A great game, but not a Gettysburg
User Rating: 9.3 | Sid Meier's Antietam! PC
Antietam is more or less Gettysburg in a differnt box. Graphics are more or les the same, battle mechanics the same, but still same good game. Antietam was another major battle in the American civil war where 17,000 men were killed or wounded in one day. In my oppinion, this game doesnt have the same knock down power of Gettysburg. In histoical correctness, the Rebel units are very small, but have more moral. this in theory is a god trade off, but its not. Youll end up with ur small units getting cut to ribbons by massive union units. Also for some reason the artillery batteries have all been reduced to one cannon on the screen, making them less powerful. Commanders have been upgraded, allowing artillery to congrgate to them and open mass fire. Units cant cross streams anywhere anymore, having to find a ford or bridge to cross some streams. but other than that, this is pretty much Gettysburg, but not quite as good.
