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Title: any good online naval games?
Post by: Tyrannis on June 18, 2011, 12:23:31 PM
hey guys, im looking for a good online naval warfare game.

one where im hoping it gives you the ability to command a ship personally, and sail it around the seas in an open-world style gameplay.

that can be played online on a computer.

any suggestions?  :salute
Title: Re: any good online naval games?
Post by: Vudu15 on June 18, 2011, 03:37:11 PM
google... :noid
Title: Re: any good online naval games?
Post by: Beefcake on June 18, 2011, 05:02:57 PM
Pirates of the Burning Sea is a fun 16th-17th Century sailing game. It has cool PvE and PvP naval battles along with some ground combat. Best of all it's free to play!

http://www.burningsea.com/page/home
Title: Re: any good online naval games?
Post by: Tyrannis on June 18, 2011, 05:04:04 PM
google... :noid
tried it, typed in "good naval warfare games"
and got nothing but battleship& browser games.
Title: Re: any good online naval games?
Post by: Karnak on June 18, 2011, 06:07:54 PM
Sorry, not aware of a modern one.  I did enjoy Task Force 1942 quite a bit back when I had a 486-66DX2 running on MS-DOS 6.22 though.
Title: Re: any good online naval games?
Post by: SmokinLoon on June 18, 2011, 08:22:56 PM
Pirates of the Burning Sea is a fun 16th-17th Century sailing game. It has cool PvE and PvP naval battles along with some ground combat. Best of all it's free to play!

http://www.burningsea.com/page/home

Thanks.  My 8yo son is infatuated with 18th and 19th century pirates (thanks to Jack Sparrow).   :aok  He'll love it!    :D
Title: Re: any good online naval games?
Post by: Volron on June 18, 2011, 09:12:50 PM
Pirates of the Burning Sea is a fun 16th-17th Century sailing game. It has cool PvE and PvP naval battles along with some ground combat. Best of all it's free to play!

http://www.burningsea.com/page/home

Looks interesting.  Just may give them a go... :x  Kind of reminds me of Star Trek Online when I was looking at some youtube vids on it, cept that STO came out after Burning Sea.  So would that make STO look like Burning Sea? :headscratch: :lol
Title: Re: any good online naval games?
Post by: Beefcake on June 19, 2011, 01:59:21 AM
Looks interesting.  Just may give them a go... :x  Kind of reminds me of Star Trek Online when I was looking at some youtube vids on it, cept that STO came out after Burning Sea.  So would that make STO look like Burning Sea? :headscratch: :lol

STO sucks compared to PotBS IMO, and that's saying a lot because Pirates came out in 2006 IIRC.

A few notes about PotBS, if you enjoy the game I recommend that you subscribe to the premium service for 1 month and then cancel. (It's a monthly fee of $15) As a free account you get limited ship storage space and docking slots which will become a PITA later in the game. If you subscribe for one month you get bumped up to basic account status permanently which grants you more xp along with more slots and stuff and it stays that way even if you don't continue paying.

I play on the Antigua (US) server when I have time (I'm pretty busy right now) but feel free to look me up as Alex Thorland on the British nation. I can usually be found out hunting enemy fleets in my 'Valiant' Third Rate SOL. http://potbs.wikia.com/wiki/%27Valiant%27_Third_Rate

 If I'm on I'll try and help you out a little bit or answer any questions you might have. Just note that once you pick a side (Pirate, Spanish, French, or British), you're locked on that side until the map resets. So if you go as another nation I won't be able to really assist you. However, I do recommend the Pirate side, Pirates get to break all the rules and can capture other sides ships which players work so hard to build.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhc60feL8Nc&feature=player_embedded
Title: Re: any good online naval games?
Post by: Plawranc on June 19, 2011, 02:47:13 AM
Thanks.  My 8yo son is infatuated with 18th and 19th century pirates (thanks to Jack Sparrow).   :aok  He'll love it!    :D

That makes me feel old Smokin!!!

The last time I saw Jack Sparrow... I didn't, because I was busy in the back row with my...lady friend. :x. We did see the beginning and end.. not to sure what happened in the middle.

Title: Re: any good online naval games?
Post by: Skyguns MKII on June 19, 2011, 03:23:12 AM
Pirates of the Burning Sea is a fun 16th-17th Century sailing game. It has cool PvE and PvP naval battles along with some ground combat. Best of all it's free to play!

http://www.burningsea.com/page/home

but i bet they have those, "if you want the GOOD ship you need to pay"
Title: Re: any good online naval games?
Post by: Skyguns MKII on June 19, 2011, 03:27:11 AM
battlestations pacific

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whDF63W3diE

(http://i53.tinypic.com/2vsgr9t.jpg)
Title: Re: any good online naval games?
Post by: mbailey on June 19, 2011, 04:41:36 AM
http://www.matrixgames.com/products/351/details/War.in.the.Pacific.-.Admiral's.Edition

I looked a bit and found this. Im not sure if its more a stratagy game, or if its a ship to ship slugfest.A little more research might be needed. Looks intresting though.

It looks like there is a forum on there, I didnt register, but i bet if u do, you can find out what its all about

Good luck

Title: Re: any good online naval games?
Post by: Beefcake on June 19, 2011, 04:49:01 AM
but i bet they have those, "if you want the GOOD ship you need to pay"

Nope, you can be free and sail any ship you want depending on your class. Like I'm not paying right now but I sail one of the most heavily armed ships in the game.
Title: Re: any good online naval games?
Post by: ozrocker on June 19, 2011, 06:03:35 AM
That makes me feel old Smokin!!!

The last time I saw Jack Sparrow... I didn't, because I was busy in the back row with my...lady friend. :x. We did see the beginning and end.. not to sure what happened in the middle.


You want to feel  :old:? How about "Pirates" for the Commodore 64?
That game was a blast :aok

                                                                                                       <S> Oz
Title: Re: any good online naval games?
Post by: CAV on June 19, 2011, 10:43:24 AM

JUTLAND

http://www.stormeaglestudios.com/public/asp/games/5776/index.asp

(http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa232/Djoser_photo/InfoBroc1920_013.jpg)
Title: Re: any good online naval games?
Post by: Tyrannis on June 19, 2011, 11:13:39 AM
battlestations pacific

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whDF63W3diE

(http://i53.tinypic.com/2vsgr9t.jpg)

was going to try this out, went to buy the game from a site (ezio i think) and it pops up that America is not one of the countries this company ships too  :huh







Pirates of the Burning Sea is a fun 16th-17th Century sailing game. It has cool PvE and PvP naval battles along with some ground combat. Best of all it's free to play!

http://www.burningsea.com/page/home

downloaded it last night, my try it out ether today or tomarrow.