Warning: Broken Game!

This game has design/implementation defects that will render this unplayable for many gamers. The game crashes for me as soon as I enter the game selection screen. This may happen to other gamers running modern hardware and the latest builds of Windows 11. Furthermore, the developer has abandoned the game in an incomplete state.

"Battle Cry of Freedom" is an American Civil War era first/third person PvP arena game (Although if you can get the game to work, you can do botmatches, not that you would want to). There's still a few devoted players who managed to get the game to work, so if you can, you might even be able to play a few rounds.

There's certainly a niche for this kind of game but the technical issues are just overwhelming, and the developer abandoning the game without issuing refunds is not acceptable.

Despite not being in Steam Early Access (where this arguably belongs), the game is missing features and is apparently incomplete. Due to the lack of meaningful progress from the developer, it's unlikely the game will be completed at all, yet the developers reprehensively have their hand out for money for an incomplete game. This is a good reason for gamers to avoid this.

On the upside, the game does feature customisable controls and resolution, so at least some of the basic, minimum requirements have been met. Unfortunately there's a number of other technical defects and shortcomings which contribute to the game being difficult to recommend to gamers. Like, the game crashing when you try to select a mission.

Because the game is broken and unplayable for me, it may also not work for other gamers. This is a solid reason to approach this game with some scepticism.

So, should you buy this game? Is this one of the best of the 100,000+ games on Steam?

The developer is deliberately and unethically trying to scam gamers into paying them the cash grab price of $10 USD for a game they abandoned. Don't give it to them. For comparison, the $10 asking price for this game could get you actually completed games like "Left 4 Dead 2", "Mass Effect" or "Civilization VI". Quality, professionally made games like those are frequently on sale cheaper than this.

It's a good game but it's dead and the reliance on the multiplayer makes it pretty much unplayable. Get war of rights or holdfast instead

yeah nah