Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars PC

Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars for PC is a sequel to the award-winning real-time strategy game from 2001, Cossacks: European Wars.

Plot

The title lets the player lead one of six superpowers (France, Great Britain, Austria, Russia, Prussia, and Egypt) in the turbulent times of the Napoleonic Wars (the 19th century). In total, the game features six grand campaigns that consists of around 60 missions. Moreover, the player can also play twelve standalone missions and fight ten historical battles. Over 150 types of authentic units and 180 contemporary buildings were faithfully recreated.

Mechanics

Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars for PC features advanced diplomatic and economic systems, thanks to which the player can influence relations with neighbors, form pacts and alliances, issue embargos, and so on. It is worth mentioning that the players has only global control over the state — individual cities, provinces, and villages have their own automatic system that controls their economy, trade, and development.

The developers made sure that battles are even more realistic and spectacular and that units can be commanded easier on the battlefield. This is why Cossacks II has a new interface and controls system that allows us to apply different battle formations and use terrain type and shape to our advantage (shooters have lower effectiveness in forests, cavalry gets stuck in wetlands, etc.). Units of every country were carefully recreated as well as parameters that influence their effectiveness, including morale, training, experience, fatigue, and the like. In total, up to 64 thousand units can take part in one battle at the same time.

Technical aspects

Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars for PC features three-dimensional graphics, enhanced computer AI that is responsible for units’ behavior in battle, a new pathfinding system, and several multiplayer modes: Deathmatch, Historical Battle, and European Conquest.

Last updated on 10 December 2007