History VideoGame / HistoryCivilWarSecretMissions

''History Civil War: Secret Missions'' is a historical FirstPersonShooter video game developed by Cauldron Ltd, and released on November 4, 2008 by Activision Value and the History Channel for Microsoft Windows, Play Station 2, Play Station 3 and Xbox 360. It is a sequel to ''The History Channel: Civil War – A Nation Divided'' and is one of the titles that makes up the ''VideoGame/HistoryCivilWarGames'' series. The game allows players to play under both the Union and Confederate in many of the American Civil War’s most famous battles.

The game is one of the most remembered first-person shooters with a Civil War setting. Although receiving mixed to negative reviews even to this day, the game revolutionized the FPS genre into adopting more obscure historical wars and settings. It was not the first Civil War shooter (''Gods and Generals'' and its predecessor were the first), ''Secret Missions'' was the first to showcase that it is possible to make a good game with a different historical setting besides World War II, and thus paving the way for similar games like ''VideoGame/CallOfJuarezBoundInBlood'', ''VideoGame/DarkestOfDays'' and ''War of Rights''.

* BadassBoast: The rangers in the mission “Dawn at Chancellorsville” during their conversation with General Stonewall Jackson, ''right'' after wiping out a whole platoon of Union soldiers armed with cannons. As if things aren’t badass enough already, Stonewall himself gives out a witty comeback.

* BottomlessMagazines: Both present and subverted. Magazine-fed gatling guns basically has unlimited ammo, but the other machine gun, coffee mill gun, will overheat if used too much (just like the real-life version).
* CloakAndDagger: The whole game’s premise is about the covert exploits conducted during the Civil War. One mission has Union troops tracking down and killing a Confederate spy. After the latter’s death, the Union then take a letter from the his jacket which contained vital intelligence.

* FacklerScaleOfFPSRealism: Although enemies tend to be the same in terms of damage and gameplay, the difficulty lies on the weapons and combat. Since this game takes place in the Civil War, the guns are slow to reload and there are no portable automatic weapons. Since firearms at that time were sometimes inaccurate, expect some of the guns here to be so as well, most especially the pistols.

* BadassBoast: The rangers in the mission “Dawn at Chancellorsville” during their conversation with General Stonewall Jackson, just ''right'' after wiping out a whole platoon of Union soldiers armed with cannons. As if things aren’t badass enough already, Stonewall himself gives out a witty comeback.

* StormingTheBeaches: Subverted. There are no beach landings in this game although the mission “Captain Blazer’s Scoute” has Union troops landing on a Confederate port and charging their way into the city.

''History Civil War: Secret Missions'' is a historical FirstPersonShooter video game developed by Cauldron Ltd, and released on 4 November 2008 by Activision Value and the History Channel for Microsoft Windows, Play Station 2, Play Station 3 and Xbox 360. It is a sequel to ''The History Channel: Civil War – A Nation Divided'' and is one of the titles that makes up the ''VideoGame/HistoryCivilWarGames'' series. The game allows players to play under both the Union and Confederate in many of the American Civil War’s most famous battles.

* SergeantRock: Sgt. Mckinley is the only named commanding officer in the game. As a CO, its his job to bark orders at the player before the start of the missions.

* CloakAndDagger: One mission has Union troops tracking down and killing a Confederate spy. After the latter’s death, the Union then take a letter from the corpse’s jacket which contained vital intelligence.

* CrewOfOne: Heavy weaponsh like cannons and machine gun batteries can be used by players single-handedly, even though in real life, it takes a crew of between 2 to 4 men to operate.

* ColdSniper: The protagonist of the mission “Infiltration of Jackson, Edward “Eric” Hogger, is noted by many, including General William Tecumseh Sherman, as a great marksman who can get inside enemy lines.