![]() Without speed to help with evasion, it comes down to learning the role of each the vessel. Turrets take time to position themselves where the reticle is aiming, turning angles are wide, acceleration and deceleration take time to kick in, turrets have to rearm and shots need to take into account distance, travelling speed and arc, making it hard to pull of pot-shots if you suck at estimating where an opposing ship is going to be positioned. This is not a third-person shooter, where twitch reactions are important, but instead, this is a game where you are commanding a 15,000+ ton ship, which does not exactly scream nimble. ![]() World of Warships is no simulator, but that does not mean realistic attributes have been removed. Many variables have to be taken into account for each battle. The skill in this game comes from being able to calculate distance, timing and position to pull off damaging shots without getting yourself pummelled with incoming fire in the process. This is very much a pick-up-and-play experience where the mouse and a few shortcut keys is all you need to know. It doesn’t take long to learn how to play World of Warships, as even though it is somewhat based around strategy, it doesn’t bog down the player with a scary user interface or an overuse of buttons. These simplistic controls, along with a autopilot setting that allows for up to five points pinned to a map to leave the direction up to the computer systems, lets people focus on the speed and the key element of battles – aiming correctly and launching a load of artillery shells at your opponents. The A and D control the rudder to alter direction, while Q and E do the same, but without locking the angle, returning to the default forward for easy tweaking to the ships propelled direction. W and S control acceleration and deceleration, with variable speed settings to make sure the ship is travelling at the ideal velocity. Armed with my little collection of cruisers, I began to see how Wargaming had managed to make a game that I had expected to be rather boring and slow into something exciting and fun, with substance and tactical gameplay without overcomplicating what could have turned into a complex mess.Ī lot of time is spent aiming down the barrels of the guns, but thankfully, doing that along with controlling the movement of the ship is incredibly easy. Once the level is reached, the meat of the game opens up with player versus player matches. After the tutorial, the game only allows cooperative games with other people versus the computer until you hit level 3, about 3-4 games. Cruisers can do a bunch of different roles and have a decent amount of speed, manoeuvrability and firepower to be the go to ship for newcomers. I was given four ships from the World War II-era to play with, one from four different countries, USA, Germany, Russia and Japan, all which were part of the cruiser class, a group of warships that are the standardised unit in the game. It’s a simple tutorial that helps explain the controls and the elementary substance of the game with a specific class of ship. Starting from a fresh account, the beginning of World of Warships instantly throws the player into a training match with yourself and a bunch of AI controller partners and opponents. Not knowing what to expect, I stuck on my admiral’s cap and took to the open ocean to see how World of Warships plays. They sure looked nice, with warships firing, ships exploding on top of water visuals that could activate polydipsia in a person, but just how does an online, free-to-play, multiplayer game work with warships – vehicles of destruction that are not known for their speed or agile mobility, but slow movement and incredible destructive force. The screenshots didn’t help much in deciphering how the game would play. ![]() The about page showed me a rather monstrous battleship sailing on the open ocean, looking eagle eyed and ready to blast any enemy to pieces. I had no idea what to expect from World of Warships when I clicked on the orange – also known as the best colour in the world – “ download game” button.
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