As awesome as this game is?

[Groove74]

As awesome as this game is and I do live this game. I can't help but to want for a naval war game focused around Surface warfare.

Can anyone suggest a game like this that is as good as SH4

[rditto48801]

While I don't know much about such games, I have heard of a newer game coming out soon.
It is called Battlestations Pacific, and it is supposed to be a sort of a strategy game that involves not just surface combat, but also includes air power.

I looked up the site for you.
The videos in their video section look interesting.
It may or may not be what you are looking for.

http://www.battlestations.net/en-US/front

[Groove74]

Cool thanks. I will go check it out. What I am looking for is a game that plays like SH4 but uses Serface ships

[Torplexed]

Probably the closest one I can think of lately would have been Destroyer Command which came out back in 2002 and was the sister game to the U-Boat simulator SH2. There were a few that came out in the 1990s like Fighting Steel. A more recent one is Jutland which covers World War One surface combat. You can read Neal Steven's review here.

http://www.subsim.com/ssr/Jutland/jutland.php

However, no surface ship simulator is going to be quite the same experience as SH4. In a surface ship you rarely have the same independence as in a submarine or a fighter plane with the ability to make your own decisions. Your ship is usually a single component of a fleet, formation or squadron and your movements have to conform with those of others. You more often play admiral than captain if you want to control events. A destroyer is about the largest ship where you still get some autonomy. About the only exception would be a solitary surface raider like the battleship Bismarck briefly was, but those circumstances were rather rare.

[ichso]

If you're going for a bit of nostalgia you might wanna check out the 'Great Naval Battles' series. It got quite a bit of criticism during it's time but is loved amoung the naval sim community, I think .

You would have to play it in DOS-Box, the first part (dealing with the Atlantic theatre) is legally available for free on abandonia.com.

[Armistead]

Originally Posted by rditto48801

While I don't know much about such games, I have heard of a newer game coming out soon.
It is called Battlestations Pacific, and it is supposed to be a sort of a strategy game that involves not just surface combat, but also includes air power.

I looked up the site for you.
The videos in their video section look interesting.
It may or may not be what you are looking for.

http://www.battlestations.net/en-US/front

I played Battlestations Midway a lot. Actually, it was a fairly good game, just didn't get support. The online play was rather fun. I hope the Pacific game will be much better.

[wildcard1988]

There are a group of modders for SH4 which are doin just this heres the link to the subsim page http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...urface+warfare

[Groove74]

AWESOME thanks for the link Just what I was looking for a Serface game using the SH4 game engine.

[wildcard1988]

No prob