Cossacks is a historical real-time strategy based on events during the XVI-XVIII centuries in Europe when nations and states were created and demolished, gold was turned into numerous armies, and never ending wars shed oceans of blood. It was the time when new regulations were developed in armies, and commanders' mastery was polished to perfection. The new era began... with thundering cannons and whistling bullets!

Features:

* Grandiose battles of up to 8000 units.

* 16 rivaling nations with their original graphics, economic and technical development peculiarities.

* Original game interface

* More than 85 real historical large-scale wars and battles of XVI-XVIII centuries.

* A huge technological hierarchy of more than 300 upgrades

* Military formations: column, rank, or square. A formation includes an officer and a drummer, and units' abilities increase in a formation

* Unlimited variety of tactical and strategic methods of land or sea war against enemies

* Original economic system with six resources: food, wood, stone, gold, coal and iron

* Full 3D landscape with real world physics

* Resolution: 800 x 600, 1024 x 768, 1280 x 1024, 1600 x 1024

* Huge maps up to 36x36 game screens at 1280x1024 resolution

* Special effects – smoke, fog, explosions, buildings' burning, explosion rebounds, real-time water rendering

* Multiplayer game supports up to 8 players via modem, local network, or Internet, and comprises Random Map and Historical Battles modes.

* Random map generator