Ship Simulator Coming

[bapenguin]

We've got flight simulators, now how about Ship Simulators? Dreamcatcher Interactive has the answer.Ship Simulator is a revolutionary new game that puts you at the helm of some of the most varied and detailed ships to be found at sea. Set in stunning 3D environments, take control of a wide array of vessels, from massive cargo ships to powerful racing speedboats, yachts, water taxis, and even the mighty Titanic.

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This looks mildly interesting. I know there's not too many titles like this out there so I thought it was worth mentioning.

[bapenguin]

DreamCatcher Games to Publish Ship Simulator

Toronto, August 2, 2006 – DreamCatcher Games today announced that it will publish a new version of Ship Simulator for Windows® in North America which includes the famous New York harbor.



Ship Simulator is a revolutionary new game that puts you at the helm of some of the most varied and detailed ships to be found at sea. Set in stunning 3D environments, take control of a wide array of vessels, from massive cargo ships to powerful racing speedboats, yachts, water taxis, and even the mighty Titanic.

Perform a multitude of tasks using the diverse controls of the game, such as the unique challenge of steering the Titanic through shallow water and experiencing the vast differences between navigating a cargo tanker and a tugboat.

The waters that you sail are just as varied as the ships that you control – from the biggest harbors in the world, including New York and Hamburg, to the calm aquamarine waters of the Thai Phi Phi Islands.

Features
* Play with 8 different ship types, each with their individual response and controls.
* Over 435 mi2 of stunning and accurate environments to maneuver your ships including the world’s largest harbors: New York, Rotterdam, and Hamburg.
* Cruise around the rich tropical environments of Thailand’s gorgeous Phi Phi Islands.
* Gameplay includes 40 very different missions, from search and rescue missions, racing a speedboat, to towing a cargo boat through a narrow harbor entrance with your powerful tugboat.
* Earn money by finishing missions or lose it by hitting other objects.
* Dynamic weather system, including wind force and rain, adds to the atmosphere and the realism of this simulator.
* Create your own missions using the powerful mission editor and drag playable ships and tasks into one of the giant game environments. Populate your harbor with cranes, cargo ships, docking areas, cars and cargo stacks.
* Exchange your very own missions and challenge other players on the Ship Simulator Internet Forum.

Developed by VSTEP located in Rotterdam in The Netherlands, Ship Simulator has received an ESRB rating of ‘E’ for Everyone and will begin hitting store shelves in August 2006. For additional information please visit www.DreamCatcherGames.com.

[LilEvilFish]

I tried the demo of this out of sheer curiousity.

I pulled out of the .. dock? pier? boat parking place? straight into the side of a big yacht. He sank. Oops.

[KarmaGhost]

If it's all about boats, you better have some kick ass water effects.

[NoName]

That game looks so... exciting? Action packed? Go go virtual boats. O.o

[Frogleg Special]

This game needs publicity. Many people are boating enthusiasts (not me) and quite a number of them are rich guys. Pay per add-ons?

[Kamalot]

Oh Noes!

Terrorists will use this to train how to sink ships in America's waterways.

:rolleyes:

[Xerxes]

I am sorry but the only thing you would want to do with this game is crash into another boat. It'll get boring after while.

[Kamalot]

I am sorry but the only thing you would want to do with this game is crash into another boat. It'll get boring after while.
You could say (in essence) the same thing about train simulators or flight simulators.

[Xerxes]

You could say (in essence) the same thing about train simulators or flight simulators.

But can you really crash people in trail sim? Or like Rollercoaster Sim can i have folks ride my shitty incomplete ride, to Doom? :confused:

They should add all these sims together and make a Final Destination game. Gimme the most points for killing people in the oddest ways possible. Like the movie, but this time your death. Hell let one of the brats save the other.

[Bubby]

what demo? I saw none.

[absolut taco]

They better have accelerated time. Imagine a cruise from NY to Europe...

[Steele Johnson]

Yay, more terrorist training software!

[gzsfrk]

While this might sound mind-numbingly boring to the typical twitch gamer, remember that there's a fairly sizable simulation-enthusiast crowd. I thought MS Flight Simulator 2004 was stupefyingly boring when I first played it, but actually, when you start going through the training modes to get your certification, it got to be really fun, and at the same time educational.

Yeah, yeah... edutainment jokes aside, if this is a very true-to-life simulation of how to run a large freighter (among other sizable seacraft), then I could see it as being very appealing to the Discovery Channel crowd.

"Huzzah! I earned my Pacific Waterways Certification!"

[Franjo]

Would be kind of cool to be in huge tides and horrible weather with a freighter. Maybe even you can sail past Jason Bourne floating face first in the water, pick him up and at some point it turns into an fps.

[Buddha Lotus]

I cannot WAIT for this game..

If this game lets me cruise around NY harbor in the rain in winter.. Im SO THERE..

ALL I will need then is a 12 pack of beer.. This sounds liek a very relaxing gaming experience.

[hotdrop]

lol yeah ship sims... maybe if you had to battle storms and stuff... maybe... but a ship inst perticulary menuverable so its not like a flight sim where you can do barrel rolls and all sorts of acrobatic flying (on a 747 no less).

[Soap]

I'll definitely be picking up this game if it lets me simulate smuggling my relatives from South East Asia into the US. Bonus points if there are mini games to stave off scurvy.

/Citrus fruits for the win.

[Xerxes]

I'll definitely be picking up this game if it lets me simulate smuggling my relatives from South East Asia into the US. Bonus points if there are mini games to stave off scurvy.

/Citrus fruits for the win.

Wouldn't that be more like, Boating Trail or something?

[MosBen]

Hells yeah! I wanna crash my boat into a train and then crash a plane on top of them both.

[JRR006]

I want a Napoleanic War-era ship of the line simulator.

[Dtain]

Well I have zero interest in the game, but I was surprised to see a coast guard cutter on that pick and had to reply being a coastie myself.


But yeah doesn't seem like much fun, then again I have yet to play a thrilling "sim" game.

[[VSK]BadCRC]

Toronto, August 2, 2006 – DreamCatcher Games today announced that it will publish a new version of Ship Simulator for Windows® in North America which includes the famous New York harbor.

Is that with, or without the World Trade Center towers?

[Shifteh]

<experience> the vast differences between navigating a cargo tanker and a tugboat.

Oh... finally...