Civil War: 1861
This is a comparative between this game and Sierra’s Civil War – Generals to highlight some of the shortfalls for the game.
From what I can tell, both games are:
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Historically accurate
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Contains levels of difficulty, although Sierra’s Civil War has more difficulty levels
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Turned Base
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Hexadecimal movements
There the similarities end in my opinion. This game does not come close to Sierra. The following are some of the limitations I perceived in playing this game:
- Cannot combine infantry with artillery which is common in a military setting.
– Real player with 170.6 hrs in game
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This game is good, but short. Basic.
If you like civil wars, then you have to play with this.
I think the price is expensive, but you can get all Civil War games in a bundle.
You can complete it very easy, and you can get all achievements.
– Real player with 20.1 hrs in game
The Bluecoats: North & South
The game is full of bugs, errors, AI should be improved a lot, keyboard commands are not always comfortable, the map is quite uncomfortable.
But it was my favorite game on the Amiga and that’s okay then
UPDATE
After 24 hours of gameplay the thing I find most annoying during the assault on the forts is the lack of footsteps in the enemies and the spawn behind them
– Real player with 37.8 hrs in game
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Not bad, actually. I read the controls were not good originally but that an update fixed it, for me they were working with an American keyboard. The new 3D shooter fights are not bad but I miss the original jump’n’run environments.
– Real player with 5.0 hrs in game
Civil War: 1863
It’s a nice game especially for the price. Its a simple fun little game. There is some thinking and strategy involved. The AI has actually beaten me a couple times on normal difficutly which is extremely rare. It has worked great on my computer and was easy to learn. It is a good edition to a library because sometimes you only have an hour to relax and play. I have other games much more in depth. Often the wife will say go play one game and dinner will be done in an hour. Most of my games take two weeks to finish so at least with this one I can make it down to dinner. Plus there just arent many Civil War games out there. I really liked, mid 1990’s, Civil War I and II by Sierra and Sid Meiers Gettysburg it would be great if Steam could sell these so I could play them again.
– Real player with 100.8 hrs in game
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In my opinion, this game and others by this developer - Hexwar Games - got a bad rap from many reviewers. First of all, comparing it to a real time strategy game is apples and oranges. Ultimate General may just be a great game, but rts isn’t for everyone, or doesn’t have to be every time you want to play a game. I like turn based hex games!
Other games of this style and genre may be more historically accurate and more complex, but again, it’s apples and oranges. This game is a little on the casual side, and it definitely isn’t a real battle simulator. But sometimes I just want to charge those cannons or outflank that line, without feeling like I need a Ph.D. in military history just to play a game. Every tree may not be in the right place, but that’s OK with me.
– Real player with 53.2 hrs in game
American Patriots: Boston Tea Party
I started wargaming in the 80’s, when a flood of small, inexpensive games hit the market. Metagaming and SPI were among the first to offer a whole game for just three or four dollars. Pretty soon TSR was churning them out as well. This is very much that sort of game- hexboard, attack/defensive-move. Nothing revolutionary here (irony). But it is the sort of thing you’ll like if you like that sort of thing.
A note on the simple graphics- simple does not always mean bad. The bare-bones graphics add a lot of class and atmosphere to the game. The map is a hex grid laid over a vintage sepia map- very pretty.
– Real player with 25.1 hrs in game
Highly Recommend! For what this game is it is an absolute gem.
I bought this game and its Civil War themed sequel for only $1. I already love these games, and I haven’t even tried any of the multi player modes yet. This game’s not without a couple of forgivable flaws. If your mouse has a high DPI rate, you might want to use keyboard controls to navigate.
These games eliminate the biggest downside to table top war games. Most games take a long time to set up, and even longer to get past the “Opening Game” phase where you move toward engaging the enemy. For true fans of tactical board games this game would be a bargain even at a cost of several dollars. If the devs wanted to, they could easily add a few simple features like more maps that would make this game a great value even at a cost of $5 or more.
– Real player with 5.2 hrs in game
Civil War: Battle of Petersburg
For the price, what’s the risk? BATTLE OF PETERSBERG will appeal to hisorical and strategy turn based gamers. Sure, there is room for improvement, especially with the hexagonal map, camera perspective and color scheme, which make it difficult to see terrain and to select units. And, I can’t speak to historical accuracy because I’m no expert. But you get an entire campaign providing several hours of gameplay through multiple battles. The gameplay is simple and no-frills that gives artillery a lot of power (they can move, condutct ranged attack, and destroy entire units, all in one turn). Your strategy will focus on using artillery to blast away entire sections of the enemy front line, followed up by infantry to clean up anything missed by the artillery, and cavalry to exploit the hole you’ve just punched. My recollection of the Petersburg campaign is that this is basically the strategy used. Recommended despite its problems.
– Real player with 11.0 hrs in game
In short - quick and easy to play, arcade game with strategic elements. Low price but also low content.
- Quick and easy to play
The game is far from being complex. You need only 1-2 minutes in menu to adjust all the graphic settings and the same amount of time spent using tutorial is more than enough to start first scenario. Simple rules of combat, relatively small maps as well as not much of a variety of units make the play fast and easy to finish even during eating dinner.
- Hot seat
It is always nice addition to the simple&short games. It could be strategic game but the truth is that you won’t make complicated plans and cunning strategies as this game lacks of any strategic depth. So there is no fear to play against each other using “hot seat” option as it suits such “strategic-arcade” game.
– Real player with 9.2 hrs in game
Monopolist: Technological Revolution
It’s a bad clone of Monopoy with poor camera controls and occasionally poor English.
– Real player with 1.6 hrs in game
Poor imitation of the Monopoly game.
The entire board was only 3/4 visible to the player.
REMEMBER to Press:
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Ctrl F or
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Ctrl C
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It will allow you to follow the characters as they move along the board.
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You can toggle between the macro picture of the entire board and micro picture of where you car is at.
Without doing 1 Or 2, you got zero chance of playing the game as you are flying blind on the board via the default display.
During the play:
I can’t feel the satisfaction of earning Income or Rent from my properties.
– Real player with 0.6 hrs in game
Civil War II
At first I was a bit overwhelmed, and felt like there was more micro-managing than I could handle.
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I first played the game tutorials, but they covered mostly just the basics, but there was still so much I couldn’t understand.
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The manual is comprehensive, but doesn’t deal with tactics, nor how or when to utilize the many nuances built into the game.
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I searched YouTube and found several helpful postings, but most dealt with specific topics, and I still couldn’t grasp how to connect all the moving parts.
– Real player with 584.3 hrs in game
Civil War II has the makings of bing one of the best strategy game available – especially on the Civil War, definitely an underserved topic. It’s extremely complex, but that translates into a realistic feeling: war is complex.
Unfortunately, AGEOD has dropped the ball in 2 major areas:
First, the bugs. Almost all players have commented on them, so it’s the game, not individual computers. In a campaign, the game crashes about every 3rd turn. Fortunately, reloading the game with a previous save allows the war to go on. Except I reached March 1863 and encountered a hard crash that’s unrecoverable, recurs after reboots & reloads.
– Real player with 316.1 hrs in game
Electioneering
So I found this game in my qeue (a bit by surprise). And since I really like political-sim and strategy games, I decided to give it a try. Yes, it is really early access but under it’s surface is a good strategy game. You have to constantly run polls and ads, so you win over a state on several topics. But at the same time keep an eye on your money. First few turns took a bit of figuring out what to do, but after that I found the perfect strategy. Won my first game fairly easy with 430 - 108 electoral votes. I do hope they add more elements so there’s more gameplay.
– Real player with 6.5 hrs in game
Good game in development. A bit pricy for the state it is currently in now, but I trust that as updates come out and it leaves Early Access, the game will be higher quality. Definitley a good game if you’re into political stragety.
– Real player with 3.8 hrs in game
SGS Halls of Montezuma
Great game! I like how the main focus is on the battles and yet the cards and other aspects of the game add the historical background and events of that time period. The game has been well supported and updated too.
– Real player with 177.8 hrs in game
In 5 hours of playtime, I have found the game so far to be fun, easy to learn and play and at the same time seriously historical, detailed and challenging. Excellent, colorful graphics, an awesome soundtrack and manual, and a wonderful video tutorial are just icing on the cake. I’m a serious wargamer from way back and would recommend this title without hesitation.
– Real player with 18.9 hrs in game
Pacific General
Probably the best of the Panzer General game series.
– Real player with 137.6 hrs in game
Tried this as it is my favorite of the General games. It was extremely blurry and the whole screen was jumpy after about 10 minutes I had a terrible headache and was nauseous, REFUND it and cannot recommend to others. This is a shame because the game is a fun and good game which I have played for 1000’s of hours back in the day.
– Real player with 0.2 hrs in game