Tuesday, February 03, 2009
'Road to Independence'
Armchair Gen. Savin Hill is all excited: "Finally ... An American Revolution PC game." ... It doesn't look realistic to me. Americans in blue uniforms. British in red coats. Set-piece battles. Etc., etc. Now if they replicate the asymmetric Lexington and Concord, I'm positive I could bottle up the British before they reach Charlestown. ...
Update -- Armchair Gen. Savin Hill says I've underestimated the asymmetrical nature of the series:
Armchair Gen. Savin Hill is all excited: "Finally ... An American Revolution PC game." ... It doesn't look realistic to me. Americans in blue uniforms. British in red coats. Set-piece battles. Etc., etc. Now if they replicate the asymmetric Lexington and Concord, I'm positive I could bottle up the British before they reach Charlestown. ...
Update -- Armchair Gen. Savin Hill says I've underestimated the asymmetrical nature of the series:
This is part of the Total War series that began with Rome. The games feature political, mechanical/industrial strategy as well as military strategy. You have advisors, spies, even weather to contend with. Lexington and Concord almost certainly exist in this game, but you can do anything you want as far as strategy. For instance, I'd be tempted to send a team of diplomats to Lexington and invite all the rebels to Boston for a meeting. Then of course I'd shoot them all.
