HistWar Napoleon

Buggy, glitchy, rough, and with an everlasting want of completeness. But enduring and unique. Where else you get a 3D battle with six corps with a sprite ratio of 1:2?

[@kondor99999]

I actually prefer the overhead map view for a game like this. I’d love to see an “Ultimate General Napoleon” with real-time grand tactical action and a good interface with realistic orders delay. Unfortunately, we’re likely to get about 1000 mindless CoD clones before this ever happens. What happened to PC wargaming??

[@McHugh1949]

The big negative of the Utimate General games for me is that that they don't have multiplayer. A lot more challenging and fun playing a human opponent.

[@McHugh1949]

I tried this years ago and remember that it was a French developer. Looks like the graphics have improved from the version I played around with. Scourge of War Waterloo has been out for years and is similar.

[@Holdit66]

Is it possible to have armies start in their historical positions yet?

[@kondor99999]

I’ve had this (and the the previous version Les Grognards) since my kid was born (he’s 10). Is it finally playable?

[@RealandSimulatedWarsBlog]

Define "playable" :) I see some progress in the latest version. I am happy with little, but if you are looking for a complete game, you are better off with something else ... Cheers, man. Oh, and my CPU heats up to 94C (i9 13900K) with almost no GPU usage during the tactical battles (?!).

[@kondor99999]

@@RealandSimulatedWarsBlog Nah, I don’t need perfection in the Vast Wasteland of Good Napoleonic Games. What we really need is a modern graphics update of the old (DOS) “Battles of Napoleon”. It has never been surpassed in terms of realism + playability, but it looks horrific even by the PC game standards of 30 years ago.

[@kondor99999]

@@RealandSimulatedWarsBlog Well, I tried it and it’s just as janky and weird as ever. This is truly a French game in the same way that an ‘83 Renault is a French car. And No - That’s not exactly a compliment.

[@RealandSimulatedWarsBlog]

@@kondor99999 For some reason mine runs exclusively out of the CPU. (!?) I tried to force it to use the GPU and it crashes. Oh boy.

[@perfectgallows9599]

Not my words, Carol. The words of Top Gear magazine.@@kondor99999

[@markcorrigan3930]

Are they sprites or 3d models?

[@RealandSimulatedWarsBlog]

Sprites for distant objects and 3D models for close ones, I believe.

[@savatorefronio9212]

Where is this game sold?

[@RealandSimulatedWarsBlog]

www.histwargames.com/gb/ See comments above, I don't want to misguide you.

[@GetUpTheMountains]

Mon Dieu! That is a truly awful melee sound.