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doctrine · 02-03-16, 06:56 AM

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After reading about it a while ago, I decided to buy it yesterday. Gave it a quick try for about 4 hours, and I can say I probably like it already.

Yea, the UI is bad. No guides or tutorials in game, nothing. But it's early access so nothing to complain about that and there are a lot of guides online / youtube.
But for an early access game, the graphics and physics are outstanding. And so far I haven't seen any bugs.

The few hours I played, I liked very much even when I still need to learn the most of the game. But the first small sea battle I did really gave me an epic feeling.

My experience so far:

Choose nation: Verenigde Provinciën (Dutch)
Take two quests (Search & Destroy)
Head out from Willemstad
Navigating my way along the coast to find battles
Making sure I don't get lost since no ships are displayed on the map
Find a battle, enter and unleash the cannons!
Noticing a red 'leak' in my UI and notice how I slowly sink...
Restart, try to aim better, manouver better

The aiming part in combat was a bit difficult to me. But what I found out (hopefully i'm right):
You can zoom into the deck with right mouse. Aim horizontally / vertically and press space to fire one cannon.
When you don't see a hit, re-aim, do another single shot.
Hit? Press left mouse and fire all the other cannons. Now that awesome

You can choose in which order to fire the cannons: random, from front to back, from back to front.
I haven't used this yet, but I think this is useful when a enemy ship sails by from the back, or front for example.

To me it's a really complicated game. When I play a game, it's mostly a fast paced one which I play for like 30 minutes and quit, and sometimes with enough time I play Silent Hunter for hours.
You have to give this game time, and take your time. Learning how everything works, controlling and manouvering your ship, tactics, etc. If you don't have patience, this probably isn't a game for you.

Like Nippelspanner said, the community is great. Ingame you have different channels: global, nation and help. My experience is asking a question in the help channel and whitin a few seconds someone answers. Great!

Again, this is all based on a very few hours gameplay. I guess this is the kind of game you have to give a lot of time to get a real good opinion about it.

02-03-16, 06:56 AM	#2
doctrine Mate Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Near the port of Rotterdam Posts: 59 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	Came from here After reading about it a while ago, I decided to buy it yesterday. Gave it a quick try for about 4 hours, and I can say I probably like it already. Yea, the UI is bad. No guides or tutorials in game, nothing. But it's early access so nothing to complain about that and there are a lot of guides online / youtube. But for an early access game, the graphics and physics are outstanding. And so far I haven't seen any bugs. The few hours I played, I liked very much even when I still need to learn the most of the game. But the first small sea battle I did really gave me an epic feeling. My experience so far: Choose nation: Verenigde Provinciën (Dutch) Take two quests (Search & Destroy) Head out from Willemstad Navigating my way along the coast to find battles Making sure I don't get lost since no ships are displayed on the map Find a battle, enter and unleash the cannons! Noticing a red 'leak' in my UI and notice how I slowly sink... Restart, try to aim better, manouver better The aiming part in combat was a bit difficult to me. But what I found out (hopefully i'm right): You can zoom into the deck with right mouse. Aim horizontally / vertically and press space to fire one cannon. When you don't see a hit, re-aim, do another single shot. Hit? Press left mouse and fire all the other cannons. Now that awesome You can choose in which order to fire the cannons: random, from front to back, from back to front. I haven't used this yet, but I think this is useful when a enemy ship sails by from the back, or front for example. To me it's a really complicated game. When I play a game, it's mostly a fast paced one which I play for like 30 minutes and quit, and sometimes with enough time I play Silent Hunter for hours. You have to give this game time, and take your time. Learning how everything works, controlling and manouvering your ship, tactics, etc. If you don't have patience, this probably isn't a game for you. Like Nippelspanner said, the community is great. Ingame you have different channels: global, nation and help. My experience is asking a question in the help channel and whitin a few seconds someone answers. Great! Again, this is all based on a very few hours gameplay. I guess this is the kind of game you have to give a lot of time to get a real good opinion about it.