Cossacks: Art of War...aka TOO FUCKING HARD

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2004-05-24 09:29pm

Aaag! This game is impossible. Playing on EASY, I played a mission in which you have to take control of a Prussian village and launch an assault on an Austrian stronghold. Of course, Austrian cannon were continually sweeping the village, thus destroying about 60% of my non-replenishable force and keeping me from launching an effective attack.

And then there's the mission were you have to fortify a Prussian town (but you can't build walls for some weird reasons) and repel Austrian attacks while seeking aid from local bandits. Before I could elicit the bandit's aid, I was overwhelmed by WAVE AFTER WAVE of assaults that totally swamped my small force before I could churn out more troops.

Aaaagh! It's just like Cossacks: European Wars! Bloody impossible!

Coaan · Post by **Coaan** » 2004-05-25 10:52pm

Avoid it's twin like the plague....ugh...

American conquest = Cossacks with -harder- difficulty....it lists most of the problems you have it and then some.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2004-05-26 12:13am

American Conquest is fucking *impossible*

But Cossacks is fun. Put some good quality practicing time in skirmishing and easy opponents are actually pretty easy to waste. Mediums take a little doing, I've not beaten a hard yet.

But really, it's not too bad. Just give it some practice and make sure you're utilizing all of the features of the game (ie formations).

Bob McDob · Post by **Bob McDob** » 2004-05-26 01:03am

Part of the problem is the all-or-nothing time settings - at least Entente (WWI) lets you adjust the gamespeeed.