Battlestations DLC available today

The Volcano map pack was just released for the Battlestations: Pacific in the XBox Live marketplace. For those of you who haven't read my review, Battlestations: Pacific is a pretty decent strategy game that was very recently released on the XBox 360 and PC.



The DLC map pack includes 2 new multiplayer maps, Volcano and Choke Point, at the strange price of 560 MS points. Being that the game had so recently come out, DLC so soon does not sound to appealing, especially when the multiplayer was so mediocre. However, the die hard Battlestations fans should find this pack attractive and is available to que up and download, MS points permitting, from the below link.

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802534307e9/

Battlestations: Pacific | Mashbutton Review

Synopsis: Battlestations: Pacific is a new World War II strategy game from Eidos Interactive and is the sequel to Battlestations: Midway. The new game is based on the Pacific War, with two separate single player campaigns, where you get to choose whether you want to fight for the US or Japan. Along with being a real time strategy game, flight and naval warfare are thrown into the mix. Adding to the original Battlestations release, Pacific provides 28 missions, 100 units with 21 of them being new entries, 5 multiplayer modes, and a skirmish mode.



Praise: With all of the World War II first person shooters and action games, Battlestations: Pacific is a very welcome entry. The graphics, and fast paced dog fights alone have you clenching the remote trying not to crash or get shot out of the sky. Not only do you take to the skies, but you man and command the seas by ship and submarine, while also using strategy to command your fleet to victory. Once the battle commences there is white knuckle action, while still having the player focus on their next move. As stated before, the graphics are good, and load times aren’t too long compared to other games out. A new feature to the World War II games is that while playing on the Japan campaign, you are able to see a different outcome to what history has shown us.



Gripes: The voice acting is the first thing that stood out to me while playing, as going into missions you are briefed by either American or Japanese commanding officer, depending on the side you choose, whose voice is so dull you quickly forget what you are being briefed on. The multiplayer is also subpar to the single player missions in the game, being that the multiplayer lacks options when setting up a match that are normally found in the more solid multiplayer matches. There is a longer learning curve to getting familiar with ship and submarine controls than found in other action and simulation titles.



Overall: Battlestations: Pacific also provides many hours of gameplay leaving no buyer’s remorse for simulator or strategy fans alike. It is as much a simulator as it is a strategy game, so it does take patience, but if you are patient with learning what it has to offer, there will be a lot of payoff. Completing secondary and hidden side missions along with receiving medals result in unlockable vehicles to use used throughout the game as well.

Mashbuttons.com gives Battlestations: Pacific 8 out of 10

Battlestations: Pacific is available now on the PC and Xbox 360.

Battlestations: Pacific Demo Incoming

Announced today via an announcement, is the official Battlestations: Pacific single-player demo. Premiering on April 30th, a mere 7 days away, on both the XBOX 360 and PC, featuring an intense sea and air mission from the US campaign (Divine Winds of Leyte) and two multiplayer modes (Island Capture and Siege) to play in the single-player Skirmish Mode.

There's also something down here at the bottom, about an exclusive Gamespot demo page, so not really sure if you'll only be able to download the demo from this page, but you should definitely check it out regardless.

As a reminder, Battlestations: Pacific is set to release on May 12th (pre-order here) in North America. And be sure to check out our youtube page for the latest videos.