Should we support other Naval games?

[Sharks Prize]

I love pirate games as much as anyone else here, but there's plenty of great naval combat games out there that don't involve oceanic thievery.

Here's a few examples:
PT Boats - Akella - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWVgB_954bY
Sins of a Solar Empire - Ironclad - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpMxaYfFPU0&feature=related
Battlestations Pacific - Eidos - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wXt9VIQ45U
Empire: Total War - Sega - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84P8y1vdBDE
Homeworld 1 & 2 - Sierra/Relic - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1GvzS4P6_8
Anno 1701 - Aspyr - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgH5eFNhgk4



I own every game in this list and can personally vouch for their quality.

I think we should consider adding forum sections for these games and maybe even modding them.

 

[Captain Maggee]

There is a whole sub-forum dedicated for non-pirate games "Alternative Game". It is barely used though and until something takes off more subforums wont be added

 

[rupertlittlebear]

I love pirate games as much as anyone else here, but there's plenty of great naval combat games out there that don't involve oceanic thievery.

Here's a few examples:
PT Boats - Akella - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWVgB_954bY
Sins of a Solar Empire - Ironclad - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpMxaYfFPU0&feature=related
Battlestations Pacific - Eidos - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wXt9VIQ45U
Empire: Total War - Sega - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84P8y1vdBDE
Homeworld 1 & 2 - Sierra/Relic - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1GvzS4P6_8
Anno 1701 - Aspyr - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgH5eFNhgk4



I own every game in this list and can personally vouch for their quality.

I think we should consider adding forum sections for these games and maybe even modding them.

1 - PT Boats - Its from akella - established history of wormwood - wait and see if this game survives before trying

2 - Sins of the Solar Empire - wasn't this the game that had previews with Confederate flags flying over turreted sailing vessels - The kind of vessels that only the UK built and refused to sell - even to its own colonies (much less other countries)? - Implying that the UK would have had just cause to join the war on the side of the Union!! Sneaky Southeners obsconding with our capitol ships - "THIS MEANS WAR"

6 - Anno 1701 - hard to consider a micromanagement colony building simulation as a naval game.

 

[Sharks Prize]

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1 - PT Boats - Its from akella - established history of wormwood - wait and see if this game survives before trying

2 - Sins of the Solar Empire - wasn't this the game that had previews with Confederate flags flying over turreted sailing vessels - The kind of vessels that only the UK built and refused to sell - even to its own colonies (much less other countries)? - Implying that the UK would have had just cause to join the war on the side of the Union!! Sneaky Southeners obsconding with our capitol ships - "THIS MEANS WAR"

6 - Anno 1701 - hard to consider a micromanagement colony building simulation as a naval game.
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Um, Sins of a Solar Empire is a space naval game. Perhaps you were confused by the word 'ironclad' after it, which is the name of the game's developer. However, now I find myself quite curious as to what game you were thinking of. A civil war navy game sounds intriguing.

True, anno 1701 is mostly a 'empire builder', but there's some pretty nice ship-to-ship battles.