Naval War: Arctic Circle

[tommo8993]

new game announced no real info on it. looks like a modern naval RTS.
http://www.turbotapegames.com/en/games.html

and a few screens (alpha)
http://www.navalwargame.com/Community/Treats/Screenshots/tabid/59/Default.aspx

[tommo8993]

http://www.navalwargame.com/Community/Forum/tabid/55/forumid/2/threadid/9/scope/posts/Default.aspx

found this FAQ for you, their is more stuff on their forums but i'm off to bed. Looks like its been in development for about 18 months on a reasonable good game engine.

[stabiz]

I remember this from way back. Sounds cool.

[Safe-Keeper]

Norwegian media had some stuff on this several years ago. Definitely interested, if only because it's Norse:O:.

[Arclight]

Alright, this the main thread for the game? All seem the same topic really. :doh:

Aaanyway:
A Look Sea: Arctic Circle Detailed, Video (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/02/17/a-look-sea-arctic-circle-detailed-video/)


Features:
- Two campaign modes, telling a narrative from Russian and NATO sides
- On-line play through LAN as well as over the Internet
- Enormous area of game play space, with over 35 million square km of open sea and coast line
- Extreme long range guided and self-guided weaponry; if you can detect the enemy, it will be possible to strike
- Vertical game play, from orbit aerial units to the bottom of the ocean floor through a seamless zoom-able map of the entire North Atlantic Ocean
- Detection and evasion focus with realistic sensory measures and countermeasures yielding a strategic game experience based on stealth rater than head on tactical battle
- Great detail in unit management with fewer but more powerful units making selection and management more distinguishable and less cluttered with an unparalleled level of individual detail
- Realistic weather model, with real world implications for tactical and strategic deployment of resources at hand
- Real world units, with all major powers.

[Onkel Neal]

Youtube version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHxueQtd-Jo


Conquer the Arctic, Dominate Your Rivals – Naval War: Arctic Circle Officially Announced

New RTS Gives Players Ability to Command Navies, Skirmish in Both Air and Sea

Paradox Interactive and Turbo Tape Games today officially announced Naval War: Arctic Circle. The game is a new maritime RTS that places players at the controls of some of today’s most powerful naval forces, including NATO, the Nordic Alliance, Russia, and the United States. Taking place in the arctic regions of the world, Naval War: Arctic Circle will challenge players as they pass through the world’s deadliest waters vying for dominance and complete control of the arctic seas, allowing commanders to purge enemy forces either above, beneath, or on the ocean surface. Will you be able to reign over the waters?

View a new video interview with Jan Haugland, lead game designer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHxueQtd-Jo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHxueQtd-Jo)

Naval War: Arctic Circle is set to launch in Q1 2012.

Features:
- Two campaign modes, telling a narrative from Russian and NATO sides
- On-line play through LAN as well as over the Internet
- Enormous area of game play space, with over 35 million square km of open sea and coast line
- Extreme long range guided and self-guided weaponry; if you can detect the enemy, it will be possible to strike
- Vertical game play, from orbit aerial units to the bottom of the ocean floor through a seamless zoom-able map of the entire North Atlantic Ocean
- Detection and evasion focus with realistic sensory measures and countermeasures yielding a strategic game experience based on stealth rater than head on tactical battle
- Great detail in unit management with fewer but more powerful units making selection and management more distinguishable and less cluttered with an unparalleled level of individual detail
- Realistic weather model, with real world implications for tactical and strategic deployment of resources at hand
- Real world units, with all major powers.

For more information:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NavalWarArcticCircle (http://www.facebook.com/NavalWarArcticCircle)
Twitter: http://twitter.com/NavalWar (http://twitter.com/NavalWar)
Forum: http://forum.paradoxplaza.com (http://forum.paradoxplaza.com)

About Naval War: Arctic Circle:
Naval War: Arctic Circle is a first in a series of Real Time Strategy (RTS) games where the player battle enemy naval and aerial forces questing for power and ultimate world domination. The game play takes place along the Norwegian and British coast, through Iceland and Greenland all the way to the North Americas and the North West Passage. In the Naval War game series the player will, in addition to the game campaigns, be able to play in skirmish, LAN and on-line modes, controlling a selected fraction from the original campaigns. In Arctic Circle, the fractions includes the United States, the Russian federation, the Nordic countries and NATO. Ultimately, Naval War: Arctic Circle tells a story about a power struggle for control of the world’s resources and supply lines in the Polar Regions.



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[keltos01]

:D:D:D:D

looks like a bettered harpoon !

keltos

[Arclight]

I'd compare it with Fleet Command, but that's the general idea. :yep:

[wingtip]

is this the red pill simulation renamed or something totally different??

[Herman]

This is something totally different. :)

[BigBadVuk]

It will be very interesting to see this game compared to Red Pill project...

[keltos01]

more info on :

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?589-Naval-War-Arctic-Circle

keltos

[nimitz98]

This game is going to be so awesome! :ping: Of course, I have pretty much buried the announcements of awesome features in questions about units on the Paradox forums...

[Arclight]

Isn't Paradox at E3? Wonder if they'll release some fancy footage or something. :hmmm:

[nimitz98]

Errg. I hope they get back to answering everyones posts soon! :damn:

[Arclight]

Little attention on RPS; http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/03/23/the-flare-path-cod-wars/

[Arclight]

Rather nice interview with Jan: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/03/30/the-flare-path-pole-stars/

I'm glad you speak plain old English instead of Marketing. :up:

[0rpheus]

£15 pre-order on GOG.com, can't quite afford for launch (10th April) but will have it soon after :D

[Arclight]

Don't see it on GoG, it's up on GamersGate though. :hmmm:

Ironically it lists Steamworks as DRM, but it's not up on Steam yet.

[0rpheus]

Don't see it on GoG, it's up on GamersGate though. :hmmm:

Ironically it lists Steamworks as DRM, but it's not up on Steam yet.

Yeah, that's what I meant - senior moment :O:

[stoppro]

That's too bad. I would have liked to try the game out. but no steam for me.

[TinCanWolf]

So it will be released on Steam? I really don't want to try it on some of the less well known downloadable content setups. Steam has always been terrific for me.

[Arclight]

Yeah, just unlocked. Should be a demo as well.

[Herman]

I looked for the demo, but can't seem to find it. Do I need to install Steam just to try the demo?

Anyone have a link for the demo?

[mapuc]

Seems to be a very sad "christmas" for me.

I always buy a game on a disc and never downloading it.

Markus

[Arclight]

I looked for the demo, but can't seem to find it. Do I need to install Steam just to try the demo?

Anyone have a link for the demo?
Seems the demo is delayed; should be there but Valve seems to have some trouble getting this out the door properly.

So yeah, you do need Steam for it.

[seaniam81]

Just picked it up

[VirtualVikingX]

Also bought the game tonight. (Its made here in Bergen!) :D

[0rpheus]

Very jealous, looking forward to hearing some reports!

[Drewcifer]

Bought it but I only just got thru the first couple tutorials, its late and I have to get to bed but maybe tomorrow after work I can get a better look at the game.

So far it looks my gamey then sim, but of course I haven't really got to see the game at work yet either so thats just my at a glance.

[0rpheus]

Well, a mate of mine has just gifted me a copy in a totally unexpected and heartwarming gesture - downloading now fellas. :yeah:

How's the multiplayer looking?

[VirtualVikingX]

Was going to post about MP. Only 4 scenarios, that I managed to find.... (!). And no mission editor yet.....

Hmmm. Wanna have a go anyway? I'm "virtualvikingx" on Steam. :)

[0rpheus]

Was going to post about MP. Only 4 scenarios, that I managed to find.... (!). And no mission editor yet.....

Hmmm. Wanna have a go anyway? I'm "virtualvikingx" on Steam. :)

Sure thing, I'll add you tonight. We can have a game once I've done a bit of the SP to figure out what the hell is going on :D

Done one or two tutorials... reminds me a lot of Dangerous Waters, but at a strategic level rather than individual unit level. Can't wait for a scenario editor to knock up some sub missions!

[Seeadler]

Demo is online at Steam
http://store.steampowered.com/app/200050/

Includes six tutorial missions, two NATO campaign missions, one skirmish map and one multiplayer map

[Arclight]

New patch went live: http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?601255-Patch-1.0.3.3-NOW-LIVE!

They did a fix to let ASM target surfaced subs. That takes care of a complaint I had; don't have to fly in more choppers or aircraft if you couldn't finish it with torpedoes but managed to force it to surface. Also, torpedo decoys are less effective, so hopefully helos are a bit more effective in prosecuting subs in the first place.

Ah, and an editor is definitely coming. Think it was just a "maybe" a while ago. :hmmm:

Good news all around, this one is going places. :yep:

[Onkel Neal]

Updated the game, started the career mission #3. Two minutes into the game, all units froze in place...again.

Return to Desktop. :-?

[Raptor1]

Updated the game, started the career mission #3. Two minutes into the game, all units froze in place...again.

Return to Desktop. :-?

There's a multiple page thread on that problem on their Tech Support forum. Seems to be some problem with Windows XP. They say they're working on it...

[Onkel Neal]

Yah, I see. :shucks:

[Seademon]

naval war arctic circle, after playing just the demo is a poor mans harpoon.

models are made in a fashion that are arcade and console game like and something only good for iphone or free browser game or at best console.

While i dont have a great computer, 2.4 Dual core that can run arma2 easily,
when playing the game after putting up 1 helo , 1 jet and one p8 it freezes, on 3 occaisions.

To much of a kiddie game. lacks polish, the dangerous waters demo was far superior to this. Just an excuse to make a buck

[Herman]

In direct response to multiple requests from various Naval War: Arctic Circle players for assistance:
Gman45

Is there anyone who is playing this game who has it work seamlessly? Like no lock ups at all, the ability to use time compression at will and have it work properly without causing freezes etc?
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?613469-Great-game-but-freezes-locks-up-on-4-different-PCs&p=13958152&viewfull=1#post13958152

A new video for "NWAC Bug avoidance techniques" has been added the YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/user/HarPlonked) Harpoon for Dummies channel to help players navigate the complexities of the game and to deliver the best possible playing experience.

You can watch NWAC Bug avoidance techniques (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHvTmtzB_xg):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHvTmtzB_xg

[Captain_Rockwell_Torry]

naval war arctic circle, after playing just the demo is a poor mans harpoon.

models are made in a fashion that are arcade and console game like and something only good for iphone or free browser game or at best console.

While i dont have a great computer, 2.4 Dual core that can run arma2 easily,
when playing the game after putting up 1 helo , 1 jet and one p8 it freezes, on 3 occaisions.

To much of a kiddie game. lacks polish, the dangerous waters demo was far superior to this. Just an excuse to make a buck

Well, I played the demo and finally bought the game on sale. I will agree the ship models are horrible, I don't know if this is a case of the 3d engine being used or if their 3d artist was just incompetent. But I can't agree with you its like console quality, as its not even close. I don't know if you have played Battlestations Pacific or the new Battleship or any console games at all, but the ship models in those games are far superior to most PC games. As far as the freezes and crashes people have been having, I haven't experianced any, and I'm running this on a laptop with a dual-core 2.4 ghz AMD processor and 4G of Ram. My built in Radeon grahics will use a Gig of my Ram to render games and I can run every game I've tried with all the bells and whistles with out any problems, including new games that are just being released. I didn't have any of these issues in the demo or the full game, it runs without any problems on my system. Of course I'm running Win 7 and I have noticed most people having problems, are running XP, I don't know if this is the problem or not. Yes, the game is sub-par in quality visually and game play wise, it is my hope that eventually either the devs will get it together and improve it, or the modding comunity will take over. I don't know how moddable the game is going to be, every ship model in the game needs to be replaced and probably most aircraft as well. Whether this is possible I don't know, and of course only people who are interested in keeping this game alive are going to have any interest in improving it. And, yes, its no Fleet Command or Harpoon, but it can be if people will give it a chance and the modders will get involved. Anyway, that's just my 2 cents worth.

Regards:
Captain Rockwell Torry

[Herman]

Of course I'm running Win 7 and I have noticed most people having problems, are running XP, I don't know if this is the problem or not.

The same time compression / lock-up / crash bugs are reported by users with Win7 as well as XP.

[Radox]

I'm a big fan of their HOI series, but arctic circle was very ordinary IMO

[lallous]

Too bad this game had tons of potential and yet it didn't do well. Are there any similar games that offer such authentic weaponry and strategy?

[Herman]

You can try Harpoon. Although Harpoon is also a bug-infested mess, it is sad to say that NWAC makes Harpoon look good in comparison.

http://matrixgames.com/products/392/details/Larry.Bond%27s.Harpoon.-.Ultimate.Edition

[lallous]

Thanks, but if it is buggy I guess I won't bother with it.

[Cybermat47]

Is this an MMO?

[Herman]

Neither Harpoon nor Naval War: Arctic Circle are MMOs.

[Herman]

Thanks, but if it is buggy I guess I won't bother with it.

Demos are available for both versions of the game included within the Harpoon Ultimate bundle in order for you to determine if they are acceptable to you. Some are willing to play the games even in their current state, but many others do not.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/downloads.php?do=cat&id=41

[CaptainHaplo]

Honestly - I have always found that Fleet Command with the NWS updates was really good.