This game will challenge what you believe sea combat to be. You must deal with the winds properly or risk losing all forward motion and becoming a sitting duck. You must choose the proper type of shot for your cannon for the job needed, and you must decide what exactly is needed to be done. This game does not spell out how to do everything for you. Much of winning comes from experience in this game, experience usually garnered from crushing defeat. Slowly over time you learn to deal with the complexity of ship-to-ship battle and with enough practice you will find yourself taking command of large fleets of ships to engage other fleets of well driven A.I. counterparts. Even after half a decade I find myself dusting this game off and playing around with it for a few weeks. A pleathora of options when it comes to historical ships, just don't expect tons of different model work for these various vessels. One of the best when it comes to ship-to-ship combat.
