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Fun but not great

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 13 / 21
Date: November 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I bought this item thinking it would be awosome. It was fun I got lost on a level for about 15 mins tho so if your not good at finding your way be cautious. Also, historical acuracy isnt perfect. gatling gun is there befor the 1st battle that had one and im not shure about the other wepons. Alot of wepons. would not pay 40 bucks for it but 30 is a good price for it. Farly good grafics. Also cannon fire is way over done there is a cannon that hits near you ever 10 seconds way to rapid.

A Huge Let Down

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 16 / 17
Date: November 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Like so many other gamers, I was looking forward to a really intense first person shooter set in the Civil War (kind of like a Civil War "Call of Duty"). Well, this game is very short. I zipped through most of the missions in a few minutes. What is so heartbreaking about this game is that you could see all the potential it had squandered. Most of the battles are not really battles, but you on a mission (by yourself) to do something silly like sneak into a tent, or deliver a message to an officer. Many times I found myself under a lot of enemy fire only to look around and think, "where's the rest of the army? Why am I out here all alone?" The battles themselves are short, and I kept thinking, "okay, this is part one of the battle, and now that it's done, I'll move on to the second part of the battle." Uh, no. Once you complete the mission, the battle's over and you move on. The enemy A.I. is botched so that they just run at you in the same pattern over and over, and who knew there were so many Gaitlin guns in use by the Confederacy in 1862? Overall, a disappointment. I really wanted to like this game, and there are a few glimmers of thrills. I enjoyed Chattanooga and moving up the mountain, but the battle of Shiloh (if you could call it that) was terrible (it's just you sneaking about the camp before the battle even starts to sabotage a balloon? Come on! Put me in the middle of the Hornet's Nest, stick me behind the stone wall at Fredericksburg, let me at least blow up some railroad tracks or something!) I don't understand why the History Channel would put their mark on something like this.

Dissapointed

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: November 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I have been anxiously awaiting a game about the Civil War for years and finally when it came out I ordered it right away and was so excited about it!
I got it today and beat it within a couple of hours on easy level. There are 6 battles for the North and 6 battles for the South. I was and am very disappointed. I bought the game GUN and have played it over and over and over. I wanted to quit this game after the first mission but thought maybe it would get better as I went on, not the case. I paid $40. for the game and wish I could get my money back. I strongly discourage buying this mediocre game of low grade graphics and unintense battle sequences.

fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 34
Date: December 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game. I dont do much, just sit by a cannon and whatch the gourgeus men in uniforn load round after round. I named one fort "easy to capture. " It had one broken cannon and 5 wounened men guarding it. It diden't last the war... Then I went thourogh a blue stage and stood infront of a cannon. The men diden't care. I also was a bigger problem to my men just sitting there. But they just left me. I also capture a cannon and shot at my own men. They shot back... This is a good game but don't stand in front of a cannon. You won't like it. I once walk up to a enemy calvery charge. They ran me over. I like to sit by enemy wouned soldiers and poured water on them. Then taught them to fly with a cannon. They all got A's. But diden't get up for their grades. It's fun to taunt men. aiming a gun at their head. then shooting their legs. they just scerm.

Huge Disappointment...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 26 / 29
Date: December 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I have been waiting for a 1st-person shooter Civil War game since North & South for the NES came out...who knows why it took so long? Who knows why they made this so poorly? And historically accurate? I think not. The game itself is not THAT bad. I do enjoy playing it, but expected SOOOO much more. I want a game like Star Wars Battlefront but with Civil War soldiers and bigger battlefields. This is like a very short version of Call of Duty with worse graphics. VERY linear, I think that is its fatal flaw...I hope somebody reads these things and makes a better Civil War game instead of another WWII game. I was looking forward to Shiloh, but they turned it into a stealth mission instead of the wooded bloodbath that it was...I was looking forward to Burnside's bridge at Antietam, but it's only a footnote in a disappointing level. I was looking forward to Fredericksburg (either defending the wall or fighting my way up the heights), but alas none of that was there. WHY? I didn't pay much for it so $ isn't the issue...it's just a mediocre game.

The only pluses....I found the computer AI to be decent...The atmosphere is good with the ambient sounds and things (unfortunately this is all but killed by the linear gameplay and disappointing level design), and lastly, the HOPE that someone takes this game and improves it to the level of Call of Duty and other 1st person shooters.. PLEASE! Unless you are a Civil War buff like me or need a 1st person shooter other than WWII, you probably won't like this game (and if you are a Civil War buff, like me, you're sure to be disappointed...)

Huh?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 40
Date: December 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I didn't buy this game and I never would. Why would anyone buy a first person shooter set in the American Civil War? I've purchased crappy games before and I can sympathize with guys about wasting money. That said, what did you expect? What could you have possibly expected!?

My husband loves it

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This was an X-mas gift for my husband and he really enjoys it. He is a big history buff and wanted it as soon as it came out! On another note, information and delivery time from [...] was excellent. You far exceeded my expectations!

Civil War Nation Divided

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Good game for my son, it was number one on his Christmas List. Unfortunately, he and two of his friends that also got this game have already beaten it. The graphics are great and the historical accuracy is unquestionable. Overall, a really nice addition to his Civil War collection.

Historically accurate

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: January 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game ia great. It is very historically accurte. It isn't a well-known fact that there were grenades or sniper rifles in the war. Some levels are kind of difficult, but I enjoy the challenge. i wish there were more levels. It is a little short but that doesn't bother me. I also wish there was more line fighting, or calvary and infantry charges. It is a great enough game overall to get 5 stars in both categories. buy it.

History as a first person shooter

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: January 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Excellent game overall. A little short but difficult which makes up for it. I Totally recommend it for people who like war games and history.
The game is deffinatly worth 5 stars!!!1

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