Review: War Plan Pacific
War Plan Pacific is a video game published by Shrapnel Games, publisher of War Games and Strategy Games since 1999.
About
In KE Studios’ War Plan Pacific players take on the role of the supreme commanders of either the Japanese or Allied forces fighting for dominance of the Pacific during the Second World War. Commanding the historical air, naval, and (abstractly) ground forces that fought in the epic clash will history repeat itself or will the war end with the Americans, exhausted from years of bloody battle, negotiating a peace treaty with Japan?
War Plan Pacific takes a bold approach to grand strategic wargaming. Balancing historical reality and gaming playability, War Plan Pacific makes commanding entire fleets and air groups highly intuitive, allowing gamers to easily concentrate on strategy rather than being bogged down in minutiae as would be expected in a game featuring such a massive scope of conflict. Not only that but War Plan Pacific was designed from the start to be playable in a single session! That’s right, a Pacific War title that doesn’t take as long as the real war to complete.
With multiple victory conditions, extensive air and naval orders of battles, exciting battles with just the right amount of chrome to make them shine, the ability to face off against either the challenging AI or another live opponent, War Plan Pacific is a rewarding game that offers endless replayability. And with a session length measured in hours–not days, weeks, or months–this is one strategic war game that you have no excuse not to play even in today’s hectic world.
Will surrender come on the deck of the Missouri or the Yamato? Find out when you make your own destiny with War Plan Pacific!
System Requirements
Operating systems:
♦ Windows
General minimum requirements:
♦ Celeron 1.6 MHz or equivalent
♦ 512 MB RAM
♦ Minimum 199 MB hard drive space required
♦ DirectX 9.0c Compatible Video System
♦ 1024x768x24 bit color resolution
♦ 6X CDROM
♦ Windows XP or Vista
♦ Windows compatible sound card
The Good
Unlike so many other games of this genre on the market today, War Plan Pacific is addictive and not mind-blowingly hard. As far as graphics and sound go – they are simple (and this is quite appropriate to the genre) and don’t eat up huge chunks of memory.
There’s a wonderful interface that presents just about everything you need right there on the screen which is a total lifesaver when you are running through the first few missions.
If you’re looking for a down-to-earth strategy game that is just simply fun to play, War Plan Pacific is that game.
The Bad
The AI is only just average.
The Ugly
None.
Product Summary
Name: War Plan Pacific
Publisher: Shrapnel Games
Developer: KE Studios
Designer: John Hawkins
Category: Computer Game, Windows
Genre: Wargame, Naval Grand Strategy
Type: Turn-based
Maximum Players: 2
Cost: $39.95
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