Battleship Game WW2 is a naval strategy game which covers all major navy battles during World War 2. The game contains missions, Death-Match and Free Hunt scenarios, and campaigns from Pearl Harbor and Midway to the Iwo Jima and Leyte battle.
Players can control or fight against the USN, Kriegsmarine, Imperial Japan Navy, Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Australian Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy, and Regia Marina (Italian Navy).
Game Overview
The game is an extension to the classic Battleship game, with the following key differences:
- Ships can move
- Ships have radar range — you can only find and fire on enemies within your ship's detection radius
- Battlefield maps can be up to 96×96
- Choose among 50 ship, submarine, airplane, port artillery, and radar unit types
- Maps contain land, islands, and minor and major ports
- Various game objectives
- Game has a time limit
- Players can purchase new ships and planes during the game
110 World War 2 Game Missions
Scenarios include Bismarck, Atlantic 1941, Lamansh, Doenitz, Coral Sea, Midway, HMS Prince Of Wales, Leyte, US Marines, Atlantic 1943, Okinawa, Normandy, Invasion, Emperor Hirohito, HMAS Perth, Kamikaze, Conquer Of Italy, Norway Convoy, U-Boats, Singapore, Iwo Jima, Fall Of Australia, Battle For Leyte, Conquer Of Japan, Yamato, Spruance, Halsey, and many others.
All unit names and officer ranks are historic. Players can purchase new ships and planes during the game. There are more than 50 unit types.
Game Objectives
- Conquer all enemy major ports
- Defend your ports during a specified number of turns
- Destroy a number of enemy ships of a specific class
- Eliminate as many enemy combat or transport ships as possible in a set number of turns
- Secure transport convoy of ships to a friendly port
Death-match scenarios have one objective: destroy all enemy units including ships, planes, and artillery.
4 Strategy Game Campaigns
- US Navy Campaign (15 game missions)
- KriegsMarine Campaign (10 game missions)
- Royal Navy Campaign (10 game missions)
- Imperial Japan Navy Campaign (9 game missions)
Combat Technology
Players can spend Production Points on researching new technology:
- Extended Armor Technologies
- Extended Fire Technologies
- Extended Speed Technologies
- Extended Radar Range Technologies
Purchased technology is immediately implemented on all your units on the map, and also on all future units of the same class.