Victory At Sea a Naval Strategy Game For Pc! Finally! - Don't Give Up The Ships!

 

Victory at Sea is a rather new member in the family of naval strategy games for pc, the game was recently released on the 8th of august 2014 and was developed by Evil Twin Artworks. The title of this post says it all, finally a new naval game has been thrown upon us! Victory at Sea is a real time strategy game, which like most naval strategy games is set in World War II. There are over 80 classes of ships and submarines available in the game, a lot of these classes are not covered in other naval games. For example, you'll be able to control ships like the Littorio class battleship of the Italian Navy or the Richelieu class battleship of the French Navy. In addition to these 80 classes, the developers are thinking of adding more ships and submarines of diverse classes and countries in future dlc's and updates.

One of the Italian ships

The game has seven factions you can choose from namely: The United States Navy, the Japanese Imperial Fleet, Italy's Regia Marina, Great Britain's Royal Navy, Vichy France, Free France and of course last but not least the Kriegsmarine of Germany. Each navy has it strengths and weaknesses, it's up to you to get the best out of each faction.

Victory at Sea has three game modes available: Campaign Game, Historical Scenario and Custom Battle.

• Campaign Game: in this mode you'll be given a large campaign map, comparable to the one in Pacific Storm or Hearts of Iron. The main objective will be to conquer enemy ports and expand your territory. You can manage your fleet and make it fit for battle, you can also buy new ships and add them to your fleet. There are three theatres you can choose from: the Pacific, the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. A downside of this Campaign Mode was that you were only able to play with two allied powers Great Britain's Royal Navy and The United States Navy. Luckily in Beta 1.1 the Japanese Imperial fleet was made playable, and probably more factions will become playable in the future.

Campaign mode map

• Historical Scenario: this game mode is pretty much self-explanatory. You can choose different historical battles like the Battle of Cape Matapan or the Battle of the Denmark Strait together with some other battles. Here you'll have the choice to change history or re-enact it, well... at least on your computer!

• The last game mode Custom Battle, gives you the ability to create a custom battle between two factions of your choosing. At the beginning of this game mode you'll be given a certain amount of points, with these points you'll be able to choose from different kind of ships or submarines that belong to a certain faction.

French ship being hit hard

You'll have a whole arsenal at your disposal to fight the enemy, you can destroy them with your large calibre gun, light calibre guns, torpedoes, depth charges, ... The game also has a permanent changing weather system, with cold foggy weather in the Atlantic, while it's hot and sunny in the Mediterranean. There's also a day and night system in the game, which you can use to sneak up behind the enemy without them seeing you.

Victory at Sea is a very promising naval strategy game, and has so much potential. With the different updates, beta's and possible dlc's who knows how good this game can become! It's definitely a welcome member in the family of naval warfare games on pc!

Free Download Naval War Game - World Of Warships

Wargaming.net is a rather popular development studio, that is based in Belarus. They are most known for their real-time strategy game named Order of War which was released back in 2009. They then went on to develop Massive multiplayer online games, like World Of Tanks and later on World of Warplanes. Both MMO's were received with open arms by the internet community. World of Tanks even broke a Guinness World Record, having the most players online simultaneously.

Now, what does this have to do with naval simulation games? Well, wargaming.net is developing a new free download naval! war game, which is called World Of Warships. The game is still in development, but it really sounds promising.

The game immerses, the player in 20th century naval warfare. You'll get to command various types of vessels: carriers, destroyers, battlecruisers. It will probably be like in the previous MMO's, with each ship having their own strengths and weaknesses (like in real life). The developers are talking about joining the three MMO's together. This means that you'll be able to transfer your economies between each game. There will also be a global map which will gather tank men, mariners and airmen fighting for world domination.

Battleship Game For Pc - Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!

After PT-boats: Knights of the Sea, I would like to talk about another naval strategy game, namely Battlestations: Pacific. Like most battleship simulator games, it's set in World War 2, more specifically in the Pacific (duh). Yes, you could compare it to Pacific Storm, although it lacks the deeper game play of Pacific Storm.

So Battlestations: Pacific is the successor of Battlestations: Midway, which had a great success on the PC, but also on the consoles (Xbox for example). Battlestations is one of those naval games, that has known a little more public attention, then most other naval games. The concept is the same as in Pacific Storm, you can control anything you want on the battlemap (ships, planes, submarines, PT-boats you name it). Each unit has its strenghts and weaknesses and it's your duty to inflict as much enemy casualties as possible.

In Battlestations: Pacific, you'll get the chance to control the mighty Japanese Imperial Fleet. The game is set in a fictitious scenario, where after the destruction of Pearl Harbor, you have the expand Japanese supremacy over the Pacific (Japanese campaign). The game focuses a lot on missions, unlike Pacific Storm where you have total freedom, some examples of missions are The Battle of Okinawa (US) or the Invasion of Hawaï (Japan). So in some missions you'll only be able to control a single airplane, in others you'll be able to control various units, from ships to planes. Each campaign (US vs Japanese) has about 14 missions, so 28 in total, and they have great replayability rate, because you can always choose different ways to tackle a mission. On top of the single player missions you'll have the chance the play on 8 multiplayer maps and if you get the Volcano and Carrier Map pack you'll have 6 new maps to play on. The multiplayer aspect of the game, is really one of the best aspects of the game.

Eidos Hungary did a great job in developing this game, it's a great mix between a flight combat simulation and a battleship pc game. The game does feel a bit arcady, but the graphics really make up for it. It's definitely a game you should add to your collection of battleship simulator games.