Hated this company's Pacific Fleet, but Atlantic Fleet is a totally different beast. Good graphics, a few options which give some leeway in difficulty, and no more "first shot wins scenario," as in Pacific Fleet. Would have given this four stars except for something I just witnessed. After launching a spread of torpedoes from a destroyer, the Gneisenau stopped, backed up, and then took off like a Ferrari when I fired again. Manual could use more detail, too.
Absolutely my favorite game of this genre. I still have the 5.25-inch disks and the hint book and play using scummVM. I have the full-color book which contains all the little things you need to do (which says a lot about how much I loved this game). Knowing your Coats-of-Arms, gemstones and plants is a good start. Great story line, absolutely wonderful music and background sounds, and a few fun things such as having to learn to play Nine Men's Morris and quarter-staff fighting. Must have for anyone remotely interested in this period or type of game. Sierra's best! (I have written exactly one fan letter to anyone in my life and it was to Christy Marx, developer of this game.)
