Hi

I just tried the demo of Histwar. I have been following this one's progress for some time now. My first impressions are as follows

- The atmospheric music is excellent, nothing like killing to pipes and drums

-The cannon sounds are nicely done, very thunderous

- I really like the concept of delayed orders, helps simulate the complexity of this manner of warfare.

- I find the interface workable, but clunky

- the graphics are poor, to the point of being distracting.

I have seen the naploleonic era (in my opinion) much better simulated in Nalopeon's Last Battle Waterloo. For me, unit moving,formations and flanking were much more intuitive.

Perhapse I am only focusing on the negatives,and have not given the game enough time. Has anyone seen something here that would cause them to choose this over Waterloo?

I gave the demo a try, was "underwhelmed", I guess I would say. I really enjoy the Take Command series and was looking forward to this one. I've been visiting the Histwar forums and am keeping an open mind. Will give it another go probably.

BF