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 Sid Meier’s
relatively new game Antietam has some really cool new features.
The game play is basically the same as in Gettysburg, also from Firaxis. Some of the cool features in Antietam
are the clothes and the equipment that the soldiers wear. For
example the veterans have tattered clothing and less equipment,
while the new recruits have new clothes and all of their equipment.
Also there are other units, like sharpshooters, who wear green
and the zouaves who wear a French uniform. All these features
were not shown in the Gettysburg game.
The graphics in Antietam are a lot
better than in Gettysburg. In Gettysburg the men had stiff movements
and did not act human. In the Antietam game they act smooth and
human. Even the dead guys look more realistic. For example, in
the Gettysburg game they all looked in the same shape or form,
but now they can each have a different pose. There is even battle
trash laying around.
To move units and to have units
do maneuvers is a lot easier. You only have to click once. In
Gettysburg you have to click at least five times. Now all you
have to do is select the button.
The game has many missions that can be altered in many ways.
The difficulty and the enemy skills can be changed and you can
start anywhere on the map. This is probably one of the best Sid
Meier’s games out there and very cheap to buy, at about
$10.00. If you like strategy and/or combat and history, then
this game is definitely worth it. You can buy it at http://www.firaxis.com/cwc/. It is rated
E for Everybody.
I also bought Shogun Total War, by Electronic Arts. For
some weird reason the game does not load, even on my brand new
computer that exceeds all of the system requirements. You can
check it out at their web site.
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