Bismarck war game

Bismarck (1988)

Categories: strategy gamesnaval simulators

Bismarck was German battleship, one of the most advanced and most powerful warships at the beginning of World War 2. As it was ready to enter the active service in 1940 Royal Navy was alarmed - they had to do everything they could to stop the battleship from leaving the Baltic Sea and reaching the North Atlantic, where it could attack the Allied convoys. Germans planned for Bismarck and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen to sneak through gap between United Kingdom and Iceland or Iceland and Greenland, so Royal Navy had to get all the available heavy warships to search for enemy.

In the game we can control either the German warships trying to escape to Atlantic or British forces gathered to stop them. The North Sea and Atlantic are the areas where we can operate. As Germans we are trying to reach the bottom end of the map with as little damage as possible to Bismarck, obviously playing as British we have to stop them or cause heavy damage. The steering on the map is simple - we choose destination point for selected unit, we can use the air patrols to spot the enemy, we can get the weather reports, etc. Things change once we stumble upon the enemy - we take control of the ship main guns shooting at the target (making sure it actually is our target), firing torpedoes (on cruisers), send Swordfish torpedo bombers (on aircraft carrier) or guide the fire control teams (on battleships). If we manage to send the airplanes we also take control of them as they attack the enemy warships.

While graphic side of the game wasn’t that impressive (in 1988 it was rather normal) the concept and the gameplay made up for any flaws of the graphics in Bismarck. Well developed arcade elements and interesting strategy elements make it a very addictive game in which scenario can be different in each game.

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