It's a bit odd that CDV chose to name this expansion Battle for Europe, since that's also the name of one of the existing gameplay modes in Napoleonic Wars. We've been playing around with a near-final version of the game to see what's new and improved.īattle for Europe returns once again to the era of the Napoleonic Wars, when men exchanged gunfire while standing in the open. This stylized form of warfare has its appeal, especially for strategy fans, and it's something that we'll get to see more of with Cossacks II: Battle for Europe, a stand-alone expansion for last year's Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars.
Thousands of men marched in formation around the battlefield, lined up against an enemy formation, and then the two exchanged fire until one side broke. Compared to the chaos of modern wars, warfare in the early 19th century was a highly formalized affair.
