
Not only do you get loads of battles, but you get an interactive military history lesson! This may turn some gamers off, but I personally have been waiting for something like this in a long time since the days of the turn-based Talonsoft Battleground series of the 1990s. However, players need to play the campaigns chronologically to unlock more of Napoleon’s campaigns. The first of these is Napoleon’s Campaigns where you can choose to continue on with the story and play through Napoleon’s rise to prominence culminating with the final battle of Waterloo. After completing the tutorial, there are three other modes for players to choose from. The tutorial is really where the story of Napoleon Bonaparte begins as classic to the Total War series, you follow a story while acquainting yourself with the controls and other basics. Napoleon Total War is broken down into a series of campaigns throughout Napoleon’s military career and reign as emperor from his early days as an artillery captain to commander of the French Army of Italy in 1796 where you get to play one of his most notable campaigns-the conquest of northern Italy. What makes Napoleon unique from the other installments of the franchise is that it actually tells a historical story rather than just providing a map and factions for you to choose from. Do not be fooled by the notion of being given only the map of Europe and one grand campaign for world domination. Napoleon picks up where its predecessor left off with the advent of a new age of warfare distinct from its 18th century traditions. Although smaller in scope and scale from its Empire counterpart, Napoleon offers a unique Total War experience that is characteristic of all subsequent installments, as expected by fans of the genre.Įmpire - which encompassed three large land masses including Europe, North America, and India as well as an abundance of nations and factions - ended with the beginnings of one of the most chaotic periods in European history, the French Revolution. Less than a year after the release of Empire Total War, the largest installment of the Total War series, Sega went a step further and released Napoleon Total War in late February 2010.



That man was a five foot two artillery officer named Napoleon Bonaparte from the little Mediterranean island of Corsica. Threatened with foreign invasion from the reactionary monarchies of Europe and Royalist insurgency at home, the new French Republic needed a new hero to lift them from the chaos. It is 1792 and France is in total chaos from three years of revolution and war.
