Sid Meiers 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. 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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