War on the Sea

While this game is not perfect, it gets a lot right. The interface is fun and not too complex. It provides a wide amount of ships and types and has been a lot of fun. If you like naval combat, this is a great game.

GOOD but have some issues

Overall fun game, but it has some issues. The UI is atrocious. Everything needs three times as many clicks as it should need (e.g. launching all dive bombers and torpedo bombers of a carrier needs many, many clicks, there should be a launch all button) Some campaign battles are annoying. E.g. sometimes a lonely squadron of 4 Zero fighters decides to strafe attack my whole carrier fleet. You need to play these turkey shoots fully. There should be an autoresolve option. While being frequently attacked by submarines is probably realistic, the problem is that battles against submarines get old pretty quickly (luckily there is an campaign option to turn them off, you need to tick this option at the start of a campaign) Forget about epic Battleship vs. Battleship shootouts. Battleships don't hit anything, even when you shoot at other big ships while having a 100% targeting solution. You need to get reaaaallly close with them to hit anything.

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Fun, but the AI SUCKS in all aspects! Trying to command anything in this game feels like trying to get a group of 10 year olds to focus on one thing. Ships and aircraft will randomly do whatever they want, lock/ unlock and switch targets. and ultimately it's nothing but frustrating.

Without a doubt the best WW2 naval combat game out there. While there is a lot of tedium in the aircraft mechanics that others have mentioned, it has never bothered me enough to ruin the game altogether. A must-have for Pacific War enthusiasts.