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...a balanced compromise

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

while Fleet Command is just a real-time "no brain" tactical air-naval warfare, 688 seems to be a more realistic and exciting sub simulator; (actually, I never played F/A-18, so I will not rate it).
So, despite it's not a "state of art" project, the overall pack is a valuable and balanced mixup of action and concrete involvement,
in which the "baby" Fleet Command is effectively pretected by "the great" 688!

688 (I)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I don't care about Fleet Comand nor F/A 18; I'm just interested in submarines, and 688(I) is the best sub simulator I've ever seen or played with. Just FANTASTIC, at least for sumarine fanatics like me; I must say that for people used to play action games, 688(I) IS NOT A GAME, but a simulator (and a very real one, indeed), so using it may appears a slow matter or little fun, specially playing real time, with endless aproaches to enemy ships or subs, trying to catch a bit of sound with your passive sonar, hour after hour... THE REAL THING.

Fun forever with multiplayer

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I haven't played f18 at all and I have played Fleet Command some and it is ok, but 688i is the reason you should buy this pack. It is the best most intense game I have ever played. Not so much in single player, but multiplayer rocks! I've had some GREAT battles that lasted for hours online and some that lasted a few minutes. Nothing beats playing 688i against a real live human being.

Go to Seawolves.com to find some people to play with and that will teach you how to play better too. Its a great online community/family. They also have people to play with in Fleet command and F18 as weel as many other military games.

by far the best simulation pack

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I bought this pack at EB games, it was hard to find by it only costed me 19.99. The F/A-18 simulation is the best of all, excellent graphics, physics and flight model, although it was created years ago. I've played many other flight/sub such as F-18 korea F-18 precision strike fighter, but jane's F/A-18 still porcess the best phyiscs/mission builder/graphics and espically tranning. The foucs of this naval pack is the flight simulator, and it is a must for any combat flight simer. O, it works on win XP too! just get the 2 patches for FA-18.

It Rocks!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: August 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is an excellent simulation of what the Navy really is like. I myself really enjoyed it and I'm still up for trying the F-18 section of it.

good but not great

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: July 19, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is ok if your good with keyboard controls. I on one hand had a lot of trouble with F/A 18 688 (i) both those games are flight and submarine sims and there cool but not great. Fleet Command is the third game in the collection and it is fantastic.

In fleet command I really enjoyed controling Navy forces. I really think if you enjoy Simulators you'll love this collection of games.

688iproblem

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 7 / 13
Date: September 04, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I bought the Naval Collection to use the submarine portion. When I installed the game it worked fine and then I tried to find an instruction booklet on how the game works.....and there was none! The F-18 game has a guide book of over 100 pages on how to fly the thing and what you're mission is. The 688i game is quite involved and if you have no guide book just to get you going, it is next to impossible to play. I went to get another game, but in it, there was again no game book. I really want to play this game, but need at least some kind of directions to at least get me started....there is nothing!

All I want is a little guidance to tell me what the heck I'm supposed to be doing.

I would like to hear from others to see if maybe I'm doing something wrong and the guide book is somehow in the game itself in the help area or something. This game seems to have great potenial, but should come with at least some type of instrucions...especially on how to maneuver the boat.

A great Naval warfare collection

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: August 20, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Any 2 of the three games would make this a worthwhile investment at the price. Fleet Command is a simplified, but still engrossing naval strategy game similar to Harpoon. Lots of action - you'll have to pause the game regularly just to check the status of the various activities you've initiated. 688(i) is an excellent sub sim and war game. Knowledge of the strengths and weaknesses of your sub and your enemies capabilities are vital - your tactics will change from scenario to scenario. Its not just sink everything in sight.

Almost too realistic

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: July 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

One of the main things soldiers do in the army is drill. My stepfather tells me stories of how, when he was in Germany, all he did was drive around a colonel and play cards.

Enter 688(i) Hunter/Killer, where most of your time is filled by plotting courses, reading manuals, and attempting to pass undetected in open waters. While this is very realistic, it isn't the most exciting game in the world.

Fortunately, 688(i) comes with a "create your own scenario" mode, where you can populate the ocean with cruise ships, fishing boats, and other attack subs to fill with torpedos.

This is an enjoyable game for those who have the time and patience to learn the game.

hunter/killer 688 I

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 12
Date: July 04, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Absolutely, the best SUB simulator ever made. You do real sonar tracking, identification and plotting. Do it wrong and pay the price!

Like being in the Sub service without hot racking.

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