Quote Originally Posted by Duguntz View Post
It's funny to see how so many people claims that their country is filled with unprecedented glory and history, even more when nobody knows about it, they claim that they've been forgoten by historian, but when it comes to America they couldn't care less! Makes me laugh...
That's because compared to all of you Eurasians, we've barely done anything, and what we have done usually isn't nearly as cool. Deep down, we're all ashamed, so we try to make ourselves feel better and cover our feelings of inadequacy by yelling "'MER'CA, YEAH!" and making stuff up.

Concerning the US Civil War, I wouldn't even give it an expansion pack, because if it had been competently waged by the north early on, it would have been over very quickly, and a skilled player would be able to beat the game as either side in 5 turns by exploiting the other side's weaknesses. (For those of you unfamiliar with the US Civil War, the Union (north) had an advantage in manpower and resources, while the Confederacy (south) had superior officers and soldiers). I can see a game taking place in that rough time period though (Crimean to Franco-Prussian wars).

Concerning the use of air strikes in a Total War game, I think it could be implemented by getting whatever planes you had in waves, each coming at a fixed interval during the battle, and have them do a strafing/bombing/supply run or what have you before leaving.

Concerning a game where you play as a foot soldier, I can only imagine that working as someone in a society where they didn't fight in ranks, because otherwise you'd just be standing there in a line button mashing, which I think would get old very quickly (Unless we cast realism to the winds and do it Dynasty Warriors style).