I won’t force you through too much of a history lesson – although the chances are that you (like me) enjoy some Civil War history if this game sparks your interest. Let’s see if FSE managed to overcome these balancing acts in this Battle Cry of Freedom review!īattle Cry of Freedom is available on the Steam store.ģ.1) The instrumental but controversial voice chat Story – America’s Deadliest Conflict The promise of hosting up to 500 players with massive maps (some as large as 2 by 2 kilometers) while assuring good FPS and graphical quality is quite the task. And that’s not to mention the technical challenges. Historical accuracy and enjoyable combat are in a bit of a zero-sum relationship – one’s gain is often the other’s loss. In massively multiplayer war simulators, there are numerous factors that the developers have to balance for a solid experience. In Battle Cry of Freedom, named after the Civil War song of the same name, the bloody and brutal struggle is yours to conquer. This time, the developer takes to one of the last large-scale conflicts fought with muskets, the American Civil War. The 4-men team of Flying Squirrel Entertainment uses their experience in the musket-era battle genre to craft another immersive experience.

This authoritative volume makes sense of that vast and confusing ''second American Revolution'' we call the Civil War, a war that transformed a nation and expanded our heritage of liberty.After 10 years in development, the critically and commercially successful Napoleonic Wars DLC for the strategy action roleplaying game Mount & Blade Warband finally received its spiritual successor. This authoritative volume makes sense of that vast and confusing ''second American Revolution'' we call the Civil War, a war that transformed a nation and expanded our heritage of liberty.' This ''new birth of freedom,'' as Lincoln called it, constitutes the proudest legacy of America's bloodiest conflict. Eventually, the North had to grapple with the underlying cause of the war, slavery, and adopt a policy of emancipation as a second war aim. The South seceded in the name of that freedom of self-determination and self-government for which their fathers had fought in 1776, while the North stood fast in defense of the Union founded by those fathers as the bulwark of American liberty. The book's title refers to the sentiments that informed both the Northern and Southern views of the conflict. Particularly notable are McPherson's new views on such matters as the slavery expansion issue in the 1850s, the origins of the Republican Party, the causes of secession, internal dissent and anti-war opposition in the North and the South, and the reasons for the Union's victory. From there it moves into a masterful chronicle of the war itself-the battles, the strategic maneuvering by each side, the politics, and the personalities. Packed with drama and analytical insight, the book vividly recounts the momentous episodes that preceded the Civil War including the Dred Scott decision, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry. James McPherson's fast-paced narrative fully integrates the political, social, and military events that crowded the two decades from the outbreak of one war in Mexico to the ending of another at Appomattox. 'Now featuring a new Afterword by the author, this handy paperback edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Battle Cry of Freedom is without question the definitive one-volume history of the Civil War.

Battle cry of freedom book review