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.

In addition many problems of Empire: Total War like the lackluster AI have been addressed and the graphics slightly improved.

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Napoleon: Total War Windows The british ships have mine surrounded.

Napoleon: Total War Windows Under Napoléon's rule France has already expanded greatly by 1805.

Napoleon: Total War Windows My enemy has almost double of my troops available.

Napoleon: Total War Windows Placing our army in formation along the river.

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Epic battles, loud bangs, crackling rifle fire and plenty of smoke	Windows	Thekwane Black (34)

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PCActu	Windows	Mar 31, 2010	9 out of 10	90
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