Sometimes, they do shoot back though. And their aim is amazingly accurate. You know, as long as you stand in one spot, let them take a few practice shots, and paint a big bull’s-eye on your chest. Once this happens, be ready to die within minutes. Because, you know, it takes forever to reload a gun. Yes, I know it’s historically accurate, but it isn’t fun! And besides, none of the rest of the game is historically accurate, so why should this be? Anyway, back to the killing…
Now, one thing the enemies don’t have a problem shooting is your squad mates. In fact, those idiot gunners will run directly into enemy fire, making it very easy to kill them. And when I say directly, I don’t mean they don’t take cover when there are three or four enemies present, no, this is much worse. These guys will run and stand right in front of a Gatling gun! That’s right, an automatic Gatling gun. And just stand there and get pegged until they are dead. Not exactly the smartest of soldiers. No wonder that war took so long to end.
So, are there any good merits to the game? Uhmm, let’s see… the iron sights don’t work right, the A.I. is terrible, the animations are poorly done, hmm… I can’t think of anything. Wait, no, there are two good points to this game, one being the sound effects. They are nothing breathtaking, but are noteworthy at being good. In a game filled with this much bad, a little bit of good stands out tremendously.
The other good thing you ask? Oh, the game is short. Like, barely six hours to complete the entire game on the hardest difficulty short. Like, you can probably obtain all the achievements in six hours short. Speaking of which, if you are one of those achievement point suckers you can easily rack up 985 points with this one. I say 985, because there is one where you have to have 95% accuracy…which is near impossible to do with the shoddy hit detection in this game. You could literally stand three feet in front of an enemy (remember, he won’t hit you) and shoot directly at his face, and it doesn’t register that you hit him. He’ll just keep looking at you with that vacant republican stare.
One other fault this game has is the lack of multiplayer. Why you would want to torment your friends while playing this game, I have no idea. But, it is pretty much mandatory that you have some sort of multiplayer in a FPS nowadays. There is no Live play, not even split screen! That is completely unacceptable.
So, with all of that being said, can I recommend this game to anyone? To fans of FPS’s in general? Die-hard Civil War buffs? Yes, I can recommend this game to one type of person. Neither of the two mentioned will enjoy this game, but will instead be offended. No, the only person I can recommend this to is a sado-masochist. They will enjoy the torture and unbearing pain that is this game. Please, avoid at all costs.
