Civil War is an interesting and nontheless unique take on the FPS genre. And it's mindless fun to boot.
User Rating: 6.9 | The History Channel: Civil War - A Nation Divided X360
History Channel: Civil War is a game nobody thought about. When most people think of a war to make into an FPS, the game companies made games on Vietnam, and the people thought World War I. But nobody thought about the American Civil War. Somebody finally had the balls to take on a new war in a videogame, and while not all the results may be good, the game is mindless fun, and at the least, a $30 stress reliever. The graphics definitely show that this is meant to be a budget title, but in that case, it's not a bad looking budget game. The environments and lighting are very believeable and set a good atmosphere. The major blemish with the graphics are the character models. The faces look bad, the hair looks like it was made out of play-doh, and oddly, every single character model has a beard. I'm sure that at least one soldier in the Civil War shaved. Another problem is that soldiers will start to die out of nowhere. Now, starvation was prevalent in the Civil War, but then, how come they have the same death animation as if they got shot? The gameplay follows the mindless shooting romp that Call of Duty pioneered, which leaves the gameplay feeling very uninspired. At least the guns are fun to use, and are believably modeled. The gun sounds believeable, and the music is pretty good, but doesn't play during gameplay. The big downside is that the game is pretty short, only around 5 to 8 hours. At least the game has good achievements, but most are really easy to get and you'll probably get within a week or two. Rent it first and see if you like it. And if you do, get it, but dont spend more than 30 bucks. 
