Never heard of this game before,but when I played it I thought it was good.This review also has some good tips below.
I've never actually heard of the Cossacks series until I bought this game.But when I looked at it and played it ,it was an instant hit.
The game allows you to become a commander and control thousands of soldiers in skirmishs across Europe.Every nation has it's own type of infantry,cavalry and own building look.The terrain of the maps are very beautiful with cows grazing in fields with fences around,proper roads,villagers working in NPC buildings,and also others.The game also has basis on morale and instead of concentrating on individual soldiers it concentrates on troops.There are also reinactment of battles such as Ulm,Wagram and others.There is also a battle of europe campaign is very good and if you have ever played rise of nations conquer the world that's basically it except only in europe.The graphics for the game also looks good however I would say the sound system is only 7/10.The game will provide you with hours of fun destroying enemy flanks lowering their morale and capturing their town hall or take all the villages.
However there are also bad points,the campaign is quite hard and will take around 6 hours to finish, 8 levels in all.The campaign is also thought out like a fantasy(save the girl and defeat the bad guy) but the campaign is still quite good.However it would have been better if it was about historical events.Another bad point is that there is only 6 nations :Russia,Egypt,France,Britain,Austria and Prussia(a country that is now a part of Germany).Also as the game is set in the Napoleonic War(around 1793-1815) there aren't many upgrades meaning you can't make your soldiers better.The game also has a few bugs(why do they all have bugs?!),one of them will slow the game down alot and can only be stopped if you take the game out then in.Sometimes a window box will come out and what ever button you press it will still be there so that's annoying as well.And although the maps are well decorated I feel that the maps are only average sized.
Overall,I would say this game is very x7.5/10 good but it could have been better if it had a good plot for the campaign and more upgrades.It's a good game but compared to other games like Rise of nation it's not so great.Still I would recommend that you give it a try and buy it on Ebay costs about £1 to £5.
HINTS AND TIPS
*Use the advantage of height in terrain.
*Before shooting look at your enemy's morale, if it's low you can separate their troops at the green zone.
*Prussia is a good nation, their light cavalry can take villages quickly and reload quickly.
*Use cavalry to attack their flank.
*When faced with lots of troops(when you have lots as well) tell them to all stand ground(+40) and then fire all together this can separate lots of troops but only do this when their troops are moving.
*Use grenadiers to destroy buildings instead of cannons.
*Go box formation(+20) if an enemy comes out in a surprise attack,defence goes up quickly.
*Use troops to go out in all directions to conquer villages(they are essential).
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