Comments on: Jutland: Hell Or High Water?

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:55:28 +0000

My Grandfather was in this battle. God rest his soul. Proud of you!

By: Dain

Dain — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:58:03 +0000

http://forums.gamesquad.com/showthread.php?t=80557&highlight=clear+email

Gosh…

By: Tim C

Tim C — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:17:21 +0000

Ok bad points first…

1. Very expensive for a niche game but you can understand why.

2. Funny DRM system.

3. Very steep learning curve and unsympathetic interface.

However….now I have started to figure out the control system I am utterly addicted!

So far restricitng myself to the battlecruiser clashes, am still a bit apprensive about trying to manage the full fleet battles especially as their are so many destroyer and cruiser flotillas to think about.

The World War 1 naval arena is a great subject for wargaming especially for fans of big ships (before those nasty aircraft carriers came along and ruined everything) .There is something about watching the Grand Fleet swing into line of battle that is just awesome!

By: Richard Beer

Richard Beer — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:54:15 +0000

Why bother with DRM, honestly? Don’t they have those big sonic cannons on ships now?

By: Tim Stone

Tim Stone — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:27:51 +0000

@Rob
I haven’t posted at wargamer for ages so, no, that wouldn’t be me.

Not sure about improvements on DG. My memories of it are pretty sketchy (Like you I found the controls awkward and didn’t play for long).

One thing certainly hasn’t changed – the engine still screams out for a bog-standard RTS interface. With a unit card, a command card, and a scrollable message log at the bottom of the screen, some genuinely informative ship icons, and an orthodox camera and clicking system, the game would be transformed.

By: John

John — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:27:34 +0000

I’m not going to pretend that I was all set to buy this game in five seconds and now I’m a lost sale, but after reading that Wargamer thread and seeing that even the fucking demo needs an activation key, I have written these guys off forever.

By: Colthor

Colthor — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:29:54 +0000

@caesarbear:
Also Yahoo! Music’s and Sony’s Connect’s servers have, or are soon, going offline. MSN music has the axe over its head, too.

Incidentally, Sony make SecuROM. Just saying.

By: Kong

Kong — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:03:04 +0000

@Erlam
Cheers. When Das Boot tries to pass the narrow of Gibraltar is one of the greatest moments of war movies.

Sounds like I could love Jutland, but I never know when I will be cut off from any internet access at home again. DRM does not excite me -it just prevents me from buying certain titles is all.
I got a HL2 license with my graphic card some years back. I did not have internet at home and could not play HL2 for 3 years -what turned out to be no loss after all. I will not carry my machine to the internet cafe, no sir.

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:47:23 +0000

I know who John Jellicoe was. I have no idea why, and that particular bit of information is no doubt pushing something else useful out of my brain…

By: Erlam

Erlam — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:53:36 +0000

Intentional ‘we need an edit function’ here, heh, but I actually knew who Jellicoe was, which is odd, because I’ve never really follwed navy history. Other than the Hood/Bismarck dealy and Das Boot, which are awesome.

By: Erlam

Erlam — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:52:28 +0000

Yeah, the DRM thing is… odd. What if you go on vacation? A week isn’t that long – I’ve easily gone 4-5 days without my computer hooked up (and I’m considered a ‘hardcore’ gamer) when I moved during crunch time at my work.

When the game doesn’t sell, it will, of course, be blamed on piracy. If people actually bother.

By: Daz

Daz — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:02:08 +0000

caesarbear, try anyone who bought mp3′s from walmart’s service.

Also I can’t believe the developer is being this stupid. They are in an ideal situation to follow the Stardock model: A niche game with dedicated followers, and reward the people who paid for it with DLC.