Naval War Arctic Circle

Kosmiche · 4 Apr 2012 at 16:45

First of all, apologies if there is already a thread.

Just seen some videos on a new game thats out very soon, Naval War.

Its a strategy game focusing on war ships, looks like fun.

http://www.navalwargame.com/

what do you think guys, looks good?

MrMoonX · 4 Apr 2012 at 17:00

looks like a new version of fleet command, that was awesome, this looks good

Mat · 4 Apr 2012 at 17:02

Looks really quite dull to me, even for a strategy game.

Xordium · 4 Apr 2012 at 17:06

Mat said:
Looks really quite dull to me, even for a strategy game.

It's a modern reworking of Harpoon really and from being in the beta I can tell you it is anything but dull.

Hank_Marvin · 4 Apr 2012 at 17:07

Looks quite interesting from what i'se seen, a demo would go down nicely.

Huw · 4 Apr 2012 at 17:18

Yeah I've been following this since it was announced, it looks amazing. This genre is horribly under-represented. In fact I can only think of two other titles in the last decade; Fleet Command which I thought was awful, and Harpoon which I never played because I'm not paying ~£50 for a game that looks like Windows 3.1 and has no demo available.

Xordium · 4 Apr 2012 at 17:37

Just to say this is only 15 quid at release so why not! Well worth the admission to sink American carriers with a squadron of Backfires.

chrismscotland · 4 Apr 2012 at 18:02

Huw said:
Yeah I've been following this since it was announced, it looks amazing. This genre is horribly under-represented. In fact I can only think of two other titles in the last decade; Fleet Command which I thought was awful, and Harpoon which I never played because I'm not paying ~£50 for a game that looks like Windows 3.1 and has no demo available.

I believe there is now a Harpoon Demo, although I agree £50 for something that looks like W3.1 isn't great I've had probably months in total of enjoyment from it.

Xordium · 4 Apr 2012 at 18:11

chrismscotland said:
I believe there is now a Harpoon Demo, although I agree £50 for something that looks like W3.1 isn't great I've had probably months in total of enjoyment from it.

Yep http://www.computerharpoon.com/demos.html

But just wait till the 10th it will be worth it and they will add extra stuff in soon eg Pacific etc.

Huw · 4 Apr 2012 at 18:45

Ah cool, thanks, I might try Harpoon after all then. I love this:

You will see that this version stresses accuracy and depth over eye candy

Uh, yeah, I did notice...

CaptainRAVE · 4 Apr 2012 at 19:18

Huw said:
Uh, yeah, I did notice...

lol

Xordium · 4 Apr 2012 at 19:25

Huw said:
Uh, yeah, I did notice...

Still one of the best games I have played and with the power of modern PCs the battles you have are quite ridiculous eg the whole US fleet vs the rest of the world's navies and it still runs ok.

chrismscotland · 4 Apr 2012 at 20:48

Xordium said:
Still one of the best games I have played and with the power of modern PCs the battles you have are quite ridiculous eg the whole US fleet vs the rest of the world's navies and it still runs ok.

It is brilliant Harpoon, Naval War AC looks good though for £15 I'll probably pre-order although I've been burned by stuff Paradox have published before.

Huw · 4 Apr 2012 at 20:51

They always put things right though, to be fair. I think Paradox are one of the best publishers and developers in the business.

Malevolence · 6 Apr 2012 at 20:52

After seeing this I decided to dig out my old copy of Jane's Fleet Command. Does anybody know how to get it to work on Windows 7 64-bit? IT installs, but it just will not run.

Rachmaninov · 6 Apr 2012 at 20:56

Mat said:
Looks really quite dull to me, even for a strategy game.

Looks dull even for a paint-drying sim.

Huw · 6 Apr 2012 at 21:15

Thanks for the valuable contributions to the discussion, chaps.

Mat · 6 Apr 2012 at 22:03

Huw said:
Thanks for the valuable contributions to the discussion, chaps.

The OP asked us what we think, did he not?

Kosmiche · 10 Apr 2012 at 09:58

This comes out today, bought mine ready.

Anyone going to be playing?

http://www.greenmangaming.co.uk/games/strategy/naval-warfare-arctic-circle/

That's where I got it from if you'd like to buy it, sorry if this isnt the best price you can get.

HR4 · 10 Apr 2012 at 11:01

Looks interesting..

Lots of strategy games look unappealing to many, but they usually give the most satisfaction and certainly longevity in game-play, when played correctly...

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