Napoleon: Total War

Napoleon: Total War cover

Napoleon: Total War was released on the 23rd of February, 2010. The Peninsular Campaign DLC was released on the 22nd of June, 2010. Both were developed by the Creative Assembly and published by SEGA.

Aside from the Peninsular Campaign, two more DLC packs were released: Coalition Battle Pack and the Imperial Guard Pack

Overview

Napoleon: Total War is set during the extremely turbulent and violent Napoleonic Era, from 1805 - 1815. Set at a time when revolutionary France is turning the old dynasties of europe upside down, old rivalries and mistrusts will be put aside to halt the amibitions of one man and the rise of a european superpower: France.

Napoleons Italian campaign highlights his struggles against the mighty Austrian empire and her friends in Italy, where management and efficiency is vital. The Egyptian campaign brings a different challenge all together, Napoleon must fight his way up through the Mamelukes and deal with constant nuisance raids from the British in order to achieve his goal. And then the Russian Bear presents a new challenge with her climate, even the best general will struggle to avoid the cold and push through. Patience and cunning will be needed here.

Napoleon: Total War also gives the player a chance to play as one of four Coalition powers: Great Britain, Austria, Prussia or Russia. The effort to stop Napoleon and his new regieme will require all the tactical and strategic genius the Allied powers can muster.

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This game also brings some revolutionary new features to the Total War series. Creative Assembly has introduced a new system called Attrition. Attrition areas are scattered through the various campaign maps and will drastically effect your campaign if not considered when planning. Troops entering these 'attrition areas' will be effected by the weather and will quickly lose troop numbers during the Winter or Summer months depending on the type. As well as new systems CA has improved systems from Empire: Total War such as diplomacy. The player now has a greater range of diplomatic actions, such as asking a Faction to issue a trade embargo against another faction, or to join you in a war against another faction.

General Information

• Napoleon: Total War could be considered the easiest Total War game to pick up so far, as it's well oiled and tested systems are easy to use by a new player.
• Napoleon: Total War took an already revolutionary system and made it better, with a far superior campaign and battle AI, plus a wider range of available options
• The game is set during the Napoleonic Era, allowing more advanced weaponry to be researched

Factions

There are more than 35 Factions in NTW, but only a small amount are actually playable in the vanilla game. 18 factions are available to play with easy modding, or by using an already released mod.

Playable Factions

• Austria - Catholic Absolute Monarchy
• France - Catholic Empire
• Great Britain - Protestant Constitutional Monarchy
• Prussia -Protestant Absolute Monarchy
• Russia - Orthodox Absolute Monarchy

Unplayable Factions

Strategic map and tech research window

• Spain
• Portugal
• Kingdom of Sicily
• Kingdom of Naples
• Papal States
• Kingdom of Italy
• Kingdom of Sardinia
• The Ottoman Empire
• Swiss confederation
• Bavaria
• Baden-Würtenberg
• Hessen - Kassel
• Batavian Republic
• Saxony
• Mecklenburg
• Denmark
• Sweden
• Oldenburg

Emergent Factions

Austrian Battleship

• Scotland
• Ireland
• Hannover
• Belgium
• Brittany
• Catalonia
• Italy
• Hungary
• Greater Poland
• Normandy
• Courland
• Norway
• Greece
• Westfalen-Cleves
• Romania
• Crimean Khanate
• United Netherlands

Guides and strategy tips

• Italian Campaign Guide and tips by Belisarius

Peninsular Campaign

The game takes place in the beginning of the 19th century, in the Iberian Peninsula. It's focused on the conflict between the British Army lead by Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington and the French forces lead by Joseph Bonaparte. You can also embrace the crown of Spain in its struggle to preserve independence.

Gameplay features

Peninsular Campaign

• The main feature of the Campaign is guerrilla warfare: when you liberate a city, you get a few guerrilla units from the Spanish Resistance.
• There are three types of non-combat strategic units: propagandists, priests and rakes. The latter serve as assassins, spies and saboteurs.
• You can boost your economy and enlarge your income by sending a trade ship to one of your colonies.
• Technological researches also play an important role in the Peninsular Campaign.

Factions

Playable factions

• British Empire
• French Empire
• Spain

Non-playable factions

• Portugal

Guides and strategy tips

• Peninsular Campaign Guide by ♔Old Dragoon♔
• TWC Iberian Peninsula Campaign Guide/Tips by Belisarius

Links

• Official N:TW site
• N:TW section of the Total War Center
• N:TW AAR's hosted on the Total War Center