Civil War II reviews

I've had this Game for five Weeks now. Now off we go. In the meantime I almost studied it, so one to two (almost) daily, watched tutorial videos, tried around in the small Scenarios, kept taking notes, in the End almost wrote my own Instructions-and now I stand there like a Child in front of the Christmas tree. Wow. Thumbs up! (... If at least 2/3 is true: Grand Strategy Crack/deep Interest in the American Civil War/free of Impatience. With me, it was the real Interest and Patience that won me for this Game.) You can't ' just play Civil War II ' just like that ' times, even with open Instructions. It's not the same to wander around with a Map in Hand or to be really familiar with a City's Facility. This Game is also not for Casual Gamers, but the purest Sport of thought. I don't want to say that it's exhausting to play it, it's a lot of Fun (so you get access to the Game exposed), but with the Controller in your Hand something Zocking is something completely different. The many strategic Levels and their Interactions have it all. You don't expect a Soundtrack, any Video Sequences or even very usability optimized Menus. This Game Has absolutely nothing to do with the Cinematic Imaging of the Game world. It glows invisibly. On the spiritual Level. It's more like Chess in eight Dimensions. The negative Reviews note that either patience was lacking or the Game was too complex and too difficult overall. The Developers have in Fact programmed a Game from here to the Sun, the Grapes are already hanging quite high. The Author of these Lines also admits that he had to stretch. It's really a Strategy game in the Literal sense, and it doesn't just do that, it's actually one, and you have to be able to think and link many, many Levels in their Interactions at the same time, otherwise you just see a huge Map of the US and you don't know what you're Should make. Because every Computer Game has a strong visual Component: This Game does not. It is, at last-in its grandiose Depth of Detail and its astonishing Map-completely abstract. The Path to Victory is not beginning to be ' visually ' present somewhere, it can never be seen, but must be created from many Factors in the Player's Head, composed and derived, almost as with Chess, cool and abstract, many Moves in Advance. Where both Sides pull at the same time and you can only ever react to what the Opposite Side did HAT, there are hundreds of "Figures" (also very special, from the Mortar Boat to the Pontoon unit, which of course have to be ' mixed ' with others), which are not simply there But can be built in different Places, all of which want to eat something, wear out, typically need ammunition, ... with the Game board being huge on which it is moved, full of Geography, logistics Centers, political Loyalties, Rail Lines and Ports, taking into account in The Fog of War, that Beauregard will be able to appear in West Virginia after all, can snow it in Kentucky if you want to finally attack, while Burnside at The Rappahannock has issued ambiguous Orders in whose Following an entire Division has stopped before it becomes clear that this Native American Tribe In New Mexico is threatening its own Supply line until the News finally comes that the Confederate War Bonds have carved out and in Virginia and North Carolina. Produce more heavy War Goods. What does this mean for our Plan to land in Charleston from The lake side in the Spring? Quite apart from Rules, Interface and slow learning curve and a Minimum Intresse on the American Civil War, you should have sustainable Fun with this Kind of Thinking Sport. If you're afraid of the Pondering: Rather not. If, on the other hand, the eyes have just lit up in the vivid Section (and only then, and many, there is a lot of Patience), it should definitely be said: Access! By the way, the Two Hours of "return Period" are not enough at the back and the front, because you can't even get through the Front Door during this Time. This Game stands on a very fine Line between Genius and Madness. If you're not sure whether you want to find the Game terrific or just overbordering, unplayable and crazy, you better watch a few Play-through videos for a better Impression.