World War II is certainly one of the most visited settings in PC games, especially amongst online multiplayers. PT Boats: Knights of the Sea, however, will transport us to a completely new environment - that of the sea battles involving the small and versatile craft known as torpedo boats. Akella is well known for their many sea-based simulators and action games and thus the perfect choice when it comes to bringing these battles alive on the players' monitors. The game offers a single-player campaign or an online experience entertaining up to 16 players in LAN and Internet multiplayer.

http://www.hookedgamers.com/articles/preview/430/pt_boats_knights_of_the_sea

That's actually a pretty good looking game. Have you seen the trailers on gametrailers? I like the DX9/DX10 comparison and is one of the major reasons for my upgrade this year.

Actually I have, but I only have a DX9 card currently. I was hoping to have my system upgraded by the time it came out, but it looks as if I will not be able to before the game finally gets released sometime this month. I wanted to have that upgrade prior to my review, but unfortunately it will be from a DX9 point of view.

This month? I didn't realize it was so close to release. Well, that is going to cut me out as well. My new system won't be avail till March at the earliest.

Well that was the last I heard back in early December 2007. But I went to a game monitor, you probably know it as GameFAQ today, and they still have it listed as "TBA".

Oh BTW, I ran across your name on a forums today during one of my websurfing missions. EIDOS Moderator? Was that you? Or was that memorex?

That's me.



Funny is that I am a mod at the Pacific Storm forums as well.

I see that EB Games doesn't even have a list ATM and IGN is a tad off.

Thanks for the Link! Im looking forward to this game since the first screenshots on the old PT-Boats website.
There are actualy 3 games which makes me thinking of upgrading my system for a DX10 card: Crysis, FSX and PT-Boats...

I remember seeing Knights at the E3 2004 but I could kick myself for not checking it out. I was too excited checking out SH3.

Well I have an opinion, and only an opinion I must say because I did not personally purhase the game, but I have played it via Dx9 from a friend of mine here in my town, and that game is Crysis. However I have three other on-line gaming bros that have Dx10 systems and have completed the game, along with "some" multi-player. Well since the November's release, 2 have removed it from their systems, and the other has left it on, but he has a 1TB HardDrive as well, "but just wants to have it available IF he one day wants to play it again out of boredom". (His exact words, BTW!) They say, IF you are "solely" into awesome visual effects, which can only be brought to you by Dx10, then Crysis is your game. However IF you are into a story driven & atmospheric game that draws you deep into the action, something like Half-Life or HL2, then the game falls flat in those regards. And I can say the visuals in Dx9 are good, and I concur on the 2 levels that I played out, but it was just not that immersive to my taste. They also ALL stated that the multi-player was good, and there are players, but the game-modes were nothing different than playing Battlefield 2142, with way lot better graphics.

Sorry if I was a little OFF topic, but I just wanted to pass that on to you about Crysis. Read the reviews, get other opinions, and read the "user" opinions OVER the so-called "professional" ones. Those from the leading publications, on-line and in print, have me personally thinking about their motivation behind a good score, when they are receiving advertising money from that games publisher. Sort of "makes you think a little these days".

I have Crysis and I have to agree. I found most of teh game fun although my system (6800GT AMD 3500+) was choking in certain areas. When the game consisted of going after the North Koreans I thought it was pretty good but once you threw in aliens I have to say... I miss the Trigen. I never thought I would say it but teh Trigen are much better than this cookie cuter story. To be honest I am looking forward more to the mods than the actual game.

On Topic: Did anyone else notice when the ship was sinking the people jumping overbord into the water? I remeber the SH3/4 team saying they did not do it because of performence and taste but I will say that it makes the game look much more alive and dynamic.