For Liberty! is a turn based computer strategy game for the PC, covering two independence wars - the North American Independence war of 1775-1783 and the Rakoczi War of Independence in Europe 1703-1711. It's all about history.
Here are some key features of "For Liberty!":
· Two theatres of operation: East Coast of North America and the Carpatian Basin in Central Europe.
· Two large had-painted, then 3D rendered maps with more than 3000 hexes each.
· 20 minutes of music for each map.
· Turn based gameplay both on the strategic and tactical level.
· Management of 6 resources: recruits, horses, muskets, cannons, money and supply.
· Influence points can be used to affect political decisions.
· 400 historical leaders in 3 ranks.
· Leaders can have up to 3 special abilities out of 16.
· 16 types of units, eg: dragoon, infantry, riflemen, militia, indians, hussars, etc.
· All units are rendered in 3D and have their own authentic uniforms. There are more than 2000 unit animations in the game!
· 8 campaigns, 4 for each theater.
· 3 kind of multiplayer capability: hot-seat, PBEM and TCP/IP.
· 3 difficulty settings
· 7 stances on the strategic map: defense, attack, rest, siege, retreat, routed and training.
· 4 kind of formations on the tactical map: skirmish, column, line and routed.
· Simple ruleset for new players and advanced ruleset for veterans.
· Realistic depiction of battles and campaigns, units will not fight to the last man, you win battles by routing the enemy army from the field.
· Lots of random events: pirates, epidemic, betrayal, fires and many others.
· Towns can be pillaged to gain supply but you lose production for a few months.
· Based on 1 full year of historical research.
· Campaign editor to create user campaigns
Requirements:
Minimum Configuration
· Windows 2000, XP
· 500 Mhz CPU
· 256 MB RAM
· 32 MB Video Card capable of 1024x768 resolution or higher
· Soundcard
Recommended Configuration
· Windows 2000,XP
· 1 Ghz CPU
· 512 Mb RAM
· 64 MB Video Card capable of 1024x768 resolution or higher
· Soundcard
What's New in This Release:
Bug fixes:
· Fixed a bug that caused range check error in tactical battles
· Fixed a bug that caused range check error on the strategic map
· Fixed a bug that caused leaders to be replaced by grey figures
· Fixed a PBEM bug when recruiting
Enhancements:
· Explanation added when you cannot fire in battles
· Explanation / hint added to some context menu items
· Explanation added when you cannot recruit a unit type
· Units under 40 morale will not be able to charge (applied to auto battles as well)
· Raised melee casualties a bit - this will be revised completely in a future patch
· Americans will not be able to request weapons and guns before the French aid event