Recent reviews by TaggthemageTTV

Very comfy game to burn time on.

Rather neat that they are giving the blood dlc free if you already had it for 1 or 2.

People are just stupid and can't see "It is free if you have it from previous releases" and aren't able to contemplate 'perhaps check the price of those first before sheepishly buying this one' and so downvote it. Critical thinking & common sense are uncommon indeed in these modern times.
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Adds some neat animations and certainly suggest finding the cheapest blood DLC available from the cheapest option available.

Blood for the Blood God, skulls for the skull throne! yes, yes!

Based Transphobic anti-woke dev.

Factorio, wanting to have games be games and politics be separate from games. And not bowing to the woke screeching mob who don't even play the damn game other than to try and screech about it.

"Take the cancel culture mentality and shove it up your ass" - Factorio 'Can-Enter-The-Salty-Spitoon' Developer 2021
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That aside, a very enjoyable automation game where you work to escape the planet you've crashed landed upon. Would suggest it anyways. All the moreso when one sees someone not kowtow to the woke mob, and actually stand their ground to not change a great game 'because someones feelings might be hurt by a reference to some other thing!!!'

They can learn to live with their feelings, or flip the coin and see if they join the 41-52%.

what's not to like? Free 2,700 merit (15 commander rolls), 500k silver and a unique flag!

To claim this you'd click "download" then go in game bottom right of the screen the gift box. "Claim". Then go to the top of the screen "Storage", and "Non-Battle items" and carefully click "use"

And might have to click "use" a second time on the flag that pops up after the first "use"

Then on your ship click "Paint & Flag" button. Where it says "Perm." on the right hand side, click that and swap it to "7 days" and it only costs silver to apply. Same with paint :^)

Enjoy!

Here's a video how to for the claims process. And that's a channel with helpful guides and gameplay of Steel Ocean!
https://youtu.be/opzkMMRLmn8

What's not to like? lol

4 free port slots, 200k silver and 5 free commander rolls (Saves you some time on daily missions!)

You click "download" then go in game and go to the gift box bottom right, click "Claim" and go to your Storage tab, top of the screen. Then go to Non-Battle items tab and carefully click "use" and bam! There ya go :^)
Video example, along with my channel full of guides and gameplay for this game. Got a question? Feel free to leave it here, or in game, or the Q&A Area of the "Games and skills" tab of the forums.

I'll see you in Steel Ocean!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tvx0jutwwI

If you are wanting DayZ? Get this... don't get the Stand alone.

This game is awesome, SA is/was a horrible moneygrab off the success of this Mod.

10/10 would recommend the mod to anybody.

0/10 would not recommend the Stand alone.

That is a huge question... So a Huge Comparison wall of text is Incoming. But hey, at least it is better than "Oh mah gawd __ is obviously better!" without anything else? And there is a TL;DR.
To open: I was a part of the first wave of WoWS CBT (Prior to the buy-your-way-in) and had been a part of the Closed Alphas for WoT and WoWP. I played until SO came out in November of last year and have been playing SO more than WoWS since then other the odd WoWS match now and again or the the occasional "Lets do Warships to get an event ship" sort of thing (ARP Haruna, Kirishima, etc.). Since then, I now have 1,355.2 Hours in SO. So I've a bit of experience playing both games for some time, and am familiar with the business practices/trends that WG has shown since Tanks came out.

Anyways, enough of that. on with the Comparison Wall.
Overview:
Economy(some premium talk):
Gameplay
Ship Roles:
Drawbacks:
TL;DR IF/Then's

Both games have their target audience and a player CAN enjoy both. There isn't a reason to be mutually exclusive to just one. Both are arcade games while Warships has less mechanics but a slower gameplay that some find a bit more realistic. Which if it was a simulator it would be... but it is an arcade game (You might travel 5 minutes before firing your guns. And on certain maps if you are a slow BB, you could go as much as 10 minutes if they went east/clockwise and you had gone west/counterclockwise.) Warships also tends to hold your hand and is more noob-friendly. Steel Ocean is faster paced with ranges, shell travel times, and ship speeds scaled to match the gameplay speed but having around the same reloading times as Warships. You should see combat somewhere within in the first 2-3 minutes in most cases. Steel Ocean has more mechanics and is a game of skill where your hand is guided for the first couple tiers but otherwise it can be painful to those who do not wish to learn actual mechanics. (The Devs have worked recently to reduce the gap and reduce seal-clubbing between T1-5. And it has worked quite well I think.) WoWS would be an arcade game with sim-esque movement speeds and traverse rates. SO would be an arcade game with sim-esque mechanics.

WG in general has an economic setup that will try and convince you to open your wallet often.(Good luck playing above T7 without premium. Or prepare for clubbing low tiers to pay for higher tiers). Steel Ocean's economy is one that doesn't require a wallet. You can play top tier matches without losing silver in most cases and therefore can play whatever tier you enjoy playing versus "Can't play Yamato because you would go broke" or "I need to play a few tier 5-7 matches to pay for one T10 match." of WoWS. And SO premiums are usually on par with their tier and while perhaps being better than the default ship at [particular ship-role/task], there are usually trade offs, or weaknesses. The recently added Prem Yamato Final, T9 has quite a bit more AA, but reduced anti-ship capabilities compared to the normal Yamato due to that AA taking the place of some secondaries.) Or the Ise BBV which is a Battleship-Carrier. You are losing some of your primary and secondary guns for flight-deck space, and also losing the armor those guns provide and revealing that squishy flight deck. But gaining access to planes. An example of "Time to open your wallet!". If you get a premium in Warships you will down the line likely need to spend $$ to convert that ships XP to free XP or if not 'needed' will be coerced because "oo I see 100k XP on this ship!" . Steel Ocean Elite Non-Premium ships (Fully researched) or premiums provide "Quick Training" that funnels the XP you'd normally gain towards leveling your commanders (Commanders which can be used freely on any ship you own vs the "Gotta retrain!" system of Warships.) And Elited ships, or premiums provide bonus free XP (With premiums providing a bit more, and increased silver gains in the normal 'prem ship' manner)

If the two were cars Warships would be an Automatic and Steel Ocean(SO) would be manual. Warships takes care of effectively everything except for the pulling of the trigger. And even then the actual aiming is more you point your guns at an enemy ship and pull the trigger while saying a prayer to the RNG-Gods that your shells go where you aimed them. Which might happen, or the shells go over, under, to the left, and right and nowhere near where you aimed. Torpedoes have an assisted aim that shows "Fire here, and if they do not change course they will hit.", CV's are click on a target and they'll guide themselves in(Optional manual TB aim for more hits per salvo of course). As a BB your secondaries can and will kill DD's that you might not even have known existed until the "You got a kill" pops up and you look around. And AA is effectively a game of Dungeons and Dragons with dice rolls going off every second to see "Target dies, or doesn't". You lose engines, steering, a gun, and a torpedo system at the same time? Hit one button and repair party fixes everything instantly!
There are more than enough demonstration videos of someone setting their aim at a particular place on an unmoving ship in the training room. Setting firing to spacebar, and firing salvo after salvo into the ship. And showing just how random the shell 'patterns' can be. one salvo might cause 6k damage with only a single shell hitting. The next salvo might have 4 shells hitting for damage, but only causing 4k total (1k per shell). And somehow Warships still expects to be an esport with that much RNG...

Steel Ocean: You have significantly more control of your ship and how it performs. You see an aiming reticle that shows where your shells will be hitting (There is of course dispersion, but you get to see the area they'll land.) and as you fire your guns at an area as a BB/CA your crews are calibrating your guns and providing more accurate, precise fire. Your secondaries are manual meaning if you are accurate, they can be devastating to a DD that gets close, if you aren't... well.. hopefully with practice you do better! :P. AA is devastating and since planes have actual health bars and fuel limitations even a DD can swipe them from the sky in a very short time. But as a CV player I find the challenge highly entertaining and makes hitting an enemy significantly more rewarding. Ammo and torps is limited and you can run out of ammo in a longer match, or if you are torp spamming. TORPS are also seen the moment they are launched versus "You have a second or two to dodge" like warships. So if you get hit by torps you were probably tunnel visioning and not paying attention, or were ambushed, because longer range torps are usually quite easy to dodge. I'd call Steel Ocean a game that might occur of World of Tanks, Navyfield and Battlestations games got together and made a game (Without the "P2W" of WoT/NF)

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Both games have merit and are worth giving a shot. Do not listen to the fan-boys of Wargaming. In my opinion WoWS is really only doing as well as they are because they could leech the money and fans from their previous games. And afford to silence their competitor with strong-arm tactics/Fan-Boys.

If you want a slower paced game that doesn't require much out of you? Warships.
If you want a game that challenges you and where skill matters? Steel Ocean.
If you want a game that looks 'pretty' instead of mechanics? Warships. Though Steel Ocean does have some graphical aspects that beat out Warships.. Anti-Aliasing for Warships basically doesn't exist by default, while Steel Ocean's AA works just fine. And 'pretty' can be worked with time (Engine upgrade in the future)
If you like playing with an empty wallet? WarGaming

Thanks, for your time!

I cracked some skulls, chanted some chants, Kumbayah'd with the best of them... and flailed about madly until my axe connected!... too bad it had to connect more than once... and the other guy was a tad better at flailing than I was..

and that was just during the free weekend.. I then bought the game and became a figurehead of the community! I'm that one they regret meeting on a cold day in a dark alley in the dead of night... on the forums... and should you be unlucky enough to locate my various posts(This being one of them ;p) I'm sure you will see why!



As for the game itself, EXPECT TO DIE A BIT when you first join as it is a bit more 'skill based' than most games you find nowadays.. But my god.. throughout those deathstreaks you shall relish each and every crunch and slash and squish or (if lucky) that altogether knee shaking, awe inspiring, gasp producing, 'stop and listen to that incredible sound', HNNNNNNNNGGGGGGG inducing, glorious SCCCHHHHHLLLUUURRRRRPPPP *plop, thud*that occurs from your axe, sword, pigsticker, or bow connecting in just such a way as to remove the enemies skull from his shoulders.

It is early access Beta but it is in an entirely playable state and I have reccomended it to many of my friends and quite a few of us enjoy long walks on the blood soaked beaches under the moonlight under the banner of the Red moose, or Purple bear!(Either of which = best squad) The community is on the smaller side, but you always can find a match to hop into at a moments notice, or should you join an empty lobby, odds are you'll be fighting with a group in a few minutes( less than 5 minutes seemed to be average for me on an empty server) AND the added perk of the smaller tighter community.. is you will know when that 'Bad @ss archer' joins in, or if you are lucky/unlucky enough(depending on perspective) to see those glorious words 'Oh lord... Tagg... why did you join THIS lobby?' which means I have arrived, and You Lucky sir or Madam, can play with ME! and hilarity/madness shall ensue! of this I swear.

Oh! And for you non agressive types, they offer the use of the dagger's special 'kick' ability, or the pigsticker's 'Push' ability to bring about the very first base jumpers in history!!( Too bad they forgot their parachutes!)

TL;DR HHHNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGG Vikings, battle, Glory, Honor, Valhalla, schluurrrp *plop thud* 'HEADSHOT', Amazing Community, 'Tagg, Y U DO DIS?', did you really read all of ^^? ... you poor gullible person... Dont you know to always search for a TL;DR in a wall of text? 10 outta 10 and it aint even released a progression/customization system yet(Due in an update some time this month) in which case it will get a 101 out of 100 (Yeah... its that good.. it takes caps and breaks them.. much like arrows and kneecaps, and adventuring days ending)


... See you in Valhalla! *Salutes*