Cossacks: Back to War

Cossaks is one of the best Real Time Strategy Games ever made. The graphics at first may look dated as this is a fairly old game now, but once your into the game you don't notice this any more, and the fact is the underlying game is more challenging and enjoyable than most games available now. It's a game you can dip into and play for a few hours, or spend a whole day glued to! There are lots of single player missions, which I prefer to a campaign as there is no getting stuck, but it can be a bit hard to navigate to the mission you want to play, and there are a few that are quite similar. All in all a good game, especially at the price its at these days.

good game

As expected. Just what he wanted.

Great

Issued as a stand alone for people who haven't bought Cossacks yet, Cossacks:Back to War is slightly dissapointing at first for anyone with the previous add-on and the original. There is only 1 new unit for the Turkish and Algerian civilisations, a camel-riding Bedouin. There are two completely new nations though. The Hungarians are quite similar to the Austrians with a light cavalry unit early on and pandurs (a type of musketeer). Otherwise there isn't much new with them. The Swiss have some interesting early units, a powerful halberdier who acts like a pikeman but hits harder, and a unique swordsman unit. The Swiss are powerful early on, but the Chasseur (similar to the French one in this and previous versions) unit later on does not make up for the painful truth that this nation is only average later on in a game. I was dissapointed to see no new campaigns included in the add-on, just the original tutorial, but a large number of single missions should keep you busy. The best bit is the mod which was available for download but is here for those who haven't heard of it or have a slow connection. This completely transforms gameplay and is well worth it. The Online features are not very different from those of the previous add-on, only adding a way to be a spectator to games and a monthly competition for the top 100 ranking online players. If you are interested in these features you probably have already bought the game anyway. Lack of content is made up for by good quality and a low price. You can expect to see a lot of Swiss armies marching across online matches in a few weeks time.

When i first saw cossacks I thoght it looked absolutlt brilliant!!!!!!!!! the graphics were stunning. When i actually got the game I playing on it for ages because you can have massice scale battles with the expasion packs. The first cossacks is good but you have minor battles with your enemey which is good. BUT with the art of war and back to war the battle can be massive huge ginormous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! These are the features of back to war: You control all the nations that are in the art of war eurpean wars. and in the expansion there is peace you set it what ever you want, 4 hours at the maximum!!!!!!!! but becarfull because the game can crash with tooooooo may figures on the screen you needa good computer for huge scale battles I have an excellent computer so that is no problem for me. My only negative comment on back to war the art of war is that the men walk out on thre batttle field whenb you don't order them to which is a real pain but overall the game is excellent!!!!!!!! I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS GAME TO ANY RTS FAN. BUT IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!