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In Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars , lead your 19th century army to glory in this much-anticipated sequel to the internationally acclaimed Cossacks: European Wars. Whether fighting as Napoleon's highly disciplined "Grand Arme", the tenacious Russians and their Cossack horseback warriors, the Austrians, Britons, Prussians, or Egyptians, the challenges will be daunting as you master weapons and tactics during a time that redefined modern warfare.

Key features:

Massive Historical Battles - Fight through battles of the 19th century, with massive armies colliding in varied types of terrain and weather.
Varied Game Play - Enjoy the strategic campaign for the dominance of Europe, follow in the footsteps of emperors and generals in history-inspired battles, or duke it out in open-ended skirmishes.
There's More To Winning Than Combat - Learn to weaken your enemies economically before the first musket volley is fired. Forge treaties, devise treacheries, or simply buy your opponents' loyalties.
Realistic Troop Morale System - Only well-led, well-provisioned troops live long enough to grow in experience and become valuable battlefield assets.
Online Play - Compete against or in cooperation with other armchair emperors via LAN or Internet connection.

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Title: Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars
Genre: Strategy
Developer:
GSC Game World
Publisher:
GSC World Publishing
Release Date: 26 Apr, 2005

English,Russian,German,Ukrainian

Cossacks II is a game that I really like but it has some definite flaws that prevent it from being an all time classic. That said, there are not many games that simulate the the napoleonic wars so well. It certainly is more of an arcadey strategy game but it has a lot of elements of realism like morale, formations and intensive resource management.

First of all I would like to mention that the game has an incredible art style and that the 2d graphics hold up quite well. The units have detailed animations and spritework and coupled with the picturesque maps, it's quite a sight to behold. Although I do have a soft spot for 2d graphics. But having multiple lines of infrantry duking it out feels quite epic.

The game has an extensive campaign, a risk type of world domination mode, skirmish and multiplayer. The campaign is a good introduction but it is tough as nails, in general this game will make you go mad. You always seem outnumbered and resources are dwindling. Even on easy, the campaign is no joke. It's actually more frustrating and I could never finish it.

Skirmish mode provides you with map where you build your hometown, collect resources and then duke it out on the map. While trying to capture resource points. World domination adds an overworld map with various faction that fight over the control of europe. You also have a gamemode where you can replay massive historical battles, then you also got the multiplayer.

The gameplay mostly consists of moving around massive lines of infantry, adapting your formations to various circumstances. Formations are vital for success and also managing the morale of your units. Overall the formation based rts gameplay is quite enjoyable, albeit a bit chaotic at times. Most missions give you units and ressources, where you have to fufill certain objectives. Some missions have base building as well. The base building aspect of the game is a bit weak, gathering resources is a hassle most of the time. Therefore you can capture towns which automatically produce goods.

My issue with the game itself is that there is no particular gamemode that is really appealing or offers that much replayability.

The campaign is very frustrating and hard, also there are not many ways to actually fulfill your goals in different ways. Also the dialogues is done in such a boring way that you just want to skip to the gameplay right away. The historical battles are way to massive, it seems like the game is not made to handle such large amount of units to be honest. The player is always struggling to keep the frontline stable and the micromanaging feels like hell. The multiplayer is alright but due to the weak base building, I never particularly liked it. A shame also that you cannot play with a friend against the AI.

The only decent game mode is the world domination, you pick a faction, gather resources and invade different regions. You spawn with a few regiments and have to conquer the map. This gameplay shines in this gameplay mode, where you can strategize and organise yourself before fighting on a map. Unfortunately, the tougher terrorities are so well defended that at that start of each round, you get rushed by tons of enemies. It's just tedious at some point.

All things considered, I want to like this game and I certainly do but it lacks kind of the rts elements from the first game with a bigger emphasis on the tactical aspect of the formations, still the tactical gameplay is not as refined as Total War games.

It's still worth picking up if you like historical rts games, lots of potential here.