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Battlestations: Midway Reviewby Ed Ransbottom
The controls can be a little clunky and take some time to master. They don’t feel like they were properly adapted from PC controls to the Xbox 360 setup. Looking around your plane requires holding down the left stick. Neither bumper is used in flight. I feel a better choice would have been LB for free look. RB for a quick check of your six would be nice too. Playing through the tutorial is almost mandatory to fully understand the game. Unfortunately, this is a very long, tedious and dull experience. Grab your favorite caffeinated beverage and prepare to devote 60 minutes to learning how to play the game. There’s no way to speed up the process, but you can play through in installments, if you choose.
This game is also poised for downloadable content. Missing are two of my favorite planes from the Pacific theatre, the P38 Lightning and the F4U Corsair. I foresee some needed planes and maps in the future. Hopefully these will be free of charge, but how likely is that?
Overall, Battlestations: Midway is a solid war action/strategy game for console gamers. Much like chess, you can learn how to use the pieces in an hour, but learning to use them skillfully takes time and patience. If you can handle a bit of a learning curve and some clunky controls, this game will reward you with challenging and enjoyable game play.
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| Gameplay: 8.8 |
Graphics: 8.2 |
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| Sound: 7.5 |
Controls: 7 |
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| Replay: 8.5 |
Live Play: 8.8 |
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HAWK'N'STEIN
2007-03-13 10:30:00
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This is a solid title to purchase not to rent. This is a very in depth game with tons of controls that need to be mastered before one can truly enjoy the whole experience. The early campaign missions are fairly easy to get by but the mid- to later stages are very advanced in timing and tactics required to complete your missions. One nice aspect about this title is that if you get stuck on a campaign you can choose to do kind of a quick mission type of challenge with airplanes, or submarines etc... it adds a nice change of pace to only doing the campaign. One thing this title could improve on is the graphics, I definetly felt like they were great but not $60.00 great! Hopefully part 2 will address this a little more! |
Stonesand
2007-02-11 21:11:09
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Update to my experience. I LOVE this game. it's enormous fleet battles, damage controls, a flight sim, and an RTS rolled into one. And, I'm not ashamed to play it in from of my wife (like Gears of War, or Dead Rising). The controls take lots of experience, Ed was NOT KIDDING. That aside, they work when you learn them (unlike Dead Rising's, which don't work no matter how well you know them), and the game just becomes tons of fun. I'm going to sell Dead Rising, and all of my old Xbox games (sans Halo 2) to fund this game. :) |
Recon73
2007-02-10 21:49:00
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I just picked the game up today and have to say I love it so far. Just make sure you do the tutorial and just remember it is a stratgy game and you need tme to learn it. |
friedkarma
2007-02-09 15:59:10
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Also, Stonesand you may wanna play through the boring ass tutorial. It helps. |
friedkarma
2007-02-09 15:57:28
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Use the left stick to adjust the throttle, steer with the right. Controls are a little clunky like I said. Go all the way out of the harbor and hang a right to meet the Pennsylvania or whatever ship it is. |
Stonesand
2007-02-09 11:34:01
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Yah, I tried it last night, but, um, to my embarrasment, couldn't figure out what to do. I just sat there stuck at a shipyard, pushing every button combination I could think of. I never did figure it out - I'll tryagain tonight.
After pushing buttons for awhile, the game locked up my Xbox. Unimpressive. |
friedkarma
2007-02-09 07:39:40
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Its a lot of fun to play, but it can be difficult. I love the game, but I realize its not for everyone. |
Bubbles
2007-02-09 03:29:25
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Yeah, from the review it sounds pretty good! |
Stonesand
2007-02-08 22:34:46
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Man, I would love a SP demo of this game... |
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| Battlestations: Midway |
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| Eidos Interactive |
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| Eidos Interactive |
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| Shooter |
| Release Date |
| 2007-02-09 |
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