The PS3 game Battleship is a movie tie-in action game where you play as Cole Mathis, fighting alien invaders in Hawaii. It mixes first-person shooting on land with tactical naval commands, letting you direct ships like the USS Missouri to support the battle.

What you do in the game

  • Fight alien troops and destroy key targets as a soldier on the ground.
  • Use a command map to order friendly ships around the ocean battlefield.
  • Work through missions set across the Hawaiian islands during an alien invasion.

Gameplay style

The PS3 version is mainly a first-person shooter , unlike some other versions that used turn-based strategy. It blends on-foot combat with fleet control, so it is partly an FPS and partly a naval strategy game.

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Think of it like this: you are a soldier on shore calling in support from warships while aliens attack by land, sea, and air. That is the core idea behind the PS3 version.

TL;DR: Battleship on PS3 is an alien-invasion shooter set in Hawaii, with added command-and-control naval gameplay.