Description
Cossacks European Wars is a real time strategy (RTS) wargame based in the 17th and 18th Centuries. Emphasis is placed on historical accuracy, and an excellent manual and on disc manual accompanies the game.
Using a fixed isometric view, you build towns and fortresses and deploy your troops and cavalry in the usual RTS manner. There is resource management in the form of chopping wood, fishing and mining.
Although entitled Cossacks... the game actually allows you to play under the flag of a wide range of European nations. Each having its own building designs, separate troops and specialist troops and weapons.
Naval battles are included as are invasions via ships across oceans and wide rivers.
There is a method of grouping and controlling your troops in the fixed formations common to the period depicted. Up to 8,000 individual units can be active on screen, so the scale of battles is immense.
Single player, set campaigns, random maps and Multiplayer supported.
Alternate Titles
- "哥萨克：欧洲战争" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
- "Казаки: Европейские Войны" -- Russian Title
- "Kozacy: Europejskie Boje" -- Polish title
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User Reviews
The Press Says
| Game Chronicles |
May 31, 2001 |
8.8 out of 10 |
88 |
| Power Unlimited |
Apr, 2001 |
84 out of 100 |
84 |
| Clubic |
May 03, 2001 |
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80 |
| Gamezilla |
May 22, 2001 |
75 out of 100 |
75 |
| Jeuxvideo.com |
Apr 04, 2001 |
15 out of 20 |
75 |
| IGN |
Apr 17, 2001 |
7.5 out of 10 |
75 |
| Svenska PC Gamer |
May, 2001 |
75 out of 100 |
75 |
| Fragland.net |
Sep 18, 2002 |
74 out of 100 |
74 |
| Game Over Online |
Apr 23, 2001 |
73 out of 100 |
73 |
| Strategy Gaming Online |
Jul 23, 2001 |
6.3 out of 10 |
63 |
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Trivia
The box features a part of
Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks painting by Ilya Repin (1891).
This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by
Felix (138) on Sep 01, 2001.
