It's easy to pick on the French. It's been, what, nearly a couple of hundred years since the French military saw any real glory? A similar thing can be said about turn-based strategy games, whose glory days seem like a lifetime ago. Both get a bit of redemption with Commander: Napoleon at War, a turn-based strategy game starring the French military during the height of Napoleon's empire.
Turn back the clock to the early 19th century. Napoleon is leading his armies all over Europe against a changing coalition of European countries, including at times Russia, England, Prussia, Austria, and Portugal. You play as either the leader of the French or the Coalition in a turn-based quest for conquest.
Freeverse has announced the release of Commander: Napoleon at War for the Mac, the second in the Commander line from the strategy captains at Firepower Entertainment and Slitherine Software.
This installment of the Commander series places the player at the brink of war in the Napoleonic era. Re-write history with the same outstanding gameplay mechanics as Commander: Europe at War, but in a new dynamic setting, complete with amazing graphics and compelling campaigns.
In addition to the same seamless performance you've come to expect from this high level turn-based series, new features include a deeper combat system, detailed victory conditions, looting, razing, vassal states, and much more! Will you lead Napoleon's France to an empire of infamy, or emerge as the victor to quell his ambition?
AVault:
"I really felt conflicted after playing this game for two weeks. If it were priced at $39.99, it would have easily earned a better rating. Commander: Napoleon at War has many good things going for it, but most strategy gamers can probably find something better on which to spend their money."
GI writes: "When I first signed up to do this review, my editor warned me. "It takes a long time to play one of these." I should have listened, but I did want to give this genre a shot. Commander: Napoleon at War is a turn-based war strategy game set in the time of the Napoleonic wars. Covering the period between 1805 and 1815, the conflict pits Napoleon's French Forces against the allied coalition of Britain, Austria, Russia and Prussia. So what happened to Spain and Portugal? Well, it's the Grand Campaign that's being played out here. The Peninsular War can be blasted through in an hour or so, and Waterloo? Pfft. Drop in the bucket."
