HistWar Les Grognards is an impressive 3D tactical war game about the battles of Napoleon. It is almost a single man's show and it has been improving enormously during the last two years.
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| A Guards Regiment on its way to an old redoubt. They are marching in a column formation and they are the spearhead of the entire VI Corps during the battle of Grand Champ. |
A feature that was introduced in the recent patches is option to show every single man in a regiment. It is quite a sight to see tens of thousands of men engaged in combat. Some screenshots of a recent battle inside.
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| My IV Cavalry Corps, with the 23th Chasseurs a Cheval in the foreground, deploys in front of the infantry. Note in the background all the units approaching the front. |
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| Enemy lancers (foreground) launch a cavalry charge up a hill. This short affair ended up with both the enemy and my unit completely routed. |
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| Thousands of infantry from the VII Corps (Polish) moving towards the front. In the background, two regiments have already deployed in combat lines. |
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| The 15th Light Infantry Regiment had a rough start against an enemy artillery battery (far background). |
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| Despite heavy casualties, the 15th Regiment continued advancing. The enemy artillery hastily retreated once this infantry formation approached. |
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| A few minutes later, the 15th Regiment charged against a Swedish infantry regiment (background). Note how the formation of the charging unit is broken during the charge. |
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| The confusion of close combat is just fantastic. Point blank fire and cold steel ... The units become mobs. |
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| Swedish light infantry (foreground) routs from the battlefield. Note the total stay of disarray of the 15th Regiment (background) after this bloody encounter. |
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| These enemy soldiers did not take a cue from their retreating brothers in the background. |
Cheers,
5 comments:
Hi JC! What map is this? And what OOB are you playing with? Looks great. I need to add the new patch.
But does it actually work?? Last time I looked at this game it had more bugs than an un-deloused Napoleonic infantryperson...
Hi Chris: Grand Champ. I just changed the weather from the historical version.
Hi Zardoz: define "work". This one is so complex that a 100% bug free is an utopia. What's your threshold? Have you played the demo (that thing was not so good)?
Cheers,
Really looking forward to Histwar 2.
I played the demo, was ok. The screenings of the new patch have made think about jumping in. How is this game ? Is it worth it ?
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