Frustrating.
I loved the original. This one, not so much. I hope it's not a foreshadow of ep2. There's just too many units to control. You have to remember to summon new units, get tanks to attack the enemy, try to manipulate the terrible AI- it's no longer about the ship, it's about the soldiers. From such a small perspective, that makes it too complicated and frustrating.
Or you have to grind, but this game isn't that fun to grind. Way too slow.
meh...
overall the game is rather boring.
Boring
I cannot imagine being much more bored while playing a game based on quite a sound concept: Unlock new parts and add them to your battleship, placing them wherever you like to make it look really cool.
The ship moves far too slowly, every battle is a pointless grind to maintain control of bases, the music gets iritating. Mostly the game is just too slow and cumbersome.
Ugh...
I find this game generally disappointing. I was expecting more story, not JUST outrageously challenging (for me at least) constant combat in which I don't get to overload my ship with weapons and whatnot easily =P. I get to the hard section, can't get past the first fight. Activating easy mode in the options menu does nothing. And, since when are tanks allowed to float from island to island freely? My tanks always float away from the enemy... pyramid thing... and the enemy's tanks always float towards mine (they go WEST). I need the things that add weight and value to be able to clean up my messes, but firstly, I cant - too expensive a ship for the fights; and secondly, If I can enter my ship, I go too slow to be able to stay up to speed with the enemy - I simply can't find a balance...
BORING!