- February 1, 2017
- HexWar Games
Civil War: 1861
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About Civil War: 1861
Civil War: 1861 is a single player tactical turn-based strategy game with warfare and historical themes. It was developed by HexWar Games and was released on February 1, 2017. It received mostly positive reviews from players.
Civil War: 1861, a strategy game, covers the opening battles of the American Civil War. The game covers both the small and large actions of that momentous year, starting with the battle at 'Big Bethel', on to the comparatively vast engagements at 'Bull Run' and 'Wilson’s Creek'.
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- Simple, smooth, and entertaining gameplay suitable for casual players and beginners in turn-based strategy games.
- Historically themed with a decent variety of scenarios focusing on the first year of the American Civil War, providing a nostalgic feel for fans of the genre.
- Stable performance overall with decent game length and balanced achievements, offering a relaxing and fun experience, especially when purchased as part of a discounted bundle.
- The game is very basic and shallow in terms of strategy depth and complexity, lacking features like combined arms tactics, meaningful terrain effects, and detailed unit stats.
- Repetitive and uninspired graphics, sound, and interface with several usability issues, including poorly designed menus, awkward combat info display, and bugs affecting gameplay.
- Prone to crashes and technical issues, particularly following updates, and the difficulty balance is inconsistent with some scenarios being too easy or frustratingly hard.
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4 mentions Positive Neutral NegativeThe gameplay is smooth, simple, and mechanically functional, delivering an entertaining experience consistent with similar hexwars games. However, some players find it becomes repetitive and boring after extended playtime. Overall, it offers good vibes but may lack long-term engagement for some.
“It’s simple, smooth, and entertaining, with great gameplay and good vibes all around.”
“It’s mechanically functional; if you look at the screenshots, what you see is what you get.”
“Gameplay is as most hexwars games.”
“Gotta admit I had some fair expectations when I began playing, but the game gets just plain boring after two hours of gameplay.”
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Civil War: 1861 is a tactical turn-based strategy game with warfare and historical themes. Common tags for Civil War: 1861 include turn-based, hex grid, wargame and combat.
Civil War: 1861 is available on PC, Mac OS, Phone, iPad and others.
Civil War: 1861 was released on February 1, 2017.
Civil War: 1861 was developed by HexWar Games.
Civil War: 1861 has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Civil War: 1861 for its gameplay but disliked it for its graphics.
Civil War: 1861 is a single player game.
Similar games include Sid Meier's Starships, Order of Battle: World War II, Panzer Corps, Sid Meier's Ace Patrol, Unity of Command and others.