Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865)

Very impressive so far.

So I got this game a week ago on strong recommendations from others as I was busy playing (and re-playing) Ultimate Generals: Civil War, and I've not touched the latter since. This game is not perfect, I'll say that up front. It's got bugs. There are bits where it feels like the game's attempt at imposing realism causes frustration because it clashes with even that expectation (units not maneuvering to get a clearer line of fire for instance). There are some folks who understandably didn't enjoy this game in some way or another and have left negative reviews. But I enjoy it regardless of the flaws (which makes them doubly annoying). I've yet to play the W&L DLC campaign but the main game is a blend of grand strategy and tactics I find eminently enjoyable. The devs clearly wanted players to be able to tailor their playthrough to a preference. Just want to do grand strategy and not play with the tactics? Just hit "auto-resolve" on all army battles, the game will do the fighting for you. In this for the battles and don't want to manage your side's economy? Turn on auto-manage of finance, projects, building, etc., the AI will do it. Or turn that all off and do everything for yourself, a slower campaign but scratching both tactics and strategy itches as you build nice new Sharps rifles, Henry repeaters, etc., and then see them in action on the battlefield. Or those Dreyse rifles and steel cannons you unlocked for import from Prussia at considerable expense! (Alas, no, naval nerds, no playing Monitor vs. Virginia/Merrimack, naval battles are all campaign map and computer-controlled. For now anyway.) And if you're not a wargamer grognard and want the game to play like an RTS where units move when instructed? Turn off initiative and order delay. Play it like UG: CW and other such games. I can't promise anyone will enjoy this game. I can only say I do enjoy it very much and anyone like me will too. Granted, it's not doing any wonders for my sleep apnea and sleeping cycle, ha. :-)

骑兵连，进攻！

I really enjoy this game and I have no regrets in supporting this dev for their product. Sure, it might be a bit rough around the edges, but, come on man this is an incredibly niche game. But dang does it scratch that itch.

I love RTS games alot and this is one of them it rough around the edges and their currently rebuilding it up from the ground but i like the ability to research, manage the economy, the army and navy, as well diplomacy and politics, i am excited to see how their complete rebuild turns out to be as well

I bought this game and directly compared it how Headquarter in the saddle is portrayed in the Scourge of war games, and also other comparances and that regards this is a very weak competitor if you want to immerse yourself in the battle from a true officer in the saddle since there is no fog of war and all units are seen on the battlemap all the time. But if you bought the game and want to be able to control one side completly in the civil war Im sure you are up for a treat. For me its a huge dissapointment. + A playable campaign through the whole war where you can raise from a lowly brigade commander to a general HQ in the saddle HQ in the saddle that was inspired by the Scourge of war games is added in the game, unfortunatly its not so underwhelming since you can not direct control the unit you command so good from this view like you can in the Scourge of war games and if you want to just get a little further above the head you must turn the "HQ in the saddle" view off. Perhaps it can be enjoyable if you can accept these shortcomings if you have not played the games above The lack of direct control of your unit makes it very unimmersive. I bought the game solely for controlling a brigade officer and rise from the ranks. You can not increase rotation of camera on the battlefield. if the goal is to simulate that you are sitting in the saddle to view battlefield it has utterly failed. If the goal was to simulate a person with a neck with plaster that has been broken in a previous encounter it simulates it very well. It takes 2 seconds to rotate camera from North to West, If it took 2 seconds for me to look to the left or right I would directly see a doctor. This is a very strange and bad design choice. - No fog of war and you can see all enemy units at all time (Rather play Scourge of war games for true realstic Fog of war) Graphics - Graphics of units is very weak and they are made of very low quality (Comparance to Scourge of war games are impossible to not do, Those games has very detailed sprites for soldiers). - Draw distance for the units are extremly poor and makes them hollow and glitchy from even 50 meters away. +The coloured photos from the civil war in the loading screens together with the portraits of officers and generals are very wellmade. - If you ALT+TAB out of the game yore view on the map is focused on the right corner Music Very enjoyable Sounds Very weak, Even though the game is paused the marching sounds still continues. A cool thing is that there are random officers saying things in the battle. (I compare it to the Scourge of war games)

I love This Game. But it is soo broken, i cannot recommend it to the layman. For civil war buffs it's a must have. But beware: Crashes, Lags in big battles, bad AI Play , Bugs, unresponsive Controls etc. will spoil your fun. Have I mentionend that I love this game?

非常好游戏，就战略方面而言比隔壁的终极将军强。不过，就生涯模式而言有点问题，主要在于： 1.战术AI非常蠢笨，一般来说部队不会呈现出一条战线而是一坨团在一起的抽象玩意儿； 2.战略AI非常抽象，在1861夏季剧本开始时，无论是北方还是南方，你会见到1862年中旬双方的经济崩溃无法招募部队的情况。 总体而言，不错的游戏，对于希望玩到与全战或者终极将军比更加拟真的游戏的玩家而言，值得一玩。期待下一作。