Waterloo
Turcan Research Systems · 2019 · Strategy, Historical, Retro, Wargame, Simulation
PC
6 user reviews83% · 6
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About Waterloo
Waterloo, Belgium, 1815: The most famous commanders in history meet on the most famous battleground in the world. And you are there, living the battle from the commander's perspective!
At Waterloo, in the course of a single day, Napoleon's dreams of an empire were shattered forever and Wellington secured his place as one of history's greatest commanders. Now you can take the place of Napoleon or Wellington and lead the forces that shaped history!
Simple English language commands give you realistic control over regiments of infantry, cavalry, and artillery. The historical chains of command, battle reports and commander's 3-D perspective keep you in the thick of the action.
Can you repeat Wellington's triumph and defeat the most famous general of them all? Can you command the victory that eluded Napoleon's grasp? The fate of nations is in youryour hands!
At Waterloo, in the course of a single day, Napoleon's dreams of an empire were shattered forever and Wellington secured his place as one of history's greatest commanders. Now you can take the place of Napoleon or Wellington and lead the forces that shaped history!
Simple English language commands give you realistic control over regiments of infantry, cavalry, and artillery. The historical chains of command, battle reports and commander's 3-D perspective keep you in the thick of the action.
Can you repeat Wellington's triumph and defeat the most famous general of them all? Can you command the victory that eluded Napoleon's grasp? The fate of nations is in youryour hands!
Features
- Exciting 3-D perspective on the battle.
- View the battlefield from any location.
- Take command as either Napoleon or Wellington.
- Unique English language command system.
- Complete historical briefing and order of battle.
- Units deploy in line, column, and square formations.
- For one and two players.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
✦ AI summary
Players praise this historically accurate 1990s military simulation for its innovative approach to commanding armies through limited information and messenger delays, which creates genuine strategic tension for nostalgic fans and hardcore wargamers. However, newcomers and casual players will find it difficult to approach without external resources like maps and manuals, and some report technical issues including crashes; the game requires significant patience and offline planning materials to fully experience its authentic simulation of period command dynamics.
If you know this game from nearly 30 years ago and want to get your hit of nostalgia, go for it. I had no technical troubles whatsoever. Keep in mind though that you need some form of map, the manual etc. to fully experience to game (just google it. If you never played this game, only go for it if you a die hard grognard. You will need offline material for planning, you don't know how your generals interpret orders or if they received them and when, you never get detailed reports. It is a simulation of army command as far as it was possible to program with the technology around 1990.25 found this helpful
I first played Waterloo on my trusty Amiga 500 in 1989 not long after its initial release, so was delighted when I heard it was finally being revived on STEAM. Part of the "Battlescapes" series of military games by Dr Peter Turcan - the others being Napoleonic encounters Borodino and Austerlitz, plus American Civil War clash Gettysburg - Waterloo features the smallest map of the lot. The idea of the series, which made the games highly original and innovative at the time, is that we play only a single person (the Commander In Chief) and have no knowledge of how the battle is unfolding around us except by either moving the Headquarters or relying on information supplied by messenger riders. Of course, due to time delays this intelligence may be incorrect and most likely out of date with the ever changing situation - exactly the same problems faced by the real-life commanders in the days before radio communication. Such an approach made the games equally thrilling and frustrating to play, providing a fantastic challenge as we tried to second-guess the enemy without knowing what was happening over the horizon. The game is played on a 3D map with our position always at the bottom …9 found this helpful
Se vc gosta é sabe ingles1 found this helpful
no manual unplayable
Crashed my CPU 10/10
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