For those who have the special edition. Is it worth it?

**»Dan«** · 03-17-2009, 16:43

Does anyone have the special edition and has played a campaign with it?
How do the extra units fit into the game?
Do they destroy the balance or are they a welcome diversion?

Since my game.co.uk was overdue, I ordered the special editon from amazon and I am trying to find out if I should keep it or resell it.

p.s. I know you can edit the extra units into the normal game.

**RZST** · 03-17-2009, 17:01

nah, though i only tried the land units so far. not the naval ones.

**vicsrealms** · 03-17-2009, 17:15

I have only gotten to the HMS Victory, all my other games haven't lasted long enough to get it. So, until then I would say no. Although the single disc from the History Channels "The Revolution" was a little disappointing considering its a two disc set if I remember correctly. ~sigh~

**NimitsTexan** · 03-18-2009, 01:58

Originally Posted by vicsrealms

I have only gotten to the HMS Victory, all my other games haven't lasted long enough to get it. So, until then I would say no. Although the single disc from the History Channels "The Revolution" was a little disappointing considering its a two disc set if I remember correctly. ~sigh~

Glad I am not the only one who found that disappointing. The box did saw "Revolution," not "Revolution, Vol. I."

Also makes you wonder what they did with all the Vol II, III, IV, and V DVDs.

**Barkhorn1x** · 03-17-2009, 17:22

Originally Posted by »Dan«

p.s. I know you can edit the extra units into the normal game.

You do not edit them in exactly - they just are.

Playing as the French I upgraded my barracks in Paris to the second level and was able to recruit Buckeley's Irish regiment. You pay a bit extra than you do for a normal line regiment but hey, their stats are better a and they have the older looking XVIIIth century uniform; grey coat with no turnback, wide green cuffs and lapels.

They are off fighting the Savoyards and I am sure they will put a hurten on them.

**Dayve** · 03-17-2009, 17:30

As yet there isn't really much balance in the game regarding units, so nothing could fluff it up anymore than what we already have. When you see the native American lancers, a man wearing nothing but a loincloth, riding an unarmoured horse and carrying a short stabbing spear, with 60 horses in the unit, charge a unit of 160 Hessians with fully upgraded bayonet and new model bayonet drill and shatter the unit in a matter of seconds, you'll see what i mean.

As for the Special forces edition being worth it... sure. I like the map and the box the game comes in. The box can be unfolded and used as room decoration. I have a shelf for these kind of games, it looks nice. I have ETW on there, Oblivion, WoW and its first expansion, SPORE, even though it sucked.

Totally not worth it for the extra unit, but definitely worth it for the box and map.

**Dogfish** · 03-17-2009, 18:04

I've only messed about with 2 of the special units..

Roger's Rangers were cool. You can only recruit one unit of them, that's the max. But I had them along with two other normal ranger units fighting against the Huron in my GB campaign. Statistically, they really aren't that much better than normal rangers. But still cool.

The Organ Gun, on the other hand, is the thing dreams are made of. I love it. Only problem is the reload time, I can usually only get one to two volleys off, but I've killed over hundred troops in one volley before (with five Organ gun units), including entire units... Each Organ gun fires 11 balls at a time. In each of my first two battles with them, I wiped out the opposing general's unit on the opening volley. I wasn't aiming for him (was alt-rightclicking ahead of their main line), just after the carnage I saw the little icon float down the left and then noticed there were lots of horsies taking a mid-battle nap...

**Basileus** · 03-17-2009, 18:12

Nah man, get the normal version cause even though the units are kool to have its nothing special and you rarelly use them.

**magnum** · 03-17-2009, 19:17

Worth it? Yea. Unbalancing, not really. The 4 infantry units are mostly a already existing unit with a few more morale. In addition most of them you can only have 1 unit of them. Haven't built Victory yet. As someone else pointed out, the Organ gun is fairly impressive.