BattleStation Midway (or something)

[The Juggler]

I have played the online demo and was pleased with it. I was looking forward to buying the game until I read a review which really made the game out to be crap.

A friend, on line, told me that the game is rather quite good... so now I have it and it is great very sleek intro's and mini film clips... game play is cool and quite hard in places... only just started playing it so will give you all a proper review in the future.



Des


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[Kernel Kev]

Well i downloaded the demo and really thought it was the biggest load of bollo*ks i have ever played. I cant really explain why i disliked it, maybe because i found nothing i liked about the game.

All i seem to be doing was holding down RT for 5 minutes shooting at a boat going 5MPH and by the time youbomb things got there the boat had gone ahead too much. And it dosent let you firein front of the boat, you can only fire when you are aiming at the boat.

I would rather play "poke myself in the eye with a stick" than that game.



Kev
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[The Juggler]

hahahahahahahahahaha

So you liked it a little then :lol:

It takes a little get used to... leading your target to shoot is a knack that you aquire quick enough.
The plane flying this is hard I must admit... but the sailing or warships is a hoot... just finished a mission where I had to sail in and around islands swarming with enemy PT boats and gun emplacements and bloody submarines.... all the time being bombed by bloody planes... you have to think ahead and plan before you charge in.

Not all games are for everyone I guess 8)


Des



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[Kernel Kev]

Yep its sure not for me, my mate has it i may borrow it for the achievements (as im an achievement whore)



Kev
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[The Juggler]

NOOOOO an achelivement whore!!! hahahahahahahahaha in that case get King Kong for a cool 1000 acheivement points... also there is meant to be some sort of sports game that dishes out high points for just turning the bloody thing on :lol:



Des


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[Kernel Kev]

Yeah, that tennis game, im borrowing that too lol

oh and fight night round 3 is easy points.



Kev
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[The Juggler]

My god you are an acheivement whore... best of luck my mate as there are many people on LOTS of points already.



Des


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[Kernel Kev]

Im not planning on getting 20,000 point or nothing, but if i am playing a game i like to complete it 100%.



Kev
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[The Juggler]

Hey Kev,
Don't know what happened on live as we could not connect5 or even host a live chat!!!!

To answer your text message... yes the game is hard, especially on Veteran level. Here are a few tips that may heklp you.

1, Subs are detected by sonar... so running silent and deep stops them detecting you. In fact in most xases if you do not here the tell tale 'ping' of the active sonar just stopping engines will render you invisibale to surface warships..... but some still carry out a depth charge attack on your last known position so be careful.

2, Watch the enemy ships while you blast them with broad sides.... you see a flash from their guns then turn sharply... this is an acvtual trick used in the world wars. Obviously the closer the vessel the less distance the shells have to cover so the less time your manouver has to work.

3, When you are in control of a small fleet place the smaller ships down one side of your ship and face this side towards the enemy. This acts as a block for enemy torpedoes and cannon fodder so you last a little longer. Also make sure you activate their torpedo shooting ability. This default is set to no as they have a tendancy to sink you too... hahahahaha

4, Keep changing course.... it does minimise damage.

5, Always set work crews on water, fire and engine damage PRIOR to going into battle.

6, Use the zoom of the map to watch for torpedoes.... you cannot out run them but you can steer away from them.... stopping and reverse is a good ploy unless your in the middle of a sea battle in which case it does leave you wide open to serious demage.

7, Let the auto gun crews do thier job... they are very good at it... if you are concentrating on piloting the ship then click to topedoes and let the gun crews and AA guns run automatically.

8, Remember a full broadside can cause so much more damage than single or maybe double guns from front to rear... also although your target sillouette is larger you are harder to hit as you are moving in 3d not just 2d (thing about it).

Thats all the hints I have for you me old mate... hope that helps. As for getting achievements I have never gone out of my way to collect them on Medway... they just happen.

Maybe I will ask you about flying Angels as I have been playing that lately.... used at cheat at the start so no achievements for me onm that game. Have to start again I am guessing... stuck on one level... flying a Mustang in Berlin down a river to take out radar stations.... and then surviving in the air for three mins... cannot do that friggin level at all :evil:




Des


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[Kernel Kev]

Thanks for the tips, im not really into battlestations now, actually my 360 is boring me at the moment. I go through these times when i just cant be bothered to play it.

As for blazing angels, i got to the mission you are on and then used the cheats to get past that level as i cant see it being possible. I done it before the update came out where i believe it disables the achievement if you cheat i dont know really.

If you want to do it "legally" then i would suggest that you turn as much as you can, change directions, the lot. As the enemies are jetsch are extremely fast, they cannot turn like modern day jets can.

Hope it helps, im kinda going off of the completing the games 100% now. At first they was easy but now these new games are just getting boringly hard.

I will complete crackdown 100% though as i only have 4 achievements left to do which arnt that hard, just got 10 hidden orbs left to find.



Kev
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