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Sid Meier Can't Go Wrong

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 13 / 14
Date: March 26, 2000
Author: Amazon User

--Gettysburg! is one of the greatest war games ever made, and easily the best in the realm of Real Time interfaces. Its treatment of Morale, Cover, Leadership, and Flanking tactics is superb. It acheives an extrodinairy level of realism, especially for the typically dumbed down Real Time Strategy genre, but the interface is still extremely fluid and intuitive.

--In the realm of Civil War games, this is the best ever made, much more entertaining than the laborious turn based Talonsoft: Battleground serries. And at the same time far more realistic than the Sierra's painfully unrealistic Civil War General serries. And in the realm of RTS it is a breed apart, as Real Time Strategy rarely has anything to do with real combat tactics of any time-period. Gettysburg! is the thinking gamers ansewer to the C&C/Warcraft serries.

--The bottom line is that this game is a must buy. It is a unique blend of which I would like to see more.

learn by failing

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 16 / 17
Date: March 28, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Meier's Gettysburg allows you to command CSA or Union troops in a series of scenarios that echo the real fighting if July 1863. As a commander you will learn the proper use of troops, including advancing under fire, defense, artillery use, terrain, maneuver and other techniques. Some scenarios are quite easy to learn and play. Others take more time to learn. There are over 40 scenarios, mini battles that you can play that do reflect aspects of the original battle. Graphics are clear, sounds are realisitic. When you make an error in handling your troops, the computer will say, "can't do that, general." This game is worth owning and worth playing. You can spend five minutes or hours playing. And a multi-player games is included. Can't say enough about the quality of this game which is inexpensively priced direct from the manufacturer, amazon or available at many wal-mart stores. The very clear images and mouse control of troops and artillery make this game a real winner. A great gift for yourself!!! or a friend!!!

Brilliant, but not gripping

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 02, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I hate to say anything bad about this game, because it really is brilliant. But I simply didn't find that it held my attention that well. It is very easy to pause this game and forget about it, while lesser games keep me riveted late into the night. Maybe this is a good thing....

Great

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 16, 2000
Author: Amazon User

The controls are somewhat hard to learn, but it has excellent graphics, ai, and repeat playability.

Wow

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: December 18, 2000
Author: Amazon User

My brother got Gettysburg a few years ago for Christmas. We've enjoyed it immensley ever since. Its graphics are incredible, and so are the sounds. It's easy to control your units, and newbies can adapt to it well. It's historically accurate, and provides sqeculative battles when it doesn't turn out like it did in 1863. This game is a must-have.

save your money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 7
Date: July 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Within three weeks, this game totally quit working. I could have had more fun taking the money and setting it on fire. BEWARE!

Old but still good

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: August 01, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is a tad old and may look outdated but, it is still great. The sounds and sights are excellent and makes you feel as if you are there. Real-time adds so much to this game forcing you to make commands as your troops are getting pounded. A randomize factor lets you keep playing and playing never knowing the enemy's full strength. This a great game at a great price for any Civil War game player.

Also check out Sid's collection of Civil War games.

Fun despite poor UI and technical glitches

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: September 08, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is easy to learn and play. There is not a lot of depth in terms of units or strategic elements. I like the simplicity of the game but serious wargamers might find it too shallow.
Gameplay is marred by sound and video glitches, and the UI does not handle mouse clicks accurately, which means you often end up selecting units and issuing commands that you did not intend. All things considered, however, I kind of like the tactical simplicity of the game.

Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: September 30, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is one of the best battlefield sims available to-date. It really gives you a good idea of what the warfare of that time was like in terms of tactics. For those who complained about the UI... I don't know what you are talking about. I had issues with the follow-up game on that (see below). This is one of the few games that is almost unbeatable on the higher levels.

I would not reccomend the follow-up game however, Antietam. It was done by another game studio and did not have the same easy to use interface.

Great Game Great Problems

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: September 30, 2001
Author: Amazon User

First of all this is a great stratagy game of th Gettysburg battle. You can choose to be the Unoin or Confederacy and can choose on 4 different diffultcalty levals. You can to command your troops through to long, gruling, battle. But this has major problems. This has hardly any detail and the graphics absolutly stink. You have a hard time given commands. The high levals are too difulcult almost impossible to beat. You also lose very easy in this game. It is very slow and outdated. I hope they come out with a Gettysburg 2 or something similar because a great game like this deserves better. You should at least try out this game even if you are clueless about the Civil War.

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