History VideoGame / BattlestationsPacific

''Battlestations: Pacific'' is an action and [[RealTimeStrategy Real-Time Tactics]] game by Creator/EidosInteractive, released on May 12th, 2009 for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] and UsefulNotes/Xbox360. It is the sequel to the 2007 game ''Battlestations: Midway''.

* RareVehicles: Several in-game vehicles are qualified as this, most notably the "Super" Yamato-class battleship.
** The Japanese actually have several aircraft and ships in their inventory that qualify as both this trope and SuperPrototype.

* RealLife/CoolBoat: Several, but the most notable examples would be the DLC-exclusive "Super" Yamato-class and the Montana-class battleships.

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''Battlestations: Pacific'' is an action and [[RealTimeStrategy Real-Time Tactics]] game by Creator/EidosInteractive. It is the sequel to the 2007 game ''Battlestations: Midway''.

!!This game provides examples of:

* WhatIf: Most of the Japanese campaign's later missions fall under this category, essentially leading to an AlternateHistory scenario ending with [[spoiler: the United States surrendering in San Francisco Bay on board the ''Yamato'']].

[[caption-width-right:256:''"We didn't start this war. But we sure as hell will end it..."'']]

-> THE WORLD IS AT WAR
-> TWO MIGHTY NATIONS...

-> OR REWRITE IT

** PT Boats- The Elco PT Boat for the United States, and the Gyraitei Torpedo boat for the Japanese

* DownloadableContent: Eidos released three DLC expansion packs for this game in 2009, which are sadly no longer available for the PC version. These included several new multiplayer maps, as well as additional ships like the Montana-class battleship.

* FlunkyBoss: The 2nd Naval Battle of Guadalcanal mission has the IJN ''Kirishima'' alongside the cruisers ''Takao'' and ''Atago'', plus a number of destroyers.

In this game, players control a number of different air and sea units from both the United States and UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII in the Pacific. The Single-Player mode is divided into the American and Japanese campaigns. The former is mostly the same as to how the battles went historically, while the latter starts out similarly, but then shifts into a WhatIf scenario in its later missions.

* AsianSpeakeeEngrish: How the Japanese narrator for the single-player campaign and in gameplay speaks. Ironically, the Japanese commanders sound better when speaking English.

In this game, players control a number of different air and sea units from both the United States and UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII in the Pacific. The Single-Player mode is divided into the American and Japanese campaigns, of which the latter includes a WhatIf scenario in its later missions.

** Submarines

** Aircraft Carriers

* TypesOfNavalShips: Due to this being a game about the War in The Pacific, this was inevitable.

* BritsWithBattleships: The Royal Navy makes an appearance in two levels in the Japanese campaign: The Destruction of Force Z aka the sinking of HMS Prince of Wales and Repulse, and the Battle of the Java Sea.

* KatanasOfTheRisingSun: One of two playable factions in the game, obviously. While the Imperial Navy is the primary focus here, several Japanese Army units, such as the Ki-43 "Oscar", make appearances.

** Light Cruisers- The US has the ''Atlanta'' and ''Cleveland'', while the Japanese have the ''Kuma'' and ''Agano''
** Heavy Cruisers
** Battleships

** PT Boats
** Destroyers
** Light Cruisers

* WhatIf: Most of the Japanese campaign's later missions fall under this category, essentially leading to an AlternateHistory scenario ending with [[spoiler: the United States surrendering in San Francisco Bay on board the ''Yamato'']].
* UsefulNotes/WorldWarII: [[CaptainObvious Duh]].
* YanksWithTanks: One of two playable factions in the game, of course. In this case, you control ships from the USN-PACFLT, and certain aircraft from the USAAF.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: A lot of the Japanese ships required to be destroyed as objectives in the American campaign were either destroyed by different circumstances or survived later in the war (only to be sunk by a different method). The best example illustrating this would be Takao and Atago in the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal mission. [[note]] In real life, they were sunk by American submarines during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Here, they're to be annihilated along with Kirishima and the rest of the IJN force. [[/note]]

* AlternateHistory: The Japanese campaign as a whole is this, essentially being a WhatIf scenario where it defeats the United States(complete with a surrender on board the IJN ''Yamato'' in San Francisco Bay).