Empire Total War

[[JiF][AARP]Tissueman]

Anybody have any experience with this? I tried the demo and like moving my little British units around the battlefield, but I really am not interested in all the strategic stuff and empire building stuff. Can you just fight battles in single player mode? If not, is there a comparable game that does that with late 1700's or early 1800's armies? (Said another way, I'm more interested in tactical than strategic level thinking.

Thanks,
Tissue

[[JiF]Uncle Stinky]

I think you have to do the strategic stuff as well.

If you are willing to push your time horizon up a bit, Mad Minute did some good games on First and Second Bull Run. I see you can get copies of them for $9 each on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/Take-Command-2nd- ... vg_title_0

There's a game called Horse and Musket that covers battles of Freddie the Great. The graphics aren't state of the art, but game play is supposedly good. However, it is not real time lilke E:TW is; I'm pretty sure it is turn based.

http://www.matrixgames.com/products/369 ... :.Volume.I

Then there are all the games John Tiller has done, also turn based and also not very flash in terms of graphics. Check out Tiller's home page. As you can see, the guy is quite prolific.

http://fly.hiwaay.net/~tiller/

And also that of HPS sims, which sells his games.

http://www.hpssims.com/

[[JiF]Sgt Shellshocked]

I like Imperial Glory , lots of different troops in magnificent uniforms , infantry , cavalry , artillery and ships.
There is also a free demo version here at http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/impe ... 21421.html

And here is a link to the trailer movie http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/impe ... deos;img;1

[[JiF][AARP]Tissueman]

Shell and Stinky,

Thanks for the info. I'll check it out.

Tissue