I concur with the above statements. It really is the best wargame out there right now... as you may have noticed from my numerous other posts about this game all over the forums...
I concur with the above statements. It really is the best wargame out there right now... as you may have noticed from my numerous other posts about this game all over the forums...
Sounds good, almost too good. Is it a battles-only game or does it have a strategy part as well?
It's battles only, no campaign map. But those battles are more than enough to fill your Civil War gaming needs. There is almost infinite replayability because of the variables. No two battles are ever the same.
There are carry-over scenarios. This is one reason why I've fought battels repeatedly and know he AI is making different choices. You have to succed in the first battle to progress to the next.
You can also mod this game like crazy, and some folks have written new scenarios.
They are working on a strategic overlay, which I assume will be similar to the TW strategic level.
I guess I´ll have to try the demo, it´s not that large a download, after all.
How far does the moddability go? Scenario building or creating new units (graphics, stats, etc) as well? I don´t care much about the Civil War, but if one could make a mod for another era or background...
You can change everything except the maps, they have very limited moddability. The only other limitation is the game engine will not support squares.
"IF YOUR ATTACK IS GOING TOO WELL, YOU'RE WALKING INTO AN AMBUSH."
"IF THE ENEMY IS IN RANGE, SO ARE YOU."
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We've got some good sprites from Austria starting to show up in the forums now, and I've seen American War of Independence Sprites, including cavalry showing up.
There is also a community mod pack with different smoke, and a bunch of other useful mods out. Also some high and lo res mods too, but I'm not sure what that is all about.
They are probably working on the multiplayer and strategic layer, as well as some other goodies, like breaswork building in game and terrain destruction.
It's all good!!!
PS Birth of America and Conquet of the Agean are good games for grognards too. Just out. It;s like a grognard early Christmas.
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