Alexander

RTS game based on Olvier Stone's upcoming movie using the Cossacks II engine.

I don't expect something special, still I sort of like Cossacks and it could be a nice game...

I just gave the demo a test run, i didn't play the macedonians alot becuase i kept messing up in resources, but i managed to play the persians.

The Persians have 3 unique foot units, cavalry units and mercenary units:

The Kardak Spearmen, The Archer and The Immortal are all foot units, The Kardak are defensive units, and are good against cavalry, while the Immortals are high attack units wich are good against spears, the archer is... well your basic archer.

Their cavalry are:

Camel Archers, Horse Archers and Dartsmen, all of them are horse archers apparently, and must rely on mercenaries for melee cavalry.

Their Mercenaries are:

The Scythian Heavy Cavalry (very good units), Scythian Light Cavalry and Axemen (they looked like Rus or something ) both scythian cavalry are melee, one is lighter and cheaper the other is heavier and more expensive.

The unit selection is nice, although i don't know if its historically accurate (especially the halberd weilding immortals) but anyways there is one serious bug, the cavalry disappear when they stop from moving, so you better have them grouped in case you lost them. Overall seems like an average game from the demo, but my impressions will probably change when i get my hands on the full release.