Battlestations Pacific: warroom diaries part 1

Sonarman · 12-18-08, 07:38 PM

Gamespot has a great new trailer for the forthcoming action/strategy hybrid Battlestations Pacific.

CaptHawkeye · 12-18-08, 07:59 PM

I hate videos of devs just talking about their game, but at least this one actually has some snips of gameplay and it looks good. It's good to see that they're putting more effort into the single player, since the first game's SP was non-existent. Maybe someday, they'll even be brave enough to have a "realism" setting or some such. First hell will need to freeze over and the broken hull-corpse of Zombie Yamato will rise from the oceans and demand the blood of Nimitz.

A Very Super Market · 12-18-08, 08:44 PM

I liked Battlestations: Midway very much, but I doubt realism would work on it. The game is rather arcadey...

I mean, the ships have set damage points!!!

Sonarman · 12-19-08, 03:54 AM

I certainly don't look on it as an accurate naval sim but, it's still a fun game, more a spiritual successor to games like the massive 80's classic hit "Carrier Command".

Funnily enough Carrier Command was actually designed originally as a ww2 naval game but the devs decided eventually on a futuristic approach as the hardware of the day Spectrum/C64/Amiga etc could not portray historical units accurately enough in 3D. Making futuristic craft freed them from this limitation. Smart thinking.

Overkill · 12-20-08, 08:15 PM

Any news on if it will have a skirmish mode were you can set up your own fleets?

A Very Super Market · 12-20-08, 08:24 PM

I think somewhere, they announced that there would be a mission editor-esque thing

Task Force · 12-20-08, 08:34 PM

From some of the things the planes and ships did in that video. this is gonna be a arcadeish game.

Raptor1 · 12-21-08, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Task Force

From some of the things the planes and ships did in that video. this is gonna be a arcadeish game.

Did you expect anything else from BS:M's sequel?

Task Force · 12-21-08, 12:50 AM

no, I knew it was gonna be arcadish from the beginning.

12-18-08, 07:38 PM	#1
Sonarman The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ayr,Scotland,UK Posts: 1,392 Downloads: 79 Uploads: 0	Battlestations Pacific: warroom diaries part 1 Gamespot has a great new trailer for the forthcoming action/strategy hybrid Battlestations Pacific. __________________ "The action is simulated...the excitement is real!" Microprose Simulation Software.

12-18-08, 08:44 PM	#3
A Very Super Market The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Deep in the Wild Canadian suburbs. Posts: 1,468 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I liked Battlestations: Midway very much, but I doubt realism would work on it. The game is rather arcadey... I mean, the ships have set damage points!!! __________________ The entire German garrison of Vanviken, right here in your thread!

12-19-08, 03:54 AM	#4
Sonarman The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ayr,Scotland,UK Posts: 1,392 Downloads: 79 Uploads: 0	I certainly don't look on it as an accurate naval sim but, it's still a fun game, more a spiritual successor to games like the massive 80's classic hit "Carrier Command". Funnily enough Carrier Command was actually designed originally as a ww2 naval game but the devs decided eventually on a futuristic approach as the hardware of the day Spectrum/C64/Amiga etc could not portray historical units accurately enough in 3D. Making futuristic craft freed them from this limitation. Smart thinking. __________________ "The action is simulated...the excitement is real!" Microprose Simulation Software. Last edited by Sonarman; 12-19-08 at 03:55 AM.

12-20-08, 08:15 PM	#5
Overkill Frogman Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 302 Downloads: 130 Uploads: 0	Any news on if it will have a skirmish mode were you can set up your own fleets? __________________

12-20-08, 08:24 PM	#6
A Very Super Market The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Deep in the Wild Canadian suburbs. Posts: 1,468 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I think somewhere, they announced that there would be a mission editor-esque thing __________________ The entire German garrison of Vanviken, right here in your thread!

12-18-08, 07:59 PM	#2
CaptHawkeye Weps Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 354 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I hate videos of devs just talking about their game, but at least this one actually has some snips of gameplay and it looks good. It's good to see that they're putting more effort into the single player, since the first game's SP was non-existent. Maybe someday, they'll even be brave enough to have a "realism" setting or some such. First hell will need to freeze over and the broken hull-corpse of Zombie Yamato will rise from the oceans and demand the blood of Nimitz.

12-20-08, 08:34 PM	#7
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	From some of the things the planes and ships did in that video. this is gonna be a arcadeish game. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

12-21-08, 12:50 AM	#9
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	no, I knew it was gonna be arcadish from the beginning. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"