This game is currently planned to come out this year. I am pleased with the game so far and really looking forward to checking out the dynamic campaign. I will do more videos during this early preview. Sea Power can be found here: store.steampowered.com/app/1286220/Sea_Power__Naval_Combat_in_the_Missile_Age/
Can you comment on your own PC performance with this game? Like CPU%, GPU%, at 4K 60FPS? Or at least does it run better / worse than other sims like it? Thanks!
@@Darrylx444 They are still working on the final things to optimize the game so this question would be best answered a bit closer to release. With this said, I was able to play and record in 2K and in general the game felt fine. When things get closer to release, I can share exact numbers.
It's mostly us and Soviet but there are a handful of ships that are technically from British origin but got sold to other countries. I will have a video with the full unit list soon.
The ship with hull number 31 is the Belknap class cruiser USS Sterett DLG/CG-3. This is pretty cool for me to watch as I served in the early 70's on a Farragut class DLG/DDG and a Leahy DLG/CG. I was a Radarman RD on my first ship USS Dahlgren DLG-12/DDG-43 and a Operations Specialist OS on my second ship DLG/CG-20 and worked in CIC. Steamed extensively in the Med and North Atlantic playing with the Soviets. The migs would never have gotten within visual range if we knew the situation was hot. Why not use your radar if you got it?? Waiting until an enemy plan is within gun range to fire on it is what they did in WW2... A more realistic scenereo would be to have the patrol boats as Osa or Komar missile patrol boats. They carried the Styx anti-shipping missiles which kept us up at night... By the way the longest kill shot with a Talos missile was 65 miles by the USS Long Beach CGN-9 in 1968 during the Vietbam War.
Exactly what I was thinking. CMANO is neat but feels like a chore to play especially without shiny graphics (no I don't count the boring TacView option).
@@SpaceNavy90 Agreed. But CMANO will be the closest thing an average consumer can get to a purebred military sim. Just finally excited more games are coming to this niche that are modern, and not (hopefully) behind a billion DLCs.
This is the best playthrough and most thorough explaination of the demo mission yet! The core gameplay looks fantastic. However, there are a couple concerns: - Simple things like the sensor and rules of engagement toggles on the bottom right could just be persistent buttons for each option and not a sub-menu. It's rather clumsy for the sake of minimalistic UI. - Carrier UI could use some more work, a more graphical representation would be amazing. I know this isn't a flight deck simulator but I'd love to have a simplified 2D fligth deck sim on the UI so the player can't just spam "launch" in a realistic RTS. - Damage control UI seems to be a step back from Cold Waters. Visualized flooding in CW based on each hull segment was very cool to see. I know compartment flooding is still here but it'd be nice to give different ships different amount of major watertight compartments. A supercarrier or Iowa-class shouldn't only have 5 major watertight compartments like a DDG. - I was hoping for asymmetrical flooding both in terms of damage (especially torpedo) and damage control (flooding the opposite side to balance it out) but it wasn't a thing. This is an important aspect of naval combat and damage control that I hoped to see after playing Killerfish's previous titles but sadly it still wasn't implemented. Capsizing via flooding should definitely be a practical way to cripple and kill a warship, but it seems like we'll have to put up with ships sinking upright for longer. - Some damage didn't register visually and the damage model looks basic. Again I know this is a RTS but even DCS has better damage than this. At least do something simple like snapped masts and antennae. - The MiG-17 attack looked horrible. Steady level flight into a hailstorm of fire and precisely land both hits while level bombing? What is this, witchcraft? I understand this is an early preview but the launch date is near. I hope the devs can continue to improve this game and make it the greatest cold war naval RTS ever as they do have a solid foundation and wonderful core gameplay.
I came from 80's Larry Bond Harpoon, then Jane Fleet Command to the recent Cold Water. This is the ULTIMATE 'Harpoon' and "Red Storm Rising" for me and may just be the final release i will ever live to play. This have been a very long 40 years wait...can't wait for the release !! cmon and take my money already !
They shouldn't be flying this close together, especially on terminal approach. Pretty sure at least one flak burst came close enough to damage both, but it seems like RNG. The attack should have been a popup/dive, to increase accuracy and avoid the bomb blast. Somehow I doubt aircraft behaviour will improve much and it would be bothering me all the time.
@@fonesrphunny7242 We are actually working on improved ground attack tactics for the planes, including pop-up, dive and toss delivery profiles. The level bombing that you see was the first ever implementation and it has stuck for far longer than it should as we are spread rather thin.
@@julhelm1821 Nice! I'm sure you'll be seeing a little more nitpicking on the air part given the nature of Enigma's channel, but the game looks great so far
This looks awesome, can't wait for this game to launch! And then maybe do a nice combined cinematic with Sea Power combined with DCS for the aerial scenes 🤩
It would be cool to see like a 3D model of the weapon system when you click the link from said unit. But that's just the visual itch in my brain to go "wow.... that's a cool looking missile"
I have been waiting for a game that uses cold war/modern ships, there always seems to be naval games with old ships or ww2 ships, seeing stuff like the CIWS, missiles and helicopters is going to be awesome, the closest thing i found was digital combat simulator which has quality models of ships like the soviet slava class missile cruiser, or the us navy ticonderoga class cruiser but you couldnt do anything with them as it was a flight game
Could you make a video showing alle the carrier ops with starting/landung planes? Maybe a red storm rising like mission where a group of bears attack a carrier formation and tomcats start to defend the fleet?
Cool to finally see this in action, but I can't help but feel there's an awful lot of micro-management involved, e.g. the A-6 strikes; surely they'd be pre-briefed with individual packages striking specific installations, etc.? And the AGM-45 ranges seem... optimistic :) Anywho, nice vid, thanks.
Are there Tomahawk cruise missiles? And are there any battleships in the game currently, like the Iowa refit? Love the video and I can't wait to play this game
@@Enigma89 Thank you - I did see from your most recent video there is a lot of ground assets and placing them looks straight forward. Looking forward to the rest of your videos!
fantastic 😃 i loved cold waters but i always wished it had a Mission Editor Like DCS so we can build our own missions and hoped we can control more stuff and have many more ships and ground targets , i hope we still can play the subs like i Cold waters , pulling up noise signatures to id them and plan your own fire solution . hope they bump up the graphics and accuracy of planes , even in this the planes acted unnatural but nevertheless cannot wait for it
Question! You did a lot of micromanaging in this gameplay, is this kind of management going to be required or are there varying degrees of automation for each unit; for example, do you have to independently go to each unit it and select it to be ‘weapons free’ before it defends itself? If I wanted the manage just the aircraft carrier or just some specific unit, will the other units take rational actions? Or do they need orders to do something like change course to avoid a torpedo, etc?
Can't wait to mod in futuristic ships and planes and play alternate giga Cold War with NATF and ATA. Edit: also wild how the fight turned out only slightly worse than irl
Shrike had a weak rocket motor and had to be lobbed towards the target, following a ballistic trajectory. Part of the skill of using it was to calculate the range and pitch up the correct amount before firing. The later HARM did this pitch up after firing automatically. This game's missile flew in a straight line like a cruise missile with sustained thrust... I'm not sure it's realistic.
This game is currently planned to come out this year. I am pleased with the game so far and really looking forward to checking out the dynamic campaign. I will do more videos during this early preview. Sea Power can be found here: store.steampowered.com/app/1286220/Sea_Power__Naval_Combat_in_the_Missile_Age/
Can you comment on your own PC performance with this game? Like CPU%, GPU%, at 4K 60FPS? Or at least does it run better / worse than other sims like it? Thanks!
@@Darrylx444 They are still working on the final things to optimize the game so this question would be best answered a bit closer to release. With this said, I was able to play and record in 2K and in general the game felt fine. When things get closer to release, I can share exact numbers.
It’s coming out this year? 2024? I’m really excited now :3
Been watching it’s development for a while.
Naval SA-3 here I come 🙏
Very looking forward to this. My question is, any Royal Navy units?
It's mostly us and Soviet but there are a handful of ships that are technically from British origin but got sold to other countries. I will have a video with the full unit list soon.
The guy who re enacts red storm rising chapters is gonna have the time of his life
We're already chatting about it in discord hahaha
Yeah I am 😂
@@BobChanelThe man, the myth, the legend! Your vids got me hooked on RSR! Best of luck with the new toy set, can’t wait for new vids!
@@BobChanel There he is! can't wait for the cinematic masterpieces to come! [without having to use DCS or Cold waters for naval now]
@@VonMed I just hope it has a decent scenario editor. Appreciate the kudos man!
I can't wait to play out my wildest Red Storm Rising dreams
I need FIXEDIT on this ASAP.
To my shame, i have yet to read it. I am saving it for a special occasion, and this game might just be it !
Definitely recreating “The Dance of the Vampires” when this comes out!
Tom Clancy novels... my favorite is red october
@@timmy3822 unfortunately no Frisbees of Dreamland with the planeset :p
So stoked, this looks even better than I imagined. Thought it was gonna be more like cold waters but this blows that out of the water lol
I had the same reaction. In general everything feels more fleshed out than I originally anticipated.
Its like Janes Fleet Command back in the days.
@@Eagleeyesix Exactly. Harpoon and Janes Fleet Command.
The ship with hull number 31 is the Belknap class cruiser USS Sterett DLG/CG-3. This is pretty cool for me to watch as I served in the early 70's on a Farragut class DLG/DDG and a Leahy DLG/CG. I was a Radarman RD on my first ship USS Dahlgren DLG-12/DDG-43 and a Operations Specialist OS on my second ship DLG/CG-20 and worked in CIC. Steamed extensively in the Med and North Atlantic playing with the Soviets. The migs would never have gotten within visual range if we knew the situation was hot. Why not use your radar if you got it?? Waiting until an enemy plan is within gun range to fire on it is what they did in WW2... A more realistic scenereo would be to have the patrol boats as Osa or Komar missile patrol boats. They carried the Styx anti-shipping missiles which kept us up at night... By the way the longest kill shot with a Talos missile was 65 miles by the USS Long Beach CGN-9 in 1968 during the Vietbam War.
I've awaited for this since Jane's Fleet Command!
Yes! God that’s a nostalgia bomb!
i love how stealth, wolfpack and enigma all played different missions so even if i still have to wait till november, at least i can enjoy some content
Awesome! This looks like Command Modern Operations with dope visuals
Exactly what I was thinking. CMANO is neat but feels like a chore to play especially without shiny graphics (no I don't count the boring TacView option).
@@SpaceNavy90 Agreed. But CMANO will be the closest thing an average consumer can get to a purebred military sim. Just finally excited more games are coming to this niche that are modern, and not (hopefully) behind a billion DLCs.
This makes me have nostalgic thoughts about Jane’s Fleet Command (1999 PC game).
Yes!
All we need is the music on loop
This is the best playthrough and most thorough explaination of the demo mission yet! The core gameplay looks fantastic. However, there are a couple concerns:
- Simple things like the sensor and rules of engagement toggles on the bottom right could just be persistent buttons for each option and not a sub-menu. It's rather clumsy for the sake of minimalistic UI.
- Carrier UI could use some more work, a more graphical representation would be amazing. I know this isn't a flight deck simulator but I'd love to have a simplified 2D fligth deck sim on the UI so the player can't just spam "launch" in a realistic RTS.
- Damage control UI seems to be a step back from Cold Waters. Visualized flooding in CW based on each hull segment was very cool to see. I know compartment flooding is still here but it'd be nice to give different ships different amount of major watertight compartments. A supercarrier or Iowa-class shouldn't only have 5 major watertight compartments like a DDG.
- I was hoping for asymmetrical flooding both in terms of damage (especially torpedo) and damage control (flooding the opposite side to balance it out) but it wasn't a thing. This is an important aspect of naval combat and damage control that I hoped to see after playing Killerfish's previous titles but sadly it still wasn't implemented. Capsizing via flooding should definitely be a practical way to cripple and kill a warship, but it seems like we'll have to put up with ships sinking upright for longer.
- Some damage didn't register visually and the damage model looks basic. Again I know this is a RTS but even DCS has better damage than this. At least do something simple like snapped masts and antennae.
- The MiG-17 attack looked horrible. Steady level flight into a hailstorm of fire and precisely land both hits while level bombing? What is this, witchcraft?
I understand this is an early preview but the launch date is near. I hope the devs can continue to improve this game and make it the greatest cold war naval RTS ever as they do have a solid foundation and wonderful core gameplay.
Fungusamongus with the sauce
Enigma! This is awesome you got to do this!
Yeah! Was really stoked when Microprose asked. Hoping I can do a few more videos, I have one more that I will for sure post.
Have been waiting ages for this, cannot wait...Harpoon2 was 30 years ago now.
You most likely never heard of COMMAND: Modern Operations. Check it out.
That's the real Harpoon successor.
@@TheOrdomalleus666 this same scenario is in Command it’s called “Battle of Dong Hoi”
@@Tustyshellback2010 Yes, I played it at least once.
That intro incorporating the sonar was nicely done! The track fit nicely
I came from 80's Larry Bond Harpoon, then Jane Fleet Command to the recent Cold Water. This is the ULTIMATE 'Harpoon' and "Red Storm Rising" for me and may just be the final release i will ever live to play. This have been a very long 40 years wait...can't wait for the release !! cmon and take my money already !
this is a game i wait for quite a while now.
some intresting cold war era stuff
On my wish list since 2020!! Even better than I had hoped. Played endless hours of original Harpoon looks like I will be doing the same for this one!!
Looks great. However, I do find the 100% accuracy from those MiGs with dumb bombs and no bombing computer to be a bit much.
They shouldn't be flying this close together, especially on terminal approach. Pretty sure at least one flak burst came close enough to damage both, but it seems like RNG.
The attack should have been a popup/dive, to increase accuracy and avoid the bomb blast.
Somehow I doubt aircraft behaviour will improve much and it would be bothering me all the time.
@@fonesrphunny7242 We are actually working on improved ground attack tactics for the planes, including pop-up, dive and toss delivery profiles. The level bombing that you see was the first ever implementation and it has stuck for far longer than it should as we are spread rather thin.
@@julhelm1821 Nice! I'm sure you'll be seeing a little more nitpicking on the air part given the nature of Enigma's channel, but the game looks great so far
This game looks phenomenal. Glad you covered it! Please do more.
yay!!! i have been waiting for a long time, i cant wait any longer to play it.
Thanks for taking the time to play this game. I can't wait!
Thanks for the preview!
My dude can you please showcase more of the carrier action, I’ve been fanging for it after seeing this, awesome vid btw
Thanks for the video Enigma, i have the game in my wishlist since almost 2 years! so hyped to play it
I've been eagerly waiting for this Sim for about 5 years, it looks great so yeah most excited.
OMG, it looks AMAZING!!!
Had this wishlisted for ages, so excited
Really looking forward to this!
Super excited for this!
This looks incredible and I'm not a huge naval guy. Definitely picking it up, thanks for the video showcasing it!
The "Formation Builder" is just a part of a plotting sheet used by NATO. Its a sector screen circle.
Been waiting for this game for years. So excited
Glorious! It's the real deal!
Looks great!
when it says nato, does it mean there are also the Royal Navy and Marine Nationale? Id love to do some Super Etendart AS -Missions
I've had this one on wishlist for like 3 years now. Cold Waters is one of the best games I've ever played and it was excellent value for money.
It looks awesome!
Really reminds me of 3D command modern operations, hyped for it.
They did an Amazing job for such an small Team
I love this kind of missions.
this looks so good
I am so hyped for this, as a big Cold Waters fan.
Really looking forward to this one, hope we can mount CSAR missions!
This looks awesome, can't wait for this game to launch! And then maybe do a nice combined cinematic with Sea Power combined with DCS for the aerial scenes 🤩
this looks like it'll scratch the tism i have for cold war naval combat, very cool
Looking forward to more seapower content 🙏
It would be cool to see like a 3D model of the weapon system when you click the link from said unit. But that's just the visual itch in my brain to go "wow.... that's a cool looking missile"
Can't wait to design some Baltic sea scenarios!
I hope it comes out with a number of dynamic campaigns
cant wait till someone mods in age of sail ships into this xD
Holy shit it was worth the wait
I cant stress enough how I really await this.
Holy shit were those MIG's packing laser guided bombs or something? They all hit flawlessly!
This is just a modern version of the old Harpoon games - does look good though
Holy crap this game looks great!!
15:00 Independence Day vibes :D
With a campaign, better, a dynamic campaign, this may be a dream come true.
The return of HARPOON!
I have been waiting for a game that uses cold war/modern ships, there always seems to be naval games with old ships or ww2 ships, seeing stuff like the CIWS, missiles and helicopters is going to be awesome, the closest thing i found was digital combat simulator which has quality models of ships like the soviet slava class missile cruiser, or the us navy ticonderoga class cruiser but you couldnt do anything with them as it was a flight game
Can you do more carrier operations?? Loved the planes!!
I WANT TO PLAY IT SO DARN MUCH
Could you make a video showing alle the carrier ops with starting/landung planes?
Maybe a red storm rising like mission where a group of bears attack a carrier formation and tomcats start to defend the fleet?
Its like Janes Fleet Command but newer and command modern operations but with visuals
Harpoon 6 be lookin 🔥
"We're gonna leave 'em alone because I don't wanna deal with war crimes" Absolutely lost it XD
Man, those Shrikes seem to have a very, very long range..
Cool to finally see this in action, but I can't help but feel there's an awful lot of micro-management involved, e.g. the A-6 strikes; surely they'd be pre-briefed with individual packages striking specific installations, etc.? And the AGM-45 ranges seem... optimistic :)
Anywho, nice vid, thanks.
Are there Tomahawk cruise missiles? And are there any battleships in the game currently, like the Iowa refit? Love the video and I can't wait to play this game
a few questions on this:
1. Do ships and ships have a finite amount of ammunition?
2. Is it easy to create our own scenarios?
Thank you.
1. Limited
2. Yes it is easy.
3. There are ground units. I am not sure if you can actually disembark troops from boats onto water.
@@Enigma89 Thank you - I did see from your most recent video there is a lot of ground assets and placing them looks straight forward.
Looking forward to the rest of your videos!
I was soooo gutted when Harpoon 4 got ditched. Cold Waters has been the only worthwhile thing since. Great to get something fresh and new.
fantastic 😃 i loved cold waters but i always wished it had a Mission Editor Like DCS so we can build our own missions and hoped we can control more stuff and have many more ships and ground targets , i hope we still can play the subs like i Cold waters , pulling up noise signatures to id them and plan your own fire solution . hope they bump up the graphics and accuracy of planes , even in this the planes acted unnatural but nevertheless cannot wait for it
0:58 Is that a totally-not-American Airlines Boeing 707?
Be nice with multi screen set-up?
Finally, 'gamer-friendly' CMANO
Is there any kind of more detailed AAR available that shows exactly where units were, what hit what, replays, etc.?
nice. please make a video about nukes
Feels like Command Modern Operations 3D
the sailor in me needs this so bad
Thanks for doing this tutorial of sorts. So, you are giving individual planes target orders. Are there no group commends for attacking of defending?
If they are in a formation you can give formation commands like to manage sensors and such
This looks fantastic! Imagine a campaign or mission about the Malvinas War with jets attacking like this 11:25
Holy it’s happening
RAAHHH SEA POWER TOMORROW
Reminds me of Jane's Fleet Command
Thanks for the preview! Do you know how crew density/casualty will work if there is any?
Will There be zoom and a free camera? From what Ive seen the game looks incredible.
Yeah there is free cam and you can zoom a bit
@@Enigma89 excellent 😄
@@Enigma89 don't forget that with ALT and mouse wheel you can also increase or decrease FOV, Shift+Alt resets the FOV to default
@@MekStark excellent excellent.
Question! You did a lot of micromanaging in this gameplay, is this kind of management going to be required or are there varying degrees of automation for each unit; for example, do you have to independently go to each unit it and select it to be ‘weapons free’ before it defends itself?
If I wanted the manage just the aircraft carrier or just some specific unit, will the other units take rational actions? Or do they need orders to do something like change course to avoid a torpedo, etc?
can you control ground units in this game too?
Do you see sailers in the water?
my god, does this mean they are finally close to announcing a release date
Can't wait to mod in futuristic ships and planes and play alternate giga Cold War with NATF and ATA.
Edit: also wild how the fight turned out only slightly worse than irl
Just do the hardest missions, I want to see them
This is a combination of fleet command and seawolf from the 1980’s. Most of the current game is modification of cold waters. So it’s not a first look.
this is my unofficial battlestation pacific 2
Awesome
Do we know if there will be any British naval units?
interesting looking game
16:04 wasn't that a little excessive for a tractor?! ;)
Is there a sandbox mode?
Shrike had a weak rocket motor and had to be lobbed towards the target, following a ballistic trajectory. Part of the skill of using it was to calculate the range and pitch up the correct amount before firing. The later HARM did this pitch up after firing automatically. This game's missile flew in a straight line like a cruise missile with sustained thrust... I'm not sure it's realistic.
Also believe Shrike was preset on ground to a particular target radar and would not just home on any active emission.
@@akd8525 Worse it was built in using electronics. There were half a dozen production Shrikes for different threat radars.
You have carrier.... and not CAP missions?
Harpoon!