Gettysburg - Scourge of War Demo Released

[Mailman653]

I played the same battle twice. The first time I scored a big victory, the second time the battle changed completely, I was out flanked, fell back, then clawed my way back to where I was thanks to some support by AI units. I lost by -28 points.

I was expecting a repeat of my first battle, I was pleasantly surprised to see that the game took a totally different course.

[Kagemusha]

I played the same battle twice. The first time I scored a big victory, the second time the battle changed completely, I was out flanked, fell back, then clawed my way back to where I was thanks to some support by AI units. I lost by -28 points.

I was expecting a repeat of my first battle, I was pleasantly surprised to see that the game took a totally different course.

Ive played several already and the AI seems promising. in my last battle Confederate Davis brigade marched between mine and rest of our division, before i could join up it. I thought to strike at the back of the Davis brigade, but once i lined for attack. Archers brigade emerged from the forest left from me and rolled my line. In the end i was able to withdraw to the stony hill and managed to fend off Archer, but still it was very hard fought battle.

[Kagemusha]

I purchased the whole game registration code online and i have to say that im happy doing so. I still have some problems using artillery directly as the battery and direct gun control seem bit unresponsive, but i love commanding on Division and Corps level. When i give an written order to Brigade to attack for example. The brigade commander actually attacks. Ofcourse not necessarily the way i would have done it.But still this game is getting lot more close to reality, with written orders that come in with delay.There is still also option to give direct orders to regiments, but when for example commanding a Corps, with different divisions fighting on different parts of the battlefield, micromanaging becomes futile. Hopefully in future updates there will be many new scenarios for the game.I approve this game.

[A Nerd]

I must tip my hat to you guys, I performed very poorly. I found the tutorial to be very vague. In my situation it provided no information. Took me forever to just learn how to move my troops around. The first engagement went well, then I got reinforcements and the enemy set up but I couldn't figure out how to get messages to the artillary behind the confederate lines to get them to fire. Though I do agree the game was fun and has oodles of potential. Does the full game come with more detailed instructions or is it still a trial and error affair?

[Kagemusha]

I must tip my hat to you guys, I performed very poorly. I found the tutorial to be very vague. In my situation it provided no information. Took me forever to just learn how to move my troops around. The first engagement went well, then I got reinforcements and the enemy set up but I couldn't figure out how to get messages to the artillary behind the confederate lines to get them to fire. Though I do agree the game was fun and has oodles of potential. Does the full game come with more detailed instructions or is it still a trial and error affair?

In the full game there are more tutorials.Starting from regiment command and ending to Corps command. Sending messages isnt that tricky. There are just so many command options that it might escape the eye. In the bottom right you have three kinds of different set of orders.Orders for moving,orders for fighting and last general orders. From there you can find an option send message and then you can send information to any commander on the battlefield.

[A Nerd]

Interesting...this game seems like a worthwhile investment...must save pennies!

[Garnier]

If anyone got this and is interested in multiplayer, let me know and I will get you involved. We play big ~10 player games regularly and it's a lot of fun.