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Summary: Murfreesboro & Chicamauga. Ist Impressions
Review: As this was the first of the Battleground series that I acquired, I was impressed with the ease at which you could enter into the ambience of the Civil War and move to the business end of the game. The videos and music were initially welcome and the graphics clean and quick to refresh. The toolbars are excellent and everything about the game made the length that I spent playing it most enjoyable. The only drawback is that Battleground 9 is so good it made 'Antietam' and 'Shiloh ' both very feeble is comparison. This is especially true for changing formations and artillery positions and the use of all enveloping red X's for visual targetting.
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Summary: Murfreesboro & Chicamauga. Ist Impressions
Review: As this was the first of the Battleground series that I acquired, I was impressed with the ease at which you could enter into the ambience of the Civil War and move to the business end of the game. The videos and music were initially welcome and the graphics clean and quick to refresh. The toolbars are excellent and everything about the game made the length that I spent playing it most enjoyable. The only drawback is that Battleground 9 is so good it made 'Antietam' and 'Shiloh ' both very feeble is comparison. This is especially true for changing formations and artillery positions and the use of all enveloping red X's for visual targetting.
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Summary: Better than Sid's RTS titles
Review: I own all 5 civil war titles from Talonsoft, and I also own one of Sid's RTS titles. I can say without reservation that the turn-based talonsoft engine, however dated, plays far better and feels to me to be more realistic for the civil war battles. The detail in terms of commanders and units (quality, titles, placement, movement) is far better in the Talonsoft games of old. The best way to play the Talonsoft games is against another human player though, as the AI is only effective in the early stages of the games.I would also like to see some middle ground between these two types of game, I wonder if someone will ever publish an effective campaign-style civil war title.
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Summary: Better than Sid's RTS titles
Review: I own all 5 civil war titles from Talonsoft, and I also own one of Sid's RTS titles. I can say without reservation that the turn-based talonsoft engine, however dated, plays far better and feels to me to be more realistic for the civil war battles. The detail in terms of commanders and units (quality, titles, placement, movement) is far better in the Talonsoft games of old. The best way to play the Talonsoft games is against another human player though, as the AI is only effective in the early stages of the games. I would also like to see some middle ground between these two types of game, I wonder if someone will ever publish an effective campaign-style civil war title.
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Summary: Best Civil War Games Extant
Review: The Talonsoft games are, in my opinion, simply the best Civil War games available, despite sporting a six-year-old game engine. Every regiment and battery and every leader at brigade level and above is represented in the game. The terrain is accurately depicted and colorfully drawn, at about 125 yds per hexagon. The reason for four stars instead of five is the criteria; How much fun is this game? In quality it rates five stars, but in the longer scenarios, moving and firing all of those units can become a bit tedious. For a challenging game, you must have a human opponent, but there are clubs on the net where you can find opponents of every level of experience and ability, and the game plays well through email.
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