Fleet Command

I bought this game some months ago, and after a few problems which were rectified by contacting their techies, told me to disable my joystick port. Good for the fact that you don't use a joystick for this game. Now the problems are solved, lets play the game. As an avid reader of Patrick Robinson and Tom Clancy, this game puts you in the operations control room of the most up to date warships of the present day. The graphics level of this game are great although don't expect too much from the main screen as as the screen get's more complicated you tend to get a bit lost on what icons are actually corrospond to what ships/aircraft. It takes quite a while to get to grips with this game as you need to concentrate on left clicking the mouse on icons, then right clicking to define an order for that particular platform. All in all as you progress through the game it does get easier as long as you are up to date with what aircraft/ sensors give you the best coverage of the warzone. This sounds quite daunting but as Jane's is the best reference books on military tatics and hardware you get a really good reference section included on the CD. As some of the games begin you realise that things might not be going your way by all the incoming missles/aircraft that are out to sink your fleet. Basically if you keep focused on the task and eliminate the targets as which one's are threatening you the most you work your way through it. The mission editor lets you make up your own missions anywhere in the world using any amount of military/civilian platforms you care to include. The only downside of the mission editor is that seeing as though you planned the mission you know what platforms to hunt and roughly where to hunt them. The design team at Electronic Arts have really done there homwork on making any of the Jane's software as they are all very in depth and realistic. All in All if warfare is what you are interested in then buy any of the Jane's games. Marks out of ten for certain parts are as follow:

Realistic = 9 level of graphical detail = 9 playability = 8 difficulty = 8 at first but with more time you do get the hang of it. reference section = 10 the manual supplied = 7 could explain the mission editor a bit better

OVERALL = Buy it, just don't expect to finish this game quickly Thanks for taking the time to read to the bottom :) Shuggy 8)

Fleet Command is an awesome game.Jane's has lived up to it's ego once again. As the commander of an entire barrage of carriers, battleships, cruisers, subs and aircraft, you must destroy your enemy using whatever means you have at your disposal. Fleet Command's graphics are fantastic and the game guides you along with pages of info on each of you weapons. A true strategy game, you can't just launch a bunch of missles, but set up a network of aircraft to protect, defend, and attack. Although gameplay can be slow at times it's and overall great game. If you're not willing to play for more than an hour, don't expect to have a prosperous career. This is a game that will keep you up all night.

When I first play it, it's kinda cool. Some good graphics and sounds. Also realistic scenes. But then, I found out that the game is somehow not realistic. So, I had to download WDP files every month. Also, the game is very time comsuming. Even if you put the time compressor at maximum, it still take a long time for your aircraft to strike a distant target and return with enough fuel. All you do during a typical mission is sending out planes(missiles)to attack, TELL them to return when fuel is low, destroy targets at the ratio of one target to three SAMs(or two torpedoes), and running away from torpedoes. Another thing is that you can hardly manuvre your unit. All you do is run toward the opposite direction of the incoming missile or torpedo and just hope that they run out of range. One last comment, I think that Jane's can make the computer smarter. For instance, when you turn on the option "automatically destroy incoming missile", only one ship in the whole fleet would engage the missiles by itself. And it overrides your manual command most of the time. What I mean is that when ship A is set to destroy incoming missiles, the other ships wouldn't fire even if you manually control them. So, I suggest not buying it unless Jane's can do some improvements.