Pac Storm vs. BS Midway?

XLjedi · 06-18-07, 01:56 PM

I bought Pacific Storm like the day it came out...

Overall I liked it, although I only played it thru once and have not since touched it.

I wish these developers would stop trying to be all things to all people and just build a strategy game and leave the mediocre man-your-battlestations nonsense out of it... or if you want to make a WWII flight sim, fine do it right. Enuf with the arcade flight-sims please!

Now I'm wondering if I should bother with Battlestations Midway. Almost looks like the same game...

Things I liked about Pac Storm:
- all the different ships
- the battleships
- the carriers
- the economic model
- open-ended campaign

Things I didn't like:
- manning arcade-like stations (and yet not the big guns???

)
- please spare me the lame flight-sim nonsense
- took too long to get anything built
- the AI has no defense against suicide sub-packs

So... two questions...

1) Should I be looking for updates or mods for Pac Storm? I saw something about Pacific Storm "Allies" but didn't know if that was a mod or expansion pack.

2) Would I be any more or less happier with Battlestations Midway?

06-18-07, 01:56 PM	#1
XLjedi Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Palm Beach, Florida Posts: 1,243 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 8	Pac Storm vs. BS Midway? I bought Pacific Storm like the day it came out... Overall I liked it, although I only played it thru once and have not since touched it. I wish these developers would stop trying to be all things to all people and just build a strategy game and leave the mediocre man-your-battlestations nonsense out of it... or if you want to make a WWII flight sim, fine do it right. Enuf with the arcade flight-sims please! Now I'm wondering if I should bother with Battlestations Midway. Almost looks like the same game... Things I liked about Pac Storm: - all the different ships - the battleships - the carriers - the economic model - open-ended campaign Things I didn't like: - manning arcade-like stations (and yet not the big guns??? ) - please spare me the lame flight-sim nonsense - took too long to get anything built - the AI has no defense against suicide sub-packs So... two questions... 1) Should I be looking for updates or mods for Pac Storm? I saw something about Pacific Storm "Allies" but didn't know if that was a mod or expansion pack. 2) Would I be any more or less happier with Battlestations Midway? Last edited by XLjedi; 06-18-07 at 03:14 PM.