

You'll have hundreds of peasants gathering resources and building a variety of structures, while formations of 120 men march to and fro across the map. This is a big game with battles that take place on huge maps dotted with villages and towns connected by roads. When you get down to it, Cossacks II is a real-time strategy game for history fans. At the heart of Cossacks II, though, are the real-time strategy battles that remain relatively unchanged from the earlier games.

The game features a single-player campaign that's a bit loose with the facts for dramatic purposes, a battle for Europe campaign with both turn-based and real-time elements, and a variety of skirmish and historical engagements. In Cossacks II, you take control of one of six great powers of the era and attempt to settle your differences on the open field of battle, like civilized gentlemen. Newcomers, on the other hand, will discover a somewhat quirky but enjoyable real-time strategy game that focuses on formations and tactics rather than base-building and tank rushes.Ĭossacks II lets you wage the Napoleonic Wars in all their stately carnage. The gameplay, however, remains unmistakably Cossacks, which is good news for fans of the franchise. In a way, Cossacks II marks the first major upgrade for the franchise, as it sports a much updated graphical look, as well as some significant new features.

Case in point is Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars, the follow-up to 2000's Cossacks and the latest game in the real-time strategy series. With this year marking the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, it seems a bit fitting that the Napoleonic Wars seem to be getting a little more attention than normal.
