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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Awful, Awful, Awful!!!, July 2 2004
By Jason T Neighbors - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Civil War Battles (CD-ROM)
First of all, this game isn't by Activision, it's put out by Gamemill Publishing and a design company called Stellar Stone, who exclusively use Russian designers/programers ('cause they're cheaper). I guess that would explain why the Union and Confederate uniforms are backwards. Yes, you read correctly, backwards! If the Russkies couldn't figure out who wore blue and who wore gray, you can pretty well figure they didn't get much else right either. So much for the historical accuracy the game claims. This game is a total rip-off.
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Leaves much to be desired, Jun 1 2005
By mike - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Civil War Battles (CD-ROM)
This game was obviously programmed by people who had little to no historical knowledge of the Civil War. The only battle out of the four with even a semblance of the historical military balance is Gettysburg. The other three, the "Seven Days Battle," Chattanooga, and Chancellorsville, bear no resemblance to the actual battles in either landscape or units involved. And as other reviewers have pointed out, the "Confederation" wears blue uniforms and the Union grey. In addition, artillery units are so deadly in this game that no other unit can get near them. They can virtually win a battle by themselves, which was certainly not the case in the Civil War.The game also crashes quite a bit.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Lame, Nov 29 2005
By J. C. Darling - Published on Amazon.com
Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars
This review is from: Civil War Battles (CD-ROM)
There's nothing historically accurate about any of the "battle" scenarios.Union Infantry always gets mauled by Confederate cavalry - no matter what the odds are against the Reb horsemen. I've thrown several infantry brigades at one under-strength cavalry brigade, and the infantry gets anihilated(!).
It's very difficult to extricate a brigade that is receiving a particularly harsh mauling when you've got several brigades fighting in close proximity to it. Determining exactly which brigade you are throwing into or out of action is hard because it's all one big jumbled mass of soldiers - no organized battle lines or anything like that.
Artillery is useless. I never quite understood how to utilize it.... and, should you attack an artillery position, it will wipe you out before you can over-run it. It's all really hap-hazard and there is no real control over your troops' effectiveness.
I had a little fun watching the two armies slug it out.... and throwing everything but the kitchen sink into the pitched battles.
But, all in all, it's a lame game. Fortunately, I didn's spend a dime on it - it was given to me as a gift.
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