I loved this game when I first found it years ago. It’s a first-person adventure, where you’re the last survivor of an Alliance warship left behind after your ship was defeated by a superior UN cruiser. Now you alone can decide the future of the war. But first you have to fix several urgent problems with the ship, including an unstable reactor. And then you have to learn to take the entire ship into battle... by yourself. This is where the game switches genres to a real-time strategy, where you launch drones at the enemy and try to outmaneuver him. The game also features some FMV sequences with live actors, including Michael Dorn (AKA Worf, son of Mogh).
I liked Pacific Fleet when it first came out on iOS. Atlantic Fleet is even better, with much better developed physics and buoyancy. You can target specific hardpoints on ships to damage systems. Ships don’t have an HP bar or anything like that. They sink or swim depending on whether they would do it in real life, taking into account the damage sustained. Here, the Roya Navy (plus a few American ships) face off against the Kriegsmarine. You can play as either one, with each having certain advantages and disadvantages. For example, Germans don’t have carriers, but they do have 3 types of subs. Under the right circumstances, a sub can sink any ship in the game with a few well-placed torpedoes. I especially enjoy the dynamic campaign, which adds a strategic portion as well. Each side has opposing goals. The Brits need to protect merchant shipping across the Atlantic from German attacks, while Germans need to sink lots of merchant ships, while avoiding sustaining too many casualties. Submarine warfare is extremely important, as far as the Germans are concerned. Controls are fairly simple to pick up. Mastering the game requires being able to make educated guesses about where to position turrets or launch torpedoes, since the game only provides you with approximate positioning data. At night, you can’t see faraway ships unless you use star shells, which expire after a few turns, or if the enemy ship is on fire. Anyway, play the game.
