What stuck out for me is:
Armchair General Score: 90%
Pros: A stunningly beautiful game which covers a period lacking much prior attention. Super AI and very challenging, yet also easy to jump right in and play. All the factors of warfare in the era (leadership, logistics, population control, and so forth) are included. If you have any interest at all in this time, buy it and prepare to write off all your spare time. It is that good!
Cons: Documentation needs work and lack of a decent soundtrack are the only weaknesses in an outstanding simulation.
Bottom Line: BOA reaffirms the fact that a couple of guys with a great idea and hard work can still create a game that enthralls, entertains, and educates. A must for any gamer who enjoys a solid historical game which will challenge him every single time.
I would agree with this evaluation. I'd like to see a bit better sounds but overall, an excellent game. The manual could use more information on what's going on in the back ground so the player will have more information to go off of when making plans. I can deal with some of the odd sentence structure or misspellings though.
Not much point in trying to top that.
