This first-time offering by Ukrainian game company GSC Game World delves into 17th and 18th century warfare, an era when Cossacks were around fighting in Eastern Europe. The game doesn’t limit itself to those troops, as Cossacks covers a wide range of European nations, areas and historical conflicts. In most games, you start with a handful of peasants and some resources on a mostly unknown map. It’s up to you to establish a viable economy, explore the map and ultimately defeat your foes in battle.The wars of this era helped shape the world as it is today, but few games of any type have covered them, and this is where Cossacks really shines.
Cossacks: Back to War is a Strategy video game developed by GSC Game World and published by GSC World Publishing.It was released on 1 Nov, 2002 for PC.To stand alone in war is extremely unpleasant. Extremely pleasant, on the other hand, is the stand-alone version Cossacks: Back to War. Cossacks: Back to War is a Strategy video game developed by GSC Game World and published by GSC World Publishing.It was released on 1 Nov, 2002 for PC.
True to the 17th Century, pike and shot is the order of the day, supplemented by cavalry and artillery. On entering the 18th Century, musketeers become the dominant infantry and cuirassiers replace the heavily armored cavalry of the previous century. With a drummer and an officer, infantry can be organized into units that can assume various formations that enhance their battlefield performance.The game comes with 16 nations, each well differentiated by its own unique artwork and special advantages and disadvantages. Buildings come in a variety of flavors, and some must be built before others become available. All this takes time, research, and resources (there are five), which in turn require their own buildings. The game is very long—in addition to the five campaigns (about 10 missions each), it also offers several historic battles boasting thousands of troops. These can only be played in the online mode, however.There’s plenty here for the history fan who has always wanted to command Janissaries, Hetmen, or Xebecs, and the manual plus digital encyclopedia gives a great deal of historical background.System Requirements: Pentium II 200 MHz, 32 MB RAM, Win95.
GSC Game World presents the second official add-on to the real-time strategy hit Cossacks: European Wars. Cossacks: Back to War. Will be devoted to wars of the 16th - early 17th centuries, the time of sweeping changes, when old medieval knightly troops turned into regular armies, and the beginning of the build-up of major European powers.The game allows players to grow aware of the large scale of historical events. Thus, grandiose battles of up to 8,000 units may be conducted on single or network game maps. The game contains much historical data, and the full version includes a spacious encyclopedia about wars, battles, nations, technologies, armies, and units used in Europe in 16th to 18th centuries; Algeria, Austria, England, France, Netherlands, Piemonte, Poland, Portugal, Prussia, Russia, Saxony, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, Venice. You can also face other communities in single player games; for instance, in the campaign for England players should sweep off pirate republics. Each country has its original graphics, economic and technical development peculiarities, military advantages and drawbacks, and unique units and technologies.