Grand Tactician, American Civil War

[SirAndrewD]

I seriously have to invest some time learning this game.  I played out the Gettysburg single scenario and thoroughly enjoyed it.  However, when I booted up the campaign I was utterly overwhelmed....seriously need to RTFM on this one.

It's worth it and not as bad as it seems. 

If you can penetrate something like War in the East 2 or similar ilk it's childs play. 

Heck, I can play it well enough through my middle aged, near sighted alcohol soaked goggles.

It's also improved a lot across every iteration.

[Tanaka]

I seriously have to invest some time learning this game.  I played out the Gettysburg single scenario and thoroughly enjoyed it.  However, when I booted up the campaign I was utterly overwhelmed....seriously need to RTFM on this one.

Try out the new in-game tutorial it is very well done!

[WallysWorld]

How's the AI in the game? I've been reading posts on Steam that there is some issues with it. Otherwise I'm getting close to buying it.

[Rayfer]

I seriously have to invest some time learning this game.  I played out the Gettysburg single scenario and thoroughly enjoyed it.  However, when I booted up the campaign I was utterly overwhelmed....seriously need to RTFM on this one.

Try out the new in-game tutorial it is very well done!

Took a quick look and loaded the tutorial.  You're right, it is really well done.  it's for battles but I didn't see a tutorial for the strategic layer....did I just miss it??

edit: found it, there is a campaign tutorial...haven't tried it yet.

[Tripoli]

"History Guy Gaming" has been doing some play throughs on Grand Tactician for awhile.  They are entertaining and well done (He is also the guy who did the in- game tutorials).  His youtube channel is here, and is worth a look if you are trying to decide whether or not to buy the game:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsJCJD1tAzTZ1eUUiskH-9w

[W8taminute]

^I'll second that suggestion.  History Guy Gaming is not only informative but also entertaining. 

[MOS:96B2P]

"History Guy Gaming" has been doing some play throughs on Grand Tactician for awhile.  They are entertaining and well done (He is also the guy who did the in- game tutorials).  His youtube channel is here, and is worth a look if you are trying to decide whether or not to buy the game:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsJCJD1tAzTZ1eUUiskH-9w

Well that did it......... I bought the game.  There is a LOT of cool stuff here.  I'm still learning everything, reading the manual, watching more videos and playing the tutorial.  So far I'm very impressed.  I also like that the developer seems to continue to work on the game and make improvements. 

[al_infierno]

Showed up for the grand tactics, but stayed for the soundtrack.  Hot dog this game is fun to listen to!

Love the map in this game.  The artwork is fantastic and the map shows a lot of information while being easy to browse and find what you need.  No idea how this thing actually works but I'm having a blast listening to it and looking at the pretty artwork.

[Rayfer]

New patch out on Steam....patch notes say the emphasis was on the strategic and tactical battle AI....!

[ArizonaTank]

New patch out on Steam....patch notes say the emphasis was on the strategic and tactical battle AI....!

I love the fact that the devs are working on AI. I think there is never too much they can do in this area.

Too many games work on eye candy and "life" improvements, or even worse, new features that the AI doesn't know how to use. They do this because these things are easy wins. While AI development is hard work so it gets scant attention.

But the effect of this AI neglect is that pretty soon the human player learns how to exploit holes in the AI and the game drifts off the players hard drive.

A good AI is what keeps me playing...and buying the devs future games.

Occasionally, I bump into an AI that does something that is brilliant (or at least appears that way)...those are the games I keep in my heart...

[Old TImer]

Completely agree with you Tank and the fact that they didn't just release the game and forget about it.
There have been numerous post-release patches.
Also much more likely to buy future releases from them.  Long ago, an American Revolutionary War
game was mentioned but I haven't seen anything recently as to future projects these guys might undertake.

[Rayfer]

Update patch 1.05 hit today on Steam...downloading it now.  Lots of fixes but also more AI improvements and an emphasis on army and fleet management. 

[Ubercat]

Does anyone know of a more barebones version of the manual? I want to print it out but all the pretty parchment background will waste a TON of ink.

[steve58]

So I sees this one is now available on Epic Games.  On sale for ~$38 (same as Steam) minus another 25% (25% off coupon) for a grand total of ~$28.  So many games, so little time  :( :-\

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

I was going to use my coupon to grab it from Epic but many of the reviews I read on steam say it still needs work.