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Shattered Union
Released On: Oct 17, 2005
67
7.2
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
67
35% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
57% Mixed
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
9% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
67
35% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
57% Mixed
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
9% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
So overall it's a buy, except possibly for those who might find the apparent wishful-thinking anti-Americanism of the setting disturbing (It depicts Washington DC as a post-nuke grease spot with a ruin of the Washington Monument in the middle.)
Shattered Union isn’t perfect. It fits a niche market that very few developers are pursuing though.
I know that developer PopTop and publisher 2K Games are trying to create something that is a little more console friendly, especially to those unfamiliar with the genre, but I have a feeling that much of that could have been accomplished with a bit more polish and presentation rather than cutting back on the strategic side of the experience.
A war game for casual gamers. [Jan 2005, p.88]
It has a very simplistic strategic level that amounts to rolling craps when deciding who and where to attack.
Shattered Union is distracting enough as a strategic challenge, but the concept of a second Civil War deserves something more sophisticated than Risk on a mousepad.
Ultimately, Shattered Union is just too frustrating to be enjoyable. Its accessibility problems are crippling and even after you've got to grips with how the game works, it still feels unbalanced and confusing. [Dec 2005, p.127]
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 5 User Ratings
7.2
60% Positive
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
20% Mixed
1 Rating
1 Rating
20% Negative
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1 Rating
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 5 User Ratings
7.2
60% Positive
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
20% Mixed
1 Rating
1 Rating
20% Negative
1 Rating
1 Rating
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Summary Set atop the smoldering ruins of a fictional United States torn apart by civil war, Shattered Union is an action-packed turn-based strategy game for the Xbox and PC. Gamers play through a single player campaign to reunite the country by force or online in one-on-one matches. [2K Games]
Rated T
for Teen
Platforms:
- PC
- Xbox
Initial Release Date: Oct 17, 2005
Developer:
- PopTop Software
Publisher: 2K Games
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