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New version of Carriers at War is quite good in capturing essence of carrier vs carrier battles, gameplay is fast, intense and not complicated. However presentation of surface (gun and torpedo) actions leaves much to be desired.
They both let you use aircraft, surface ships and submarines. BS has a more diverse selection of units (and "what if" units - Super Yamato, Montana, Shinden, Kuma torpedo cruiser).
I had that game - it pissed me off because you had to wait so long until you could unlock anything of value. I gave up after a while - the gameplay didn't really hold my interest.
Naval Ops and BS Midway are fun games. I agree about the battleship totally caked with weapons in Naval Ops. It was cheesy but fun (esp with turret mounted 305mm chainguns!)
Jutland just came out with an Ex-pack.
http://www.stormeaglestudios.com/public/html/ship_pack_01/se_Jutland_Ship_Pack_01.html
I like Jutland, every other surface action game I've found has been pretty arcade-ish but Jutland is more of sim type game. The graphics arent very pretty but its nothing that I get hung up on.
yeah, those unlockable units did sorta goof the game up. I played through the single player and had fun but it didnt last more than a month or two on my hard drive. Very pretty to look at and fun to play but I just didnt get into it too much.
I've played Naval Ops and Naval Ops 2 several times over. The whole ship building aspect of it is a lot of fun and the subs in Naval Ops 2 (might be called something a little different? Warship ops?) are pretty fun esp on "stay stealthy or fail" missions.
I'd love to see a WC style game like that, third person Ralari's VS Ventures, and Exeters and such. Surface combat has always interested me and I loved WC even though it was mainly fighter based.
The issue with BSP is unlockable units. .
Which would you suggest I start with? BSM or BSP?
EDIT: I'm also thinking of checking them out for the PC - any advice there? (i.e. bad idea, better on consoles, etc?)
Thanks!