Victory at Sea anyone heard of this one ?

[trek]

JH,
I agree, I think $19.99 would have been better. I do think the game in the long run will be worth the price I've paid. Sounds like the devs are going to add more DLC for no extra charge. Of course, there is no guarantee, but on the Steam Forum one of the devs has stated as such. Let's hope he keeps his word.

Ever since I bought Jutland when it came out and was so disappointed in the gameplay and DRM I've wanted a naval sim like this one, so I'm counting on this game to improve with more content to come.

[Cyrano]

I'll go no further on the price issue than to say the $5.01 mentioned earlier wouldn't have made me feel one way or the other about the purchase.

I've now got a couple more hours in and I'm liking it more rather than less.  Each class of ship gets its own role that broadly approximates its historical reality...I stress broadly.

Destroyers, for example, are all but overgrown torpedoes, screaming at the enemy to keep the bigger ships at bay -- or at least give them pause.  Your cruisers and up become the pounders and everybody hopes to spot the submarines before its too late.

Even the in-game save issue might not be as big as I thought -- although they really should have built it in -- as the battles I've been in have rarely lasted more than a 1/2 hour.  VAS, as I said, swaps realism for playability and its digital incarnation does much the same.

Ah, me, well, back to ravaging NAZI shipping...or at least Vichy...

Best,

Jim
"Cyrano"
:/7)

[Nefaro]

Billy Mays, the infamous infomercial salesman, said that $19.95 was the magic pricepoint.  Any more than $20 and most people think it's expensive, but $20 or less is pocket change. 

In my experience he was exactly right.  We don't stop and ponder buying this stuff for $20 or less too much.  Anything over that causes far more deliberation.

[trek]

Currently working on mods for another game, so I haven't really had much time with the game since DL at 3:30 yesterday. I'm a little bummed at the "no save" feature though, wasn't aware of this fact. Maybe if we all bitch and post over on the Steam Forum the devs will implement the feature in the future.

[Gusington]

Like tgb I have Battlefleet 2, and will hold off here. Using that money for Elite right now.

[sandman2575]

What is it with naval games not having basic features like ingame save, about as basic a functionality as it gets -- don't they remember how Naval War Arctic Circle fared with this same issue? 

[DennisS]

I purchased this game earlier today. Here's my little mini-review.

The game is easy. Very easy. Once you have the shooting mechanic figured out, you can hit every shot, every time. Poor Japanese destroyers don't get anywhere near my cruisers to loose their torpedoes, or to even take a shot.

I haven't lost a ship in many, many battles, and I will take my destroyer up against any cruiser one on one, anytime.

I suck at RTS games, and this concerns me..that after about 5 hours of play, I don't see myself losing a game.

I do need to farm some additional ships for cash. I have unlocked battleships, and when I get the Hood, or a big US battleships, I will win the war with it, single handedly.

It's a fun game, and I am enjoying it immensely at the moment..but I am not sure that it has legs.