A cool balance between action and RTS
User Rating: 8 | Battlestations: Midway X360
Battlestations: Midway is a game that toes the line between action and real time strategy. It does a good job of it too. The game can be played either from an entirely action point of view that has the player driving the ships, planes, and subs plus shooting all of the guns yourself, or a player could sit back and control tactics by prioritizing targets and doing flanking maneuvers without ever actually controlling a single gun or driving an actual vehicle. I found it best to do a bit of both. The flying is a bit tough, so I would tactically control my fighters and let them do their thing. While they were out doing their assigned task, that left me free to jump into the action with the ships.
The game is short, which is why I was glad that I rented it, but it is very well paced. You start with control of a single PT Boat, but by the end of the game you are in control of two carriers, PBY's, multiple destroyers, cruisers, and dozens of attack aircraft. The game is by no means super easy, so after defeating a mission, you have a real sense of accomplishment. If you haven't played Battlestations: Midway yet, and you're looking for something a bit different from your normal shooter or rpg, then give the game a shot.
