My own responses to your inquiries based on 12-14 hours of play...
<i>I would really like to hear how the units act. </i>
They act like they always have in TW games...with a few nice improvements to be sure...but without resolving the fundamental ahistoricity of their attack and defense.
<i>Do they remain in Line formation and so</i>
Longer than they used to, but melee rushes are far too common.
<i>(H)ow are the melees handled. Do they end up being hand to hand fighting or do the units fall back?</i>
Remember S, M, R, M2? Same rubbish.
<i>Do squares keep cavalry at bay?</i>
Nope...for this, cf. Histwar: LG.
<i>How does artillery fire work for losses?</i>
The fact that most on-line games you see prohibit the USE of arty should tell you all you need to know.
<i>In TW you group units together into maneuver groups. That is handy when you want to move in a large open field formation or just in a column down the road.</i>
I have many other criticisms of the game, but this is becoming #1. The higher-level formations are nigh-identical to those of Rome and Medieval. For the Napoleonic period that's just silly.
It's a fun GAME. I like it and would recommend it as such. As simulation, it's, as I said, rubbish.
GdB Jim Owczarski
IV Corps
GA
Commanding
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