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Ironclads: American Civil War

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Ironclads: American Civil War
Developer(s)Totem Games
Publisher(s)Totem Games
Strategy First
Designer(s)Maxim Ferapontov
EngineOleg Ferapontov
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
ReleaseOctober, 2008 (online)
Genre(s)3D naval historical turned-based strategy
Mode(s)Single-player

Ironclads: American Civil War (Russian: Броненосцы: Эпоха стальных гигантов) is a 3D naval historical turned-based strategy game based on the American Civil War.

The player operates a squadron of warships of the United States Navy or the Confederate States Navy: broadside ironclads, ironclad rams, ironclad turret ships, monitors, sloops-of-war, gunboats and screw commerce raiders. The player is tasked with destroying the opponent's ships, coastal batteries and warehouses.[1]

A lot of attention went into the details, historical accuracy and convenience of the interface. 3D models of the ships are based on archival drawings. Realistic ship to ship combat simulating the characteristics of each ship, including: damage, flooding, fires, destruction, armor values and guns.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Ironclads: American Civil War". SimHQ. January 8, 2009. Archived from the original on July 9, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  2. ^ "Ironclads: American Civil War". metacritic. Archived from the original on June 28, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
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