JKatarn
Hong Kong
Too many games I haven't played, yet I keep buying them...
Too many games I haven't played, yet I keep buying them...
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After two hours of gaming, I think this is a borderline yes...

===Pros===
1. Very refreshing simulator, I think this is the first aircraft carrier simulator
2. You have full management of your ship, from loading at the docks, to your ship navigation, to planning your missions and how you attack/defend against your enemies. The attack sequence is a mini card game where you arrange your attack sequence to combo different effects against each other to stack your attack/defense values.
3. Rewarding unlock/skill progression. As mentioned, you go back to dock to refill between missions. There you can upgrade your ship, select your escorts, pick your crew and officers. All of those can be further upgraded and variants can be unlocked as well. This allow you to choose how you want to play. If the mission is short, you can consider ditching the supply carrier in exchange for another escort that provide you extra defense/attack abilities for a blitzkrieg approach.

===Neutral points===
1. Semi easy to learn, a bit tedious micro management and hard to master.
I have finished the tutorial, and I still failed my first mission miserably. I couldn't even launch one single attack and spent my whole time repairing my ship.
But once I had this experience and restarting, I completed the first mission with all sub missions cleared. That said, I think some of the criteria is a bit hard, such as the time limit. Which you might not be able to get from the first run since you need to spend time doing recon every where.

2 Very clunky aircraft deployment sequence but probably stayed true to history
A brief description of the basics:
To attack an enemy fleet, first you have to
a) Deploy 2 bombers and send them on a recon mission. There are question marks on your map, you need to check each of them to find your enemies. Some can be completely unrelated. You have to press launch after assigning a recon mission and watch your 2 sets of bombers queue up and fly out.