I’m talking about things like:

most realistic physics most aesthetically pleasing sea most fun to play most immersive (pun intended (I’ll sea myself out)) most activities available at sea most variety of sea going vessels

Games with impressive seas that I’ve played so far:

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Triremes and heaving seas) Just Cause 3 (Sparkling blue mediterranean seas) Sea of Thieves (Monsters and pirates) Sailwind (Gentle seas and actual sailing mechanics) Silent Depth 2 Pacific (Sneaky WW2 subs) Cold Waters (Sneaky modern subs) Uboat (Beautiful WW2 seas, rare shooting opportunities) Subnautica (Thalassophobia and crafting)

I’ve also noticed that Ships at Sea has just gone on sale. If you’ve played it recently was it any good?

I also need to add Fluffy Sailors which I bought today. So cute and so much fun :)

  • pureness@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    5 days ago

    not a single mention of Dave the diver! on sale now too, and even better on istherenlanydeal

  • RizzRustbolt@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    7 days ago

    Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker has some of the most fun sailing physics of any ocean game I’ve ever played.

    And the physics were realistic enough that you could fill out the map before you got the ability to control the winds just by tacking the boat.

    • The_Ferry@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      6 days ago

      Dave the Diver has a very good early game, but eventually the grind just became needlessly tedious in my opinion. I liked going down and getting the fish etc. but the grind in mid to late game is just very time-skip heavy

  • ElectricMachman@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    5·
    6 days ago

    I like Anno 2070, a game which takes place in a world where the sea levels have risen to a barely-sustainable level. But it’s okay, because you can repopulate with the power of solarpunk machinery!

  • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    7 days ago

    Probably will get some groans but World of Warships is actually modeled very nicely. And yeah its a free to play monetized game, but it is miles ahead of war thunder in terms of actually having fun and playing the game at high FPS and great quality even with a potato computer.

    The engine has some cool tricks that really makes it shine with water spraying and sloshing onto your vessel.

    • Novamdomum@fedia.ioOP
      2·
      7 days ago

      Wow that’s exciting! Huge fan of Bannerlord anyway. Wishlisted and looking forward to June :)

  • knexcar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    7 days ago

    From the Depths — it’s mind-meltingly complex, graphics are mid, and takes a few liberties with physics, but it lets you build your own warships Minecraft-style, including custom cannons, missiles, and air defense.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.socialEnglish
    3·
    7 days ago

    Ecco the Dolphin. (Genesis)

    Sid Meier’s Pirates! (PC)

    Subnautica (PC)

    Uncharted Waters: New Horizons (SNES)

    I would really like something that is a modern Uncharted Waters or Pirates! game. They are both very similar games, and both are also quite old.

  • philpo@feddit.orgEnglish
    3·
    7 days ago

    Definitely not the best, but still worth a mention is “Stormworks: Build and rescue”. Basically a Lego like “build a ship/plane and do missions on the oceans” game - missions nowadays are also including far more than rescue.

  • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    6 days ago

    Breakwaters Crystal Tides. I’ve never played it but the water sim looks really good.

    Also Flotsam and Raft

  • tatann@lemm.eeEnglish
    261·
    7 days ago

    Odyssey is more recent but Black Flag definitely has better storms

    • Ender of Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      6 days ago

      Assassin’s Creed Rogue was a hidden Black Flag 2 that came out when Assassin’s Creed Unity came out (Unity was a new engine for new consoles, but Rogue was a throwaway remix of the older game for 360 and PS3).

      I recently went back through Black Flag because Ubisoft added Steam achievements to a select list of their old games, which I’m a sucker for. The game was fun to play again, tons of fun, so I’d imagine Rogue would be good, too. Although I have a friend that likes Black Flag that swears that Rogue was boring.

      Although, a warning, Ubisoft cucked me in getting achievements because they actually removed DLC from the clients. You actually cannot play them without modding, and even then I’m struggling to get content that I paid for. That’s a small portion of the game if you don’t care about achievements, but it’s still something to watch out for, ESPECIALLY if you plan on purchasing the game. They sell Freedom Cry, one of Black Flag’s DLCs, separately now (might/might not have sailing in it).