The History Channel: Civil War – A Nation Divided
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 I think the Nation can agree that this game Sucks.
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The History Channel: Civil War – A Nation Divided is a historical first-person shooter video game developed by Cauldron HQ, released on November 7, 2006 by Activision Value and the History Channel for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360. It garnered mostly mixed reviews.
Why It's Not a Nation Divided
- Most of the cutscenes instead of being animated are told through a text with voice.
- The voice acting is awful and so bad it makes Resident Evil voice acting Oscar worthy.
- The most famous being: "Don't forget me".
- The enemies sometimes spawn right in front of you.
- The difficulty in this game is barerly hard because you dont take much damage and you have lots of health hell, you can just complete this game without dying atleast once or without shooting at all.
- The A.I is really dumb as they will most of the time try to melee attack you instead of shooting, their pathfinding is also broken.
- The A.I allies can do the same thing.
- Sometimes both the enemies and allies die for no reason.
- There are only 12 levels in this game which makes this game really short.
- Despite there being a Xbox 360 version, there is no PlayStation 3 port, which is weird because there is a PlayStation 2 port.
- The console versions has a very awful auto aim that barerly helps.
- The game is very linear as there are invisible walls at random spots.
- The graphics looks really bad for 2006 standards, especially on PlayStation 2.
Redeeming Qualities
- The weapons are satisfying to use.
- A game set in the Civil War sounded like a good concept for a game, sadly it's not executed properly.
- You can choose between playing as an Union soldier or Confederate soldier
- Unlike other Cauldron games and just like History Civil War: Secret Missions the PC Port has an actual graphical settings.
Reception
Upon its release, Civil War received mixed reviews with the main criticisms being stale gameplay, average graphics, low difficulty, poor AI, and the short length of the game, also, many people complained about various historical mistakes, or even lack of important details (like incorrect uniforms, lack of various infantries and regiments which is especially noticeable during the Bull Run level). However, many critics were pleased by the unique setting and fresh gameplay.
Mathew Robson from Gamerant listed the game # 5 of his “5 Games Set During The American Civil War”, stating “Despite mixed reviews from critics, this title has gained a deserving amount of esteem, notably due to the fresh gameplay, accurate representation of firearms and historic battles, and even the chaotic noises and sounds one might have heard upon the battlegrounds, certifying this title's position as iconic to American Civil Wargames.