▁re en act ment ▁foot age ▁" a ▁wonderful ▁touch " ▁and ▁summar ized ▁the ▁package ▁as ▁one ▁that ▁" any one ▁can ▁enjoy , ▁but ▁Civil ▁War ▁buff s , ▁in ▁particular , ▁can ▁get ▁lost ▁in ." ▁Writing ▁for ▁the ▁Orange ▁County ▁Register , ▁Jeff ▁Gu inn ▁found ▁the ▁game ▁to ▁be ▁extremely ▁difficult , ▁but ▁felt ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁" cut ▁from ▁different ▁but tern ut ▁hom esp un ▁than ▁the ▁generic ▁ref ight - the - C ivil - W ar ▁play - al ikes ▁that ▁have ▁in und ated ▁the ▁market ." ▁In ▁the ▁Mil w au kee ▁Journal ▁S entin el , ▁Gu inn ▁described ▁Civil ▁War ▁General ▁as ▁" the ▁kind ▁of ▁game ▁you ' ll ▁enjoy ▁playing ▁over ▁and ▁over ", ▁despite ▁its ▁difficulty . ▁ ▁In ▁PC ▁G amer ▁US , ▁William ▁R . ▁T rot ter ▁noted ▁that ▁Civil ▁War ▁General ▁was ▁simplified ▁to ▁appeal ▁to ▁a ▁mass - market ▁audience , ▁but ▁he ▁argued ▁that ▁it ▁remained ▁" deep ▁enough ▁to ▁satisfy ▁most ▁hard core ▁w arg am ers ." ▁In ▁this ▁regard , ▁he ▁compared ▁it ▁to ▁Pan zer ▁General . ▁T rot ter ▁highly ▁pra ised ▁the ▁game ' s ▁re en act ment ▁foot age , ▁and ▁he ▁summar ized ▁Civil ▁War ▁General ▁as ▁" a ▁serious ▁w arg ame , ▁wrapped ▁in ▁a ▁friendly ▁multimedia ▁package ." ▁Con vers ely , ▁Computer ▁Games ▁Str ategy ▁Pl uss ▁Robert ▁May er ▁considered ▁Civil ▁War ▁General ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁missed