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Civil War, not so civil screenshots

Posted Nov 2nd 2006 3:00PM by Richard Mitchell
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War may be hell, but apparently it makes for damned fine videogames. Releasing next week, The History Channel Civil War looks to be a Ken Burns documentary brought to life. Maybe they can get Morgan Freeman to do some narrating. Honestly, we don't know much about this Activision title -- they didn't give us any details. The old PC game was an RTS, but these screens make the 360 title look like a shooter. The screens look decent, so whatever it is, let's hope History Channel Civil War plays at least as good as it looks. See more screens after the break.

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1. I can't imagine a shooter to be that much fun if you can only shoot 2 rounds per minute...

A+ for effort and for trying something new though...

Posted at 3:36PM on Nov 2nd 2006 by SickNic 0 stars

2. There are a few mods out there for Half-Life along these lines that actually are quite fun. You'd be surprised how long reload times make you change playstyle.

Posted at 4:51PM on Nov 2nd 2006 by Pyronite 0 stars

3. I wanted this game since i heard of it, but since there is no MP. Im only going to go with a rental. I do have to say though that the The History Channel sure did make a good looking game! Now only if they would release there WWII Air Battles they have done and even the Roman battles into a game with MP and i think we got a new contender in the video game world!

Posted at 4:58PM on Nov 2nd 2006 by DPFinch 0 stars

4. Yeah the Revolutionary war mod BattleGrounds for Half-Life is great fun. The reload time makes close quarters battles with your bayonet happen all the time.

Posted at 5:00PM on Nov 2nd 2006 by Limestallc 0 stars

5. I hope this is successful. Then maybe Activision will finally get off the WW2 crap and switch to a REAL war!

Call of Duty 4, Gettysburg. You heard it hear first.

Posted at 5:48PM on Nov 2nd 2006 by jc 0 stars

6. naah...not much in to history

Posted at 1:32PM on Nov 3rd 2006 by ray 0 stars

7. About time. I've been on messageboards asking for Napoleonic FPSs. Not long now.

Then maybe someone will finally tackle the GTA genre and set it in 19th Century England. I can just imagine mugging people to steal their Penny Farthings.

Posted at 10:23PM on Nov 7th 2006 by darkbhudda 0 stars

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