Guys, don't get your panties up in a bunch with what could easily be a well-planned, strategic April Fool's prank. :O:

It would be the lamest April Fool's prank ever, and I am sure Neal is way better than that :ping: I bet this has nothing to do with April 1st.

Maybe its a social game for facebook, the ipads etc... :haha:
In other terms don't get your hopes up. Its going to be very hard to topple DWX.

I've seen people on here who have said Sub command is a better Sub experience, but this does not matter because I actually was unaware of DW for a while, just as I was of Sub Command in the begenning(took me a while to grab it)

Also, I did mention I will be grabbing DW. So how am I not a true fan?

I own many games, and I don't necessairly own every game in all the series that i own.I mean would you consider yourself a true fan of every Jane's game if you had all but one?(for the record I have a LOT of old PC games like F15, Flanker, etc,etc- a LOT, but I know there are a few from that era i missed) :smug:
:hmmm: Frankly, I don't think anyone who's not a fan would have put so many hours into Sub command.

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I agree it would murder any chance of more games/sims, but I don't see any proof anywhere in this thread that this is the case. Much more likely, most people simply don't have an interest at all. And I'm 99% sure Tipper would jump on a new SCS game, giving his passion for sub games. """"""""""""""""

And you read me like a book, darn right I would. :D

tippership
 

Glad to hear you intend to buy it and I am sure you won't be disappointed. The other platforms don't detract at all and in fact give the game a much wider appeal. Just look at all the Silent Hunter people still clamoring for a return of playable destroyers.

I agree that to flame someone for not buying a game in a series particularly when they state they WILL likely buy it and stating logical reasons why they haven't at this point is important for a company that listens to their customers to hear.

I also applaud the way it was laid out as to not slam the game as much as point out what concerns had prevented them from picking it up at this point. If anything this is where we as VERY loyal supporters should be pointing out where the person may have made some incorrect assumptions and encourage them to make the purchase anyway. In such a limited community we can ill afford to alienate ANY potential customer.

In fact OlegM your post had me thinking that it could have been written by Derek Smart. :damn:

OK. As we approach April fools, I'm getting the jitters. ;) Put me on record as saying that a prank like that would be in poor taste. :down:

Neal wouldn't do that to us.

This here is what I hope: Sonalysts releases the engine, sans database, and maybe a platform DK. We do the rest!

Why would they do this? I have no idea. But hey, one can dream right?

Nah. Not Neal. But how about that Frying Tiger Dude over at Sonalysts? He seems to have a robust sense of humor on him. :03::)

I like DW and Sub command, but what I've missed over the years is a grander strategy game based on the Western naval war over ww2. Yes I know the Germans navy was vastly outnumbered and the war at sea, is considered to be pretty much "winnable" but it would be good to have a more top down simulation of the war with more of a strategic focus as opposed to a pure simulation. But I'l admit I'm a strategy nerd and I've like the idea of a game like that for a long time.

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We are the " producers" of AlfaTau 3.01, the first true real mod for DW.
www.maricosom.net
I am partially responsable of the introduction of new playable units.
If Sonalyst create a new naval game please follow these entries:
-moddable game with wisdom
-woldwide map
-new engine without the bugs we all know
-data base more friendly
- a comprensive ecm suite (at present DW have nothing)
-real 2d interefaces for all units:
Es Nansen with different displayes then Udaloy
-3d is not very important for this type of game but we like vegatebles also.
-xp compatible
Just a couple of week before DVX mod exit ,
we have make somethings in DW.
Naturally the Sonalyst know well as we made it,
We have take the decision do not reveal the trick:
there are too many idiots on the earth,
we have not intention to give them a nuclear bomb.
Today Dw is the only aereonaval simulation playable on the net.
So,In the our next mod for DW ,all units will have the correct number of weapons.
http://im2.freeforumzone.it/up/24/98/1333984332.jpg
All missiles are perfectly operative.

manomano

Or something like Fleet command but with more options, E.g. I actually quite fancied playing as the Indian or Chinese navies and having a crack at the US fleet, or perhaps playing as the RN or ARN but the campaign was limited to the US navy and apparently the engine could only support one campaign at a time, and call me lazy but after a day at work I really could not be bother to move files around in order to play one campaign or another. So perhaps if you built upon fleet command, but based upon a hypothetical future e.g when China has all its new carriers, or with the addition of a resurgent and revitalised Russian Navy... vs the severely cut and watered down navies of the western powers, I didn't mind the graphics in fleet command but obviously a little more eye candy would give the game a little more up to date look and perhaps increase the appeal to a wider audience, though I liked the shear playability of these games, and the requirement to have to use my brain (even if there was a slight learning curve involved.

Fleet Command 2 with these graphics would be the bomb.

The game should have some kind of social component (like multiplayer). That way the game will infinitley advertise and sell itself. A game like League of Legends, for example, thrives on people sharing it with their friends. It kinda sells itslef virally.

An online component really doesn't interest me. I've always thought that submarine simulators translate very poorly to multiplay.