Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age

good game

Entertaining and customizable. Like living out a Tom Clancy novel. Always looking forward to more content from both the developers and the community.

As much as I'd like to advocate for this game, because it's really nice and all, but what ruins it is the AI, performance and micromanagement. I have 100+ hours on this game and believe that I can leave this review. For example, I was on the 4th mission in the USSR Campaign - right off the bat I was running sub 20 frames, dropping to single digits in most cases. I had to downgrade to DX11 just to get over 20 frames. The framerate drop made it unplayable, causing me to lose 2 aircrafts due to the inability to manage them properly. Speaking of managing aircrafts, the AI is absolute DOG****! My main vessel, Petro...something, received sufficient damage from 1 AGM-84 due to my planes not launching missiles despite being in range. Not only that but the fact that planes immediately go full throttle and bleed through fuel the moment you tell it to engage a target caused me to go bingo fuel mid fight (mind you, this aircraft still had full load). This lead to a chain of events where attack aircrafts managed to slip through and launch the AGMs. Adding onto that, the moment your aircraft is bingo fuel, you can no longer control it. This left 2 of my planes a sitting duck, only being able to "spam" countermeasures while flying straight, causing one of them to die to a missile. The second was easily approached by an F4E, allowing it to get a gun solution and dying. There are so many issues with this game. The fact its been 2 years and it's still having issues really pisses me off. If you really want to get this game, wait for a sale. Otherwise, I do not recommend it with the $50 price tag, absolutely not worth it for a stressful and annoying experience.