Ultimate General: Gettysburg

eddie · 06-14-14, 02:22 PM

I picked up this game yesterday on Steam, and it is a great sim!! Very intense with simultaneous movement going on,lol No IGO/UGO type turns, this is real time style play. Think of it as Sid Meier's Gettysburg on steroids! It can handle thousands of troops on the screen at any given time, 4000 to 6000 in the first 3 hours of the battle I played yesterday! No slow down in FR either. I think its much better then the Scourge of War series covering the ACW and better then what HPS has done in their series on the ACW.
It uses the Unity Game engine, and the guys behind this sim have done extensive mods for the Total War series too. I checked the Steam forums first about this game before I bought it and everyone is having a great time with it so far, hardly any complaints. Its an early access version, about 70% complete, but very playable and a blast so far! Multiplayer is coming, but this AI in this game will give you a run for your money, it is very well done!
I mean for $9.99 you can't go wrong at this price! Here's a link for the store page on Steam-
http://store.steampowered.com/app/306660

Watch the video, its pretty amazing, but its just a small hint of what this game can do!

The designers have said you will be able to mod the game, but they don't know to what extent yet.

eddie · 06-14-14, 02:27 PM

Here's a great AAR a guy did on the first day of the battle!

http://forum.game-labs.net/index.php...of-the-battle/

Dowly · 01-16-15, 01:53 PM

Bought it yesterday. What a great game! The AI is, even on 'balanced', amazing!
This is not like Empire Total War, where you can predict the AI.
The AI in UGG is smart as hell, they flank, they retreat, they exploit if you allow it.
The AI is so great I dont even mind losing to it!

eddie · 01-16-15, 02:53 PM

It is a good game! I hope they use this to make other battles from the Civil War too. They could do Napoleon type battles too I would think!

Skybird · 01-16-15, 03:47 PM

I saw it and a video at Steam some days ago, and almost posted it here, but then thought: well, no idea anymore what I thought, but I didn't post the video, so maybe I did not think at all...

Cybermat47 · 01-16-15, 11:34 PM

Seeing as Napoleon: Total War was a great game, but then the developer of Ultimate General: Gettysburg (known as Darth Vader) made it mindblowingly amazing with Darthmod Napoleon, I'll have to try and get this already.

nikimcbee · 01-17-15, 01:15 AM

Wow, great find!

And it's only $15.

Aktungbby · 01-17-15, 01:23 AM

Gotta love the title;

the whole battle was a chance encounter at a rural crossroads; specifically undesired by both sides especially by R.E. Lee;...there were no 'ultimate generals' at Gettysburg. Everyone above the rank of Colonel screwed up in the three day mess...at one point or another.

nikimcbee · 01-17-15, 02:55 AM

Found this:

Did my first battle.

nikimcbee · 01-17-15, 02:57 AM

I do miss this though...

Skybird · 01-17-15, 06:50 AM

So this is the game that Darth Vader had done? I knew he was doing his own game, but did not know that he was doing THIS one, but I am now not surprised.

Jimbuna · 01-17-15, 07:01 AM

Still playing Napoleon: Total War with the Darth Mod so I'll definitely get this

nikimcbee · 01-17-15, 10:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Still playing Napoleon: Total War with the Darth Mod so I'll definitely get this

I had some sort of a Civil War mod for both NTW and ETW, and the game kept crashing, so I went to uninstall it, but it trashed the sound in the game.

So I haven't played the original game in years. I love NTW.

Jimbuna · 01-18-15, 07:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

I had some sort of a Civil War mod for both NTW and ETW, and the game kept crashing, so I went to uninstall it, but it trashed the sound in the game.

So I haven't played the original game in years. I love NTW.

The Darth Mod for NTW is a 'must have'

ReallyDedPoet · 01-18-15, 11:33 AM

Nice

06-14-14, 02:22 PM	#1
eddie Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,023 Downloads: 99 Uploads: 0	Ultimate General: Gettysburg I picked up this game yesterday on Steam, and it is a great sim!! Very intense with simultaneous movement going on,lol No IGO/UGO type turns, this is real time style play. Think of it as Sid Meier's Gettysburg on steroids! It can handle thousands of troops on the screen at any given time, 4000 to 6000 in the first 3 hours of the battle I played yesterday! No slow down in FR either. I think its much better then the Scourge of War series covering the ACW and better then what HPS has done in their series on the ACW. It uses the Unity Game engine, and the guys behind this sim have done extensive mods for the Total War series too. I checked the Steam forums first about this game before I bought it and everyone is having a great time with it so far, hardly any complaints. Its an early access version, about 70% complete, but very playable and a blast so far! Multiplayer is coming, but this AI in this game will give you a run for your money, it is very well done! I mean for $9.99 you can't go wrong at this price! Here's a link for the store page on Steam- http://store.steampowered.com/app/306660 Watch the video, its pretty amazing, but its just a small hint of what this game can do! The designers have said you will be able to mod the game, but they don't know to what extent yet. __________________ Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. I'm kind to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me, weak is not what you are going to remember about me. Al Capone

06-14-14, 02:27 PM	#2
eddie Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,023 Downloads: 99 Uploads: 0	Here's a great AAR a guy did on the first day of the battle! http://forum.game-labs.net/index.php...of-the-battle/ __________________ Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. I'm kind to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me, weak is not what you are going to remember about me. Al Capone

01-16-15, 02:53 PM	#4
eddie Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,023 Downloads: 99 Uploads: 0	It is a good game! I hope they use this to make other battles from the Civil War too. They could do Napoleon type battles too I would think! __________________ Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. I'm kind to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me, weak is not what you are going to remember about me. Al Capone

01-16-15, 03:47 PM	#5
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I saw it and a video at Steam some days ago, and almost posted it here, but then thought: well, no idea anymore what I thought, but I didn't post the video, so maybe I did not think at all... __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

01-16-15, 11:34 PM	#6
Cybermat47 Willing Webfooted Beast Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Australia Posts: 5,408 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 23	Seeing as Napoleon: Total War was a great game, but then the developer of Ultimate General: Gettysburg (known as Darth Vader) made it mindblowingly amazing with Darthmod Napoleon, I'll have to try and get this already. __________________ Historical TWoS Gameplay Guide: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=2572620 Historical FotRSU Gameplay Guide: https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho....php?p=2713394

01-16-15, 01:53 PM	#3
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Bought it yesterday. What a great game! The AI is, even on 'balanced', amazing! This is not like Empire Total War, where you can predict the AI. The AI in UGG is smart as hell, they flank, they retreat, they exploit if you allow it. The AI is so great I dont even mind losing to it!

01-17-15, 01:15 AM	#7
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Wow, great find! And it's only $15. __________________

01-17-15, 01:23 AM	#8
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 29,981 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Impompto catch-as-catch can Gotta love the title; the whole battle was a chance encounter at a rural crossroads; specifically undesired by both sides especially by R.E. Lee;...there were no 'ultimate generals' at Gettysburg. Everyone above the rank of Colonel screwed up in the three day mess...at one point or another. __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

01-17-15, 02:55 AM	#9
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Found this: Did my first battle. __________________

01-17-15, 02:57 AM	#10
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I do miss this though... __________________

01-17-15, 06:50 AM	#11
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	So this is the game that Darth Vader had done? I knew he was doing his own game, but did not know that he was doing THIS one, but I am now not surprised. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

01-17-15, 07:01 AM	#12
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Still playing Napoleon: Total War with the Darth Mod so I'll definitely get this __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-18-15, 11:33 AM	#15
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,884 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Nice __________________ Back in the Day