- Napoleon is an enjoyable addition to the Total War franchise but it's not as a big a game changer as previous sequels. While Napoleon and his armies were probably every bit as terrifying as.
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While It Seems we've written more about Napoleon than any other game this year, that's an indication of just how much there is to be written about it We've finally been able to get our hands on full-on preview code and the results, while still obviously in prerelease format, are exciting.
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This is also the first time we've been able to get unfettered access to the game, with non-scripted battles and campaigns to get stuck into. There were a few things locked off for the time being, but in general terms, we had a chance to look at every aspect of the game, except the naval combat.
Instead of just going over the general feel of the game, though, I'm going to go deep into some of the smaller things that impress and distress when plugging away at Napoleon.
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Amusingly, the most impressive things I've seen have no effect on the gameplay whatsoever.I noticed that my unit of Revolutionary Infantry had no shoes on. This reflects the chronic lack of footwearand other basic supplies the Armee suffered from during the early years of the Revolution. Were there no sandals of flip-flops for them? Regardless, this minor detail is a mark of just how historically accurate Napoleon is. Secondly, I was watching my general (not Napoleon, in this case) chase down a routing Austrian Landwehr unit when the two of them entered a dense eWhen I zoomed in to watch the final confrontation I noticed dandelion seeds floating about the place. It's that sort of attention to detail that I love to see in games. It makes you feel like Creative Assembly tried really hard when making this game.
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When on the campaign map it's harder to see where such loving care has been put into the game's looks, because it doesn't look that different to what came in Empire, except for being less cluttered. One of the problems with the original was how intimidating it was to approach a grand campaign as a major nation, because of the sheer number of things that needed investing in or controlling.
Thankfully, this isn't an issue any more, at least not when playing in the mini-campaigns. You start off small and can manage how your development goes much more easily than before. But what we've played doesn't indicate that any radical changes have been made, or are going to be made, before we get a proper copy in our hands.
The core of the game will always be the battles, at least in terms of where the fun is. The skirmishes and large confrontations with this code were all great and, without disappearing too far into review territory here, the Al is shaping up to be very, very good indeed.
Naturally, there are still some issues with decision making, but let me explain with an example: the Austrian general that attacked my pitifully defended market town made a series of brilliant and then disastrous decisions.
First, he had a general's cavalry unit to tip the balance in his favour. His two units of infantry engaged my two, who were hidden in the forest to protect against cavalry charges.
Dumb General
Now, like any human player with an ounce of sense, he tried to get his cavalry round the flanks and the rear of my defending troops, feinting and trying to draw me out of position. I was wise to it but it's still difficult to maintain line integrity while being harassed like thatSo far, so good, but the problems kicked in when he tried to attack. Rushing towards me, he would suddenly order his cavalry away when I tried to turn to meet him. He could have had me on a number of occasions, but chickened out and retreated. Eventually he engaged, but I'd managed to kill enough of his horses with gunfire that he was too weak to take my unit down, especially when hampered by the trees.
Regardless of the mistakes made, the Al is definitely better than it was in Empire. It definitely thinks about protecting its general more (too much, perhaps, if my example is anything to go by) and will work and probe at your line. Napoleon's single-player games should feel much more like playing against a human opponent than ever before. It's still a little while before release and we know that CA go right down to the wire making Al and gameplay tweaks, but, going by what Creative Assembly have shown here, we have no concerns about how good Napoleon is going to be.