hey just rented battlestation midway for xbox 360. it a great game. getting to make use of submerine, airplanes, and ship. the ship can control from small 50 pt boat to battleship. controll is can be switch from captain of one ship to tactic move of all units. the look of the games good. only downside is it can get slow at some points. just woundering if anybody else knows of someother good naval combat games
I played Battlestations Midway, but was not very impressed with its arcade-like feel. It's got nice shiny, pretty graphics, but it really lacks something important to me on the gameplay level. I have not tried any of the Silent Hunter games, but I have heard they are very good at what they do. They are pretty much the definitive submarine simulators. They are on my to-play list of computer games, I just haven't gotten around to them yet. If you want surface naval battles, I would recommend Distant Guns and its sequel, Jutland. Distant Guns is set during the last war between major naval powers before airplanes and minefields became widespread. In the Campaign, you control all the naval forces for either Russia or Japan, and your task is to control the flow of supplies from Japan to mainland Asia, where the land battles are being fought. You can organize fleets, order sorties, lay mines, blockade ports, etc. When ships from opposite sides sight each other, the game launches its very accurate tactical simulator. You can also play skirmish missions, which allow you to command a fleet in various historical battles like the night attack on Port Arthur, or the battle of Tsushima Strait. Distant Guns II: Jutland is an upgraded version of the original game engine, set in the North Sea in 1916. It has all the ships from both the British and German fleets, and even has a "what-if" scenario for the Americans joining the war early. Jutland is a very detailed fleet simulator. Imagine the most accurate table-top naval war game you know of, double the realism, and make it real-time, and Jutland is the result. In addition to the surface ship simulator from DG, you can also use zeppelins for scouting, submarines, and lay dense minefields for both defense and offense. The best part of the game is that if you don't like how it feels, there are control sliders that allow you to change things like damage control effectiveness, accuracy, shell damage, explodey british battlecruisers, etc. The graphics are unfortunately nothing to shake a stick at, but that's OK. If they put on as much detail as games like SHIII and Battlestations Midway, even the most ultra-modern graphics cards would choke from the load.
is distant guns for pc only. i also like empire total war naval warfare. turth be told that what started me down this road.
My brother mentioned that Battlestations Midway has an arcade-like feel, while the games he mentioned are more realistic. Arcade games are not necessarily bad, they have a different goal. Compare a simple sidescrolling airplane shooter to one of NASA's flight simulators: one is simple and fun to play, the other is required to match reality as much as possible. All games have varying degrees of realism so they appeal to different people. I play the arcade-like Battlefield Heroes (throwing kegs of explosives, eating grenades, and riding on the wings of an airplane), as well as the battleship simulator Jutland (which models the armor penetration of each shell) and have fun with them both. Kotori's comment about Battlestations is not meant to detract from the game (I had fun with it), just a statement about why we no longer play it. The Silent Hunter games are all submarine simulators, intended to achieve a high level of accuracy and detail. They also have options to turn down the realism and make it easier to learn the interface and how to play. I never really liked the idea of sneaking around in a sub for fun, but it's certainly a fascinating game. There are single scenarios and large campaigns you can play. There are lots of mods to improve graphics, interface, realism, or add new ships. SH3 is getting a bit old, but is still good. SH4 and SH5 are more recent. Any of them could be fun. Some videos recorded in game: SH3 (note the late-war homing torpedo) SH4 (note the U-boat Missions mod) SH5 (note the ability to walk through the entire submarine) Jutland and Distant Guns are great simulators for battleship fleet actions on the PC only. Distant Guns is set in the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War. It was the last war before submarines aircraft, and mines came to prominence, and featured the only decisive battleship action at the Battle of Tsushima Strait. Jutland is set in 1916 during the Great War (WW1), during one of the most active years of naval combat during the war. It features the eponymous Battle of Jutland, the largest battleship action of all time. In both games, you can play a campaign, organizing fleets and ordering raids, patrols, bombardments, and such. When two fleets meet, the game goes to an excellent tactical simulator, where the two forces fight it out. You can also play single scenarios of historical battles or a few hypothetical situations. This game helped me explore battleship combat and tactics. The ships aren't as graphically detailed as Silent Hunter, but there are vastly more of them in action at once, which is where these games shine. I highly recommend these games for any naval enthusiast. Video I have also played Empire: Total War and Napoleon: Total War. Both games have land combat in the early 1800's as well as naval combat with ye olde sailing Ship of the Line. They have an arcade-like feel, but are fairly easy to learn, look great, and can be very fun. There is a turn-based grand campaign of world conquest: building your nation, developing technology, building armies and fleets, and conquering your enemies in real-time tactical battles when two forces meet. There are also individual skirmishes you can fight if you don't want to bother with the full campaign. The naval combat interface doesn't work well for large numbers of ships and includes some highly unrealistic aspects (sailing directly up-wind), but is simple and fun. The land combat works much better. I need to get back to my campaign: I've conquered all of America, part of India, and I've crushed France and Prussia. My only problem is a Spanish fleet that slipped away to the far reaches of my empire... Video
Hey Guys, Have any of you heard of a PC Simulator Called Fight Steel?? A friend of mind told me about it and i was wondering if any of you had it? Nikki
Use to play it a lot. there was a group upgrading the original game, just checked in on it and they stopped supporting it: FS/FSP FAQ and Tech Support Thread. (Updated 8/31/2008)
That's too bad. I recently purchased XBOX 360 "Battle Stations" Pacific. Great Game and lots of fun. Excellent graphics and sound effects.
