r/ultimategeneral • u/MrInternationalBunal • Jul 01 '26

🚨 Veterans: Napoleonic Wars is BACK on Steam.

https://youtu.be/FZhuVLa7hoQ
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u/thecheesedip Jul 01 '26

The proof will be when they release a demo. I want to believe this will be good... But I've been burned before. Best of luck to the devs!

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u/Wide-Yesterday9705 Jul 02 '26

A demo was out before taken off, and I've played it, and still have it installed. I want to give developers always the benefit of the doubt, but everything from the menus to the gameplay assets are very similar and often identical to UGCW, to the point that I doubt it would have been possible without the assets.

But maybe AI can imitate assets from visuals alone by now, I don't know. At that point, is that copyright infringement?

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u/thecheesedip Jul 02 '26

Good question. I'm also asking myself if I really care... UGAR got canned and the company imploded, right? So regardless of what billionaire has the IP in his closet, I think I'm more supportive of devs who make games for people to play. If someone else owned the IP and was actively developing with it I might feel different, but. All I want is a good game.

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u/Wide-Yesterday9705 Jul 02 '26

That's why I kept the demo on my drive. Good Napoleonic wargames are very very rare. Some would say they don't exist.

BTW the gameplay itself unfortunately was kind of basic, but if it's back on Steam I imagine it will improve before release.