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Napoleon: Total War

Napoleon: Total War is the new chapter in the critically acclaimed Total War series and opens up a new narrative layer to the genre-defining franchise. From the early Italian campaign to the battle of…

83 23 February 2010

Napoleon: Total War is a real time strategy (rts) developed by The Creative Assembly, released 23 February 2010 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Napoleon: Total War is

Napoleon: Total War is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by The Creative Assembly and released in 2010. It was published by Feral Interactive. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on TW Engine 3.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Napoleon: Total War is a turn-based strategy and real-time tactics video game developed by Creative Assembly and published by Sega for the Microsoft Windows and macOS. Napoleon was released in North America on 23 February 2010, and in Europe on 26 February. The game is the sixth stand-alone installment in the Total War series. The game is set in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. Players assume the role of Napoleon Bonaparte, or one of his major rivals, on a turn-based campaign map and engage in the subsequent battles in real-time. As with its predecessor, Empire: Total War, which included a special United States storyline…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 71 achievements to unlock.

Where it sits in the Total War series

Napoleon: Total War is the seventh of 56 entries we hold in the Total War series. It arrived 12 months after Empire: Total War. The next entry was Total War: Shogun 2 in 2011. Its critic score of 83 is almost exactly the series average of 83. The highest-rated entry is Rome: Total War at 91.

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How it was received

Napoleon: Total War holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 79% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2010 averaged 70, so it scored 13 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 81, across 104 votes.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 2.3 GHz CPU with SSE2, 1 GB RAM (XP), 2 GB RAM (Vista®/Windows® 7) and 256 MB DirectX® 9.0c shader model 2b compatible GPU. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 21GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Napoleon: Total War launched on 23 February 2010, within three weeks of God of War III, BioShock 2, Metro 2033 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: God of War III, BioShock 2, Metro 2033, Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Napoleon: Total War yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Quick answers

Napoleon: Total War — frequently asked questions

When did Napoleon: Total War come out?
Napoleon: Total War was released on 23 February 2010 for Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Napoleon: Total War?
At minimum, Napoleon: Total War needs 2.3 GHz CPU with SSE2, 1 GB RAM (XP), 2 GB RAM (Vista®/Windows® 7), 256 MB DirectX® 9.0c shader model 2b compatible GPU graphics, 21 GB free space of storage.
How many GB is Napoleon: Total War?
The PC version needs about 21 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("21 GB free space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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