Battlestations: Midway for Xbox 360 Reviews by Gamers

I'd first like to note that this review is about the single player game only.

Battlestations Midway is a World War 2 game that takes place almost entirely in the air and on the ocean. You command boats, ships, airplanes, and submarines, and can generally switch between your units for precise control (rather than constantly relying on AI to do the fighting for you like in a typical RTS.)

My biggest personal problem with the game is the frustrating speed and mission length. Missions can be very difficult, which is cool, but the game forces you to complete long, multi-objective missions without checkpoints, AND without a sufficient briefing. You are only told your very first objective before many of the missions, and in my case I faced some bitter disappointment when I thought I'd finished a mission only to have it enter a surprise second or third phase that promptly killed me. And many missions start with a minute and a half of flying or floating in one direction just waiting until the enemies are actually in range.

The graphics are definitely sub-par and disappointing by almost any standards. The water looks good... but water always looks good these days. And the voice acting is pretty laughable. Especially the guy who narrates the boring training missions. He sounds like a white guy trying to imitate Bill Cosby.

I can understand and appreciate that this game will have an audience, but that audience isn't me. It's a slow and sluggish game, particularly when controlling ships. (Difficult to complain about because it's probably quite realistic.)

And in reference to some other reviews I've read: You don't really create units at all. You just dispatch them with extremely limited quantities and options. Often you'll only have one unit to choose from...

The appeal of this game is NOT in unit creation, but rather in strategic planning, exploiting enemy weaknesses by optimizing your fleets strengths, and by controlling the units yourself.