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Best Civil War games?
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flyingjohn
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Ultimate general Civil War is nice. For more complex stuff there is Ageod's Civil War II.
Hobo Elf
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I liked Strategic Command's American Civil War the most. It's in a nice middle point between beer and pretzel and complexity for me. Civil War 2, as flyinjohn mentioned, is also nice. There's also Grand Tactician: The Civil War. Haven't tried that one since the price is usually quite high.
Beowulf
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Depends on what scale you want the conflict to be played at.
For strategic/operational level the Ageod offering can hardly be matched.
For tactical you could perhaps give the Scourge of War series a try - just keep in mind the the developer and the publisher split, and the developer is working on remakes that would be more up to modern standards (at least on the technical side).
WDS also made a lot of great titles for specific battles and campaigns. Just be sure that you're picking the updated ones - https://wargameds.com/collections/civil-war-battles
I haven't played any newer games, like Grand Tactician, so can't really say much, but they might be worth keeping an eye out.
For strategic/operational level the Ageod offering can hardly be matched.
For tactical you could perhaps give the Scourge of War series a try - just keep in mind the the developer and the publisher split, and the developer is working on remakes that would be more up to modern standards (at least on the technical side).
WDS also made a lot of great titles for specific battles and campaigns. Just be sure that you're picking the updated ones - https://wargameds.com/collections/civil-war-battles
I haven't played any newer games, like Grand Tactician, so can't really say much, but they might be worth keeping an eye out.
Civil War Generals 2.
I also played a lot of Grand Tactician: The Civil War earlier this year, both the grand campaign mode and the officer career mode and it´s tragic how close it is to being a great game but the AI is so extremely dumb half of the time that I am still a bit hesitant recommending it. When the AI works well it is probably the ultimate ACW strategy game, though.
I also played a lot of Grand Tactician: The Civil War earlier this year, both the grand campaign mode and the officer career mode and it´s tragic how close it is to being a great game but the AI is so extremely dumb half of the time that I am still a bit hesitant recommending it. When the AI works well it is probably the ultimate ACW strategy game, though.
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North & South obviously.
rezaf
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Maybe I'm weird, but I actually prefer the first AACW. I think the hand drawn map is so much more stylish.
Ultimate General Civil War is a pretty good game. Grand Tactician is weird. It looks like a decent game but it has a brain dead AI, terrible performance(while having simple graphics) and the campaign is unnecessarily convoluted with all kind of things which could be removed and the game would actually become better.
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