in all its aspects, whether it was the level of detail, the zoomed approach the physical presense of objects on the map and th way its being interacted with mechanically. On top of all of it it was set in WW2 and it had that 'realistic' style to it. CoH 2 for me was less appealing because while it did continued in some aspects with the realistic touch (environmentally) it also looked more cartooney to me (shown with green rifle man or very colorful tan-yellowish tanker) that seem to pop up. CoH 3 is hard to judge as its not finished development yet but as of now it looks even more cartooney and popping out than previously whether if its because of the shiney vehicles or the inmproved fidilty on the texture of soldiers and objects (which is a good thing) in contrast to the very low ress of the ground and vegetation around it (which had an improvement but not a massive one). I feel like CoH 3 didn't advance grahpically forward enough, it looks like the game was suppose to come out in 2016 not 2023.

Lmao when the coh3 M8 fires it literally sounds like that fart reverb meme

Those who work at CoH1 they are making the game never expires. really appreciate a lot for dev, artist, designer, etc who make CoH1 the best RTS game

why does coh1 look/sound the best lmao

You can clearly tell all the talent went to blackbird interactive. Relic isn't Relic just as Bungie isn't Bungie and Obsidian isn't Obsidian other than it's founder and owner. People make the game and the Relic of today keeps starting from scratch with it's talent.

The 50cal says it all in Coh1 -just look at it enjoy its sound - music to my ears especially if you have a good audio setup to listen to that. It's unmatched! And coh2 and coh3 looks and sounds like a wimpy piss in the wind 😟

What I really love about infantry in coh1 is that some of the squad members would move on their own, either to move into cover or to doge an incoming shell. I don't think I've ever seen them do that in coh2.

idk why the soldiers in coh 3 keep their formation so thight and fire in so perfectly at the same time, look at coh 1 in comparison, soldiers fire in different timings to reflect their personal reaction speed, they even spread out their squad (in the video they divide themselves in 3 groups of 2 it seems), in that way, coh 3 infantry feel more like cyborgs, i havent played it yet, but i know for sure that coh1 inf look a lot more humane

Now that is just embarrassing, CoH1 is *still* the best one. Just looking at its amazing animation & well-balanced sound makes it so much more alive. A great game sequel makes the previous one feel unplayable. CoH3 simply makes me want to return to CoH1.

Without commenting on the graphics of any of these, I have to say while I only really played bot games and the campaign of CoH 1, I loved how in this video you can see how believable the Rifles from 1 looked with them taking cover as they moved along, and then engaging with individual models diving prone and running to cover after stopping to shoot. I know it could sometimes cause a few small issues but frankly I think it's better than what 2 and 3 have, made each infantry fight more unique and cinematic imo. Edit: Missed opportunity not including the "Hi" in the CoH 1 grayhound clip AE :P

I always loved the Details in coh (mg 42 picking up New Box etc) by now not even the rockets are gone when firing the stuka zu fuss. Very sad.

The 'David Attenborough' voice though. Here we see a COH2 rifleman in its natural habitat.

COH1 Still the best, just make a nice remake of it with some nice features from coh2 and we are all happy.

COH3 is a huge downgrade over COH1/COH2. The sound effects are terrible and the graphics look like someone smeared a crayon over the screen and it lacks clarity. I understand that Relic is re-using the same engine but higher resolution textures from the previous games would have been enough instead of applying this borderlands filter on the screen to cover up the lack of effort on Relic's part.

COH1 is the real deal, still

Any chance of a comparison video for some audio features, like how HMGs are now shooting airsoft rounds, apparently?

My 2 cents...1. COH 1 has the best 'hit box' for vehicles imo. In COH 3 it looks like rounds impacting on a tank are hitting some kind of hit box rather than the vehicle. 2. The 'micro-contrast' on units looks the best on COH 1. 3. The sonic impact is best on COH 1. This is feedback, I understand the game isn't out yet.

I have to say, COH1 looks and sounds competitive. Not bad for a game that's almost 20 years old. Then again that's old school Relic Entertainment. From Homeworld in 1999, Dawn of War 1 in 2004, Company of Heroes 1 in 2006, these guys were hitting it out of the park. I'm curious to see how COH3 does for them because I do believe Relic needs it, especially after the Dawn of War 3 mess.

I like COH1 in all of them.

I’m giving co3 the benefit of the doubt. I think after some time it will become great. Coh2 will always be special to me.

3 just seems washed out and the infantry kinda just blend in to the background. Boy it's going to be a funny vid when SFX get compared, the guns and explosions in 3 sound like toys and airsoft. CoH3 is just another DoW3 from what I've played in the play test so far. In a year where we're getting a new homeworld(which is horrifically ironic, since it used to be a Relic IP and now looks set to utterly embarrass Relic), Broken Arrow, and Men of War 2, I don't see many RTS fans wasting their time on this consolized sequel.

The graphics get better and better and yet CoH 1 still looks the best and plays the best.

I like the little movement from Rifflemen units when they are trying to get to cover

It sounds kinda weird, idk if it is because i got used to coh2 too much but coh3 looks very cartoonish to me.

I still reckon CoH 1 aged better

honestly i expected a lot more from COH3, it has been more than 10 years i think since i first played coh1, i ll probably wait till all the dlc s come out and buy them all at once 6 months later

At this point, I just suspect that the vast majority of the people that did coh1 had nothing to do with the sequels. Coh2 and 3 look like games made by people who were told to make a follow-up, but never actually played them or worked on the original.

Coh3 just looks a bit matte, bit more texture denoting edges and the graphics will pop better... I hope

I've never played any of the COH games but COH 1 looks the best to me. Feel like they could just update the lighting for it and it'd have a better reception than COH3

Coh1 hav that “solid” combat feeling than other 2

I think one reason why a lot of people think CoH3 graphics for models are weak or bad is due to how I noticed in this side-by-side comparison that CoH3 has more softer shadows on the models while the previous two had more harder darker shadows. Said darker shadows help in outlining and shaping the model better and even help in giving detail to certain parts, something that CoH3 is lacking in that regard. Added with how the models are rather shinier due to the rendering engine, it makes the models have very uncanny look on them.

its insane how people could replace 20 years newer technology with just pure passion and caring.

Rifleman in COH 3 looks like they have a relaxing Good Morning Sunday Walk, if they are in Combat the only Difference they Tear up theyr Weapons. In all Categories COH 1 still on Top

THQ/Relic did a Rockstar Games and made a mobile game developer in charge.

The desynced track ice skating animations in CoH3 for tracked vehicles is appauling. Such an easy thing to just get right, I don't know why they can't be consistent here.

I think the fact we have to make videos like this just shows that something is truly wrong here. I was honestly surprised how well COH 1’s aesthetics hold up to this day. Something very “authentic” about it. Almost “atmospheric” I might say. I wouldn’t mind a aesthetic return to coh 1 with all the new tech and stuff of the new games and see exactly what that feels like. But nevermind that let’s focus on how coh 3 looks and why it’s completely unacceptable. Why is it so childish? Why is it so cartoony? Why does it feel like it’s a game for kids and not adults? Why? I’m certainly not happy with it

If you think it looks bad or doesn't play as well as a rts in 2023 should... don't buy it. For more tips, like, comment and subscribe

In the description you need to include: * specs of your machine * in-game graphics settings of COH3

Oh Relic, how the mighty have fallen.

I tried the coh3 playtest. It was okay but the performance is absolutely unacceptable. Whenever you move the camera, the game starts to stutter a lot.

Man, I looked back at lots of CoH1 stuff and honestly, it still feels SO much better than CoH3, like it's not even close. I don't understand how Relic screwed THIS badly. Animations, material feel, voice acting, physics, impact, explosions.. I don't get it, it's just so much worse

As someone with 4000 hours in Coh2, I will say that zoomed out, Coh1 looks better than Coh2 looks better than Coh3. The opposite is true the more you zoom in but from afar, the look worse and worse. I believe this is mostly due to lighting, specifically light temperature, fewer shadows, less smoke, etc. resulting in an overly clean and unrealistic image. In other words, it's the way you'd light a soap opera and not a war movie.

Idea for a video: explosions comparison.

I really hate that for example the riflemen, they took the dropping to the ground and knee sliding animations, I remember there being artillery holes in the ground and the soldier going in for cover LIKE THEIR LIVES DEPEND ON IT, unlike the CoH2 and CoH3 where they literally just stand there, with such a calm as if they were impossible to hit, it really shows that CoH 1 animatios were made with love

coh3 effects just need more polishing but man the helmet of both GI and German just somehow look wrong (properly from the angle we are seeing but still it look weird)

"Company of Heroes 3 as of now is 1 month from release." I don't think so, Tim.

So much personality in the first game

I WANT TO PLAY COH1 SO BAD RIGHT NOW NEVER STOP PLAYNG LADS

This is just sad to watch...maybe the devs should watch this video as well.

Surprised to say I think the terrain and infantry do look better in coh3 than in coh2, but the tanks just look atrocious. Both pale in comparison to coh1 asthetic though :p A voicline comparison vid next? =)

COH1 should get a visual remake.

Ugh, why is the pintle MG on that P4 being crewed by a regular infantry model? Tank crewmen had black uniforms, this is another step back from coh2.

CoH 1 looks the best. It´s not only about models/animations, but also on battlefield immersion (smoke, explosions).

Imagine getting clowned on by your twenty year old ancestor this hard

COH3 toy story version

I think the Devs already stated that there are some graphical bugs and that some assets didn't make it into the playtest. There's still hope.

The art style of COH 1 aged very well, and the animations and voice lines are also well made in 2006....... Coh 3 has side armor.......and needs 16GB VRAM to run on ultra and does not even look good.......PCs are vastly more powerful in 2023........ They could remake COH 1.......

At this point, an abysmal max zoom level is the trademark of this series. Strategic zoom makes RTS so much better. Here, you're just glued to the screen.

Missing the physics that made the bullets and shells fly realistically.

Praying for a COH 1 remaster or something. It just feels thematically better than the other two games.

COH1 Animation way more real for me... In battlefield situation You never take aim and shoot with stand like a eifel tower 😅

Did you disable your ReShade hue and sharpness filters for this?

Coh2 looks better still, I mean hell, Coh1 looks better too. The same thing applies to sound design. I get it’s still unfinished but this is not a good first impression

I do feel mix about 3, but I didn't get the graphics I wanted, and it's blurry it looks worse on the buildings, objects, and plants. The things I did like. The new units I liked the truck for the British. The Half-Track Tank destroyer version as well medical. Although I'm just a causal player. That doesn't mean Relic didn't have bugs at the beginning that will rise my eyebrows. The British truck, when equipped with the anti-air gun, goes under the bridge. One of the missions bugs out on me when on the destroy ammunition caches mission where you leave. I got all my units out, but it didn't trigger the victory cutscene. I had reset it. I had to spread out or be farther from to trigger better. The other bug I found was when I was dragging box around box to get all my troops. A cutscene happened. It left the blue box on the corner it was there until the mission was completed. It was on the last mission of the African Campaign. I don't know what to say about it. Like some things about it and things I hope gets fixed.

Always played Coh1. Didnt like Coh2 as much and never tried Coh3.

coh2 have a formation , they even have patch to address the formation issue, I can hardly see coh3 have this feature.

So, CoH 3 is just CoH2 reskin with fan-made textures and animations? I've seen better looking textures on modded maps in CoH2. Is DevM still involved in development?

COH1 is by far the best game

CoH1 still the best

That feeling when a game from 2023 looks like it's from 2006 xD

What happen when a franchise completely streamlined itself for the competitive scene and stripped out every bit of its identity. Anything that interfere with the player's clarity or gameplay has to be removed and that's exactly what i'm seeing in coh3

After watching this i clearly saw that the Animations got worse with every game. The Machine gunner of the Pz.4 in COH3 looks like hes having a stroke. Also the Rifleman hands glitch around in COH2 and COH3. I just wonder why they cant keep the high standart of details and quality up.

What kills me here is the audio. 1&2 both are great and sound better.

COH 1 still trumps in lighting, Models of COH 3 though seem more sharper

i love how everyone coped "its prealpha" and here we are - it does not look much better

Gladly many of these graphical problems will get their fixes later on in the pathces. It is more important to get the physics working first.

Dude the second M8 looks miles better than the 3rd. That's just embarrassing

If you guys are wondering about the graphics, it's because they are making a console port. They have to make the graphics basic so it will run on a basic xbox : /

COH 1 over all i think is the best