Summary
Battlestations: Midway is an immense action game that drops players into massive air, sea, and undersea battles from Pearl Harbor to the Battle of Midway.
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Battlestations: Midway Reviews & Ratings
Pros: Switching from controlling planes to ships to submarines is fun. Actual combat is pretty fun. Cons: Controls are hard. Gameplay is hard.Pros: Switching from controlling planes to ships to submarines is fun. Actual combat is pretty fun. Cons: Controls are hard. Gameplay is hard. Learning curve is extreme. Game speed is abysmally slow. Playing a mission for twenty minutes only to fail and have to start all over again 'repeatedly' is frustrating. Campaign is short and rather silly.Overall: I would not recommend this game to anyone other than WWII fanatics and even then buy it used.
I was expecting something more of a technical sim.What I got was an engrossing experience. Even though the g.u.i. is simpified the strategy I was expecting something more of a technical sim.What I got was an engrossing experience. Even though the g.u.i. is simpified the strategy is top-notch.Graphics and Sound effects are superior. Dialog left a lot to be desired. Overall this game left me with the feeling of satisfaction.
This walks a very fine line between strategy and action but on the whole does it extremely well. I like it because it is a different This walks a very fine line between strategy and action but on the whole does it extremely well. I like it because it is a different experience from all the first person shoot em ups that crowd the 360.
A surprisingly good combination of action and strategy - influenced by the old Carrier Command. The single player mode would have been a lot better if the AI was not so heavily scripted, but the fun multiplayer mode more than makes up for it.
Forget the high-def TV and wireless Xbox 360 controller; Battlestations Midway plays better with a mouse and a joystick.
Release Date | January 30, 2007 |
Publisher | Eidos Interactive, Feral Interactive, Robosoft Technologies |
Content Rated | T (Teen) |
Game Modes | Single player, Multiplayer |
Genres | Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy |
Themes | Action |
Platforms | PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Mac |