Company of Heroes 2

Company of Heroes 2

(8) The Jeulvian Gap
This map is a rage-bait incarnate and it is very good at ruining my day.
That map isn’t just bad — it’s a war crime in level design.

1. The Layout Is a Crime Against Humanity

Whoever designed The Jeulvian Gap must've thought "fun" was a dirty word. Flanking is nearly impossible thanks to those maze-like chokepoints that force every engagement into meat-grinding, soul-crushing stalemates. It's less "Company of Heroes" and more "Company of Mortar Spams and Rage Quits." You want tactical diversity? Tough luck. You're getting trench warfare with 1945 tech, and you're gonna like it.

2. The Middle of the Map is a Vortex of Suffering

The center VP is like a cursed artifact — everyone wants it, but taking it costs your sanity. It’s positioned so terribly, surrounded by elevation changes and hedgerows that make artillery spam not just likely, but mandatory. There’s no room to maneuver, no cover to count on, just a big fat “SCREW YOU” to anyone trying to play with nuance.

3. Pathfinding? More Like Path-DYING.

Watching my tanks try to turn around in The Jeulvian Gap is like watching a horse try to ice skate — slow, painful, and incredibly stupid. Vehicles just bounce off trees, buildings, and invisible terrain grease, dying in a hailstorm of AT guns they literally can't escape. It’s not even fun to laugh at. It's just sad.

4. Resource Points Placed by a Blindfolded Intern

I swear, the munitions and fuel points were scattered across the map using a dartboard and tequila. Why the hell is one side’s fuel point practically in their base, and the other is out in Mordor? This isn’t asymmetrical balance — this is straight-up gaslighting. “Oh, just cap your fuel,” the game says, as it spawns an MG bunker and a Soviet Maxim behind every blade of grass.

The Jeulvian Gap doesn’t just suck — it actively tries to ruin your day. It’s not even “so bad it’s funny” bad. It’s the kind of map that makes you re-evaluate your life choices. I load into it and instantly feel like my soul is being extracted through my eyes.

If maps were people, The Jeulvian Gap would be the guy who cuts in line at the grocery store, eats tuna in a sauna, and thinks pineapple pizza is “experimental cuisine.” It is misery incarnate, and it makes me want to throw my keyboard into the sun.

Anyways, kudos to the map creator, you just made my day and my life miserable overall. I hope you continue making this kind of rage-bait maps.