Combat Directive : Napoleonic Wars

Ce jeu est globalement pas mal, surtout pour son prix. Bien évidement, ça reste un jeu d'ampleur assez limité puisqu'il s'agit d'un jeu solo avec des scénario jouables, qui se composent d'environ une dizaine d'unité de chaque côté pour une durée d'environ 10 minutes. En revanche le nombre de scénario jouable est assez impressionnant, surtout que chaque scénario représente une bataille dont les unités présentent sont historiques, et avec une carte adaptée (même si les cartes sont assez simples). Le gameplay est intéressant, les mouvements des unités se font sur des cases hexagonales, mais en temps réel (pas de système de tour), ce qui rend le jeu assez fluide. Le système de malus/bonus appliqués aux unités est assez pertinent historiquement à mon avis, ce qui rend les batailles sympathiques à jouer. Au final c'est un jeu qui vaut le coup si vous êtes intéresser par l'époque napoléonienne, en ce qu'il permet de jouer des batailles limitées mais sans complication et sans prise de tête (en tout cas plus rapidement et simplement que sur des jeux du style NTW3, Scourge of War, jeux de plateau, etc, même si ces jeux sont plus complets et détaillés dans leur approche).

So far so good.

Fun small-scale, real-time, tactical wargame with 102 missions which you can play as either side throughout 4 campaigns. You will earn 1/2/3 stars based on how effective you were on each mission, allowing you to choose to accept the rating and continue on the campaign or retry the battle to potentially earn more stars (you can always retry at a later point). The game has decently challenging AI and forces you to quickly react to changes in the battle. You have to take into account formations, positioning, terrain, morale, veterancy, etc. - All you would expect in a good tactical wargame. The battles go fast (~10 minutes) and does a great job keeping you on your toes. Highly recommend if you're looking for a bite-size tactical Napoleonic wargame.

No map scrolling other than via WASD keyboard commands which makes it difficult to see whats going on and takes away from the fun.

Good game to slain russians and prussians. And Turks too.

The best Napoleonic wargame available today imo. It follows the course of Napoleon's war with Russia broken down into a myriad of engagements. The mechanics work very well and reflect the form of warfare of the time, as you'd expect there are light infantry, line infantry and grenadiers for foot then various types of cavalry and artillery too, with the individual unit types all being named and modelled authentically, nothing generic about this game. The regiments are numbered and named if applicable. Formations are very important, skirmishers in rough country and villages or ahead of the line, regular lines for musketry, columns for attacking and squares when faced by cavalry. There are several types of artillery and cavalry ranging from guard to cossacks. Morale is very important and units will rout from the field if they take too much damage. The battles are in real time but not rushed, you have plenty of time to issue commands, Facing is important too. The battlefields reflect the real places and are interesting from a tactical point of view with contours, rivers, woods, villages and redoubts. You get a very good flavour of Napoleon's invasion of Russia and the slow attrition his forces experienced as they slowly pushed the enemy back. You can play as either side. You won't be disappointed a very deep tactical wargame and good to look at too.

Great game. Really captures the flavor of the era. Hope to see more from this game and its developers.