"A Battle Not Worth Fighting For Beginners"
I was intrigued in trying out this game, since I am fairly new to the strategy genre, and this looked like a fairly simple game to pick up. The UI looked clean and the setting was sort of interesting, so I figured I would give it a shot!
That was a mistake! I disliked much of my time with this game, from the strange controls that didn't really explain much to the lack of stats, explanation of formations, and tactics, I was completely turned off from ever wanting to play again. I felt the game did an extremely poor job explaining its nuances, and I found myself getting trounced on the "balanced" difficulty by trying to use whatever knowledge I gained from the in-game videos and the linked rulebook, but after a few hours I felt hopeless.
The game has some cool stuff, like detailed topographic maps and actual battalions from the era, but the game behind it felt confusing and unintuitive. I'm fine with trying to learn the game's systems, if they were really even presented to me clearly to begin with. For a beginner in the genre, this was a really off-putting experience.
I played as the Union, and it felt like the Confederacy was extremely powerful and capable, with large numbers to boot. This sort of went against everything I learned in general U.S. history class, so unless this was a specific nuance to this battle, I'm unsure of the capability and firepower coming from this faction.
I will Not Recommend any beginner strategy gamers out there to try out this game. Unless you feel like researching proper techniques and strategies outside of what the game presents you, while also fumbling over annoying controls that are presented as "simple", avoid this title.
Final Verdict: 2/10 (Bad)
I was intrigued in trying out this game, since I am fairly new to the strategy genre, and this looked like a fairly simple game to pick up. The UI looked clean and the setting was sort of interesting, so I figured I would give it a shot!
That was a mistake! I disliked much of my time with this game, from the strange controls that didn't really explain much to the lack of stats, explanation of formations, and tactics, I was completely turned off from ever wanting to play again. I felt the game did an extremely poor job explaining its nuances, and I found myself getting trounced on the "balanced" difficulty by trying to use whatever knowledge I gained from the in-game videos and the linked rulebook, but after a few hours I felt hopeless.
The game has some cool stuff, like detailed topographic maps and actual battalions from the era, but the game behind it felt confusing and unintuitive. I'm fine with trying to learn the game's systems, if they were really even presented to me clearly to begin with. For a beginner in the genre, this was a really off-putting experience.
I played as the Union, and it felt like the Confederacy was extremely powerful and capable, with large numbers to boot. This sort of went against everything I learned in general U.S. history class, so unless this was a specific nuance to this battle, I'm unsure of the capability and firepower coming from this faction.
I will Not Recommend any beginner strategy gamers out there to try out this game. Unless you feel like researching proper techniques and strategies outside of what the game presents you, while also fumbling over annoying controls that are presented as "simple", avoid this title.
Final Verdict: 2/10 (Bad)