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A historically accurate overall fun game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: April 02, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is the only game I have played where you can have fun with history. The overall game is strategy mixed with combat and you can chose either the rebels or the yankees and change history. This is a must have for Civil War buffs and strategy fans and in 2001 it isn't a outdated game.

A great gaming experience

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: September 09, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Tis is a fun game for strategic game lovers. I became hooked from the first time I played gettysburgh. I am a true civil war lover and suggest these games to any other lover of the civil war. The details are amaizing and it is a game that you can play at different skill levels, it is also a graet learning experience. Take advantage of the great price. I think it is one of the top ten games of all time.

A Patch for Windows 2000 and XP

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 8 / 10
Date: February 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

There is a download available at the firaxis.com website to allow Civil War to run on Win2K and XP.

Together With Waterloo,The Best PC Games On Earth.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: July 22, 2001
Author: Amazon User

There are only 3 games I play nowadays,Sid Meiers Civil War games & "Waterloo:Napoleon's Final Battle." They are the best in terms of graphics,challenge,historical accuracy,& just sheer game-playing excitement.And being in real-time format,it's the closest to "bringing you there."

Sid Mier's Gettysburg

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: October 26, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Gettysburg is basically a game of strategy. Keep your troops entrenched, in the woods, in orchards, etc. Also stay focused on the morale bar in the bottom left corner of the screen. Don't let the red rise to high or your troops may become routed.
Most importantly, if a regiment falls back under fire replace it with a reserve regiment. Once the regiment has rallied you may want to move it back to where it was. As I said before keep your troops behind defenses whenever possible. If they are behind defenses they will gain an extra morale bar. I think this game is extremly enjoyable once you get used to it.

I Wish They Could All Be This Good

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: May 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Alas, if only there were more games like Antietam. I'd pay 10x what I paid for this game to see a sequel. Most RTS "War" games lose me with their emphasis on cute, dumbed-down graphics. This game hasn't forgotten that playability is the heart of any true RTS game. Not that the graphics are bad- they're great- but the intense and mostly realistic play makes them a secondary issue. This game is good for hours and hours of play.

Another jewel in Antietam's crown is the exhaustive unit detail. Each unit is accurately portrayed with the correct unit designation and commander. Field commanders, from the brigade level up, are also accurately represented. You'll find that this adds to the fun when you realize that one of your units is doing battle with a storied enemy commander!

What makes this game such a massive hit? First, the ability to control of a large army and deploy that army strategically across a vast battlefield against a determined enemy of similar size. Most true RTS fans won't need to read much further, but if you're not quite at the shopping cart yet, you should also know that you can play the full battle of Antietam as one campaign (not in annoying little pieces like "Gettysburg"). The full battle can last for days! Megalomaniac arm-chair generals take note!

I'll never understand why games as acclaimed and enjoyed as this go without follow-up. How difficult can it be to recycle the game engine and come up with a dozen new battles? Take my money, please!

Buy this game, it's an RTS must-have and it will give you hours and hours of enjoyment. But be forewarned, you'll grow to arrive at the same place I am today- frustrated that your new favorite game has no future.

Great game for CW Buffs!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: November 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I am a HUGE Civil War buff, the biggest in my town, or thereabouts. I've gotten hooked on this game for hours at a time. It's wonderful, controlling Rebel or Yankee units, watching them fight, and then at the end reviewing the battle. My little brother is 9 years old and barely knew that the Civil War even existed until I bought this game, and now he's almost as big a CW buff as me. I tell ya, this game transforms people. One time in the summer I stayed up till 4 a.m. playing this game, and I coulda stayed longer. You MUST buy this game. Although it doesn't have the best graphics in the world, it teaches you plenty about the battle. Another great point: with special online connections, play Yanks and Rebs online with a buddy!! :D I REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY RECOMMEND THIS GAME FOR ALL CIVIL WAR BUFFS! If you don't buy or at least rent it, why do you call yourself a CW buff?

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good game, but it doesn't work on Windows XP

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 12
Date: September 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The subject says it all.
Don't buy this if you use XP.

Windows XP home users are out of luck!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 15
Date: November 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

When I tried to load this game on my new computer, I got an error message saying "lee.exe bad image The application or DLL C:\program files\firaxias games\Sid Meier's Civil War collection\smg\msvfw32.Dll is not a valid windows image. Please check this against your installation diskette."
I wrote to the software company but so far no reply after months of waiting. Maybe you game buffs can figure it out? I'll check in from time to time to see if there is a reply to my note.

Best Action, Sound and Graphics Yet

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I have had this Game now for over two months. I have followed the War of Northern Aggression for over 48 years!! This game can really put you right in the heat of battle. I have some misgivings in the area of Artillery effect. Even with massed batteries, and all the great sounds of 12 pounders and 3" ordinance rifles as well as Parrots being positioned for maximum effect, the results are usually pitiful. When firing in massed formation battery style with round solid shot or canister, or even grape shot into massed attack formations you will reap little effect. The artillery should have been followed more closely. Ranges are correct...Effect is not!!! Never the less, a great game, hours of fun and virtual realism.

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