''Carriers at War II: Fleet Carrier Operations in Southeast Asia 1936-1946'' is a 1993

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by Strategic Studies Group for DOS and

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. It's a sequel to the 1992 ''

Carriers at War ''Carriers at War 1941-1945: Fleet Carrier Operations in the Pacific'' is a 1984 computer wargame by Strategic Studies Group for Apple II and Commodore 64. The game was designed by Roger Keating and Ian Trout. A remake, '' Carriers at War'', was ...

''. In 1996, ''The Complete Carriers at War'' was released. It's a compilation that includes ''Carriers at War'', ''Construction Kit'', ''Carriers at War II'', and 30 additional scenarios and new graphics for the German, Italian and French Navies.

Gameplay

''Carriers at War II'' is a strategic war game.

Reception

In May 1994 ''

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'' said that '' Carriers at War II'' was "an impressive wargaming package", with better graphics and AI than the first game. A longer review in June 1994 said that ''II'' had "many improvements, both obvious and subtle". The reviewer praised the improvements on "what was already one of the best AIs in all of gaming", stating that "the AI simulates a reasonably good opponent in ways that most wargames only dream about", and welcomed the extensive simulation of the usually unrepresented

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in the Pacific. He reported that the game was "remarkably free of bugs and crashes, almost unheard of these days", and welcomed the free upgrade of the first game to the second's graphics and AI, concluding that "''CAW II'' is not merely an excellent game, it is a shining example of why SSG is a leader in the computer wargaming genre".

Reviews

* MikroBitti - May, 1994 *

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- Jul, 1994 *

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- Jun, 1994 * PC Games (Germany) - Jun, 1994

References

External links

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