Ultimate General: Civil War | Union | Part 6 | Battle of Shiloh

Lets Play Ultimate General: Civil War as the Union.

Ultimate General: Civil War | Union
Ultimate General: Civil War | Union
Ultimate General: Civil War | Union

[utarionzo]

Ben, you've been spending a lot upgrading your units but honestly this early in the game getting good rifles is not as important as having enough units to play with.

Early game, the crucial thing is learning how to effectively flank and use detached skirmishers from Infantry Brigades to do so. Getting good flanking attacks in to rout the enemy is far more important then killing lots of their men.

You're losing so many guys because you're ending up in long line battles rather then trying to break the enemy, precisely because you're short on units.

[bms]

I'd hate to be a cavalryman in Ben's army...

[Foxador]

Shock Cavalry hardly use their guns don't go counting on that. At most they'll use them if you're almost right next to the enemy and hit halt but even then it's a slim chance. They pretty much go straight for melee since that's what the unit is designed for. When used correctly they can easily kill 10 to 1

[AstromarineCorpse]

Ben you need to check your inf brigades they have a Detach Skirmishers button that is crucial, especially for long fronts like the second stage of Shiloh

[Owktree]

It is interesting to see the game fighting across terrain that I have actually walked over.

[SirJPat]

Devans charge reminded me of Solo on the Death Star

[whatsinanameish]

At the loading screen for the battle, it looked like there was a second box that might have been the ability to activate an entire second division for the battle. You are definitely coming in under strength.

[brendansullivan]

Since you started this, i tried to watch some other lets plays. One of the people I am watching had 35 brigades during the battle of Shilo playing as confederates.

[ftffighter]

MAPS!! lol I know you are still getting the hang of it and all and these are all made in bulk but still. OCD is killing me.

[bangingthebeldam]

How can you tell the effective range of units in game?

[doug]

Love these, keep em coming Ben. Does fatigue play a role in moral and melee? I notice that your troops seem to be braver early in the fight and seem to break easier latter on. I could be wrong on my observation of coarse. Looking forward to watching the rest of this campaign.

[Schmidty]

should have around 25-30 numbers over quality is way more important

[oehslmcarter]

Why is cleburne at only 1159 this fight? In my shiloh battle I remember him to be well over that. what difficulty are you playing at?

[kevinwheels]

Personally, I would have taken the 75K from the government along with your 73k at 3:39 and created another corp. with at least one division.

[grey]

ben where is falangist poland campaign

[djlouie]

Help me Benjamin I have a case of being shit at this game

[Galantus]

omg, you pay absolutely no attention to the eff of your brigades.. 24 guns and only a captain to command them eff down to 4.. totally useless artillery brigade

[ccramit]

This was hard to watch. Such poor gameplay all around.