
5 reviews
Battlestations: Pacific
Experience one war through two epic sagas where you will be a part of history or change it. Feel the power of the historically authentic and decisive battles of the Pacific War.
Details
- Released
- May 11, 2009
- Developer
- Robosoft Technologies, Eidos Hungary
- Genres
- Real Time Strategy (RTS) · Simulator · Strategy · Tactical
- Publisher
- Feral Interactive, Eidos Interactive
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Battlestations: Pacific Reviews
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If you're prepared to push through its choppier moments, you'll find a rich and highly enjoyable game that should keep you occupied for months.
While interesting and engaging, Battlestations: Pacific is not for everyone. The pace of many battles might be a bit too slow for adrenaline junkies, and those looking for simple thrills should look elsewhere. But if you're a World War II fan who's tired of the endless string of shooters or you feel that you've seen Normandy Beach one too many times, then you might want to check this distinctive and engaging World War II game out.
Battlestations: Pacific features a massive U.S. and Japanese single player campaign that offers a unique blend of action and strategy. Players must plan their moves carefully on huge open-world arenas and fight in the air, above sea and underwater to relive some of the most hard-fought battles in WWII history.
Still, this is an accomplished strategy title on whichever format you decide to play it on. The attention to detail is to be applauded and the wealth of options on offer is at once bewildering and admirable. We just wish that we had the attention span, wherewithal and patience to fully appreciate what Eidos Hungary has achieved with Battlestations: Pacific. As it stands though, the intricacies and complexities of the game are sadly lost on us.
I think it is pretty much a statistical fact that if you play all the WWII games back to back that it would take you much longer than the actual conflict lasted (I may be guessing here though), which is to say that the market for games based on that particular blot on the global copybook has become amazingly saturated. Therefore when another WWII title sails into view, I cannot help but let out an imperceptible groan. Thankfully Battlestations is not your regular WWII title (read FPS) and off...