Naval Sims

[happygoron]

Wondering if anyone knows any good naval strategy sims out there that are worth a play? I've played a fair bit of Janes Fleet Command and I love it, but on XP/Vista the game has an annoying crashing bug. anyone know a similar battle group command style game? I've had a search around but can't find much, seems an under developed genre, especially as Janes still sells on Steam.

[happygoron]

I fancy modernish one as the air aspect makes a massive impact. I swear there's a market for a Falklands strategy game. Not really bothered by real time/turn based, though I'd lean towards real time with reasonable time acceleration features.

I've heard about the Harpoon series but they say the interface makes DOS look sci-fi, is it as bad as they make out? I'm fine with functional (Fleet Command ain't no FSX) but I like a bit of pretty.

Got SH3, cracking game but my copy has the StarForce protection so loath to install it again. Massive resource hog too.

Jutland looks entertaining, may give that a look.

[happygoron]

That ooks great, and if released would definatly get me dusting off the joystick and playing flight sims again but it seems as though it's been in development forever.

[happygoron]

Got the demo of harpoon yesterday and gave it a vey quick go, looks promising but the UI needs considerable work!

My fleet command copy is still a little buggy, does anyone know if the one on steam is stable? Tempted by http://store.steampowered.com/sub/200/. Is dangerous waters any good?

[happygoron]

happygoron said:

My fleet command copy is still a little buggy, does anyone know if the one on steam is stable? Tempted by http://store.steampowered.com/sub/200/. Is dangerous waters any good?

Got this pack, gonna take me a while to get the hang of Dangerous Waters methinks, time to read up on modern sensor equipment! Thats the biggest failing of steam, no printed manuals!

Also the fleet command seems much more stable but modern graphics cards will need a glide wrapper to get it to run properly.