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Naval Ops: Warship GunnerReviewed by Ronald D. Smith, 2009-01-23
Lots and lots of fun if you like shooting games that don't move at
the speed of sound.
I have had hours and hours of fun with it.
Like DOOM on the high seas.Reviewed by BasinBictory, 2005-12-11
This game is most certainly NOT a faithfully rendered warship
simulation, nor is it a highly detailed strategy-fest requiring
quick thinking and planning. In all actuality, it's a third person
(or rather, third-ship) shooter that manages to be a heck of a lot
of fun, despite the quirky menu screens that take a little time to
get used to.
One of the main features that this title is proud of is the ability
to custom-build your own warship. At the beginning of the game, you
have precious few resources with which to do this, but as the game
progresses, and you gain access to more and better materials,
technologies, weapons and the like, you can build a ship of
unbelieveable combat capability. In this sense, it is a lot like
the generation of first person shooters where you gain powerups
which usually translated into more firepower and/or better armor
protection. Same thing here. Except that instead of an individual
infantry soldier, you are a WW2-era warship.
At the beginning of the game, you are captain of a destroyer, a
small, fast, but lightly armed ship, and are tasked with various
missions where you either destroy enemy ships, escort an allied
ship while destroying enemy ships, pound an enemy coast while
destroying enemy ships, or pick up secret agents while destroying
enemy ships. You get the picture. As the game progresses, you can
buy or design more powerful ship designs, such as cruisers,
battleships, aircraft carriers, and even "battlecarriers" which are
a sort of battleship/carrier hybrid. (and not very good at either
role, in my experience)
Most of the fighting is ship-to-ship combat, and in the later
levels, you face whole fleets of massive warships. Also, there are
boss levels (see the departure from anything realistic?) where you
fight one-on-one against an enemy "supership" which is usually some
anime-inspired fantasy engineering marvel that not only is heavier
than three aircraft carriers combined, but can sail at
airplane-like speeds! The combat interface, while nicely having the
aspect of having to carefully adjust your guns for windage to put
shells on target, is pretty darn unrealistic. But that is what
makes it so fun. The actual practice of naval gunnery, circa WW2,
was a time-consuming and difficult affair which, if accurately
modeled in a simulation game, would suck all the fun right out of
it.
While the early missions seem simple enough, the fact that your
only available ships are small and lightly armed make them rather
challenging. In the later levels, even though you face legions of
enemy ships, your firepower is often so great that only a few
well-placed volleys from your main guns can sink an entire flotilla
of enemies, which makes the later levels somewhat less
challenging.
One more bone to pick is that this game really doesn't do the
aircraft carrier justice. WW2-era aircraft carriers carried upwards
of 100 airplanes, and with their range and ability to deliver heavy
munitions on enemy ships with relative precision, they quickly made
the big-gun battleships obsolete. Not so in this game. Carriers
only carry a dozen or so planes (about an eighth or tenth of what
occurred in real life) and so their striking power is greatly
reduced. Furthermore, this game emphasizes visual-range combat, so
the range advantage of airplanes is virtually nullified compared
with real life. The real queens of the high seas in this game are
the battleships, who, with their heavy guns (as large as the
legendary 18-inch guns mounted on the Yamato-class battleships) are
capable of sinking even capital ships with a volley or three. By
the time you're able to purchase a battleship, you will be more or
less invincible against anything the AI can throw at you. There is
no real tactics involved, just what amounts to bumper boats with
45,000-ton warships, meanwhile shooting at your enemies and getting
shot at.
If you are looking for a true-life WW2 warship simulator, you'll be
sorely disappointed. If you're looking for a fun, engaging game
loosely based on WW2 naval combat, this is the ticket.
My gaming experienceReviewed by Anonymous, 2004-10-20
I have rented this game only 2 times, though I've almost mastered it. I feel it's missing the ability to create your own pratice maps, which I would like allot. I feel it also needs to have the ability to launch all the ships at once, otherwise it's GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think they should make a delux wersion with thease things, more equepment, and more levels, with the ability to load your old save games from the origonal. Can somone notify Koei for me Please???????????????Pretty Please!!
NICE for a KOEI gameReviewed by Anonymous, 2004-04-08
I found this game very addictive considering the 2-hull battle ship, did I mention you can build to the specs of your bosses such as the drill ship and other bosses which is fun cause you can kick your enemys [bottom] in seconds considering the second round on the game is harder than the first round this game is awsome!!!
Design construction addictionReviewed by nita j slabaugh, 2004-02-06
After playing this game almost non-stop, I have deduced that you must give your spouse at least a little of your time.Warship Gunner is by far the most addictive game that I have ever played. In the beginning you will start off with a measley sub-class destroyer and by games end, control a dual hulled battle ship with god like fire power.The best part is of course the construction of each ship that YOU build, painstaking design is required. The knowledge of fluid dynamics is practically taught to you as you build your warship. With 40 missions this game will keep you going, but wait after the final credits have rolled save the game and explore massive new weapon systems that were previously unavailable to you. NOWG, is a "buy me" now, not only for a shooting game, but for the advanced ship buildingarchitectual designer in all of us.
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