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richardhutnik on 20 May 2012
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axumblade said:
richardhutnik said:
axumblade said:
Old news. I've been making fun of this for a few months.

Sorry if I missed the post on here.  Figured that, with the movie out, it would be worth a post about the game.

My intention wasn't to make it seem like I was pointing out that it's been posted already. My intention was to laugh at the fact they turned a "strategy board game" into a "first person shooter video game" . :P

And it's probably still better than the movie. :D

If Battleship were actually a strategy board game, it might remotely fit.  But Battleship the boardgame is actually a game of deduction with a naval theme.  Besides the theme not being a fit for a land-based FPS mode, what it is, isn't either.  Think of this: They do a movie based on Mastermind, and then do a FPS based on the movie.  That is akin to what you have with Battleship.

Anyhow, I am not opposed to branching out, if done right.  Like Battleship Galaxies is a space combat game, that is done well, by Hasbro:

http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/93538/battleship-galaxies-the-saturn-offensive-game-set

Now maybe if they did a movie based on this, it might be interesting.