Modern tactical games love to reduce a siege engine to a single swing or a line of attack. In reality a battering ram was a carefully balanced structure, its wooden frame braced with iron ribs, and the operator had to control momentum, friction in the rollers and the exact impact angle. Games rarely model that, so the physics are often wrong. If you cross‑reference a clay tablet from Nineveh with a game manual, you’ll see the real machines used complex gear trains and counterweights, whereas the game treats them as a one‑handed swing. For true fidelity, consult the primary sources; the details matter.