History Channel's Civil War: The Game - Great Battles

by ACTIVISION

Product Features

• Determine the destiny of a country in this historical action-adventure
• Use your skills as a strategic thinker and a tactical commander
• Calvary, musketeers, riflemen, cannons, 3D battlefields, and more
• Civil War timeline; historical documents; 100s of real photographs
• Preserve the Union or win independence for Dixie; for 1 or 2 players

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000098XKG
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 28, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 1.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,436 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

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38 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't Waste Your Money or Time, October 16, 2004

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Avid One - See all my reviews

This review is from: History Channel's Civil War: The Game - Great Battles (CD-ROM)

I am an avid Civil War buff and I watch the History Channel regularly. I located this game at a retail outlet store and was persuaded by the fact that it was advertised as Windows XP compatible and bore the prominently displayed and obvious endorsing labels of the History Channel and HAP (Don Troiani, well known art historian). The game is produced and marketed by Activision Value Publishing.

The game would not load beyond the install screen. The Activision web page had only 3 somewhat related FAQ for online technical assistance, which were not helpful. Further, Activision has not replied to my email requests for technical assistance or even generated an automatic electronic reply.

If you can't get the game loaded and the company won't respond at all to inquiries, how does that bode for the quality, authenticity and entertainment value of the product if you ever succeed at installation.

With a little research I have discovered there are other Civil War computer games available that gamers recommend frequently. It doesn't appear that this is one of them.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Retreat! Retreat!, January 22, 2005

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"The Woj" (Downers Grove, IL) - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: History Channel's Civil War: The Game - Great Battles (CD-ROM)

Run don't walk from this game. After reading Michael Shaara's "Killer Angels" I was in the mood for a Civil War computer game and came across this one by chance. It installed easily enough, but everything took forever to load and a few times the game locked up my computer. I can't figure out why the game would lock so often. The graphics and game engine are very remedial. The game plays like a North vs. South game of checkers. Moving your "symbols" from State to State instead of square to square. When you land on an occupied State, a battle screen is loaded (very slowly I might add). Without describing these battles in detail, they play like a late 80's Nintendo game. You try to move your troop symbols into place on the battle map. You can simply win a "victory" by outnumbering or outpositioning the competition (and again, things move very slowly).
So to try to fix some of the bugs in the game, I logged onto the Activision website to see if there was a patch/update for the game. There was so I tried to install it, it never would install correctly. Tech support was non-existent. After 3 lock ups and extremely, extremely slow game play, "The Civil War Game" will be up for sale on eBay soon. Shame on the History Channel for putting there name on this.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Piece of crap!, December 15, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: History Channel's Civil War: The Game - Great Battles (CD-ROM)

I am an avid Civil War buff and saw this at Comp USA one day. I decided to buy it, and I went home and installed it. The game worked fine, but it is incredibly bad! The graphics are terrible, you command like 5 people, you barely ever win, and it's turn-based! If you are looking for a GOOD Civil War game from The History Channel, I suggest Take Command 1861: The Battle of Bull Run