Battlestations [U] ISO
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Battle Stations is a Strategy game, developed by Realtime Associates and
published by Electronic Arts, which was released in 1997.
Battle Stations can best be described as a sea borne version of Command
and Conquer, which intrinsically seems like a good idea and a promising
game, yet after a few minutes of gameplay you can see that this game is
just not fit to compete alongside the Westwood Studios classic.
The presentation is neat and tidy, whilst the music fits the navy / military profile of the game like a glove. Visually speaking, Battle Stations is certainly not terrible. There are various ships from Aircraft Carriers to Navy Destroyers in which you can battle it out, and each ship is detailed and look the part while some have special features and weaponry. Explosions look and sound very impressive as do many of the other sound effects, while certain ship animations look good. The game takes an isometric / top down perspective on proceedings, very much like Command And Conquer, and the levels can easily be negotiated using the in game maps, which helps to compensate for the camera and environments, which at times can get a tad bit confusing. There are varied environments on offer; the marine battle fields are populated by shrubby islands and icebergs which all add to the feel of the game which is good because water environments are always going to be rather samey.
Battle Stations impresses when we peer at the depth of the game and the options available. There is a rather neat two player mode which isn't anything spectacular yet it adds to the options available whilst the 45 plus main storyline missions and an arcade mode as well result in a game which when played at length will take a while to complete – it has everything you could hope for in terms of options and lastability and it is very pleasing that the developers have gone to town on providing the player with a lot of options and missions.
So far so good, you would say. Battle Stations is an average looking, lengthy game with plenty of options and game modes. But the most important thing about a game is how it plays, and that is just the problem with Battle Stations.
The gameplay is as simplistic and as tedious as it gets. Every mission is similar in its orientation and is effectively the same task each time, to get from Point A to Point B on the map despite specific objectives being issued in the mission briefings. There is no strategy or tactical elements to the game whatsoever, as the combat really does feel like a hit and miss affair. Combat is a joke as you spend ages maneuvering your ship around your opponent for the best shot, which over 40 plus levels gets very old very fast. The movement is sluggish, the controls are at times unresponsive and the gameplay is so very dull, tedious repetitive and downright boring.
Battle Stations will go down as a game with lots of potential; Naval Warfare, a huge lifespan and plenty of options but they forgot to make a game that goes along with it and it cannot be forgotten that the gameplay is torturous, boring and absolutely poor which is a disappointment because other than that major flaw, there is a lot going for this game. It is time for this tired old shipwreck to be scuttled – a definite miss from the usually reliable Electronic Arts.
The presentation is neat and tidy, whilst the music fits the navy / military profile of the game like a glove. Visually speaking, Battle Stations is certainly not terrible. There are various ships from Aircraft Carriers to Navy Destroyers in which you can battle it out, and each ship is detailed and look the part while some have special features and weaponry. Explosions look and sound very impressive as do many of the other sound effects, while certain ship animations look good. The game takes an isometric / top down perspective on proceedings, very much like Command And Conquer, and the levels can easily be negotiated using the in game maps, which helps to compensate for the camera and environments, which at times can get a tad bit confusing. There are varied environments on offer; the marine battle fields are populated by shrubby islands and icebergs which all add to the feel of the game which is good because water environments are always going to be rather samey.
Battle Stations impresses when we peer at the depth of the game and the options available. There is a rather neat two player mode which isn't anything spectacular yet it adds to the options available whilst the 45 plus main storyline missions and an arcade mode as well result in a game which when played at length will take a while to complete – it has everything you could hope for in terms of options and lastability and it is very pleasing that the developers have gone to town on providing the player with a lot of options and missions.
So far so good, you would say. Battle Stations is an average looking, lengthy game with plenty of options and game modes. But the most important thing about a game is how it plays, and that is just the problem with Battle Stations.
The gameplay is as simplistic and as tedious as it gets. Every mission is similar in its orientation and is effectively the same task each time, to get from Point A to Point B on the map despite specific objectives being issued in the mission briefings. There is no strategy or tactical elements to the game whatsoever, as the combat really does feel like a hit and miss affair. Combat is a joke as you spend ages maneuvering your ship around your opponent for the best shot, which over 40 plus levels gets very old very fast. The movement is sluggish, the controls are at times unresponsive and the gameplay is so very dull, tedious repetitive and downright boring.
Battle Stations will go down as a game with lots of potential; Naval Warfare, a huge lifespan and plenty of options but they forgot to make a game that goes along with it and it cannot be forgotten that the gameplay is torturous, boring and absolutely poor which is a disappointment because other than that major flaw, there is a lot going for this game. It is time for this tired old shipwreck to be scuttled – a definite miss from the usually reliable Electronic Arts.
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