In my opinion, this game (and its ACW predecessors) really shine at the divisional and corps level, particularly when playing what's known as HITS, or 'Headquarters In The Saddle.'ĭisciplined French musketry and square formations take a toll on the Prussian cavalry
The historical scenarios in the game are okay - but just okay - and too many of them focus on brigade command. So far I have focused mostly on divisional command play in the sandbox.
It appears to be defended by Prussian lancers It played a lot like 'American Civil War dressed up in Napoleonic uniforms.' I set the game aside for a good while, but it seems like with the release of the Quatre Bras DLC, patches, and a few well-chosen mods, the game is a decent Napoleonic command simulator now. I was not a huge fan of SOW:WL when first released. Part of a brigade deployed in a divisional l'ordre mixte. Marching my division across the Belgian countryside toward our objective, a small townĪfter playing The Last Success much of yesterday, I finished the evening with a session of Scourge of War: Waterloo to have a slightly different Napoleonic experience.
