Fleet Command

Normally a game like this would play out from a standard overhead map, but Fleet Command immerses players in the battle by depicting everything in a 3-D environment. Hear that distress call from a lonely reconnaissance plane? Zoom in to watch the enemy chase it down and (hopefully) see your own aircraft scream to the rescue. It's possible to follow the movements of any object in the game, rotating the camera until you find the perfect angle. It's almost like being the director of your own war movie.

The game itself is a great deal of fun, and it requires a lot of practice to get the most out of the rock/paper/scissors relationship between your aerial units, surface units, and submarines. At first our units were spread helter-skelter across the entire combat environment, and we were losing more units to full landing patterns and fuel starvation than enemy action. After a few hours, with improved timing and unit coordination, our fleet was running with the precision of a Rolex. If modern naval combat interests you in the least, Fleet Command should be on your short list. --T. Byrl Baker

Pros:

• All objects and vehicles are modeled in full 3-D
• Command an entire fleet instead of single ships or aircraft

• Graphics aren't very detailed
• Juggling so many assets at once can be a real challenge

Leigh


True To Life Naval Action   November 10, 1999
This is an excellent game. Its very realistic in the unfolding of modern naval combat. If you are looking a shoot-em-up or midless blasting of everything in sight, this game is not for you. Modern naval combat is not like it is in the movies or TV, there are stretches of slow, deliberate strategic movement followed by short and intense mindblowing frenzies of combat. The game also really duplicated the dreaded "fog-of-war" where things moves so quick, you can't keep up with everything. This game was the perfect simulation of real-time, real-life naval warfare. In no less than what you would expect from something with the "Jane's" name on it.


The best Navy war game I have Played.   May 26, 2002
Its a fun Naval war game with good senery, well it is to me and others. It gets very intense when you misiles coming twards your fleet. you need to trust the fleet to do the right thing, like get a good shot at targets. Allthow you need to now when and how to atack the enemy, if youre in good range or if the wepon is goingto be intersepted. So you need to act fast and parerfull. So if you like real time Naval war and you now your Navy this is the game.


Fleet Command   November 12, 2008
Jack Clark
If you like playing modern war time games with update ships and aircraft this is game would be a challenge in the higher levels that you go.


Jane's does it again.   April 2, 2000
Scott (NY United States)
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I bought Usaf then F/A 18 then WW2 fighters and now fleet command I have been a big Jane's fan and now that I bought this game I wonder does Jane's always make games this great.

First, the point of this game is to use a navy fleet to totaly destroy your enemy. This game takes a long time to play but it's an excellent time killer. You have to command Battle ships and even carriers and their aircraft. From the battle ships you can shoot anything from guns to Tomahawk Cruise Missiles. On the carrier you can control the aircraft and helicopters and you can even put aircraft on alert 5 which is on the catapult so if any goes wrong you can launch them right away.