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Title: Best naval strategy game?
Post by: Weirdguy on February 18, 2013, 12:35:36 AM
I've been trying to find a good game to play that deals with battleships.  This isn't as common a genre.  Most games are usually about armies and land warfare, and naval combat is just a side show.

The first one I have been looking at are Storm Eagle's Jutland game, but I find their user interface to be pretty bad, and even their demo didn't impress me when it asked for me to log onto their website and setup an account (it's a demo, just let me play it).  To be fair I have never really gone much further because of those issues.

Are there any other games out there for people who like big gun ships?
Title: Re: Best naval strategy game?
Post by: Sabre on February 18, 2013, 08:29:05 AM
Check out a MMO called Navy Field (www.navyfield.com).  It may be what you're looking for.  I tried it out, but didn't have the patience for it. At the time (couple years ago), I couldn't figure out how to get into an on-line battle and gave up.  It had potential, though, and is worth checking out.  I used to play a table-top game called "Battlewagon", and hoped Navy Field would be similar to. Good luck, either way.
Title: Re: Best naval strategy game?
Post by: Blooz on February 18, 2013, 09:55:31 AM
NWS Online

http://yhst-12000246778232.stores.yahoo.net/bogaandmiru.html (http://yhst-12000246778232.stores.yahoo.net/bogaandmiru.html)

Title: Re: Best naval strategy game?
Post by: mbailey on February 18, 2013, 03:58:32 PM
I thought i read somewhere that the "World of" series is doing a naval game



Title: Re: Best naval strategy game?
Post by: Karnak on February 18, 2013, 05:43:23 PM
I thought i read somewhere that the "World of" series is doing a naval game




Yeah, but that is likely to be a "naval action game" not a "naval strategy game."
Title: Re: Best naval strategy game?
Post by: 68ZooM on February 18, 2013, 09:20:07 PM
Battleship          "you sunk my battleship"
Title: Re: Best naval strategy game?
Post by: Gixer on February 19, 2013, 12:51:05 AM
Best Naval Strategy game imho is War in the Pacific Admiral's Ediiton, though of course that's grand campaign not just naval, but I think you can allocate a lot of ground stuff to AI if you choose.

Played War in the East for a few years now, and the scale is immense one turn can take up two or three hours playing as Russians.

http://www.matrixgames.com/

For sim only Naval one could recommend is SH5 with lots of mods.


<S>...-Gixer
Title: Re: Best naval strategy game?
Post by: TheMercinary60 on February 19, 2013, 01:48:57 AM
im trying out that navy field right now, not too bad, bit of a learning curve is all that i can see is wrong with it
Title: Re: Best naval strategy game?
Post by: Curval on February 19, 2013, 08:11:12 AM
http://www.matrixgames.com/products/216/details/Uncommon.Valor

Uncommon Valour is a more scaled down version of the huge games Grigsby has put out, still very good and fairly complicated.  Swoop and I had some massive online PBM games back in the day.  Great game.
Title: Re: Best naval strategy game?
Post by: Shane on February 19, 2013, 08:47:28 AM
im trying out that navy field right now, not too bad, bit of a learning curve is all that i can see is wrong with it

It's a grinding leveling game. Wot/P/(NF eventually) take the same idea but extend it further in the "3-d."  It's not so much strategy, or even much in the way of tactics, tho' - basically a steel cage team death match, full of fail.  :noid

I've played NF on and off since 2004 - playing now, biding time for a better PC for AH.  :aok

You can find me in-game as BWOopsy.
Title: Re: Best naval strategy game?
Post by: Gixer on February 19, 2013, 02:18:14 PM
playing now, biding time for a better PC for AH.  :aok

Doesn't take much of a PC to play AH, im using a Lenovo E530 laptop and runs AH fine (50+fps) at high detail levels. Would be good to see you back, just returned last month myself.  :salute


<S>...-Gixer
Title: Re: Best naval strategy game?
Post by: BoilerDown on February 19, 2013, 05:02:12 PM
Now I look like an old fogie, but this game was awesome: http://www.google.com/search?q=ancient+art+of+war+at+sea

Damn, 25 years ago.
Title: Re: Best naval strategy game?
Post by: MrKrabs on February 19, 2013, 05:22:14 PM
I thought i read somewhere that the "World of" series is doing a naval game





Yes, yes they are - they have alpha's out for it right now... But at the moment the alpha is closed until march while they open the alpha for the lousy world of planes...

http://worldofwarships.com/ (http://worldofwarships.com/)
Title: Re: Best naval strategy game?
Post by: GScholz on February 19, 2013, 06:17:16 PM
Pacific Storm Allies. Properly patched and modded it is great.

Title: Re: Best naval strategy game?
Post by: TheMercinary60 on February 23, 2013, 01:14:39 AM
It's a grinding leveling game. Wot/P/(NF eventually) take the same idea but extend it further in the "3-d."  It's not so much strategy, or even much in the way of tactics, tho' - basically a steel cage team death match, full of fail.  :noid

I've played NF on and off since 2004 - playing now, biding time for a better PC for AH.  :aok

You can find me in-game as BWOopsy.
look me up sometime TheMercinary im looking for someone to mooch some expirence off of  :lol
Title: Re: Best naval strategy game?
Post by: zack1234 on February 23, 2013, 02:06:31 AM
I recall someone playing a pirate game which was supposed to be good :old:

Title: Re: Best naval strategy game?
Post by: Weirdguy on February 24, 2013, 02:43:46 AM
Pirates of the Burning Sea, the pirate MMO game?

Well, it was a fun time for me, but then again I helped make it.  For all you navy officers in that game I hope you liked the La Belle ship you start with.  You see, I made that ship, and the Cruizer 16 gun "snow" class ship as well.

(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090929120848/potbs/images/d/db/La_Belle_400.jpg)
Title: Re: Best naval strategy game?
Post by: zack1234 on February 24, 2013, 02:49:57 AM
Hello Sailor :)

Hurrah!  :)
Title: Re: Best naval strategy game?
Post by: DREDIOCK on February 25, 2013, 11:45:43 AM
NWS Online

http://yhst-12000246778232.stores.yahoo.net/bogaandmiru.html (http://yhst-12000246778232.stores.yahoo.net/bogaandmiru.html)



I wish more of those board games were ported over to the PC. Particularly the older ones ones put out by Avalon Hill with all those little cardboard chips representing units such as the one with the massive map with  "Blitzkrieg",

(http://www.ahgeneral.org/gameparts/blitzkrieg_map.jpg)
Title: Re: Best naval strategy game?
Post by: Blooz on February 26, 2013, 11:09:05 AM
I wish more of those board games were ported over to the PC. Particularly the older ones ones put out by Avalon Hill with all those little cardboard chips representing units such as the one with the massive map with  "Blitzkrieg",

Ask and you shall receive...

http://www.hpssims.com/ (http://www.hpssims.com/)

Kiss your wallet goodbye...lol
Title: Re: Best naval strategy game?
Post by: DREDIOCK on February 26, 2013, 07:26:07 PM
Ask and you shall receive...

http://www.hpssims.com/ (http://www.hpssims.com/)

Kiss your wallet goodbye...lol

Cool...TY
Title: Re: Best naval strategy game?
Post by: Shifty on February 26, 2013, 08:29:14 PM
I wish more of those board games were ported over to the PC. Particularly the older ones ones put out by Avalon Hill with all those little cardboard chips representing units such as the one with the massive map with  "Blitzkrieg",

(http://www.ahgeneral.org/gameparts/blitzkrieg_map.jpg)

LOL I used to play that game. Ahh the battles in the Great Koufax Desert.  :lol