Magnificent Ships: Volume 1
Nice Experience, Would Love a Snap-Turn
Played on Oculus Rift CV1 with Touch controllers. I don’t have a particular interest in ships or maritime history, so I was reluctant to pick this up. Since I like casual VR experiences, and all the reviews are positive, I thought I’d give this one a try. I purchased a bundle (Volumes 1 and 2). The wave effects and time of day changes are excellent. I wouldn’t mind a little more resolution on some of the ship textures, but they still look good. I have really enjoyed watching the sunrise and sunset from several of the ships. I also had fun playing with the model ships in the park.
– Real player with 5.9 hrs in game
Read More: Best Naval VR Games.
From the same people who brought you “VROOM: GALLEON”, this is essentially just a detailed 3D model of various ships with some added effects. Spending $10 on it might be a bit much since there’s no game here, but each ship is pretty well modeled (on the exterior anyway) and you can even go below the water level to get a look at the hull, rudder and propellers/screws.
You get 6 ships to choose from: a 16th century pirate ship (much like VROOM: Galleon), an Oil Tanker, a Navy Submarine, Iowa class battleship, a Zumwalt class Destroyer, and the Queen Mary 1. Some of the textures could use some work, but overall it’s still pretty neat.
– Real player with 2.1 hrs in game
Blackwake
Pros:
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frequent updates, always something new (weapons, ships, gamemodes, maps, CANNONS… and AMMO FOR CANNONS)
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fun gameplay
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naval combat is well done
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pvp combat is good, melee is smart, guns will often kill you instantly
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attack/deffend fortresses (if you capture the enemy fortress you win, when you are defending and you know where all the guns are you may survive)
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loadout selection, a lot of muskets (4), pistols (5), melee (6), special (4)
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chat, voice chat (team, faction, global, proximity variants)
– Real player with 387.3 hrs in game
Read More: Best Naval Multiplayer Games.
“I will be damned if I go with another early access game, I will rather eat paper from this notebook”
Ok, now I am chewing on a paper but I’m still satisfied by this game! Yay!
Blackwake is interesting multiplayer naval FPS that lend you feeling of member of Navy or life of a pirate (arrr matey, sorry, i had to). The game basically provide ship and sea and you and your crew (that are players or you are part of the crew under captain) try to get opposition team down the tickets or run out of suplies.
– Real player with 211.2 hrs in game
Panama Canal Simulator
DON’T MISS SUEZ CANAL SIMULATOR.. AVAILABLE NOW ON STEAM CLICK HERE
Live your dream of traveling thru the Panama Canal! Pilot a ship from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean and back. Take part in prototypical canal transits. A full 1:1 scale re-creation of the manmade waterway that changed the world, the Panama Canal.
A LITTLE HISTORY
Taking two countries over twenty-five years to build, the Panama Canal was the project they said couldn’t be built. They said man and machine lacked the ability to cut thru mountains and the Continental Divide. They could only be right for so long. Begun by the French under the leadership of Ferdinand de Lesseps after his completion of the Suez Canal, and completed by the United States, the Panama Canal opened for passage on August 3, 1914 and significantly cut travel time by sea between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and cut out the extremely hazardous journey around Cape Horn. Requiring the removal of 200,000,000 cubic yards of dirt, rock, and mud, and costing thousands of lives due to accidents and disease, the Panama Canal is one of mankind’s most important engineering accomplishments.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Start just outside the canal and follow the buoys and range lights into the canal, or take the long approach from 100 miles out and spend some time at sea as you look for land and lights. Choose your time of day. Transit the canal at night using nothing but the lights. Accelerate time or immerse yourself in a real-time simulation of an overnight canal transit and hours at open sea.
Drive legendary ocean liners, cruise ships, or Panamamax container ships. Meet ships along the way and take care to avoid collisions. Autotrack guides your ship as you control the engines and path. Watch for traffic and signals in the canal or watch the sun rise and set over the Caribbean and the Pacific. With buttery-smooth physics, rich vivid graphics, and ultra-realistic atmosphere and lighting, Panama Canal will set the standard for PC simulator games for years to come.
WITH SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE
Simple and fun enough for kids and accurate and thorough enough for professional training, Panama Canal offers something for everyone! Hardcore simulator fans will revel in the advanced propulsion model, video game novices will appreciate the easy-to-use menus and controls that make playing super easy! Start the simulation and your ship is underway. Increase speed with the ‘D’ key. Slow by cutting your power with the ‘A’ key, and toggle your ship’s anchor with the ‘Back’ key to stop. Press F5 to toggle the HUD, F6 to show landmarks, and F7 to show other vessel traffic. Sound your ship’s horn with the ‘Space’ key and change views with keys 1 thru 6. It’s as simple as that. The ship is on a track and the water is holographic.. there’s no chance you’ll get lost and there’s no chance of seasickness.
Own one of the seven wonders of the modern world.. own the the Panama Canal!.. Add Panama Canal to your Steam Wishlist today! Coming August 2021!
DON’T MISS SUEZ CANAL SIMULATOR.. AVAILABLE NOW IN THE STEAM STORE.. CLICK HERE
Read More: Best Naval Exploration Games.
What Lives Below
Hunt massive sea monsters armed with just a harpoon and a simple fishing boat.
Play as a lone fisherman, who takes on the gods of the sea.
In this fast-paced intense boss-rush game, there are various huge creatures to take on. From an electric leviathan to an volcanic octopus, the odds are not in your favor.
Currently, the Game Features
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4 Leviathans to Be Hunted
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Procedurally Animated Bosses
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An infinite procedural ocean world to fight the monsters in
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Interactive ocean simulation and boat physics
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Harpoon throwing with bullet time
This game is still early in development. The full release will have more bosses and the game is subject to change across development.
Great Lakes Simulator
Great Lakes Simulator… Drive 1:1 Scale Lake Freighters On The World Famous Great Lakes!
Live your dream of driving legendary lake freighters on The Great Lakes with this revolutionary new PC simulator that will take you to another level! Great Lakes Simulator puts you at the helm of a massive lake freighter underway on the Great Lakes. Head downbound from Lake Superior thru Whitefish Bay and the St. Mary’s River to Lake Huron and back in a 1:1 scale re-creation of the most famous fresh-water waterway in the world.. The Great Lakes.
Simulating a journey thru the Great Lakes allows you to gain an understanding of what to expect on the real journey. After a journey through Great Lakes Simulator you will be graced with the knowledge a seasoned mariner would need in order to approach such a journey with confidence. Great Lakes Simulator can accurately teach you the designated shipping lanes, dredged channels, anchorages and port locations, and the accurate locations of range lights, buoys, and lighthouses. You can set sail anytime you like.
A LITTLE HISTORY
The Great Lakes is a system of giant freshwater seas along the U.S. and Canada border connected by both natural and artificial channels and huge locks which enable navigation by large ships. The Soo Locks between Lake Huron and Lake Superior and dredged channels in the St. Mary’s River, the Detroit River, Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair River between Lake Huron and Lake Erie allow passage of huge lake freighters most years from late Spring through early Winter.
The Great Lakes are prone to sudden and severe storms, in particular in the autumn, from late October until early December. Thousands of ships have met their end on the lakes. The first ship to sail the Great Lakes, and the first ship to sink in the lakes, was Le Griffon. Caught in a 1679 storm while trading furs between Green Bay and Michilimacinac, she was lost with all hands aboard. The largest freighter ever wrecked on the lakes is the Edmund Fitzgerald, which sank near Whitefish Point in a violent storm on its last run of the 1975 season, taking all 29 aboard to the bottom of Lake Superior.
The greatest concentration of shipwrecks lies near Thunder Bay, Michigan, beneath Lake Huron, near the point where eastbound and westbound shipping lanes converge. The Lake Superior shipwreck coast from Grand Marais, Michigan to Whitefish Point is known as the “Graveyard of the Great Lakes.” More vessels have been lost in the Whitefish Point area than any other part of Lake Superior. The Whitefish Point Underwater Preserve serves as an underwater museum to protect the many shipwrecks in this area. In Great Lakes Simulator, you will travel through both of these dangerous zones.
THE JOURNEY
Pilot a massive lake freighter downbound from Duluth, Minnesota across Lake Superior, down into Whitefish Bay, and into the St. Mary’s River. Not far downriver you will pass through the Soo Locks which will lower your ship 22 feet to the level of Lake Huron. A few miles past the locks the river makes a sharp right turn into a narrow dredged channel comprised of a number of ranges marked by special range lights set out in pairs to keep a ship in the center of the channel. Each set of range lights has a name which you can toggle onto the display using the F6 key. At Ninemile Point Light, the upbound and downbound channels split and follow separate paths around Neebish Island coming back together just before Hay Point.
Along the way, the Oak Ridge Range Lights and the Rock Cut and Moon Island Leading Lights guide your ship through some of the tightest and narrowest parts of all of the Great Lakes. Soon the lake widens before taking you past the town of Detour, Michigan and into Lake Huron. As Lake Huron opens up in front of you, an empty horizon reappears and suddenly you are back in the middle of the open sea. Travel downbound thru Lake Huron past Presque Isle, Thunder Bay, and Harbor Beach before arriving in Port Huron, your destination for a downbound journey. The upbound journey from Port Huron to Duluth is just as intense.
Great Lakes Simulator was built to accurately simulate the distances and times involved in transiting the lakes. At over 750 miles end-to-end, one complete round-trip journey will take almost 100 hours to complete. All of the included journeys total well over 500 hours, and advanced users can add their own mods and create their own journeys for a fully-customized world and an infinite combination of possibilities!
THE LIGHTHOUSES
The highlight of any journey thru the Great Lakes is the spectacular light show put on by the seemingly endless array of lighthouses and red, white, green, and yellow range lights, buoys, beacons, and light towers. Marvel as you sail past some of the most legendary lighthouses of the lakes including Detour Reef, Whitefish Bay Light Station, Manitou Island, Gull Island, the New Presque Isle Light, Fort Gratiot Lighthouse, and the Thunder Bay Light. And depend on the range lights and buoys of the St. Mary’s River as they guide your ship through the narrow dredged channels.
Nautical charts and Digital Elevation Model data were utilized to accurately recreate this dream world to an unbelievable level. Accurate latitudes, longitudes, elevations, and distances make this one of the most prototypical 1:1 scale digital environments possible. Many have pondered life aboard a Great Lakes freighter - this is your chance to simulate the journeys you would take in real time and in full scale. Sixteen miles an hour has never felt so sweet.
A SPECTACULAR PC SIMULATOR
Take the long approach and spend some time in open sea as you look for land and lights. Choose your time of day. Transit the lakes at night using nothing but the lights. Accelerate time or immerse yourself in a real-time simulation of a days-long transit and dozens of hours at open sea. Journey thru blinding snow and intense thunderstorms. Drive a massive cargo ship to real destinations. Meet ships along the way and take care to avoid collisions. Watch for traffic and lighthouses or watch the sun rise and set over Lake Huron and Lake Superior. With buttery-smooth physics, rich vivid graphics, and ultra-realistic atmosphere and lighting, Great Lakes Simulator will set the standard for PC simulator games for years to come.
Own one of the most famous and important waterways in the world.. own the Great Lakes!.. Add Great Lakes Simulator to your Steam wishlist today and set sail on launch day, December 15th. And be sure to tell all of your friends that are fans of Great Lakes shipping about Great Lakes Simulator. Thanks for your support!
Magnificent Ships: Volume 2
it good and it fun
– Real player with 9.2 hrs in game
Similar Experience to Volume 1- I Liked It, but I Still Want a Snap-Turn
I just posted my review below verbatim from what I wrote for volume 1. Essentially, I felt that the pluses and minus are the same.
Played on Oculus Rift CV1 with Touch controllers. I don’t have a particular interest in ships or maritime history, so I was reluctant to pick this up. Since I like casual VR experiences, and all the reviews are positive, I thought I’d give this one a try. I purchased a bundle (Volumes 1 and 2). The wave effects and time of day changes are excellent. I wouldn’t mind a little more resolution on some of the ship textures, but they still look good. I have enjoyed watching the sunrise and sunset from several of the ships. I also had fun playing with the model ships in the park.
– Real player with 3.4 hrs in game
Big Breezy Boat - Relaxing Sailing
This combined with its companion “VR Regatta” takes me back to the days when I could get in a boat and handle sails.
This is very immersive and will help everyone with any interest in sailing
The devs are responsive, and the community is great BUT these products are only for VR so be warned
Most of my time has been spent in the dinghy, just getting the feel of a much bigger boat
– Real player with 2.7 hrs in game
“Be free and go sailing on your own yacht surrounded by relaxing ocean!” describes it perfectly.
If you have a stressfull day and just want to unwind? Then this is for you.
Only con i can find is the day/night cycle
– Real player with 2.2 hrs in game
Crash Dive 2
THIS GAME DESERVES A GOOD REVIEW!
Reasons for a cheap price tag:
Graphics are interesting, even though simplified in appearance there is much detail in the game.
U-Boat modeling very simple and almost toyish, in appearance but it is all there.
Modeling on objects in distance of being observed don’t have that realistic emergence into view, just that don’t see it now and you do see it thing but it works. You won’t spot smoke on the horizon in other words, just modeled if you see them or not and then scaled according to view and size. There is debris, fires, oil slicks, smoke, fog, rain. clouds are a bit unrealistic in presentation.
– Real player with 130.8 hrs in game
Crash Dive II, it’s about the closest recent game that I have found as a sub sim to Silent Hunter III, Wolves of the Pacific.
It will be a game that will be compared because they are both based in the Pacific region during WW2, but there are differences, for instance, Crash Dive II is much easier to get straight into and overall is an easier sim to play, its not as in depth as SH II and does not have a choice of subs or starting zone to choose from, does not have historically dodgy torpedoes that don’t work (all these do) and the graphics in Crash Dive II could be better, but are still ok for the fact this isn’t a big developer.
– Real player with 29.9 hrs in game
Fishing: North Atlantic - Enhanced Edition
Ok so where do I start. The game title is fishing north Atlantic, well I’ll put it simple this does not show how we fish in eastern Canada what so ever. They basically took the equipment from Barents sea and put it here. we do not use that equipment it’s completely different. The lobster well the traps are wrong no one uses those anymore , no idea why they would put old fashioned traps and not the new style traps.
The crab fishing well let’s just say I guess they thought Alaska was part of the north Atlantic and made replicas of two deadliest catch boats the saga and northwestern. Like that’s a insult to me period. Iam a commercial fisherman from eastern Canada and that is no way near how crab is done around here period. I have no idea what they were thinking.
– Real player with 283.6 hrs in game
Edit: With the latest update the game looks brand new! Waves are now the best of any game I’ve played, and the storms and sunrise/sunsets are incredible.
The short and sweet: cool premise and setting, nice relaxing gameplay with a lot of glitches. The devs are really attentive, hard working, and passionate. One of my all time favorite games.
Huge thank you to the devs for this absolute gem!!!
This game is what I’ve been looking for, I found out about the deadliest catch PC game but it was only on disk and hard to find. For a long time I simply dreamed of a game like this. Fishing: Barents Sea came out, very mixed reviews in the beginning so I steered clear. This game launched, in an allbeit troublesome state.
– Real player with 215.8 hrs in game
Deadliest Catch: The Game
UPDATE BETA 1.1.78
The change log has some good stuff in it. Many things have been fixed. But, and I can’t emphasize this enough, UNTIL YOU FIX THE SAVE GAME OPTION I WON’T PLAY. Clicking save game does nothing but put you in an endless click “accept” to travel dialog.
1.1.52 was pretty close to fully playable with one major hook-hangup bug that meant ultimately you’d get stuck and would want to go back to a save game from before the hook got stuck.
FIX THE SAVE GAME OPTION - IT’S BEEN BROKE ALL YEAR. THEN THE OTHER BUGS WOULDN’T ANNOY ME SO MUCH.
– Real player with 260.6 hrs in game
UPDATE: Since writing this review, the new devs have introduced themselves in the Discord, and have been putting out patches in order to help the game play. They have been more talkative in Discord, and more open about what is going on behind the scenes. While the game is still not (in my opinion) ready for release, at least the devs are talking and putting in the effort to show us that they do care. I still cannot in good faith recommend this game as a full release until it is ready. I will update again later on down the road.
– Real player with 57.2 hrs in game