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Sonarman · 11-13-06, 08:58 PM

Oh dear there seems to be quite a bit of backtracking since the last interview...

"I want to mention that one shouldn't be prepared for the SIM release
but for the GAME with sim elements release."

I read something about this on the Russian forum a while back and hoped it was not true apparently the game was going to be a pure sim but their Western publisher told Akella basically that sims were a dead genre and too complex for us!

"Yuri- It won?t be hard for us to move the action of the game to the
Pacific and Atlantic Theatre in probable addons."

Strange that there "wonderful" Western Publisher didn't think the Pacific & Atlantic would be more worthy of inclusion in the game than the Baltic and Black Sea?

Yuri- As far as RTS is concerned a player will be able to manipulate any
accessible sea unit while in the Sim regime one can control only
motorboats (1st person view) and ships (3rd person view).

The game concept sounds very similar to Enigma Rising Tide, but with control over multiple ships.

Time will tell, I'm still looking forward to it though. I hope Akella can pull it off and hopefully move on from their countless pirate sims and into the heat of battle in WWII.

11-13-06, 08:58 PM	#2
Sonarman The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ayr,Scotland,UK Posts: 1,392 Downloads: 79 Uploads: 0	Oh dear there seems to be quite a bit of backtracking since the last interview... "I want to mention that one shouldn't be prepared for the SIM release but for the GAME with sim elements release." I read something about this on the Russian forum a while back and hoped it was not true apparently the game was going to be a pure sim but their Western publisher told Akella basically that sims were a dead genre and too complex for us! "Yuri- It won?t be hard for us to move the action of the game to the Pacific and Atlantic Theatre in probable addons." Strange that there "wonderful" Western Publisher didn't think the Pacific & Atlantic would be more worthy of inclusion in the game than the Baltic and Black Sea? *Yuri- As far as RTS is concerned a player will be able to manipulate any* accessible sea unit while in the Sim regime one can control only motorboats (1st person view) and ships (3rd person view). The game concept sounds very similar to Enigma Rising Tide, but with control over multiple ships. Time will tell, I'm still looking forward to it though. I hope Akella can pull it off and hopefully move on from their countless pirate sims and into the heat of battle in WWII. Last edited by Sonarman; 11-14-06 at 05:28 AM.