Cossacks 2

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Hi,

Have anyone of you played the Cossacks 2 demo? I actually got the game.    

My recommendation is: Save your money and don’t bother buying the game. It’s definitely not worth it. If you expect it to be a wargame I can tell you it’s not.

If anyone is interested I can elaborate but right now I'm just frustrated.  :P

I need that "Les Grognards" game.      

/Lars L.

[Le Tondu]

Thanks for the warning.  It is strange that so much out there can be bad.  I think it is because people like to blur history.  I guess that some history books are partially to blame.   History books that have maybe a page devoted to an Era are very misleading.

For me, it is in the details in history that I find the greatest thrill.   A case in point is the story of General Daumesnil.  Maybe one will find something written about him here or there.   Its not until you read his whole story in "Napoleon's Shield and Guardian" by Edward Ryan that you learn what an extraordinary man he was.

[black_fish]

You can always check it out for yourself with the demo here:

http://gamershell.com/news/21642.html

I just started playing it. Nothing to say yet that it is very cute  

I like the shooting range of the units being shown by colored areas on the map.

[black_fish]

I played one battle and I uninstalled the demo. Horrible!

I couldn't control my troops, the battlefield is narrow and cramped, there's not even a real battleline. Chaos with little sprites.

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I played one battle and I uninstalled the demo. Horrible!

I couldn't control my troops, the battlefield is narrow and cramped, there's not even a real battleline. Chaos with little sprites.

That's my thought exactly. The best thing I can say is that the artwork is great.
The animations are fluid but that's no use since you can hardly see those tiny spirits.

I guess I got used to the true 3D size and will not have anything less anymore.  

But more importantly the style of play does not suit me at all.

/Lars L.

[Lord of Khorne]

Having been in the industry before, for a brief time, I try to support people who make games that I'm interested in.  However, now matter how much I try, I just can't bring myself to liking Cossacks 2, and I've tried and tried and tried.


RTS = crap when trying to place the game within a true historical context.  It's a great system for science fiction and fantasy, but add "historical elements" and it's all over.

As I don't really want to litter this board with negativity of any kind, I'll refrain from listing all my issues with C2 and it's not a short list.

Same goes for IG, crap on a stick with a shiny bow. Perhaps the sole redeeming feature of that game will be the strategic level.  However, that's a single player only feature, which greatly diminishes the value in my view.


As it is, I'm trying to find a computer game that covers a wide spectrum of the 1789-1815 events that can also double as a campaign moderator for miniature wargaming.  Thus, I look forward to what the 1806 game will bring.

[L'EUROPEEN]

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[sunray]

Hi Everyone,

I don't like to show my age here, but I remember when the great grandaddy of Cossacks 2 was released (the original game in the series). It is that long ago that I can't even remember its name.

I played the demo, recognised its limited value, and stopped it from taking up valuable space on my hard drive. I don't wish to demean one of the original RTS games, because it certainly has its place in the computer game history books, but all the games in this series (Cossacks etc) are (in my opinion) nothing more than a graphically enhanced Command & Conquer. Albeit, with a few added features, due to the time period.

Although, I guess, it's 'horses for courses'. If you like that sort of thing, fine. But I believe that it would be inexcusable to even mention a game like this in the same sentence as a game with the obvious calibre of Histwar: Les Grognards. It is like chalk and cheese. To compare these two games would be an insult to Histwar.

Please forgive my statements, if they offend anyone. That is certainly not my intention. I just have some very strong feelings about the Cossacks style of game, and mixing it with history. These two make a very odd couple indeed.

kindest regards

sunray
   

[Rosen]

Hi Sunray

Agree with you, cossacks etc might be a good GAME but Histwar's intention is to give us a simulation, nothing can compete with that in my eyes. Bull Run is a good simulation too.

Cheers
Niklas