Customer Reviews

American Conquest: Gold Edition! (Collector's Series)

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I was hopeful when I bought the two games that they would be enjoyable, having already played the first three Cossacks games. They only got better and American Conquest and ACFB topped them all. Wonderful graphics-even on a slow-running machine, and the unit limit! 16,000 units! Actually, for me that wasn't the case. I put the games on an old computer and therefore I had to stay content with 5,000. Still a heck of a lot of men. But that was on a seven-year-old computer with no supporting graphics card and 233Mhz processor. The units are astounding, and the building are amazing. They appear a little large at first, but you get used to them.
However, a few notes on what I found wrong with the games. Note: These are just preferences of mine, not errors.
1. I don't know who does historical research for GSC, but they gave the American fusilier the highest initial hand-to-hand combat rating of the game---and the Americans couldn't even stand up to a bayonet attack for the first few years of the revolution.
2. The sword-fighting infantry-every shooting unit has two weapons, gun and blade- has no sound. Which is disappointing, because the animation of the sword-fights is incredible.
3. The cannon need horses. Their animation is beautiful, almost ballet-like, but they move so SLOW!
4. I've had several battles end in a stalemate on random map because every time my Indians tried to invade the town they got shot to pieces--and every time the Europeans attacked me they got destroyed. Otherwise. A great game

This game is really awesome. i think it is one of the best command and conquer type games out there! way better than all those age of empire games which seem so simple and boring compared to this!great graphics too! CDV makes some great great games! i just ordered cossacks2:naploenic wars from them and can't wait till it comes!

This game is fun to play and easy to learn. There are 16 campaigns and about 50 missions inside them. There is also 10 battlefield missions which require good stratagy to win and 16 single missions. U can customize ure own maps and play random games. There even is a multiplayer section.

in some ways it's almost like a board game with realism so don't expect to much awe out of the game that way. i owned the game before but i have to re-order because i lost the disk. this is a classic, in other words it never gets too old. the historical accounts by the game makers are unsurpassed. this is a lot more basic than the newer ages that are out but it is still a great game. if you enjoy cossacks this is a great starting point. i never get bored of this game, it's a great way to kill time lol. i wish more modern games would have more game play features like this but many lack the true strategy aspect. if you like balancing a civilization plus controlling it's army this game is for you.

If you have played Cossacks, then you will know exactly what this game is all about. Nothing spectacular with graphics or storyline, but easy to learn and fun to play. Just don't expect Age of Empires.

well lets see, its a fun game, i enjoyed watching all my buildings and people get slaughtered when i tred playing. id build up a fairly decint defence just to watch a massive army built by ai come and slughter me. but once u get the hang of it its actually quite fun. the grafics are really good. on the bonus missions i got threw like the first 3 then thats stupid boat mistion where they give you like 5 small boats and 3 large ones, wtf how do they ecspect you to shoot down there massive ships with little musski guys on row boats. i actually ALOMST beat it BUT i ran outa AMMO. witch i find a little lame and to relistic for my likeing, its like ok i just pain alot of cash for u and now u run outa ammo and i have no more gun powder... just to watch the oher boat come and shoot the crap out it and its helpless. but other then have to be really smart and tacticul, cause the AI kinda need some help, its fun. i was greatly disheartend when i acsedental scratched the disc and it wouldint work i cryed alittle on the inside.lol but alsa i moved on. i hate thouse people that dissed age of empire and empire earth, thouse are alose great games of course u cant have quite and many units but u cant tell me that blowing up casles with like 20 catipults is not fun. and cobra car code now thats cool. all and all its a great game that i will buy again cause now i wana play it.lol oh and if anybody that reads this has CORSAIRS: Gold plz email me at matt_the_jackal_and_kati@yahoo.com plz do cause ive scoured the high seas for this game and have not found it. THNKZ

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