Please help me decide . . .

[crazy canuck]

To buy Napoleon Total War or Hist War . . .

I only have so much money to give to others !

 

[LNDavout]

Buy Histwar and you are sure to get help from the Developer.

Buy NTW and be sure you get a kick into your ass if you got any problems.(and not to forget all the lies about ETW.)

Well rest is on you..

[Gunner24]

If it has to be one or the other, then :

Buy NapTW, if you want a quick, fast action game with 20 units - and a decent game after it's been modded to slow it down to a playable speed.

Buy LG, if you want a long big scale battle with many hundreads of units taking part - and no need to wait for a mod.

I will buy both and hope like mad that LG becomes a good MP game - as NapTW will most certainly become after it's been modded to make it playable.

[Darsh]

You could buy histwar for battles or/and NTW for campaigns

Personnally, I won't buy NTW.

[HarryInk]

tough luck.  I'm afraid you're on the see-saw of angst and regret.  Ooh how you suffer!

[Gunfreak]

Thats an easy question, Histwar.

You can by NTW in 2 years when you get it cheap and lots of mods are out

[D3m0]

You could buy histwar for battles or/and NTW for campaigns

Personnally, I won't buy NTW.

More like 'and AGEODs Napoleons Campaigns for campaigns'... provided that you want a serious realistic wargame.

[Memnon]

Like all things computer game(ish) it depends on what you are willing to settle for.

I don't see how NTW can accurately represent a Napoleonic battlefield in it's current state. It may look nice (very nice) but if judged by the capabilities of ETW, it will fall far short of a 19th century battlefield.

Even though LG doesn't have the graphical kick (it looks ok) the effort to produce a serious Napoleonic wargame is definitely there.

It will come down to your preferred play style. As Gunner24 pointed out; buy NTW if you want a smaller, faster paced game; buy LG if you want a larger scale with more control of the battlefield.

More like 'and AGEODs Napoleons Campaigns for campaigns'... provided that you want a serious realistic wargame.

A side note: AGEOD was just acquired by Paradox Interactive in what should be a nice combination for computer wargamers.

[Gunner24]

I would only suggest buting NapTW for the mods, not for the basic in the box game - I don't expect that to play well at all, but it will be a fine base for some clever people to make a decent small action Napoleonic MP game. 

I would not buy any CA TW game to play as a SP game - even if they were free !.

[little soldier]

ETW game 'looks nice', but has nothing to add on a strategic level. I'm almost certain, having tried the demo, that HWLG will be very challenging, strategic or tactical.

[HarryInk]

Can't get myself into Napoleon's Campaigns.  Wish I could but...  and I don't know that you can export and import battles, can you?

[crazy canuck]

Thanks for the support guys.

Although I thoroughly enjoyed Medieval Total War 1 and 2 and also Rome Total War, I was very very dissapointed with Empire Total War.

What I really want is game play like Histwar and graphics like the Total War series. I don't want campaigns, which take too long and are boring. Build this, trade that . . . yuck.

I just want to fight battles, nothing else.

Histwar will be the choice !  ( but I will try the NTW demo anyway . . . and also the Scourge of War when it comes out )

HUZZAH ! ! !

[Tirailleur]

Hello HarryInk,

Can't get myself into Napoleon's Campaigns.  Wish I could but...  and I don't know that you can export and import battles, can you?

No, there is no option to do this. The only thing you can do, is to open the saved turn-files with an editor (for example) and to modify the engaged armies. But it's not so easy, 'cause you have to modify all units: casualties, morale and where do they advance or retreat, etc. I wish there would be a savegame editor.

It's a great game and I like the graphics a little bit more than the ACW Game. It would be nice to have a NC2 in the near future with a grand campaign.

I think a good alternative operational game is "Campaigns on the Danube" where you can modify the armies, map, etc. with a hex-editor and you have an export / import battles option.

But you know the best game would be a HistWar-Campaign game...

[Darsh]

Thanks for the support guys.

Although I thoroughly enjoyed Medieval Total War 1 and 2 and also Rome Total War, I was very very dissapointed with Empire Total War.

What I really want is game play like Histwar and graphics like the Total War series. I don't want campaigns, which take too long and are boring. Build this, trade that . . . yuck.

And you forgot the inefficient diplomacy which are only here to have "a one peace turn".

[D3m0]

It's a great game and I like the graphics a little bit more than the ACW Game. It would be nice to have a NC2 in the near future with a grand campaign.

They definitely wanted to make NC2 in 2010/2011, I hope this is still valid now that PI brought the studio.