Battlestations: Midway (Xbox 360)

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• 9 stars

  A great game but not for everyone.

  by Vaerax on March 10, 2007

  Pros: Essentially a new genre, excellent graphics/sound

  Cons: You can't always tell what they want you to do.

  Summary: There are multiple aspects of this game, so I will address them individually.
  
  As a flight sim, the game wants for very little. I was shocked the first time my
  
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  Summary: There are multiple aspects of this game, so I will address them individually.
  
  As a flight sim, the game wants for very little. I was shocked the first time my engine stalled when I tried to pull off a maneuver that a WWII era plane simply can't pull off, but pleasantly so. The wide variety of aircraft available are fairly true to their actual abilities from what I understand. Unlike many games, your 'allies' - ie ships you command but are not currently control - do a good job fighting in an intelligent way most of the times. War is crazy, though, and sometimes the unexpect happens but not unreasonably so.
  
  The naval aspect of the game is vaguely reminiscent of a flight sim in 2D. The grahpics are excellent, the weapons and controls are realistic for the units, the selection of units is excellent, and the AI is very good.
  
  From a strategic perspective, commanding an entire expeditionary force (or a smaller unit) is refreshingly challenging, and the fact that there are often two battles going on at once - the battle for air superiority and the battel for control of the seas - adds an element of complexity rarely found in a strategy game. Add to that your ability to take control of any individual units or use the strategy map to send out orders to specific units, and you have a heck of a game.
  
  My biggest drawback is the system used to control the teams of aircraft you use. You can only have 12 aircraft per aircraft carrier/airport in the air at a time. The problem with that is that they must be divided into four groups or less, and the units cannot be changed once airborne. Thus 4 groups of 3 fighters could take casualties and become 4 'groups' with 1 fighter each, and the only way to fix it would be to land two or three of the fighters and launch larger groups. That is incredibly unrealistic and frustrating in a game that seems to have gone to such extreme measures to maintain its relative realism.
  
  All in all, this is an excellent game that I am glad to have purchased, and I look forward to a sequel someday.

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• 10 stars

  A ture "Cult Classic"!!

  by Gamer97051 on December 18, 2008

  Pros: Great use of strategy
  Decent Graphics
  Engaging Story
  Lots of units
  VERY unique game

  Cons: Very unique game
  Steep learning curve
  Slow paced to start level, followed be extreme frenzy in battle!

  Summary: Bottom-line, as suggested by the other poster...this game is not for everyone. It is not an arcady flight sim or an in-depth RTS. It also takes a lot of ...

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  Summary: Bottom-line, as suggested by the other poster...this game is not for everyone. It is not an arcady flight sim or an in-depth RTS. It also takes a lot of time and pateints to really get the hang of it.
  
  But once you do, this game offers something that NO other game can. Most gamers picked this game up, tried it out and they threw in the back of the closet by the end of the day. But if you take the time to go through the painfully long tutorial, you thank youself later. As the meat of this game is absolutely fantastic and quite enjoyable.

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• 2 stars

  Stay away, stay far away from this aweful game

  by Deathbringer on February 12, 2007

  Pros: Unique game play

  Cons: Graphics, controls, damage detection

  Summary: Wow, all I can say is that this game is just really really aweful. Its like Midway didnt even try to make a good game. My god the graphics suck. ...

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  Summary: Wow, all I can say is that this game is just really really aweful. Its like Midway didnt even try to make a good game. My god the graphics suck. Its like Im back in the Playstation 1 days. Seriously. The game play is uninterestng and boring. TO get anywhere takes 10s of minutes just to find another person to fight. Anyway I do not have a lot of time to review this. I just wanted to let anyone who was thinking about buying this game to save their money. This is just one really aweful game

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