Comments on: The Five Napoleons http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/08/26/the-five-napoleons/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:48:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Troy Goodfellow http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/08/26/the-five-napoleons/comment-page-1/#comment-468 Troy Goodfellow Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:01:46 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=159#comment-468 Yeah, IG was a feeble effort. Once you got over the thrill of controlling the Grand Armee, it became immediately apparent that the battles were even more breakneck than the ones in Rome: Total War, only you fought every single one to the last man. Of the four on the list, I'm putting my money on Napoleon's Campaigns. I interviewed J-M Mathe last year and Histwar seems no closer to completion since then, Empire in Arms still might never see the light of day, and we know next to nothing of the Lordz game. Oh, and I second (third?) the praise for the Take Command games. Mad Minute deserves better sales than they've gotten. Yeah, IG was a feeble effort. Once you got over the thrill of controlling the Grand Armee, it became immediately apparent that the battles were even more breakneck than the ones in Rome: Total War, only you fought every single one to the last man.

Of the four on the list, I’m putting my money on Napoleon’s Campaigns. I interviewed J-M Mathe last year and Histwar seems no closer to completion since then, Empire in Arms still might never see the light of day, and we know next to nothing of the Lordz game.

Oh, and I second (third?) the praise for the Take Command games. Mad Minute deserves better sales than they’ve gotten.

]]> By: Tim Stone http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/08/26/the-five-napoleons/comment-page-1/#comment-419 Tim Stone Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:08:30 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=159#comment-419 My abiding memory of IG is winning the Battle of Waterloo in under five minutes. A combination of the breakneck pace (unadjsutable), dubious morale modelling, and the habit formations had of shifting position without permission, made for some pretty pantomimic scraps. Not sure how much of this stuff got fixed by patches in the end. My abiding memory of IG is winning the Battle of Waterloo in under five minutes. A combination of the breakneck pace (unadjsutable), dubious morale modelling, and the habit formations had of shifting position without permission, made for some pretty pantomimic scraps. Not sure how much of this stuff got fixed by patches in the end.

]]> By: Jim Rossignol http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/08/26/the-five-napoleons/comment-page-1/#comment-400 Jim Rossignol Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:44:09 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=159#comment-400 <a href="http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/imperialglory?q=imperial%20glory" rel="nofollow">Metacritic suggests that 8/10 was not the average score</a>. Metacritic suggests that 8/10 was not the average score.

]]> By: James http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/08/26/the-five-napoleons/comment-page-1/#comment-399 James Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:14:04 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=159#comment-399 The combat engine was atrocious. The combat engine was atrocious.

]]> By: simonkaye http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/08/26/the-five-napoleons/comment-page-1/#comment-394 simonkaye Sun, 26 Aug 2007 19:35:38 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=159#comment-394 Whatever happened to Imperial Glory? A Napoleonic strategy game with 19th Century 'Great Powers', musket warfare, square/column/line tactics, turn-based tactical map and full 3D battle mode, and (guess what?) bloody great naval skirmishes. And it came out two years ago. And everyone played it for just about long enough to review it, give it 8 out of 10, and then forget about it. Forever. Whatever happened to Imperial Glory? A Napoleonic strategy game with 19th Century ‘Great Powers’, musket warfare, square/column/line tactics, turn-based tactical map and full 3D battle mode, and (guess what?) bloody great naval skirmishes. And it came out two years ago. And everyone played it for just about long enough to review it, give it 8 out of 10, and then forget about it. Forever.

]]> By: John P http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/08/26/the-five-napoleons/comment-page-1/#comment-391 John P Sun, 26 Aug 2007 11:54:46 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=159#comment-391 Ah, thanks muchly for the link. The AI does sound intriguing, and what I particularly like the sound of is controlling just one unit in a much larger army and having to take orders from someone else higher up the chain than you. I love being bossed around! Maybe I'll give them a go (once i've finished Bioshock). Ah, thanks muchly for the link. The AI does sound intriguing, and what I particularly like the sound of is controlling just one unit in a much larger army and having to take orders from someone else higher up the chain than you. I love being bossed around! Maybe I’ll give them a go (once i’ve finished Bioshock).

]]> By: Tim Stone http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/08/26/the-five-napoleons/comment-page-1/#comment-388 Tim Stone Sun, 26 Aug 2007 11:29:06 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=159#comment-388 Bull Run and its bigger, better sequel 2nd Manassas are well worth a look. They're both a bit fiddlier/less scrutable than SMG, but the ingenious personality-influenced AI more than makes up for that. Purchasing links here: www.madminutegames.com Bull Run and its bigger, better sequel 2nd Manassas are well worth a look. They’re both a bit fiddlier/less scrutable than SMG, but the ingenious personality-influenced AI more than makes up for that.

Purchasing links here:
http://www.madminutegames.com

]]> By: John P http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/08/26/the-five-napoleons/comment-page-1/#comment-387 John P Sun, 26 Aug 2007 09:31:40 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=159#comment-387 damn I can't edit my post. GRAMMAR ALERT re: extraneous apostrophe in Napoleons damn I can’t edit my post. GRAMMAR ALERT re: extraneous apostrophe in Napoleons

]]> By: John P http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/08/26/the-five-napoleons/comment-page-1/#comment-386 John P Sun, 26 Aug 2007 09:31:14 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=159#comment-386 Personally, I just want another Sid M's Gettysburg! I heard Bull Run was meant to be like it, but they don't seem to sell it anywhere. I think that was what it was called anyway. Gettysburg was the best game ever. Perhaps. THESE NAPOLEON'S* ARE GOOD FOR SHORT RANGES! *see, this post is relevant Personally, I just want another Sid M’s Gettysburg! I heard Bull Run was meant to be like it, but they don’t seem to sell it anywhere. I think that was what it was called anyway. Gettysburg was the best game ever. Perhaps.

THESE NAPOLEON’S* ARE GOOD FOR SHORT RANGES!

*see, this post is relevant

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