History VideoGame / Cossacks

''Cossacks'' (''Козаки'' in Ukrainian) is a series of historical RealTimeStrategy PC video games for Windows created by [[UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} Ukrainian]] developer Creator/GSCGameWorld (which later created ''VideoGame/{{STALKER}}''). The series covers the major UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}an conflicts from the early [[TheCavalierYears 17th century]] to the UsefulNotes/NapoleonicWars and, so far, consists of:

* ArrowsOnFire: Archers switch to these when ordered to attack a building.

* ArrowsOnFire: Archers have this by fault. In ''3'', they switch to these when ordered to attack a building.

* CallThatAFormation: Troops begin without being in a formation, although they can form basic shapes. Sufficient numbers can forma regiment, that can assume a formation. Not all units can form regiments even if they have the numbers and a officer, and are usually easily killed by units that ''are'' in formation.

* CripplingOverspecialization: Most ranged units can not fight in melee (save for 18th century musketeers and grenadiers, who have bayonets) and try to escape when the enemy is too close.

* CripplingOverspecialization: Ranged units can not fight in melee, at all. If enemy gets too close, ranged units try to escape.

* RapePillageAndBurn: Implied: when your units capture enemy buildings, they automatically catch fire.

!! Tropes present in Cossack 3
* ArrowsOnFire: Archers switch to these when ordered to attack a building.
* CripplingOverspecialization: Ranged units can not fight in melee, at all. If enemy gets too close, ranged units try to escape.

* MillionMookMarch: The ''huge'' number of units available to the players is the series' best-known trademark.

''Cossacks'' (Козаки in Ukrainian) is a series of historical RealTimeStrategy PC video games for Windows created by [[UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} Ukrainian]] developer Creator/GSCGameWorld (which later created ''VideoGame/{{STALKER}}''). The series covers the major UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}an conflicts from the early [[TheCavalierYears 17th century]] to the UsefulNotes/NapoleonicWars and, so far, consists of:

* VideoGameRemake: ''Cossacks 3'' is not a sequel or a remaster. ''Cossacks 3'' [[CompilationRerelease IS]] ''Cossacks: European Wars'', right down to the game mechanicsn, just with some graphical overhaul.

* VideoGameRemake: ''Cossacks 3'' is not a sequel or a remaster. ''Cossacks 3'' [[CompilationRerelease IS]] ''Cossacks: European Wars'', with some graphical overhaul.

* VideoGameRemake: Cossacs 3 is not a sequel or a remaster. ''Cossacks 3'' [[CompilationRerelease IS]] ''Cossacks: European Wars'', with some graphical overhaul.

* VideoGameRemake: Cossacs 3 is not a sequel. It is not even a remake, or a reboot, or a remaster. Cossacs 3 ''[[CompilationRerelease is]]'' Cossacs 1, with some graphical overhaul.

* VideoGameRemake: Cossacs 3 is not a sequel. It is not even a remake, or a reboot, or a remaster. Cossacs 3 ''is'' Cossacs 1, with some graphical overhaul.

* MillionMookMarch: The ''huge'' number of units available to the players is the series' best-known trademark.

* ''Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars'' (2005) and its expansion pack

''Cossacks'' (Козаки in Ukrainian) is a series of historical RealTimeStrategy PC video games for Windows created by [[UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} Ukrainian]] developer Creator/GSCGameWorld (which later created ''VideoGame/{{STALKER}}''). The series covers European conflicts from the early [[TheCavalierYears 17th century]] to the UsefulNotes/NapoleonicWars and, so far, consists of:

''Cossacks'' (Козаки in Ukrainian) is a series of historical RealTimeStrategy PC video games created by [[UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} Ukrainian]] developer Creator/GSCGameWorld (which later created ''VideoGame/{{STALKER}}''). The series covers European conflicts from the early [[TheCavalierYears 17th century]] to the UsefulNotes/NapoleonicWars and, so far, consists of:

''Cossacks'' (Козаки in Ukrainian) is a series of historical RealTimeStrategy PC video games created by the Kiev-based studio Creator/GSCGameWorld. The series covers European conflicts from the early [[TheCavalierYears 17th century]] to the UsefulNotes/NapoleonicWars and, so far, consists of:

''Cossacks'' (Козаки in Ukrainian) is a series of historical RealTimeStrategy PC video games created by the Kiev-based studio Creator/GSCGameWorld. The series covers European conflicts from the early 17th century to the UsefulNotes/NapoleonicWars and, so far, consists of:

* MillionMookMarch: A trademark of the series is the ''huge'' number of units

GSC Game World alaso released ''American Conquest'' in 2003, which is basically ''[[SpiritualSuccessor Cossacks]] [[RecycledInSpace in the Americas]]''.

* ''Cossacks 3'' (2016)

* VideoGame/CossacksEuropeanWars (2000) and its two {{expansion pack}}s:

* ''Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars'' and its expansion pack
** ''Cossacks II: Battle for Europe''
* ''Cossacks 3''

''Cossacks'' (Козаки in Ukrainian) is a series of historical RealTimeStrategy video games created by the Kiev-based studio Creator/GSCGameWorld. The series covers European conflicts from the early 17th century to the UsefulNotes/NapoleonicWars and, so far, consists of:

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