Comments on: Wind Flurries: Virtual Skipper 5

By: Clicky

Clicky — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:18:53 +0000

I just had to mention that Cruise Ship Tycoon already exists, is part of the 5 fucktons of cheap, badly produced Tycoon games by all sorts of unknown developers, is a very, very horrible game, and was actually covered shortly in the very first PC Gamer UK I bought. (The last one was just a random, pointless coincidence.)

By: Weylund

Weylund — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:44:22 +0000

@SPEEDCORE: I make games like that. Ever wanted to play a game about the operational logistics of a large (multi-division, multi-nation) peacekeeping operation? With a text interface? That’s my latest. I love it. It’s actual a pretty damned fun game, but the UI is brutal.

If you have weird, esoteric gaming needs, I would suggest writing the games yourself.

On topic: I sailed competitively when I was younger. I think I’d probably miss it too much if I played a game about it. I can’t imagine being able to sail in-game without being able to get out on the water (which I can’t). Hmm.

By: caesarbear

caesarbear — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:29:20 +0000

I like Virtual Skipper. I have 4. It helps of course if you sail.

By: SPEEDCORE

SPEEDCORE — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:31:37 +0000

I played America’s Cup on C64 does that count? :p

Do they have a simulator for an aircraft carrier? Like be able to control the ship move the elevators for the planes to come on deck, make decisions on which planes can leave and land etc? I’d play that! :D

By: KindredPhantom

KindredPhantom — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:51:40 +0000

Cruise Ship Tycoon, only if we can have Futrama Type Titanic.

By: parm

parm — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:23:25 +0000

Clearly I meant Starforce. I am an idiot.

By: nakke

nakke — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:53:00 +0000

This is the same lot as did Trackmania, isn’t it?

Yes, yes it is! Which is… pretty weird! They should try doing a racing simulator too :)

By: phuzz

phuzz — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:34:39 +0000

From the website it looks like the game being released is Virtual Skipper 5: 32 Americas Cup
(wot is a famous sailing race I fink).

I was quite impressed by the link to Panogames.com, where they have screen shots of games as panoramas, which is one of those, “why doesn’t everyone do it?” kind of ideas…

By: Bobsy

Bobsy — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:17:23 +0000

Those chaps sitting on them boats look mighty bored. I mean, you’d think they’d be excited by their achievement of Australo-Brazilian synchronised boat-leaning, but they’re just sitting there, clearly so bored that they’re being distracted by an errant seagull, or possibly a breaching marlin. Okay, a breaching marlin would be worth their attention, but you’d expect to see a few raised arms, a few whoops, cheers, the occasional holler.

I dunno, “Hey amigos! A breaching marlin!”
“Golly mate, look at it go!”
“It’s gonna take that poor seagull’s head clean off!”
“Ay ay ay!”
“You taking the piss, senor?”

Er. Where am I going with this?

By: Saflo

Saflo — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:48:36 +0000

I would be interested in playing Cruise Ship Tycoon. You listening, developers?

By: rocketman71

rocketman71 — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:43:42 +0000

Emmmm, the fifth iteration has been out for quite some time:

http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/3337178/Virtual-Skipper-5-32nd-America-Cup/Product.html

[Edit: Amazon UK lists release date as 11 May 2007]

Virtual Skipper 4 and 5 are really good games… if you are willing to forget about the fact that they are protected by our old friend StarForce.

Nadeo should have dropped that protection years ago. At least they did drop it for Trackmania United Forever, although it took years of complaining, and even buyers being insulted by Florent Castelnerac (see the famous 0/10 thread at joystiq).

All of it way surpassed by Sporegate, though. But not by much. StarForce’s recorder breaking code trumps SecuROM any day.

By: PleasingFungus

PleasingFungus — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:41:46 +0000

@parm: Do you mean Stardock or Starforce?