Just as many modern day RTSs have done, THQ has almost abandoned the base building concept for this particular expansion pack. Tales of Valor focuses mainly on strategy and survival. Tales of Valor is by far the fastest paced Company of Heroes released yet, but the lack of overwhelming troops allows for a smooth and timely operations of the handful of troops that are under your command.

New players will not realize it while returning players will notice immediately the new aim feature of Tales of Valor. Now, players can take charge of their particular units like never before. If you are tired of the AI always picking the wrong target to fire upon, now you can instruct your troops to fire not only on a particular enemy group but on a particular enemy of a particular group. This feature works great when dealing with either overwhelming odds or when you just want to improve strategy execution.

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