Birth of America

 PC
User Score
5.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 16 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 16
  3. Negative: 6 out of 16
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  1. Honorable_Pawn
    Sep 22, 2012
    9
    Very solid title coming from a big-time strategy game fan. I don't like shooters or sports titles or fancy graphics in lieu of content. Stategy, simulation, or adnenture games for me. I have played many titles and I just recently stumbled across this one. Wow! Good stuff. If concepts are more important to you than graphics then this is a very solid war stategy game. It seemed tooVery solid title coming from a big-time strategy game fan. I don't like shooters or sports titles or fancy graphics in lieu of content. Stategy, simulation, or adnenture games for me. I have played many titles and I just recently stumbled across this one. Wow! Good stuff. If concepts are more important to you than graphics then this is a very solid war stategy game. It seemed too complex initially but after about 11 hours I understood how simple and streamlined it really is.

    I gave this game a 9 but considered an 8. Although I haven't finished it yet I can already tell that it will be pretty much the same thing with just more challenges thrown at you. That is why I considered 8. But after reconsidering I realized that this game completely achieves its objectives and definitely makes you feel like you are the 5-star general moving your officers around the map. It accomplished this with very simple ideas that are actually very complex. Micromanagement, which I like however, is at a very minimum.

    Had this title included economic, political, and domestic features that were more fleshed out then this would have easily been my 2nd all-time score of 10. Instead it is in rare company with a 9. Game is worth $30, at least; Im so I glad I got it for $9.99.

    It's definitely worth it.    … Expand
  2. DavidY.
    Dec 21, 2009
    8
    Fun strategy game, much like a board game but would be good if you could control production or influece how the locals think about your side. AI seems pretty good too.
  3. Chriss
    Feb 22, 2009
    9
    Would be a 10 easy but it plays a bit slow. It was such a nice change from base building rts.
  4. [anonymous]
    Feb 12, 2009
    9
    Very solid but only for people who truly appreciate strategy.
  5. DanW
    Oct 15, 2008
    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.

Awards & Rankings

99
#99 Best PC Game of 2006
55
#55 Most Shared PC Game of 2006

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Metascore
71

Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. 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]
  2. 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]
  3. PC Gameworld
    70
    This is the kind of game nerds play when they’re waiting for new Dungeons & Dragons campaign books to come out.
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