#4554341 - 01/31/21 11:13 PM
Re: War on the Sea
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Hmmmm.
Killerfish rang a bell, they did Cold Waters, which I found enjoyable, especially considering it was supposedly a port of a phone game. They lost me in the shallows of China...terrible place for a sub.
I hope this is from scratch for PC and MAC no less!
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#4554348 - 02/01/21 12:37 AM
Re: War on the Sea
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So this is going to be their second PC-specific title,and it looks indeed pretty cool. Would prefer Atlantic though... Pacific (and to a lesser extent, the Med), is a better setting for a game; more symmetric opponents and more historical or historically plausible battles. The problem with the Atlantic is that the German surface navy was never really strong enough to go toe to toe with the British. The real question is, with Task Force Admiral on the horizon but still a ways away, do I plop money on this one too?
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#4554652 - 02/02/21 10:30 PM
Re: War on the Sea
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it's released today, think I'll pick it up at the weekend £30.99 UK price
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#4554720 - 02/03/21 02:46 PM
Re: War on the Sea
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I've got my eye on this. Steam reviews are not great so far but that may be just release issues. I'll check through them later.
I would be interested to see what you make of it flying-hamster.
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#4554729 - 02/03/21 04:51 PM
Re: War on the Sea
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Atlantic Fleet by the same publisher is only £6.99 on Steam Atlantic Fleet Must be the precursor of War on the Sea I played it and enjoyed it some time back
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#4554730 - 02/03/21 05:01 PM
Re: War on the Sea
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Atlantic Fleet by the same publisher is only £6.99 on Steam Atlantic Fleet Must be the precursor of War on the Sea I played it and enjoyed it some time back 278 posts in 17 years. You sir win the ultimate lurker award for SimHQ!
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#4554753 - 02/03/21 08:32 PM
Re: War on the Sea
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I bought it played it for about 50 minutes and refunded it. The game has potential but it is a little too rough around the edges still. Tutorials are awkward, graphics are dated, damage textures are apparently missing and trying to play a campaign was very un-intuitive as it has a rather basic GUI. I could not even figure out how to get out of the 3d world at one point.
I put the game on my Steam wishlist and will be watching over the next few months.
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#4554797 - 02/04/21 08:25 AM
Re: War on the Sea
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I'm still waiting for a game that deals with the late ironclad to pre dreadnought era, this was the pinnacle of classic gun oriented naval combat IMO, before torpedos, mines and certainly aircraft were much of a factor, and first line battleships themselves hadn't become so big and expensive that they were only deployed with caution. Well, there was Storm Eagle Studios game on the Russo-Japanese War, but overall, the problem with that period is lack of material. The Russo-Japanese War is interesting and had several engagements and ship types to model, but otherwise you have Spanish-American war (where the battles were incredibly lopsided), and a one or two battles in Europe, and that is about it.
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#4554827 - 02/04/21 01:34 PM
Re: War on the Sea
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Well, there was Storm Eagle Studios game on the Russo-Japanese War, but overall, the problem with that period is lack of material. The Russo-Japanese War is interesting and had several engagements and ship types to model, but otherwise you have Spanish-American war (where the battles were incredibly lopsided), and a one or two battles in Europe, and that is about it.
There is also Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnought, but it's still in Alpha. It covers also the pre-Dreadnought era. But so far it only sports fantasy ships that you or the in-game generator assembles from base hulls and modules. While you can try to recreate historical ships, the in-game generator can be very "creative" with its builds... And you can't save/reuse builds... Right now there is also not much more than such generated battles and some 40+ pre-set scenarios.
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#4554850 - 02/04/21 04:38 PM
Re: War on the Sea
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Well, there was Storm Eagle Studios game on the Russo-Japanese War, but overall, the problem with that period is lack of material. The Russo-Japanese War is interesting and had several engagements and ship types to model, but otherwise you have Spanish-American war (where the battles were incredibly lopsided), and a one or two battles in Europe, and that is about it.
The problem is that era coincides with "Pax Britannica", when few dared risk a disturbance at sea that could bring the Royal Navy down on them. Of course there's always fictional engagements, we're talking about a video game, not a history book. I just love me some steampunk floating fortresses.
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#4554861 - 02/04/21 05:29 PM
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I bought it played it for about 50 minutes and refunded it. The game has potential but it is a little too rough around the edges still. Tutorials are awkward, graphics are dated, damage textures are apparently missing and trying to play a campaign was very un-intuitive as it has a rather basic GUI. I could not even figure out how to get out of the 3d world at one point.
I put the game on my Steam wishlist and will be watching over the next few months. have done the same seems they want you to pay to beta test their game rather than the normal closed/open beta it will be interesting to see if they act on the feedback
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#4555021 - 02/05/21 08:28 PM
Re: War on the Sea
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I can take less than ideal graphics, but I wanna see how the AI works out. I quit playing Cold Waters when I got tired of creeping up behind a Foxtrot or Whiskey and from 300m in the baffles fired a torpedo, only to have them fire one that did a 180 and chased/sunk me in the 75 seconds my torpedo took to cover the distance. When I brought up the issue, the response was basically that it is game and it makes it challenging. Lost so many campaigns to that, I just couldn't keep playing.
It was soooo close to being the perfect Red Storm Rising sequel.
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#4555037 - 02/05/21 10:09 PM
Re: War on the Sea
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I'm still waiting for a game that deals with the late ironclad to pre dreadnought era, this was the pinnacle of classic gun oriented naval combat IMO, before torpedos, mines and certainly aircraft were much of a factor, and first line battleships themselves hadn't become so big and expensive that they were only deployed with caution. I play Naval Action pvp server good for age of sail although grindy
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