My review of AGEod’s American Civil War is now up at Gameshark. I really like what AGEod has been doing, and this title is a smart pickup for CDV.
Entries Tagged as 'Civil War'
AgeOD’s American Civil War: Tutorial Tirade
April 21st, 2007 · 5 Comments · AGEOD, Civil War
Memo to developers: When you create an ingame tutorial, do everything you can to help the player. Telling me to move my troops to a region “three to the west” isn’t very helpful when the number of possible routes to the west is greater than one. It doesn’t hurt to highlight the key region, or [...]
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Loose the fateful lightning
April 12th, 2007 · 3 Comments · AGEOD, Civil War
Ageod’s American Civil War is finished and ready for purchase at the AGEeOD website. Given the hours of pleasure I derived from Birth of America, the best wargame of 2006, I’m happy to see that the game is keeping the same board game look. I have a few half-finished essays on the importance of map [...]
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Developer Interview: Norb Timpko
March 1st, 2006 · 1 Comment · Civil War, Interview, Mad Minute
Last year’s Civil War Bull Run:Take Command 1861 was one of last year’s big surprises. A game that could have been just Bull Run: Total War was in fact a compelling and endlessly replayable masterpiece. I had some minor misgivings related to the low res graphics at the action level, but I was mostly impressed. [...]
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