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71 out of 100

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5.2 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 13 Ratings

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  • Summary: The year 2005 marks the 250th anniversary of the start of the French & Indian Wars. Twenty years later, the War of the American Independance began. These two events marked the real start of a new era, the end of an empire, the birth of a nation. In Birth of America, the player controls one of the major contenders of these 2 conflicts, trying to achieve military and political victory. It is a rather complete and detailed simulation of the two most important wars in Colonial America - from 1755 to 1783 - but with a simple and elegant new simultaneous turn-based engine. [Strategy First]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Computer Games Magazine
    80
    It's the best evidence of games' actually having some value beyond entertainment, and it's a total bonus and not necessary for game enjoyment. You can play it just as a game, and it works fine too. [July 2006, p.62]
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  2. PC Gamer UK
    71
    The beauty of BoA is the way it captures the unique character of American Revolutionary warfare without drowning wannabe Washingtons and Howes in detail. [May 2006, p.81]
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  3. Eurogamer
    70
    For those willing to tolerate a few boardgame-style abstractions, a little thumb-twiddling (sometimes turn calculations can take a minute or two) and the odd bit of bafflement (fundamentally simple, the game does have a few confusing elements like supply simulation), purchase options are pretty diverse.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4
  1. Chriss
    9
    Would be a 10 easy but it plays a bit slow. It was such a nice change from base building rts.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. [anonymous]
    9
    Very solid but only for people who truly appreciate strategy.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. DanW
    0
    I played this game for about 10 minutes before realising how poor it was. Don't waste your hard earned on it like I did.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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