Avoid this development team in the game's current condition. You'll regret buying it.


I bought this game because of my love for ships and while this does indeed quench that desire ... I've noticed very little has changed in the time i've played, watched videos and read the VERY vaguely explained patch notes themselves... Ocasional FPS buffers, sometimes a ping spike 'patch' that helps stabilize long-winded trips out into the deeper confines of the ocean tides... But nothing very stable that can be considered extensively "important" (major ship additions, revamped shop UI's and such, better ship ramming (still can flip a ship just by rubbing it long enough) and still could use some major reworking when it comes to physics effecting ship shrapnel... stronger FRIENDLY communication with the players and so forth is still nowhere to be found.

Most admins on the forums themselves defend the game's "positive" aspects. But degrade ANYONE that negatively shames their game and development team. They silence those that post their concerns. This wouldn't be too severe if it wasn't for the fact they don't simply silence those that make stupid retorts like "this game sucks" or "fix the game" ... they silence those that actually give suggestions, tell them where they're doing things wrong, and take their frustrations out on the players themselves as if they are the reason they are failing.

Having played over 40 Alpha games, purchasing my way into many of them to help the developers where i believed they could make a beautiful game, and earning my way into a few as well like Crossout and World of Warships (albeit those will be coming out as F2P's later on. WoWS being in open Beta/"launch stages" in retrospect) I can not stress this enough about testers' relationship with their respective development team..

Developers who refuse to accept they need to work on something specific, or blame the community for their incompetance, WILL NOT MAKE IT PAST THEIR FIRST YEAR OF FULL RELEASE WITH POSITIVE MARKS nor make headway in marketing and eventually collapse within a 2 year timeframe.

You can not blame the customers for a developer issue. You can not blame slow development on a small player base due to your lack of new content to test and lack of communication with your players/ability to advertise effectively to the right playerbase.

And you sure as hell can not blame your players for being mad at admins that refuse to man up and accept they're out of line with their constant slandering of the playerbase when the playerbase PURCHASED a game that refuses to show progress going towards their release date.

A perfect example of this is Ant's review. found here

Until this game can show some true expansion into becoming an even greater game, and hold to their promises... this game will not be able to be taken seriously. Especially if they must rely upon the bribery of the players' vote to make progress when it should be their own diligence and desire to see a gem of a program shine beyond that which are considered their competitor development teams...

You've been "released" here on steam less than 11 months, and are still bare-bones. I don't expect a lot from a young game like this. But the things i, as a paying tester and requested support "pillar" in the progression of this game's future, do expect (as do many other players here)... are 4 things in particular.

1) a strong, focused development team looking forward with a clear vision for the game in development.

2) An administration/moderation team that is here to help the playerbase no matter the issue, and to help quell concerns in a professional way.

3) consistent, DETAILED patch notes to help us see exactly how the game is progressing or where problems may come about.

4) New content.. either supported by the playerbase or made with the intent of progressing the game's development and expand upon the game's replay-capability and stretching out to new players...


Right now NONE of that is being shown nor thought about. Matter of fact the opposite is being shown. And until these 4 core problems are looked at and rectified, there will never be much more than a "small niche" of players that have stayed loyal since the beginning. (at the moment that "niche" is about 1300 players across multiple servers.) And of course, the population of players that refuse to watch the game to be treated so disrespectfully while game admins are spitting at the community...

I'm sorry. But you're sinking faster than the RMS Lusitania at this rate... and it's being done by your own hands.

Avoid this development team in the game's current condition. You'll regret buying it. I bought this game because of my love for ships and while this does indeed quench that desire ... I've noticed very little has changed in the time i've played, watched videos and read the VERY vaguely explained patch notes themselves... Ocasional FPS buffers, sometimes a ping spike 'patch' that helps stabilize long-winded trips out into the deeper confines of the ocean tides... But nothing very stable that can be considered extensively "important" (major ship additions, revamped shop UI's and such, better ship ramming (still can flip a ship just by rubbing it long enough) and still could use some major reworking when it comes to physics effecting ship shrapnel... stronger FRIENDLY communication with the players and so forth is still nowhere to be found. Most admins on the forums themselves defend the game's "positive" aspects. But degrade ANYONE that negatively shames their game and development team. They silence those that post their concerns. This wouldn't be too severe if it wasn't for the fact they don't simply silence those that make stupid retorts like "this game sucks" or "fix the game" ... they silence those that actually give suggestions, tell them where they're doing things wrong, and take their frustrations out on the players themselves as if they are the reason they are failing. Having played over 40 Alpha games, purchasing my way into many of them to help the developers where i believed they could make a beautiful game, and earning my way into a few as well like Crossout and World of Warships (albeit those will be coming out as F2P's later on. WoWS being in open Beta/"launch stages" in retrospect) I can not stress this enough about testers' relationship with their respective development team.. [b]Developers who refuse to accept they need to work on something specific, or blame the community for their incompetance, [i]WILL NOT MAKE IT PAST THEIR FIRST YEAR OF FULL RELEASE WITH POSITIVE MARKS[/i][/b] nor make headway in marketing and eventually collapse within a 2 year timeframe. You can not blame the customers for a developer issue. You can not blame slow development on a small player base due to your lack of new content to test and lack of communication with your players/ability to advertise effectively to the right playerbase. And you sure as hell can not blame your players for being mad at admins that refuse to man up and accept they're out of line with their constant slandering of the playerbase when the playerbase PURCHASED a game that refuses to show progress going towards their release date. A perfect example of this is Ant's review. [url=http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/profiles/76561197991377081/recommended/311310/] found here [/url] Until this game can show some true expansion into becoming an even greater game, and hold to their promises... this game will not be able to be taken seriously. Especially if they must rely upon the bribery of the players' vote to make progress when it should be their own diligence and desire to see a gem of a program shine beyond that which are considered their competitor development teams... You've been "released" here on steam less than 11 months, and are still bare-bones. I don't expect a lot from a young game like this. But the things i, as a paying tester and requested support "pillar" in the progression of this game's future, do expect (as do many other players here)... are 4 things in particular. 1) a strong, focused development team looking forward with a clear vision for the game in development. 2) An administration/moderation team that is here to help the playerbase no matter the issue, and to help quell concerns in a [i]professional[/i] way. 3) consistent, [i][b]DETAILED[/b][/i] patch notes to help us see exactly how the game is progressing or where problems may come about. 4) New content.. either supported by the playerbase or made with the intent of progressing the game's development and expand upon the game's replay-capability and stretching out to new players... Right now NONE of that is being shown nor thought about. Matter of fact the opposite is being shown. And until these 4 core problems are looked at and rectified, there will never be much more than a "small niche" of players that have stayed loyal since the beginning. (at the moment that "niche" is about 1300 players across multiple servers.) And of course, the population of players that refuse to watch the game to be treated so disrespectfully while game admins are spitting at the community... I'm sorry. But you're sinking faster than the RMS Lusitania at this rate... and it's being done by your own hands.