WWI-WWII Naval War Game

[redcoat]

Steam and Iron looks like a promising WW1 naval game.

Link

Screenshot zip pack

It won’t be out until January though. I will have spent all my Chrimbo games money at the Matrix sale by then.

[SuluSea]

I was hoping for a resurrection of Carrier Force a game which looked to have much promise. I'm in search of a quality naval game as well, since we have a plethora of land base games much of them rehashing the same subject matter.

[n01487477]

ORIGINAL: SuluSea

I was hoping for a resurrection of Carrier Force a game which looked to have much promise. I'm in search of a quality naval game as well, since we have a plethora of land base games much of them rehashing the same subject matter.

+1
If I could take a year off I'd code the damn thing myself in C#. Or if Matrix / GG released the code they put together, then maybe a quoram of likeminded ppl could get it done.

I don't have this as it's not a digital download http://www.hpssims.com/Pages/Products/N ... idway.html but would like to try it.

Cheers

[Perturabo]

ORIGINAL: redcoat


Steam and Iron looks like a promising WW1 naval game.

Link

Screenshot zip pack

It won’t be out until January though. I will have spent all my Chrimbo games money at the Matrix sale by then.

I don't think "looks" is a good word.

[Fallschirmjager]

It won’t be out until January though.

Of 1995?

[Perturabo]

More like 1985, am I right?

[Anonymous]

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[Perturabo]

What's so good about Warship Combat?

[SuluSea]

ORIGINAL: n01487477

ORIGINAL: SuluSea

I was hoping for a resurrection of Carrier Force a game which looked to have much promise. I'm in search of a quality naval game as well, since we have a plethora of land base games much of them rehashing the same subject matter.

+1
If I could take a year off I'd code the damn thing myself in C#. Or if Matrix / GG released the code they put together, then maybe a quoram of likeminded ppl could get it done.

I don't have this as it's not a digital download http://www.hpssims.com/Pages/Products/N ... idway.html but would like to try it.

Cheers

I'm very surprised Matrix haven't canvassed the forum looking for people to carry the torch where the previous folks left off as there are some talented people hanging around. Maybe they have and we haven't heard about it.


FWIW, NWS has Midway for a much better price, I've dealt with them before and haven't been disapointed in their operation.

[:)] Have a good day my friend! [:)]

[Prince of Eckmühl]

ORIGINAL: n01487477

I don't have this as it's not a digital download http://www.hpssims.com/Pages/Products/N ... idway.html but would like to try it.

Cheers

HPS Midway is a great little game. It's got a lot more flavor to it than Carriers at War, and plays well MP. It could use some polish, though. For instance, there's no AI for friendly subs. If a player has one in his OOB, he has to micromanage its every action. That said, HPS has a long history of updating/supporting its games, so there's still hope that items like that can be remedied. And I probably ought to mention the publisher's Guadalcanal game that was upgraded to the Midway standard with the release of patch 1.07. Scenarios cover everything from Java Strait to the Leyte Gulf actions. Between the two titles, there are certainly a lot of gaming hours to be had.

[Vincenzo_Beretta]

ORIGINAL: Perturabo

What's so good about Warship Combat?

It's a little bit like "Steel Panthers" even if graphics are really stylized. Meaty OOBs, easy to use scenario editor, random scenario generator, and very playable. Some features are as stylized as the graphics (for example formation maneuver is a bit abstracted) but others are very detailed (straight/plunging hits etc.) At the end, the core of what naval warfare in WWI/WWII was about is there, and the game has just that "one more scenario!" feeling.

The reviews on the game's page are quite truthful and accurate.

[histgamer]

ORIGINAL: Fallschirmjager

WW I naval combat really needs a champion right now. It is a unexploited gold mine. The HPS games are terribly simple and not very good.
Jutland is ok but is fatally flawed by giving you too much to command at one time which makes the game completely unwieldy. Add to that a terrible control system and you have a game with promised but it's core gameplay is so flawed as to make it unplayable.

What the industry really needs is a WW 1 game using the WITP engine set in the North Sea and Med. The era of dreadnoughts and battle cruisers and armored cruisers is almost completely untapped.
I would pay $70 with almost no questions asked.

Well I am learning to code, so in 40 years I'll have an engine and game done for ya... hope your still waiting then!!!

[GaryChildress]

ORIGINAL: dfinan

Anyone know a good current computer game for surface Naval ship combat in WWI to WWII. There was an old computer game called Great Naval Battles from SSI. I would love to see that redone and updated, or maybe take an old Board game like Task Forces Battlewagons and convert it into a computer game.

Well they're not strictly naval games but the naval aspect is pretty prominent in the War in the Pacific series. In War Plan Orange you can have big naval surface battles.

[Perturabo]

ORIGINAL: Vincenzo Beretta

ORIGINAL: Perturabo

What's so good about Warship Combat?

It's a little bit like "Steel Panthers" even if graphics are really stylized.

It explains why I can't get into it. Generally, I don't like clickfest games and WC:NaW is one of them. I prefer games when I don't have to point targets for every weapon when playing as someone who commands several ships or even several squadrons.

[redcoat]

ORIGINAL: n01487477

I don't have this as it's not a digital download http://www.hpssims.com/Pages/Products/N ... idway.html but would like to try it.

The Wargamer has just published a review of Naval Campaigns: Midway - with screenshots - if you are still thinking about it.

Linkie

[redcoat]

Steam and Iron looks like a promising WW1 naval game.

Link

Screenshot zip pack

Steam and Iron has just been released. For those who don't mind old skool graphics.

[Phatguy]

ORIGINAL: Perturabo

More like 1985, am I right?

If the game is any good why have a issue with graphics...They are more than adequate to convey the info needed.

That said, I have no idea if its any good but I know I need campaigns, not single battles

[Perturabo]

ORIGINAL: apathetic lurker

ORIGINAL: Perturabo

More like 1985, am I right?

If the game is any good why have a issue with graphics...They are more than adequate to convey the info needed.

I don't have any issue with the graphics (except for the obnoxious sea colour).

ORIGINAL: apathetic lurker

That said, I have no idea if its any good but I know I need campaigns, not single battles

Naval campaigns? Didn't they have just a few engagements during WWI?

[Titanwarrior89]

Becareful with Storm Eagle-I bought both their games. A year later my computer went belly up and they were not helpful at all in getting my games dowloaded again. I will NEVER do business with them again. I wasted over 100 bucks with them.[:@][:o][:-]

ORIGINAL: Hertston

Storm Eagle's Jutland, if you can live with the DRM; research that before buying. There is a demo to try.