Any good wooden Naval games out there?

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2005-06-17 01:58am

Alright, seeing as how my Admiral Sea Battles CD has finalyl conked out ::salutes:: and that the Demo is refusing to work on my computer anyway ::kicks computer:: does anyone know of any good naval games (preferably RTS) set in the ole age of sail? (Cookies if it's a free game)

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2005-06-17 02:04am

Pirates! has some sailing in it, but I guess that it is not what you are looking for.

Gunhead · Post by **Gunhead** » 2005-06-17 02:18am

Age of sail I+II. RTS with command pause goodness.
They're pretty realistic too. Cannot go into specifics, as I really don't know that much about sail ship battles.

-Gunhead

Post by **weemadando** » 2005-06-17 02:18am

Imperial Glory has a sea battles component, not sure how good it is though...

General Brock · Post by **General Brock** » 2005-06-17 02:30am

First of all, I am not speaking from personal experience here; there are a lot of games I want, but don't have the cash or time to play. Still, if you want to know about titles:

There is a new game called Salvo! by Shrapnel Games coming out in June. It has a good speil, and it does seem to be well designed, but the 3D graphics are, meh. The technical engine seems tuned by computer-savvy model shipbuilders looking for a more realistic exprience; its like they have good ideas and extensive technical knowledge on wooden ships, but can't do the game FX.

Tortuga: Pirates of the New World by Ascaron has much more realistic looking water, for example, and it came out in 2003. It looks legit, and Strategy Informer rates it well. Ascaron also did Port Royale 2, which is a more trade oreinted game.

Captain Blood promises to be released in spring 2006, it looks to be like an action game more than a naval sim, so the ship tech may not be contemporal. The graphics also beat out Salvo!.

Like I said, though, I can't speak from more personal experience; I'm way behind my 'games to do' list, and these games are on the list.

Comosicus · Post by **Comosicus** » 2005-06-17 07:01am

I remember a game named "Corsairs" but I can't remember any other details about it.

Jawawithagun · Post by **Jawawithagun** » 2005-06-17 10:15am

Maybe you can find Wooden Ships & Iron Men somewhere still.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2005-06-17 08:10pm

Tortuga (if it's what I'm thinking of) is just Pirates, under another name. It disapppointed me.

Age of Sail sounds cool, I think I'll look into it.

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2005-06-17 09:22pm

Jawawithagun wrote:Maybe you can find Wooden Ships & Iron Men somewhere still.

Did they make a computerized version of that? I have the wargame, and it is quite good, although slow (since I play full rules, with secret logging).

Jawawithagun · Post by **Jawawithagun** » 2005-06-18 06:33am

The Dark wrote:
Jawawithagun wrote:Maybe you can find Wooden Ships & Iron Men somewhere still.
Did they make a computerized version of that? I have the wargame, and it is quite good, although slow (since I play full rules, with secret logging).

According to HOTU it was released in 1996.
Otherwise You might want to look into the Java Version. Haven't tried it though, so I can't say how it plays.

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2005-06-19 06:29pm

Jawawithagun wrote:
The Dark wrote:
Jawawithagun wrote:Maybe you can find Wooden Ships & Iron Men somewhere still.
Did they make a computerized version of that? I have the wargame, and it is quite good, although slow (since I play full rules, with secret logging).
According to HOTU it was released in 1996.
Otherwise You might want to look into the Java Version. Haven't tried it though, so I can't say how it plays.

That looks very confusing... at the least...