

With the majority of French forces engaging Austria in the Rhineland, you have been placed in command of the destitute Armée d’Italie near the French-Italian border. It is a crucial time in the war between France and the Coalition. They had long been without hope, without glory.

The soldiers listened, but they didn’t believe. You will find there honour, glory and riches!" he told us. "I will lead you through the most fertile plains in the world. We knew the Italian campaign had become pointless. We knew that Austria would fight in Germany. In 1796, Napoleon was sent to command the Army of Italy. A man could be whatever he wanted, if he could weather the storm. The old ways were drowned in a tide of blood. But sometimes destiny can use a little help, or even a revolution. I do not know when the fire in Napoleon first burned.

Some men live a simple life, while others have a fire that threatens to engulf the world.

Napoleon total war Italian campaign intro That is, however, an ambitious and skilful man and he plans to drive the Austrians out of Italy and back to the gates of Vienna. It is his duty to hold onto France's territory in the Italian peninsular. General "Napoleone di Buonaparte", in charge of the Army of Italy's artillery, has been appointed to command the entire army. Austria's possessions in Italy are ready for liberation! The other states of Italy are watching, but should not be able to stand against the righteous anger of the French people! The Austrians can be confronted in Germany and northern Italy. The Austrians are motivated by fear: they fear their own people will follow the same revolutionary path. No word as to when Empire's multiplayer will leave beta, though creative director Mike Simpson noted that the company has seen "great om our fans for the Empire Multiplayer Campaign Beta" and wishes to thank them "for all their support.The new, revolutionary Republic of France is under threat from all the old reactionary nations of Europe! It is clear that there are no options other than war, and the utter ruination of France is the only aim of Austria and France's other enemies. The game's three campaigns-Italy, Egypt and Europe-will support two-person competitive and/or cooperative online multiplayer, with the game also getting a one-versus-one matchmaking feature in the form of "drop-in battles," where enemies can be "controlled in real-time by an online adversary." "For the first time in Total War history, the Campaign Mode in Napoleon: Total War will feature both single player and multiplayer modes," SEGA wrote of the latest from its historical strategy series developer The Creative Assembly. With owners of Empire: Total War currently beta testing the promised addition of campaign multiplayer, publisher SEGA has announced that the latest entry in the series, Napoleon: Total War (PC), will sport that functionality when it hits on February 23.
