History Channel Civil War: A Nation Divided

by ACTIVISION

Product Features

• Control full compliments of troops and move them across the battlefield - cavalry, musketeers, riflemen and more
• Command cannons and mortars, build and take forts and experience 3D combat
• Full reference section with a Civil War timeline, historical documents, and hundreds of real photographs

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000HCMRB6
• Item Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: November 14, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,486 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: PC

Includes 12 of America's most legendary battles

Product Information

Immerse yourself in the intensity, carnage, andchaos of the war that divided a nation!  Play as a Confederate or Union soldier in America's most legendary battles including Gettysburg, Bull Run and Antietam.  Use authentic firearms, fight in intense hand-to-hand combat, place explosives,sabotage enemy artillery, destroy buildings, and more!


Product Features

• America's Most Historic Battles
  Twelve of the most famous battles in the Nation's history includingGettysburg, Bull Run and Antietam.
  
• Awesome Cinematic War Experience
  Battles come to life amidst exploding artillery, whistling bullets, falling comrades and much more!
  
• Wide Variety ofBattlefield Combat
  Enlist realistic battle strategies including line fighting, artillery barrages, urban assaults, sniping, stealth and sabotage.
  
• Authentic Weaponry
  Authentic Civil War weaponstransport you to the battlefields armed with repeating rifles, multiple types of grenades, exploding artillery, Gatling guns, revolvers, bayonets, muskets, and more!
  
• Intense Hand-to-Hand Fighting
  Experiencethe intense chaos of the Civil War including close quarters and melee fighting using bayonets, sabers, the butt of your gun and even your fists in the midst of raging battles.
  
• Incredible realism and historical accuracy
  Battlefield recreations are based on topographical maps and photographs from the actual battlegrounds.
  
• Each level begins with a documentary video
  Describes the historic moments in eachbattle, movements of armies, local fights, historical photos and batt

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Darn good rootin' tootin' shootin', June 26, 2008

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W. davis (Toledo, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: History Channel Civil War: A Nation Divided (CD-ROM)

For some, this game may not do the trick, but I found myself immersed in the Civil War. The graphics aren't cutting edge, and the gameplay is so-so, but, if you like history, and always wanted to know what it felt like to tramp through Civil War America as a grunt, this is your chance. I loved shooting the old guns. They take a long time to load, but then so do your opponents as you watch them struggle with their ramrod to get off a shot at you.

The only problem I had is that there were not enough levels. I played through the whole game in less than 8 hours (not all at once).

The path you take is very linear, and you don't have many choices, but what soldier does? Just "follow me."

If you have to have the latest greatest thrills, don't bother, but if you like history and want to be a civil war ground-pounder for a while, go for it.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Plays like a bad "Call of Duty", November 15, 2007

By 

Ryan Agadoni (Whittier, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: History Channel Civil War: A Nation Divided (CD-ROM)

I bought this game primarily for the weapons. I'm a huge Western nerd, and there aren't too many first-person shooters out there that realistically model weapons of the Western era (or, in this case, mostly pre-cursors of those weapons). I had watched a few gameplay videos online, and despite the poor reviews, it looked good enough to get on the cheap and shoot around.


The Good - The weapons. They are well-modeled, and pretty accurate in appearance. Reloading has obviously been greatly sped up (and even then, it still seems interminable to reload one of the black-powder revolvers), but it still goes through most of the realistic motions. The guns are cycled, new cartridges inserted, cylinders replaced, powder poured, etc. I admire the accuracy the development team attempted. Also, the guns are all based off of actual guns used during the period. Now, no one soldier ever used all of these guns at once (most just had their standard issue rifles, and I believe only officers were issued the then-new revolvers), and it's hard to see a practical difference in most of the rifles besides reloading time, but it was still very fun to have so many different options. The Sharps rifle, the early Winchester lever-action, a cap-and-ball musket, the Colt revolving rifle, all cool. Also nice is the large puff of smoke that each gun gives off (accurate), and the gun-shots sound very satisfying.

The graphics are not bad, for the most part.

Creating a Civil War FPS is unique and a nice break from WWII and modern action games.


The Bad - Everything else. What voice-acting there is is terrible, the scripted events are yawn-inducing, the damage modeling is just as annoying as the Medal of Honor and Call of Duty games (where an enemy takes three shots and only cringes for a second, then keeps firing), the constant enemy spawning sucks, your teammates are useless, the enemy AI is dumb, the missions are all boring and repetitive, the level design is boring and obviously linear (invisible barriers everywhere!), and the game utterly fails at recreating a compelling Civil War experience.

**

So, while it was worth it to me to pick up cheap just to shoot these guns, I wouldn't recommend the game to anyone else. I admire the development team for taking a chance and doing something other than another WWII or modern FPS, but they could have done a lot better. Here's hoping someone tries again!

4.0 out of 5 stars Not bad at all!, July 17, 2010

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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: History Channel Civil War: A Nation Divided (CD-ROM)

greatest civil war shooter ever and it does have replay value and hidden secrets to find!
it puts u right in the middle of all the action and grfics are amazing
voice acting could use improvement

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