The campaign has been released. Check the new topic.

http://www.gog.com/forum/cossacks/new_campaign_released_over_the_horizon

The story seems interesting. Nothing too spectacular so far, but I don't think that's a bad thing. Fits the authentic/historical theme of the game and provides enough of a plot to keep you going.

The first mission was nice, a bit easy and short, but I guess that's to be expected from a first mission.
I like the roleplay elements (if you can call them that), always been the thing I found most fascinating about the Cossacks campaigns. I hope future missions will be larger/longer though.

The visual design was really good as far as I can tell (didn't explore more of the map than necessary), liked what you did with the city/port area.

Overall a pretty good preview, makes me look forward to the finished campaign.

Thanks for the review.

This release was more of a test for me since I basically learned how to code in C++ from scratch. You can think of the first mission as a sort of an intro into the campaign. I focused more on the story and the learning of the game code. Of course, now that I have some skills and knowledge of the game code, I can make future mission longer/harder.

I am glad there are people still playing this excellent game.

The campaign has been released. Check the new topic.