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Well, maybe I did not understand you but you said something about fight and dent - therefore I said that any dents in metal maybe by sword/axe/whatever are not very accurate becasue blacksmiths may work in a traditional way but they don't have traditional materials.

The harnesses used in modern competitive jousting are not historical reconstructions, and there are no compromises for historical accuracy if that would put someone at risk. They're hitting each other as hard as they did for real, and while I'm not aware of anyone being killed doing it, yet, there have been concussions and broken bones.

Have you seen "Barbarians Rising" a small serie by HISTORY? Garden me, if they hired reanactores, they hired the worst possible ones.

True enough, that was bad. It rather varies by period; American Civil War re-enactors are used a lot.

Well, I've seen a good bit of footage, and played a bit. And wow, it really is Cossacks 1 in 3D, if there are any differences at all none of them jumped out at me. You don't even get a visual indicator if you control group a unit selection.

It certainly does bring back the unique feeling that C1 created; nothing else is quite like it. But that is also its weakness, as now it is quite dated. The designers did say though that if they got feedback to the effect of reproducing some of the elements of Cossacks 2, that could be done in this engine, so it might change quite significantly in future.

This is a real strategy gamer's game though; at least as much about wrangling peasants as commanding units. You can go a good 10+ minutes in without encountering any violence, not even harsh language. Which is fine by me, but I'm the sort of person who nearly came after discovering the utility of traffic circles in Tropico. But it's not going to suit everyone.

All in all, I think it holds up pretty well, and it will be interesting to see where it goes.

On a separate note: reenactors do get used in quite a few movies. They'a real boon for movie makers, actually - all those extras who buy their own costumes, its awesome.

Too late of course, but this might have been suitable:

Arthur C. Clarke wrote a short story called 'Superiority' riffing on exactly that error:

http://www.mayofamily.com/RLM/txt_Clarke_Superiority.html