Fleet Command

Rating:
Summary: Why it's boring
Review: When I first play it, it's kinda cool. Some good graphics and sounds. Also realistic scenes. But then, I found out that the game is somehow not realistic. So, I had to download WDP files every month. Also, the game is very time comsuming. Even if you put the time compressor at maximum, it still take a long time for your aircraft to strike a distant target and return with enough fuel. All you do during a typical mission is sending out planes(missiles)to attack, TELL them to return when fuel is low, destroy targets at the ratio of one target to three SAMs(or two torpedoes), and running away from torpedoes. Another thing is that you can hardly manuvre your unit. All you do is run toward the opposite direction of the incoming missile or torpedo and just hope that they run out of range. One last comment, I think that Jane's can make the computer smarter. For instance, when you turn on the option "automatically destroy incoming missile", only one ship in the whole fleet would engage the missiles by itself. And it overrides your manual command most of the time. What I mean is that when ship A is set to destroy incoming missiles, the other ships wouldn't fire even if you manually control them. So, I suggest not buying it unless Jane's can do some improvements.

Rating:
Summary: A very comprehensive Naval Statagy game
Review: WOW! If you are looking for a very good Naval Combat Simulator, look no further. Very impressive 3-D graphics. For example, you can rotate your 3-D screen below the water and view the ship's propellers...just spinning away! On the slightly negitive side, I did have some installation problems, which were fixed by a patch on the Jane's website. Once the patch was installed, the game does work well with Window's 98. I have not had a crash during a game yet (have had it for a couple of months). It does tax my poor old Pentium II 266 in some of the larger missions. All I can say is... it beats the heck out of Harpoon.

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