First edit:Not to want to ask too much, but here is an idea, developers: 1945 battles. Probably make most of them an extra. (great to gain money!)You do not have to, just an idea. Probably another fighter for the Japanese, after a while, even the zero may even become obsolete. But, another thing: when you face big waves of attacks, carriers can be easy to sink. Can you make them more tough? Also, Leyte gulf is a good one. Japanese reverted to crashing their planes into ships. Finally, I ask for a bug fix. I get kicked out every once in a while. Thanks for reading! First review: I played carrier battles 4 Guadalcanal and this game tops the rest.. great graphics and gameplay, lifelike “ action-to-consequence”! I had some suggestions for the game, like The Battle of the Philippine sea, which Americans had air superiority. I look forward to future updates, can’t wait to see what is next!

This is a wonderful “simulation” of world war 2 pacific naval combat as you put yourself in the shoes of the admirals of the pacific war like Halsey and Nagumo. The cat and mouse game of trying to find the enemy before they find you is gripping. The developer has put a great deal of research and thought into recreating the decisions that these admirals had to make. “Do I launch an attack now with limited information or do I wait until I am sure they are carriers?” The decision is the difference between victory and defeat. The tutorials are good so it is very easy to get into the game quickly. The developer has been very active and the gradual addition of seaplanes (a good search plan is critical), fog of war, and now submarines has only made the game more historically accurate and engrossing. If you are interested in World War 2 in the pacific particularly carrier warfare, this game is both historically accurate and entertaining!

I freely admit I did not like the original game. I played it extensively, tried to like it, but it had too many unrealistic features. This permutation of the game is for the players who want to understand the deadly, unpredictable nature of WWII carrier warfare in the Pacific. You will not know the results of your attacks. I was told Japanese carriers had sunk in my Eastern Solomons game---several times. Each new raid by my aircraft showed they were still afloat (after the game was over I discovered two did sink). Were my "pilots" seeing things or had the Japanese carriers not sunk yet? Now you have to deal with time allocation. Every aviation preparation task on the ship costs time, such as loading weapons onto aircraft, launching aircraft and recovering aircraft. Large raids take longer to prepare and longer to launch. You must learn to think like a carrier admiral. Try your best, and fate might have Dauntlesses waiting in the sun, and your carriers are doomed. Chance plays a very important part in carrier warfare in 1942. This is is not move and shoot. If you don't want extra detail, you do not have to use it. The features are optional. This is a great learning tool. It is also a great play experience, albeit nerve-wracking. You may have a beautiful plan, but it will not survive contact with the enemy.

I have been playing Carrier Battles since the old version, before this one came out. Hands down the best hex style game out there. I grew up playing hex style board games. Being able to play a game like this on an iPad is convenient. It’s better than pulling out the table leafs, spending time setting up a board and being exhausted before the first dice roll. Also being able to have a game while traveling is great aswell.Sure, at times there are bugs but it’s typically fixed in an expeditious manner. I have great respect for the effort this developer has put into this game and all the updates. I can’t recommend this game enough, it is worth every penny I’ve paid.