MarcoRossolini Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Forum link, but didn't give it too much attention, as the last Age of Sail game I played was (funnily enough) Age of Sail, which wasn't that exciting in my book. It took Ram's videos to bring me over. Now I'm hooked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrelli Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 I was looking up "battle of Trafalgar" and it came up with Sidestrafes you tube vid of the Trafalgar 40 Ship battle .. I was hooked, watched all the you tube vids, then rams, then Bismarck's then bought the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinch Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 I knew that Darth was making a civil war game a while back. I found the website and much to my surprise this game as well. Had been hoping for a game like this for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazycanuk Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 RamJB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim DeGrim Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Amphore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quest Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Jingles Youtube clip initially for me as well, end then really got convinced once I saw some of RamJB stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMJB Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 nice to see that I helped bringing quite some people's attention to this game. Really deserves it . In my case I spotted a teaser, very short one (mere seconds) more than one year ago in youtube. Pure chance. I remember commenting on that video "I hope they don't dumb this game down and that they finally deliver an immersive age of sail game!". Since then I kept track on it's development and the second sea trials were announced I preordered it. And boy, were my hopes placed in the right spot. The day I got into the trials I already uploaded a video. Then another, then convinced SideStrafe to give it a try, then Bis followed suit, and...well, the rest is history . 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajffighter86 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Phlydaily I think, on youtube. I haven't played a decent sailing game since Age of Pirates which I think was sometime around 2001(?). Maybe older. Old enough that the best screen resolution you can get without distortion is 1024x768. It wasn't mean for wide-screen monitors. It was plagued with bugs though. It, supposedly, had a plot, but most people just played it in a sandbox fashion. No multiplayer. I think it was put out by Bethesda/Akella. It also had terrible DRM software which I'm absolutely confident killed 2 of my CD-drives, even though my copy was legit. I never tried Total War or Pirates of the Burning Seas, but I've got numerous 'sailing era' strategy/city building games. 1701AD. East India Company. Sid Meier's Pirates (fun but, eh, cartoonish). Port Royale 3. Just a few. But I haven't seen anything like Naval Action for a while. American game developers don't see much of a market for pirate/sailing games like this. It's all (Re)Call of Doody. Best pirate game I ever played was on DOS. Sea Legends. 1996. Undoubtedly it was the first realistic-location, open world pirate game, set in the Caribbean. Oh that was a long time ago, when u had to remember prompt commands to start your games. I was waay too young to understand what I was doing, but I do recall raiding port and stealing something like $400,000 worth of dyes. I could have taken more but I didn't have room on my ships. Yes, ships. You could command a fleet, and the AI was good in that other ships in your fleet actually did what you told them to. In fact, the artificial intelligence was better than most later games of the same genre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furfy Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 You Tube - Squirrel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StandingCow Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 SideStrafe's video was the first one I saw... then squirrel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megiddo Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Sidestrafe's YouTube video showed-up on my Facebook feed for some reason. I have other sailing likes, so some search engine thought it was a good idea. And it was! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SYN_MrWolf Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 On the Unity3D website. Very curious if this game reaches it's ambitions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meraun Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 a Guy in your glourious WASP Communtiy found it on Youtbe and made post about it. Thats pretty much how i discover most games. Exept for AAA's. If sombody see's a good game, he makes an post in the forums and we sent a detachment to check it out. Like in NA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeRuyter Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Someone posted a link on an age of sail miniature game forum ("Sails of Glory" www.sailsofglory.org). So I made the transition from the tabletop to the screen. As I am a sailor I just couldn't pass this one by.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirThawkz Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 I came across it after watching some unrelated YouTube videos by SideStrafe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chustler Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 I found it while I was frantically searching the internet for a game just like this back in Spring of 2013. This is pretty much exactly what my story is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magee Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Seen a post for a video on Facebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaaru62 Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 heard about Naval Action from the Star Citizen website. I can't get it until Friday when I get paid so ill see you all this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greybuscat Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 I somehow missed it on Rock Paper Shotgun, so you can blame Sidestrafe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kpt Beowulf aka Kpt Ahab Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 from the 1st video by RamJB. I share his high standards concerning gameplay and the bad experiences with games like WarThunder, that started very promising and turned into utter horror for players with "realistic" or "simulation" demands. Pay-to-win shit of the lowest level now with no plan or focus on the former idea of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbydylan Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Rock Paper shotgun for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilo Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I found it while I was frantically searching the internet for a game just like this. Ditto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rramsha Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 From Darth Mod and My personal favorite game of 2014 - Ultimate General Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MATANZA Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Googled for some Age of Sail game and came here. I've bought the game because of I really liked the attitude of developers who responded in nearly every topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I was searching YouTube for old potbs videos, a video of NA was listed as a possible hit. Bought NA the next day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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