Okay, so let’s dive into this curious game called Carrier Deck. It’s all about running an aircraft carrier, like you’re the head honcho of flying metal machines. Picture this: You’re managing jets, helicopters, maybe some other flying things — all in real-time, no less. Ever felt the rush of trying to coordinate an entire fleet while sipping your morning coffee? No? Well, here’s your chance.
Carrier Deck, cooked up by Ultimate Games, promises you’ll be balancing jets left and right across different hotspots around the globe. Their big selling point? You’re the Air Officer on a CVN-76, right smack in the middle of wartime chaos. Fancy title, huh?
Now, before you get all hyped — there’s something I gotta say. It starts off as a whirlwind of excitement, but things get complicated real quick. The tutorials feel like those instruction manuals for assembling furniture — technical mumbo jumbo. Ten minutes of my life were spent looking at the screen going, “Um, what now?” Inputs are like a tangled spaghetti mess, way more elaborate than needed. Like, why?!
The PlayStation 5 version? Oh boy. Imagine porting a game from PC, then slapping it onto your console without tweaking things much. Feels clunky. Kind of like using chopsticks for soup. You have to click around like you’re doing a weird touchscreen dance. And the radar thing? Tap on an enemy, then dig through menus just to send someone after them. Seems over-the-top for a game that’s supposed to be fast-paced.
Visuals? Let’s just say the game is all about that one carrier scenery. It’s repetitive. Think of it as spending hours staring at one boring painting in a gallery — the same gallery music looping. Though I gotta admit, that background track’s kind of endearing, like a band that’s got one catchy tune they keep playing.
If you’re into trophy hunting, there’s a bunch to snag — a shiny Platinum, of course. Just keep grinding through missions, unload cargo like there’s no tomorrow, and those virtual trophies will soon be yours. Almost sounds simple when I put it that way. But it’s the kind of simple that turns into, “why am I doing this again?”
Overall, Carrier Deck’s a mixed bag. Great concept but fumbled execution. Maybe if they tweaked the interface and made things clearer, we’d have a winner here. Right now, it’s kinda, well, meh. But hey, if you’re into aircraft carrier chaos, you might just find it rewarding. You can grab it for $11.99 on PS5, and there’s a PS4 version too, if that’s your jam.
Disclaimer: Played this on a PlayStation copy courtesy of Ultimate Games. So, there’s that.
