I think it is how dc is marketed. It really isn't an RTS; it is much closer to total war series of games. Also it is not military it is fantasy; company of heroes is a true RTS that is military (war) oriented.
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There will always be new games and I don't really see DC competing with company of heroes.
Agreed. Strategy is only a part of the game but it's nevertheless a big part. Total War is in fact a strategy game (RTS and turn-based) and it's very similar to DC. DC adds this RPG elements on the mothership but only in SP. In MP DC will be very much a strategy game.
So if you have to decide whether the strategy guy (who usually also reviews the Total War games) or the RPG guy should review DC I would vote for the strategy guy. So if a magazine/site only has one dedicated strategy guy making reviews of this stuff usually you might have a problem if this guy is occupied with Company of Heroes 2 at this very moment. I don't think CoH 2 is a real competition to DC, especially because there aren't that many strategy games on the market (apart from SC2). I just talk about the review problem which Swen mentioned on his blog.
But it's still better to release DC at the same time as CoH 2 than releasing it at the same time as Rome II....
