I have just bought 'Battlestations Pacific'. Loaded it, tried it, binned it. The user interface is just awful, the frame rates jaggy, and the controls and interface not intuitive or user friendly at all.
The best naval strategy games bar none in my view are still the Microprose ones of the early 1990's - TF 1942 and 1942 the Pacific Air War. The only thing these games lacked was a multiplayer facility. The user interface and graphics were outstanding and the PAW carrier battles unmatched by anything since. Will Microprose or its successor PLEASE bring these titles back so we can play them again on Windows 95/XP and Vista platforms?