Games
Sony
Microsoft
Nintendo
Other Platforms
Upcoming &
Recent Releases
xx
3 Cards to Dead Time
xx
Alice in Wonderland
68
Aliens vs. Predator
xx
Armada 2526
83
Assassin's Creed II
89
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
89
BioShock 2
xx
Blur
xx
Bob Came in Pieces
54
Borderlands: Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot
86
Borderlands: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx
83
Borderlands: The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned
69
Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight
xx
Crash Time III
xx
Cursed Mountain
75
Dark Fall: Lost Souls
58
Dark Void
81
Dawn of Discovery: Venice
xx
Diner Dash 5: Boom
89
DiRT 2
82
Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening
68
Dragon Age: Origins - Return to Ostagar
xx
Drakensang: The River of Time
73
Emberwind
86
Europa Universalis III: Heir to the Throne
xx
Everquest II: Sentinel's Fate
xx
Fairytale Fights
xx
Field of Glory
xx
Galcon Fusion
72
Ghost Pirates of Voojoo Island
56
Greed: Black Border
xx
History Channel: Great Battles - Medieval
58
James Cameron's Avatar: The Game
xx
Just Cause 2
79
King Arthur: The Role-Playing Wargame
xx
Konung 3: Ties of the Dynasty
82
Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood, The
xx
M.U.D. TV
xx
Major League Baseball 2K10
94
Mass Effect 2
xx
Max & the Magic Marker
83
Metro 2033
xx
Mystery Case Files: Dire Grove
82
Napoleon: Total War
xx
Order of War: Challenge
xx
Rig'n'Roll
xx
Rocketbirds: Revolution!
29
Rogue Warrior
79
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat
76
Saboteur, The
xx
Saira
xx
Season of Mystery: The Cherry Blossom Murders
68
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter
66
Silent Hunter 5
xx
Sims 3: High-End Loft Stuff, The
xx
Singularity
xx
Sins of a Solar Empire: Diplomacy
xx
Solium Infernum
xx
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
xx
Split/Second
66
Star Trek Online
xx
Star Wolves 3: Civil War
xx
Superstars V8 Next Challenge
78
Supreme Commander 2
81
Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 5: Rise of the Pirate God
xx
Theatre of War 2: Kursk 1943
xx
Tinker
81
Toki Tori
xx
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction
xx
Treasure Island
49
Twin Sector
56
Vancouver 2010: The Official Videogame of the Winter Olympic Games
82
VVVVVV
86
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising
78
Wings of Prey
xx
XIII Century: Blood of Europe
xx
Zero Gear
60
Zombie Driver
Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed games.
Cossacks II: Battle for Europe

Mixed or average reviews
Based on 12 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 5 votes
Read user comments
Rate this game >
Game Info
Publisher: CDV Software
Developer: GSC Game World
Genre(s): Real-Time Strategy
Players: 6
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)
Release Date: June 28, 2006
Summary
The Cossacks II: Battle for Europe add-on continues the renowned Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars game. It depicts the rather short historic period of the Napoleonic wars. The Napoleon wars changed Europe for good, leading to the formation of empires and putting an end to almost a thousand years of constant strife between small states that had shattered Europe. The game provides mass-scale battles between thousands-strong armies of the nations involved in conflicts during this period. The theatres of operation introduce France, Britain, Austria, Russia, Prussia, Egypt and three nations not represented in the original game – Spain, the Grand Duchy of Warsaw (Poland) and the Confederation of the Rhine. The developers did their best to reconstruct the largest battles and historical events of the Napoleonic wars. The game reconstructs in detail the soldiers' uniforms, weapons and architecture of each nation. Each nation's army has its unique units and possibilities. The game includes over 180 units, 190 buildings, and 1200 flora and fauna elements. When developing the combat system, the peculiarities of early 19th century warring were taken into account, as was the value of formations, provisions and troop morale. Tactical tricks utilized by military commanders of the time are fully reflected in the game. An "honest" system of bullet and cannonball ballistics, based on physics, is an innovative addition to the Cossacks engine. [CDV Software]
Also On Metacritic
GAMES: Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars Cossacks: Back to War Cossacks: European Wars Cossacks: The Art of War
Also On The Web: Official Website
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
PC Gamer
BFE is a worthwhile sim for those jonesing for military conflicts in the age before the bullet. [Oct. 2006, p.75]
Boomtown
Battle for Europe is a detailed and historically accurate look at the age of grand armies of Europe and the classic clash of Empires. While not offering anything particularly new or groundbreaking it succeeds in providing an entertaining and thoughtful strategy game for those tired of meaningless tank rushes.
Read Full Review >Jolt Online Gaming UK
As far as we’re concerned, as much as we love the Cossacks series and the thinking-man’s gameplay behind it, we do think it’s time to move on in terms of technology. Cruel, but kind.
Read Full Review >PC Zone UK
Cossacks II remains an enjoyable re-enactment of wholesale slaughter as any of you couuld hope for. [Sept 2006, p.74]
Read Full Review >AceGamez
Despite some AI issues, dated graphics, cheesy music and roughly translated voiceovers, its still a challenging, but most importantly different, RTS game, and while this expansion doesn't really expand in many new areas, it does manage to provide a good few hours of additional enjoyment over "The Napoleonic Wars."
Read Full Review >PC Format
If you can stand the aesthetics, fun lurks within. [Sept 2006, p.97]
GameSpot
At the heart of it, the experience is pretty much identical to that of last year's game.
Read Full Review >Strategy Informer
Despite my lacking interest for the Cossacks game titles, I was surprisingly impressed by the game play (not that I can remain patient for long with turn-based games), though slightly disappointed at the immense strain the game causes to lower end systems.
Read Full Review >1UP
Another issue is simply that the enormous buildings make any map seem crowded and critically limit the number of placement options for base building.
Read Full Review >PC Gamer UK
A braver studio would have developed C2's stunted naval dimension, or shifted the campaign focus to a novel location like the Caribbean or North America. [Sept 2006, p.102]
Eurogamer
The antiquated visuals would be easier to stomach if hot Nineteenth Century prospects like Napoleonic Total War 2 (a visually stunning R:TW mod due within the next couple of weeks) and HistWar: Les Grognards (a promising hardcore 3D Napoleonic wargame with an autumn ETA) didn't exist.
Read Full Review >RewiredMind
It looks old, it plays old, the music is just annoying, the cut scenes are poor, the video sequences of amateur re-enactors, and the sound doesn’t utilize modern systems like EAX.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 5 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
