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American Conquest
is a
real-time strategy
game produced and designed by
German
CDV
and
Ukrainian
GSC Game World
, who are the developers of
Cossacks: European Wars
. It is set between the 15th and the early 19th centuries in the American continents. There is also an expansion pack produced for American Conquest, called
American Conquest: Fight Back
and a gold edition, which has both the original and
expansion pack
bundled together. The latest installment in the series is American Conquest: Divided Nation. All three titles are available together as the American Conquest Anthology.
Features
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- Epic
real-time strategy
with historical background
- Battles with up to 16,000 units in
America
between
1492
and
1813
- 8 campaigns with 42 missions
- 9 separate single player missions
- 12 different
nations
and
tribes
:
Spain
,
Britain
,
France
,
Aztecs
,
Incas
,
Mayas
,
Sioux
,
Delaware
,
Huron
,
Iroquois League
,
Pueblo
,
USA
(which begins the game as
England
)
- 100 different units and 106
buildings
- Tactical
formations
for
infantry
,
cavalry
and
artillery
- Artillery with gunnery squadrons
- Fight
morale
is influenced by victories, defeats, food supplies, equipment and
mercenary
pay
- maps
(30 X 20 screens, 1024 X 768 pixels)
- Multiplayer mode for up to 7 players via
LAN
or
internet
:
deathmatch
, historical battles, automatic championship system, War for America
- Map Scaling: Pressing a single key gives an extensive overview of the fighting action through a special zoom perspective
American Conquest in-game screenshot
Gameplay
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American Conquest's basic gameplay mechanics and economic factors are shared with the earlier GSC Game World title
Cossacks: European Wars
and its add-ons. As in 'Cossacks', American Conquest allows the building of a base with which the player will conduct military and economic activities to prepare for victory in a scenario.
While the difference between playing for the European factions and the native American Indians are discernible in terms of military strategy, the basics are the same. The usual chain of activities involve building dwellings for your peasant workforce and to gather resources like
wood
,
food
, and
gold
,
stone
,
coal
and
iron
from mines which the player will have to construct at designated areas. Generally, wood and stone are used to construct buildings whereas the others are primarily used for creating and maintaining the army. Food may be harvested from either a mill or by hunting wild animals with specialised units like the
trapper
or the
buccaneer
unit. Wood is gathered by conventional means. Further, the cost of buildings, soldiers and
cannons
would inflate with each successive one built. Peasants are also now trained from dwellings and not from the town centre; the latter now having the role as a scientific upgrade building.
American Conquest differs from 'Cossacks' in that peasants are now needed in the direct creation of military units. If no peasants are sent into forts, stables of fortresses; no new units may be trained. Upgrades which would boost the fighting capability as well as the training time of the army are also conducted at those buildings. Forts and fortresses are central to the defense of any base and garrisoned troops will open fire on encroaching enemy units or wild animals.
The common economic and scientific buildings in American Conquest may also be garrisoned by either peasants or by regulars of the army. Similarly, an attacking army may also capture these garrisoned buildings by sending units into them and defeat its defenders in an unseen hand-to-hand combat. Players may also construct log cabins if playing for a European power where garrisoned units receive a bonus in its defense.
Another new feature of American Conquest is the morale factor. Military units would suffer from low morale if the unit is in the vicinity of a mass slaughter of his side and may flee the battlefield. Officers, standard bearers and military drummers are used to create military formations and to increase morale of the troops.
The campaign mode covers most of the major European powers' conquest in
North America
which includes the Spanish, the English and the French as well as the counter-campaigns narrated from the viewpoint of the native American Indians who fought against them.
American Conquest: Fight Back
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American Conquest: Fight Back is a stand-alone expansion pack for American Conquest. It features five new nations:
Germany
,
Russia
,
Haida
,
Portugal
and
the Netherlands
, and 50 new units. In addition to new campaigns featuring the Mayas, the Germans, the Haida and the Russians, a new 'battlefield' game mode is available. The German campaign briefly chronicles the expedition of
Ambrosius Ehinger
and
Georg Hohermuth
whereas the Russian campaign concerns the Alaskan campaign under
Alexandr Baranov
. The new Haida campaign is from the Haida point of view of the Russian expedition. The Mayas campaign covers details from the
Spanish conquest of Yucatan
.
American Conquest: Divided Nation
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American Conquest: Divided Nation is the second stand-alone expansion to American Conquest. It features four new nations in a new timeline:
The Union
,
The Confederacy
, The
Texas
Republic
and
Mexico
, and more than 120 new units. In the time of the first game Pirates are added.Old factions can not fight new ones (besides
Pirates
). The game also brings a host of new features to the game, such as
horse artillery
, field fortifications, Tents, and Generals. Players can experience battles entirely new to the RTS Genre, from the
Battle of Alamo
to
Battle of Gettysburg
.
Modifications
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European Warfare: Napoleonica is a modification for American Conquest: Fight Back, which is set in the time of the Napoleon conquest of Europe. It adds 12 complete nations and over 180 new units. It is freeware and can be downloaded at
Moddb
and has a community at
Mastersoftthefield
which uses it to play historical battles.
The "Hawks' Divided Nation Mod" (HDN) is a modification for American Conquest: Divided Nation, which focuses entirely on the American Civil War. It is freeware and is hosted on
Mastersofthefield
by the Hawks Group. The mod is played by the Hawks Group in epic online battles.
Related games
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Other game series from
CDV
,
Cossacks series
uses the same engine.
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References
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External links
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