Its a battle of tactical skill and wit as HiiperDrive reviews the WWII sim Battlestations; Midway.
This all seems very well as the game does have an engaging campaign mode, while it lasts, because of the nice storyline you may feel that this could be fleshed out alot more to satisfy you entirely and make the gameplay more varied. But thats alright, you can have a good old skirmish online... hang on... thats right no-one is on! thats a waste of time, but when people ARE online the gameplay is pretty awesome and varies from objectives like destroying bases to kicking ass at long range, but as i said, getting online is just about as lucky as finding a DVD easter egg at the bottom of the ocean! But, there are challenges for you to complete, with three different sections, the submarine, plane and Battleship.
The visuals in Midway are overall satisfying with some nice effects, for example the trails of smoke following damaged planes or the explosions following the destruction of a vessel's magazine, and also the overall maps that you play in may be basic but at the same time look effective in adding to the tactics needed in-battle.
The bad points are that after you have completed the campaign and challenges, as i have, there is little else to do as the online is hardly accessable at any given time.. the only thing that is probable to bring you back for more is to unlock more campaign acheivements and the like.
My advice is that if you know that there will be someone up for a challenge with you online, there is no split-screen(!), then this should satisfy for long enough as there are lots of maps and varied things to do online but the campaign is just too short and if there is a Midway 2 or some other form of sequel, they should expand and flesh out alot more to make this an excellent game.
/HiiperDrive Out\