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{{Infobox video game
| title = Pacific Storm
| image = Pacific storm artwork.jpg
| developer = [[Company:Lesta Studio|Lesta Studio]]
| publisher = {{Video game release|CIS|Buka Entertainment|NA|[[Company:CDV Software|CDV Software]]}}
| engine = OGRE
| released = {{Video game release|CIS|17 November 2005|NA|28 September 2006}}
| genre = [[Software:Real-time strategy|Real-time strategy]]
| modes = Single player, [[Software:Multiplayer video game|Multiplayer]]
| platforms = [[Software:Microsoft Windows|Microsoft Windows]]
}}

'''''Pacific Storm''''' is a Pacific War-themed [[Software:Real-time strategy|real-time strategy]] game developed by [[Company:Lesta Studio|Lesta Studio]] and released by Buka Entertainment in 2005. A Western version was released by [[Company:CDV Software|CDV Software]] in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ag.ru/games/pacific-storm |title=Игра Стальные монстры (Pacific Storm): вся информация об игре, дата выхода, системные требования, купить игру Стальные монстры (Pacific Storm) |website=Absolute Games}}</ref>

==Gameplay==
In the game, players are able to act as a supreme commander, handling research, ship and plane design, production, troop deployment, and many other things. As a real-time strategy game, players are allowed to control individual ships and planes. Furthermore, players can also act as an ordinary sailor, who can man various anti-aircraft gun positions on a ship or man various gunner positions in a heavy/medium bomber plane, turning the game also into a first-person shooter.{{Citation needed|date=February 2008}}

==Reception==
This game has been criticized by many gamers due to some historical inaccuracies, mostly due to limited types of ships and aircraft available in the game. An example is the presence of two US {{Sclass|Colorado|battleship}}s in Singapore at December 10, 1941, instead of {{HMS|Prince of Wales|53|6}} and {{HMS|Repulse|1916|6}}.

==Reviews==
*''Worth Playing''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=41286&mode=thread&order=0 | title=PC Review - 'Pacific Storm' }}</ref>
*''Subsim''<ref>http://www.subsim.com/ssr/pacific_storm/review_pacific_storm.php {{bare URL inline|date=April 2023}}</ref>
*''IGN''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://pc.ign.com/articles/738/738482p1.html | title=PC Games, Wikis, Cheats, Walkthroughs, News, Reviews & Videos }}</ref>
*''Gamernode''<ref>http://www.gamernode.com/reviews/1525-pacific-storm/index.html {{bare URL inline|date=April 2023}}</ref>
*''GameZone''<ref>http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r23784.htm {{bare URL inline|date=April 2023}}</ref>
*''PC Games'' (Germany)<ref>{{cite journal | url=http://www.pcgames.de/Pacific-Storm-PC-93228/Tests/Pacific-Storm-499820/ | title=Pacific Storm | journal=PC Games | date=August 28, 2006 | last1=Weiß | first1=Stefan }}</ref>
*''Game Chronicles''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gamechronicles.com/reviews/pc/pacstorm/pacstorm.htm | title=Game Chronicles - Review }}</ref>
*''4Players.de''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.4players.de/4players.php/dispbericht/PC-CDROM/Test/4278/4806/0/Pacific_Storm.html | title=Pacific Storm - Test, Taktik & Strategie }}</ref>
*''GamingExcellence''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gamingexcellence.com/pc/games/263/review.shtml | title=Pacific Storm Review | date=February 8, 2007 }}</ref>
*''GameSpot''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/pacificstorm/review.html | title=Pacific Storm Review }}</ref>

==Legacy==
The standalone expansion ''Pacific Storm: Allies'' involves Britain as an additional playable faction. It also introduces non-playable nations such as the Netherlands, Germany, and the USSR. These nations however can be playable in the "Battle Planner" mode.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/pacific-storm-allies-first-look/1100-6181990/ |title=Pacific Storm: Allies First Look |last=Ocampo |first=Jason |date=2007-10-30 |website=GameSpot |language=en-US |access-date=2018-12-09}}</ref>

==References==
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* {{Cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2005/12/15/pacific-storm-first-view|title=Pacific Storm First View |last=Aihoshi - 'Jonric' |first=Richard |date=2005-12-14 |website=IGN |language=en-US |access-date=2018-12-09}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/05/12/e3-2006-pacific-storm |title=E3 2006: Pacific Storm |last=Butts |first=Steve |date=2006-05-11 |website=IGN |language=en-US |access-date=2018-12-09}}
* {{Cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/pacific-storm-review/1900-6159884/|title=Pacific Storm Review |last=Todd |first=Brett |date=2006-10-16 |website=GameSpot |language=en-US |access-date=2018-12-09}}
* {{cite magazine |magazine=PC Gamer |date=January 2007 |page=74}}
* {{cite magazine |magazine=Computer Games Magazine |date=January 2007 |page=65}}

[[Category:Naval video games]]
[[Category:Windows games]]
[[Category:World War II video games]]
[[Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games]]

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