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Review at The Wargamer: The nicest gift from France since the Statue of Liberty!
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 3:26 pm
by Korrigan
"Quelle surprise! From a relatively new French developer, AGEOD (...), comes a serious contender, in my opinion, for Strategy Game of the Year. And it may also be the best Grand Strategic simulation of the Civil War ever devised. It combines a blessedly intuitive – yet actually rather complex – interface, marvelous depth-of-play, a compelling sense of epic drama, and a handsome, distinctive look that is also cunningly designed to add to the “period” atmosphere (...)".
Bill Trotter
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 4:11 am
by Korrigan
WARNING:
I've posted this review link after it was made public yesterday by a post in the AACW forum. However, it appears it has not yet received the Wargamer Editor approval.
I will re-set the link once it will have been officially published.
Thanks
Korrigan
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 10:00 am
by Primasprit
Korrigan wrote:[...] I will re-set the link once it will have been officially published.[...]
The review is now online on the frontpage of
http://www.wargamer.com
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 10:23 am
by demarcroix
To sum up my reactions: this game creates the same habit-forming gestalt as that which emerges from the best Civil War literature. It offers enormous replay value as well as compelling turn-after-turn depth, and its designers have consistently approached their subject with understanding, even love.
Direct link:
http://www.wargamer.com/reviews/ageod_civilwar/ 
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:18 am
by Hobbes
Great review but no Wargamer excellence award! How does that work?
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 4:29 pm
by Wilhammer
I dunno, this line can't be too popular---
"Although many reviewers really wanted to embrace it, and invested large amounts of time trying to do so, the consensus about the most recent grand-scale Civil War title, Forge of Freedom, seems to have been just that; it was another "noble failure." "