Hmm. The graphics look pretty goofy by today's standards. You'll have to let us know how it plays. Much as I would like to say otherwise, it's pretty hard to be open to a game that looks so far behind graphically. Once you've seen the state of the art, anything that's drastically less can become distracting. That's not to say that all strategy games have to be up to the level of RTW, but certainly there is a point at which things just look primitive. The Civil War game doesn't look horrible, just a little too unpolished.