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Napoleon: Total War is basically a spin-off of Empire: Total War telling the story of famous military and political leader Napoléon Bonaparte at the start of the 19th century. As such, the single player campaign is divided into five parts ranging from his humble beginnings in 1778 to his final defeat at Waterloo in 1815.As a spin-off, the game doesn't deviate from the proven Total-War-formula. The game is again divided into two parts: The turn-based campaign map and the real-time battles on land or at sea. Compared to Empire: Total War, Napoleon: Total War features nine important changes and innovations:
- Deterioration - The players armies loose soldiers through desertion and diseases, forcing him to consider the position of an army and the current weather when planning his crusades.
- Reinforcement - Armies who have suffered losses automatically refill their ranks as long as they are inside friendly territory.
- Improved Campaign Characters - The new spy has the ability to infiltrate and sabotage an enemy army. Gentlemen on the other hand now inspire the people in their home territory or increase the change of riots in enemy territory. In addition each character is now able to spy on nearby enemies, although spies will still be able to get better and faster results.
- Recruitment of Military Characters - Admirals and Generals are recruited out of a pool, giving the player an assortment of characters with different skills and abilities. Every four rounds new characters are added and the better they are, the more they cost.
- Improved Diplomacy-Options - The diplomacy-screen now offers additional options like the ability to convince a new ally to join a raging war or requesting a trade-embargo against a third nation.
- Skills of Generals - In addition to raising the moral of their troops, Generals now also posses special skills to directly motivate a specific unit on the battlefield and are able to reunite fleeing units.
- Ship-repairs - Ships can now be repaired even during the battle which are of course risky and will suspend every other action the ship is taking at that moment.
- Multiplayer-Campaigns - Napoleon's campaign can be played with human players.
- Drop-in-Battles - Allows the player to battle against human players during the single player campaign. This means if another player is fighting a battle in his single player campaign, the player can fight against him instead of an AI-character.
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- Gameplay feature: Seasonal change
- Games for Windows releases
- Genre: Grand strategy
- Historical conflict: Napoleonic Wars
- Setting: Age of Discovery / Enlightenment
- Sound engine: AIL/Miles Sound System
- Symphonic Orchestra: Slovak National Symphony Orchestra
- Total War series
User Reviews
Epic battles, loud bangs, crackling rifle fire and plenty of smoke | Windows | Thekwane Black (34) |
Critic Reviews
PCActu | Windows | Mar 31, 2010 | 9 out of 10 | 90 |
Game Freaks 365 | Windows | Apr 20, 2010 | 8.8 out of 10 | 88 |
PC Games (Germany) | Windows | Feb 24, 2010 | 87 out of 100 | 87 |
2404.org PC Gaming | Windows | Mar 25, 2010 | 8.5 out of 10 | 85 |
GameStar (Germany) | Windows | Feb 23, 2010 | 84 out of 100 | 84 |
Games Finder | Windows | Apr 24, 2014 | 8 out of 10 | 80 |
Games TM | Windows | Mar 18, 2010 | 8 out of 10 | 80 |
Cheat Happens | Windows | Mar 02, 2010 | 8 out of 10 | 80 |
Cyber Stratege | Windows | Apr 19, 2010 | 7 out of 10 | 70 |
Level 7 | Windows | Mar 22, 2010 | 7 out of 10 | 70 |
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- Total War Wiki (Napoleon: Total War at the official Wiki.)
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Ciarán Daly, Dion Lay, Dominique Starr, Elliott Lock, Florian Ziegler, James Green, James Whitston, Jan van der Crabben, Jeff Woods, Kate Watson, Richard Aldridge, Stephen Virgo
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