
The next task is to head for Reims and build a college at the nearby town of Brienne. You’ll head north and sign a trade agreement with Switzerland for a first look at the diplomacy side of the game. Once Napoleon is back on dry land the advisor sets a series of tasks designed to show off the various options open to you during the campaigns. Your first task is to master the basic camera controls for the world map and move Napoleon to the port so he can board a ship and touch down on the continent. The story unfolds via your advisor, Louis Alexandre Berthier. Napoleon spent the early part of his life on his native Corsica and was packed off to the mainland for a proper education. It also covers the early life and rising career of our diminutive demagogue.Ĭovering the years 1778 to 1793 the campaign tutorial is a gentle beginning. There are a few changes from earlier releases so even Empire: Total War veterans will get something from the tutorial. The first chapter in this journey is also the campaign tutorial and it serves as an excellent introduction, both to the man himself and to the game mechanics. His campaigns have been divided into chapters which consist of select snippets from his extraordinary life starting in 1778 and going through to 1815 and the Battle of Waterloo. In this article series we focus on the single player campaign as you take on the role of Napoleon himself and relive his historical exploits.

There are various gameplay options on offer here and you can read all about them in our Napoleon: Total War review. He took France from the chaos of revolution to the brink of world domination.

Apart from his genius as a statesman he was an extremely talented military commander. There are few historical figures better suited to the Total War series than Napoleon Bonaparte.
