<s>
Cossacks	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Napoleonic	I-Application
Wars	I-Application
is	O
the	O
fourth	O
computer	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Cossacks	B-Application
series	O
of	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
games	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
Spring	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Therefore	O
,	O
fewer	O
technologies	O
can	O
be	O
researched	O
than	O
in	O
other	O
Cossacks	B-Application
games	O
,	O
and	O
there	O
are	O
n't	O
as	O
many	O
different	O
unit	O
types	O
for	O
each	O
country	O
as	O
before	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
other	O
hand	O
,	O
Cossacks	B-Application
II	I-Application
allows	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
units	O
to	O
be	O
trained	O
and	O
it	O
has	O
many	O
tactical	O
options	O
and	O
an	O
updated	O
graphical	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Cossacks	B-Application
series	O
has	O
always	O
been	O
noted	O
for	O
having	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
units	O
on	O
screen	O
simultaneously	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
all	O
are	O
controllable	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
;	O
this	O
game	O
is	O
no	O
exception	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2006	O
expansion	O
,	O
Cossacks	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	O
Battle	O
for	O
Europe	O
,	O
also	O
includes	O
Spain	O
,	O
the	O
Duchy	O
of	O
Warsaw	O
and	O
the	O
Confederation	O
of	O
the	O
Rhine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Skirmish	O
mode	O
,	O
a	O
map	O
is	O
chosen	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
fight	O
begins	O
in	O
a	O
Real-Time	O
environment	O
,	O
reminiscent	O
of	O
Age	B-Application
of	I-Application
Empires	I-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
extra	O
map	O
packs	O
,	O
one	O
with	O
three	O
extra	O
maps	O
for	O
skirmish	O
mode	O
,	O
and	O
one	O
for	O
historical	O
battles	O
,	O
have	O
been	O
released	O
for	O
free	O
download	O
at	O
the	O
Cossacks	B-Application
II	I-Application
official	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cossacks	B-Application
II	I-Application
also	O
includes	O
a	O
gameplay	O
mode	O
called	O
Battle	O
for	O
Europe	O
in	O
which	O
your	O
orders	O
are	O
to	O
capture	O
everything	O
on	O
the	O
vast	O
map	O
of	O
Europe	O
that	O
range	O
from	O
major	O
cities	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Moscow	O
,	O
Paris	O
,	O
and	O
London	O
,	O
to	O
smaller	O
provinces	O
such	O
as	O
Nantes	O
and	O
Toulouse	O
that	O
you	O
must	O
capture	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
gain	O
experience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiplayer	O
games	O
have	O
to	O
set	O
up	O
through	O
a	O
VPC	O
(	O
virtual	B-Application
private	I-Application
network	I-Application
)	O
such	O
as	O
LogMeIn	B-Application
Hamachi	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
important	O
to	O
note	O
that	O
if	O
you	O
use	O
the	O
required	O
patch	O
for	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
version	O
(	O
for	O
it	O
to	O
even	O
launch	O
properly	O
)	O
you	O
wo	O
n't	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
play	O
the	O
multiplayer	O
at	O
all	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Cossacks	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	O
Battle	O
for	O
Europe	O
expansion	O
pack	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Steve	O
Butts	O
of	O
IGN	O
had	O
said	O
in	O
his	O
closing	O
comments	O
that	O
"	O
[	O
the	O
game ]	O
is	O
a	O
bit	O
better	O
than	O
the	O
original	O
Cossacks	B-Application
and	O
a	O
substantial	O
improvement	O
over	O
Alexander	B-Application
.	O
</s>
