Best Dogfight Games Software And Deserves

Best Dogfight Games Software And Deserves

Regardless of how you want to define it, its a damn good piece of software and deserves to be on every list it can fit under.

Fleets and flotillas have been crucial for the logistical transportation of materials, goods, treasures and troops.

In combat, naval vessels have the capability to strike a decisive battle against the opponent or interdict against their supply lines.

Undoubtedly, this is an important branch of a nations military, but how does this element of warfare translate to videogames Those who are looking for naval warfare can find games that are worth an investment, whether more arcade-style combat, or developing the strategy for an entire battlefleet.

The following titles are absolute plays for the admiral-minded types looking to expand their naval-themed experiences.

The header image is from Task Force Admiral (not included below).

Featuring ships that range from WW1-era right through to the end of WW2 and a bit beyond, World of Warships is what happens if you take the concept of something like Battlefield, or Call of Duty, except everyone is controlling a warship.

What sets it apart from most free-to-play arcade games though is that theres a surprising amount of forethought required in order to play well.

Youve got to consider your direction and the time itll take you to change course, gun emplacements can take time to turn (especially in the big battleships), and when it comes to attacking your distance and lead-time with your shots are also important.

Its a lot more fun to play with friends, and being free-to-play means a grind does start to set in at the higher tiers, but once you get to Tier 6 you can do the special PvE scenarios which are a nice change of pace.

The late James Cobb was always a quiet fan of this arcade war game, and we can easily see why.

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Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal DeveloperPublisher: Cyril JarnotAvalon Digital Tags: WW2, Pacific Theatre, Turn-Based Strategy, Hex, Operational Purchase: Steam Carrier Battles was originally released a few years ago on iOS, and was a hit with the mobile crowd as it was a pretty decent turn-based wargame, one of the few that existed on mobile.

Now its finally been ported to PC with some help from Avalon Digital and its ready to take its place on our list of top naval war games.

Its worth caveating that as much as this features a tight design, deep gameplay and smart abstractions to cover the Pacific Theatre, it IS a port of a mobile game at the end of the day.

Its gotten fancier graphics and some other upgrades, but it cant shake the essence of being a more simplistic game for a simpler platform.

Other than that though, Carrier Battles makes smart of use of Fog of War mechanics, as well as making you feel the tension of far-off air battles as you manoeuvre your task forces in an attempt to control the Pacific.

Future upgrades that will elevate it beyond its mobile progenitor are planned, and you can read our Carrier Battles PC review for more thoughts.

Naval Campaigns: Wolfpack DeveloperPublisher: John Tiller Software Tags: WW2, Atlantic Theatre, Submarine Warfare, Operational, Real-Time Purchase: Direct A rare naval-themed outing from the fabled JTS house, Wolfpack is the latest entry in the Naval Campaigns line and takes you to the till-covered Atlantic theatre.

You are in charge of a varying number of U-Boat ships as you try and disrupt the Allied supply lines in the Atlantic Ocean.

Alternatively, youre in charge of the Allied fleets trying to keep Britains life-line up and running.

There are 50 scenarios in total, along with two campaigns covering a wide range of battles and set-pieces.

Not all of them can be played from both sides, but most of them can.

There is also a powerful editor as standard, and the usual JTS bells and whistles to go with it.

Its still fairly old-school in that JTS fashion, but this is a more straight-forward game in many ways.

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