The game is a variation on classic tower defense games, and takes you out of the pilots seat and into the admirals war room. There's no worrying about whether or not you have quick hand-eye coordination, rather it's all about your ability to adequately plan for a battle, exploiting your opponents weaknesses and taking advantage of the environment to (hopefully) enhance your own ships capabilities.

One negative note is that once the battle commences, you take a very back seat to the action and can only watch as your fleet either crushes the enemy, or is destroyed as they blast you into pieces.