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Back of Box (US):
COSSACKS -- THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA!
Experience grand, historic battles with up to 8,000 units on single player or multiplayer game maps.
Cossacks is a real time strategy game based on historical events that took place during the 16th - 18th centuries in Europe. It concentrates on a time when nations and states were created and demolished, gold was turned into vast armies and the never-ending stream of wars shed oceans of blood. Now's your chance to take charge of huge armies of up to 8,000 units and engage in battles that will truly test your skills as a Master Strategist. If you get into trouble, don't panic, mercenary Cossacks are just a few gold coins away!
FEATURES:
* Marvel at the sight of up to 8,000 individual units incorporating a fully functional 3D landscape (Range of fire on hills is further).
* Ships are pre-rendered in a minimum of 64 direction, resulting in smooth 3D animation and turning.
* 16 rival nations, each with their own original graphics, unique economic and technological differences.
* Military formations; choose from a Line, Square, or box formation, complete with Officer and a Drummer.
* A huge hierarchy of more than 300 upgrades.
* Original economic system with 6 Resources: food, wood, stone, gold, coal and iron.
* 2 Technological Epochs: 17th and 18th Century.
* Civilians and their buildings can be conquered and become your colony.
* Over 85 missions and battles, including campaigns, tutorial missions, single missions, historical battles (including the Thirty Year War, the Seven Year War, and the Northern Wars) and a random map generator.
* Includes a large encyclopedia of the wars, units and technologies of the time.
* Up to 7 players in Multiplayer mode (Internet/LAN/Gamespy).
* A detailed and comprehensive 200 page manual.
“AUTHENTIC AND VISUALLY CAPTIVATING…” –Gamespot-
Contributed by PCGamer77  (3025) on Jun 21, 2005.
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