American Conquest

American Conquest is a realtime-strategy game with masses of enemies and allies - you have to conquer (as the game-title suggests) and defend the american continent. The game features the wars and struggles from 1492 to 1813, a multiplayer-mode, up to 16.000 units, 12 nations you can play (from hispanics to Sioux) and a 3D graphics-engine... American Conquest combines realtime-strategie- with complex tactics-features. You have to control huge armies, find the best formation and build up good armies/find the best blend of long- and shortrange units. There are 100 different units and 106 buildings... The game features 8 campaignes with 42 missions like Pizarro's Expedition, the War of Tecumseh, the Seven Years War and the American War of Independence... GSC Gameworld also built in a diplomacy system, and something like a moral-system. Wins and defeats influence your army's strenght... Also, you can play six historical battles in the multiplayer-mode. And nine solo-missions that aren't part of a campaign.

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Released: 2003
Platform: Windows
Category: Strategy
Sub category: 3D Real-Time Strategy
Developer: GSC Gameworld
Publisher: GSC Gameworld
Price: Free download

Requirements

Minimum CPU Class Required Pentium II Minimum OS Class Required Windows 98 Minimum RAM Required 64 MB Minimum DirectX Version Required DirectX 8.0

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