World Ship Simulator

World Ship Simulator

This is an early access game and nowhere near finished. Fair enough. The devs are promising more ships, missions, career mode and possibly free roam.

However, the game needs some very fundamental changes to the core. The graphics are very amateurish and, in the case of the scenes at port where one is trying to choose a mission, the whole thing looks like something from the 1990’s. The NPC’s look like something a child would create, the colours are all wrong and are too vibrant. The port area is excrutiating to look at.

Real player with 5.1 hrs in game


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First of all, it has to be said, this game is already a massive improvement on it’s infamous predecesor….. that said, you can tell this is in early access stage, ok let’s start with the bad….

-The night sky- This has no depth. I honestly think my grandmother could do a better job using MS paint and she can’t even use a Nokia 3310!

  • Land bird noises out at sea- I know this may sound petty, but really, whenever I have been out at sea (7 ferry journeys this year) I have not seen a single land bird. I understand they migrate twice a year, however, definitely see a lot more Gulls than I see Robins this is for sure

Real player with 3.4 hrs in game

World Ship Simulator on Steam

Fishing: North Atlantic - Enhanced Edition

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


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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

Fishing: North Atlantic - Enhanced Edition on Steam

European Ship Simulator

European Ship Simulator

This is a most enjoyable game, but there is some room for improvement. The graphics, especially of bridge interiors, are excellent. While I’m not an expert on ship physics, they seem pretty good. The learning curve for this game is not too steep, by and large, and after a couple of early failures, I have played about 75% of the missions and passed them all. However, the game does have one or two little bugs, and there are some areas where it could improve:

  1. The text goes weird when you try to change the settings. It’s OK initially, but when you go back a screen after making your desired change, it all gets screwed up somehow.

Real player with 21.7 hrs in game


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Pretty darn good game so far. I would say that if you are looking for a fast and furious action type simulation, this game isn’t for you. I you are looking for a realistic simulator designed to test your skills at navigating ships, then this is one to buy. The graphics are good for an early release game and the physics of the ships seems pretty accurate. I have owned boats most of my life and I would day that they control pretty much as I would think a ship would with the exception of the tug boat which seems a little overpowered. The modeling of the water is incredible. You really get the feeling that you are out on the ocean in the weather and waves.

Real player with 21.6 hrs in game

European Ship Simulator on Steam

Fishing: Barents Sea

Fishing: Barents Sea

Fishing: Barents Sea is destined to become a classic among those of us who have taken the plunge. This is what I refer to as a “Zen” game, akin to titles such as Euro Truck Simulator 2. I have 51 hours of play time as of this writing, and I have no doubt that I’ll be piling up far more hours very quickly.

This is a relaxing, but highly enjoyable title. When you have tired of fast paced games that require your undivided attention, this is a game that will keep you engaged, but also allow you to sit back in your chair and even converse with others as you play. But it is certainly not boring. There are a multitude of things to do, from various types of fishing, to upgrading your gear and boats, to simply taking a boat and heading out to sea to explore, which pays off in that you’ll discover new fishing and crabbing hot spots. And of course, you’ll need to name each of your boats, and decide what color you’d like to use in displaying the vessel’s name.

Real player with 192.8 hrs in game

I’m loving this game so far, once I was able to buy my first boat the game changed for me. I felt so much excitment from getting a nice boat and switching from longline to using nets, also having a crew member on board to help out. You can fast travel but I like to travel in real time, also when you fast travel you do not get the miles you need to buy a new boat (each boat requires you to have traveled a certain amount of Km before you can purchase, which I don’t really like but understand.).

Here are some of the features in this game: You can mess with some of the items in the cabin like the light switches, the phone to change your crew members job, the comms to call for rescue and the GPS/Sonar. Your crew members can perform certain jobs such as cooking, cleaning the fish, hauling in the line, repair as well as rest as they will get tired after a while. You need to perform certain mini game tasks for either bringing in the longline or the net as well as gutting the fish which I’m not really a fan of as they can be tedious. The seasons in the game change as well and when they do so do the fish you can catch. There are some bugs in the game but at least for me nothing game breaking.

Real player with 126.7 hrs in game

Fishing: Barents Sea on Steam

Her Majesty’s Ship

Her Majesty’s Ship

First, this game is not FTL on wooden ships. This game is a real-time management/strategy game with no tactical pause. The game is very similar to FTL but has a more MACRO approach to crew management then the Micro approach that FTL had.

I really enjoy this game and it is a great game. My game preferences run towards turn-based and tactical pause games. I really do not like RTS games whatsoever.

Although this game is a real-time strategy game at its core, it is very manageable and approachable. This game has captivated me.

Real player with 64.0 hrs in game

Her Majesty’s Ship - Troubled Waters but hopefully smoother sailing on the horizon

I am recommending this title mainly because I really like the idea behind it - managing a ship of the Royal Navy in detailed fashion - but have reservations in doing so.

The game is all too brief at this point and I have noted that other players have requested an endless mode, a correction I heartily endorse and support.

Combat is rather too simplistic and does seem dependent upon RNG factors, outside of already having a vessel well-stocked with powder and eventually a complement of marines.

Real player with 38.4 hrs in game

Her Majesty's Ship on Steam

Ship Graveyard Simulator

Ship Graveyard Simulator

24 hours played now and about to commence work my second large ship. Really enjoying the game. I’ve “completed” most of it, but Starting to go through different ships and will also try the new update.

Note: The recent patch has addressed some of the things I’ll talk about. i’m going to talk about what I like and don’t like from my experience with the game and discuss suggestions each time.

Starting with nothing is great. But you don’t spend a lot of time on the beach before ordering your first ship. The game itself is relatively short, the new changes set to address this by adjusting money and XP from completing work orders. Workorders is an insanely quick way to gain levels. I hope the update switches the balance to gain XP more from dismantling ships.

Real player with 54.2 hrs in game

Game had wasted potential a lot

if you expect to dismantle ships, go play something else, maybe hardspace shipbreaker.

There ae lot features or even fundamentals that does not make any sense, in all fairness there is less that makes sense than things that are nonsense

1. you “rent” ship to dismantle, when logicaly you should bid (buy) ship at fixed price and whatever you sell goes to your profit.

2. hammer … most of thing you hammer, you would cut away

3. arc/plasma cutter … most of thing game expects you to cut with these you would with angle grinder/ripsaw and vice versa

Real player with 9.9 hrs in game

Ship Graveyard Simulator on Steam

Ship Simulator Extremes

Ship Simulator Extremes

Can’t play the game for two reasons.

After intallation i must enter the serials for every single DLC, the problem is i can’t simply copy and paste the serials, and i can’t read what serial is needed. It can take up to 30 minutes, until i have entered all serials in the right order.

The 2nd reason is that the game is bugged like hell.

After this game was released it worked fine for me on an quit old computer at first. A short time later i also got a new pc and here the trouble began. For unknown reason all maps with ports are so buggy that the water is flickering with 80meter high waves, catapulting and bouncing my ship all over the map and after a few seconds the game crashes.

Real player with 45.0 hrs in game

On paper this game looks very promising but as the saying goes ‘never judge a book by its cover’ … For starters the amount of hard drive memory the game uses up is enormous! Though Ship Simulator Extremes ran smoothly with no frame-rate issues the amount of memory used caused significant problems for me elsewhere on my PC. I also found the gameplay to be quite fractionated in terms of continuity mostly due to having to change terrains all the time in free roam (or Sandbox) mode.

There are only two terrains which allow realistic free roam experiences to the player. These are Bora Bora around which attention to detail is essential when selecting larger ships and the English Channel which allows Dover to Calais (and Isle of Wight) ferry crossings. So many of the others allow the player to navigate their way out of one of several huge real world ports … Before having to change terrains which can only be done manually involving the rather disruptive selection process. The appearance of many of the ships also tends to be quite ‘cartoony’ rather than photo-realistic especially when viewed internally from the Bridge. There are some good points which mostly relate to the phenominal level of detail featured within each terrain. Also the DLC Content available through Steam greatly enhances the game in a number of ways: Especially the Ferries pack which was my favourite DLC download. Ship Simulator Extremes also features a built-in Mission Editor facility but it is strongly advised to read up on how to use this before attempting to do so.

Real player with 43.8 hrs in game

Ship Simulator Extremes on Steam

Strategic Mind: The Pacific

Strategic Mind: The Pacific

I really wanted to like this game. I really liked the graphics initially and my initial impression on game play wasn’t that it wasn’t bad. But then I realized you get the same graphic if you bomb or torpedo a ship. I mean shouldn’t you use the time you spent making useless swimming sharks to make different graphics for each?

As far as game play goes, your planes die quickly and inflict the same or less damage as a destroyer. And Japanese planes seem to have nearly unlimited fuel. I destroyed all of the Japanese carriers in Midway and five turns later his planes are still attacking my ships and troops. But if I go more than three turns without landing I seem to run out of gas. Worst of all the AI turns take forever.

Real player with 332.5 hrs in game

I have a rule of saying that if a game is fun, the other things are just the icing. Bad visuals? Corny sounds? Bad controls (note: non-real-time games only)? They can be overlooked.

I have found the game that is the exception to my own rule.

So, to get this out of the way first: This game is a turn-based-strategy game, with a point-buy system for your units, persistent-army mechanic, Hex-grid battlefield, and a basic system of “supply” for ammo, fuel, and repair to damaged units on a turn-by-turn basis.

Real player with 104.9 hrs in game

Strategic Mind: The Pacific on Steam

War on the Sea

War on the Sea

Fantastic game with lots of minor flaws that need improving on but the best strategy and tactics game I have played.

Real player with 333.7 hrs in game

The game has nicely evolved ever since I last played it, the mods like Tokyo Express really bring out the best in this game imho

Real player with 80.8 hrs in game

War on the Sea on Steam

Sid Meier’s Pirates!

Sid Meier’s Pirates!

Facts:

One time I played this game instead of studying for midterms. I never did better on midterms in my life.

Opinions:

This game is minigame-based-game-making done right. Sailing, naval battles, land battles, swordfights, dancing, sneaking into and out of town, and searching for treasure are each done in distinct minigames which are (except for sneaking and searching) engaging enough that I never think, “Aww, dang, THIS again. If only I could skip this.” (and sneaking and searching are only needed rarely enough to be a nice change of pace 90% of the times).

Real player with 227.4 hrs in game

SAIL HO!

The lookout reports a sail on the horizon.

Shall we?”

I don’t know how many times I saw that phrase in the past. I must tell you, that I’m in an easy, yet really hard position to share my view about this game. Because how could I write a subjective review, while being an ultimate fan of “PIRATES!” C64 version? Just look at my avatar here… :)

Some reviewers here already shared some really useful and detailed information about certain parts of the game… “pros and cons” are known for now… so for this time, let me please share my feelings, impressions, and express my passion for the game with you instead. Hence this won’t be a “generic” game review.

Real player with 76.2 hrs in game

Sid Meier's Pirates! on Steam