Ultimate General: Civil War

I’m an old ACW gamer, both video and tabletop, and I tried so hard to love this game. The Good The graphics are beautiful – best rendering of environments and battlefields I’ve ever seen. The musket and artillery sounds are great. The combat system is quite good, the AI is decent - a bit bulldozy, but generally consistent with the tactics of the era, which are represented well (with the exception of cavalry, below). The Meh Supply in the campaign – upgrading rifles and artillery pieces seems to be a nod to the classic Civil War Generals 2 game. I haven’t noticed any appreciable difference in weapon types on the battlefield. The system seems clunky and out of place here. Let the quartermasters handle that boring stuff. Leaders – I appreciate the effort to inject some narrative into the game, but I haven’t noticed any difference whatever between having a good division commander or a bad one. Speed – Units move and maneuver very quickly and feel a little video-gamey. Voice acting – Not needed and quickly irritating. The Bad The campaign. I knew I was in trouble when the first scenario had a “boss” – an armored train (!?! Picture an ironclad, on rails). And no matter wh…

This game is soooooo bad, its so bad i felt like i had to do my duty as a man to tell anyone who has the faintest idea or thought of purchasing this god aweful game. If you know a damn thing about the civil war then you have already done leagues of research over these retarded developers, the fallout series has more historical accuracy than this pitiful sad "game". I wish i had the brains to refund this when i had the chance, everything about this game is just built terribly, the infantry mechanics are broken so even if your infantry are evenly matched with the enemy they will still outmatch you by the grace of god, the artillery doesnt have case shot. grape shot, hell even airburst just solid round shot rendering arty effectively useless, even if it was useful the enemy cavalry automatically know exactly where its at and will b-line straight to it. The game also doesnt give you any opportunity to seize the upperhand, even on the lowest setting you could possibly do. Ive played all the games from this developer and this game is just the ugliest, shortsighted, and retarded take on the civil war ive ever even seen in any kind of game ever. Starfield is more enjoyable than this ♥♥♥♥♥♥…

Watching 700 men lose a gun fight to 150 is too weird of a balance for me.

The best tactical civil war game out there, nothing beats it in my opinion.

If you love historical battles without the need to over-micromanage every aspect of a campaign, this is definitely a game for you. Unlike the Total War series, where you have to build cities, manage an entire economy, diplomacy, armies, and battles, This game focuses much more on the military campaign itself, historical progression, army building, and large scale battles. The campaign mainly revolves around building and maintaining your army, completing objectives, capturing strategic points, and managing your reputation. As you progress, you can recruit new units, expand your armies, obtain better weapons, and prepare your forces for the battles ahead. You can play as either the Union or the Confederacy, following the historical progression of the American Civil War and taking part in many of its major and decisive battles. What I especially like is that your decisions actually matter. Battles lost, strategic positions abandoned, units destroyed or badly damaged, and the amount of casualties you suffer can all have consequences later in the campaign. You really get the feeling that you are managing the same army throughout an entire war rather than simply playing a collection …

This game was created by the famous "Darthmod", a well renowned Total War modder known for his AI improvement and realism mods for several Total War games. As such, this game plays somewhat similarly to the gunpowder era Total War games (such Empire Total War, Napoleon Total War, and Shogun 2 Fall of the Samurai). That was the main allure that this game had for me along with him doing a decent job on the preceding game to this (Ultimate General Gettysburg). The graphics are not as impressive visually as the Total War series but the game makes up for it in having better AI, historical realism, and unit management that focuses exclusively on the war aspects of the conflict. Most, if not all, the major battles of the American Civil War are featured in this and the campaign goes in chronological order. You can also get at least one replay of the game due to you being able to play either the Union or the CSA. As far as picking up on the mechanics and the way you're supposed to play, this game is not afraid to kick you in the balls. When I initially bought this game, I found the difficulty of the tutorial level to be off-putting and clunky. However, after returning to this game and…