Ship Simulator 2008

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It was a game that my son wanted but there is not any directions or help in how to use the different aspects of it. He isn't able to find out how to do certain parts of it because there aren't any help pages, etc.

There are at least 5 missions that cannot be completed without joining the forum, then the Creator's Forum, and a lot of research, downloading, etc. 4 of these defective missions were built by "Bottman"...someone that should definitely find another occupation.BUT...do not waste your time because the missions are incredibly boring and far from challenging. The ones they label as "Hard" are as easy as those labeled "Easy". My 6-year granddaughter could do most of them after 15 minutes of instruction.Do not buy this product. The GFX are circa 2003, the user interface far from intuitive, and the support abysmal. It's a waste of money & time.Too bad. Ship.sim 2006 was actually better....AND all the missions worked. Vstep took one giant step backward.

I have not used all of this simulator's features yet, but I am very pleased. I think that it is a good buy. I have had lots of fun just cruising around in the different boats and have only scratched the surface. I have not attempted any of the missions yet, but there seems to be a good variety of them. I think that this is a very cool product. It would be even better with a joystick, which I do not currently have, but is not too hard to control with the keyboard and mouse. It gives you both a cockpit view and a birds-eye view, which is nice. I think that it is a good investment if you wish that you were behind the helm of a boat (or ship)!

I installed this on a Dell Dimension 2400 with 2GB of RAM and a Ge Force 6200 Video card. OK it's not the card they call for. All I could see is neat looking rain and water. It barely responded to any controls. I gave up. I will try on another PC.I only suggest you'd better have exactly what they call for or better in a video card.

I love good simulators of all kinds. It is a great way to experience things without a lot of trouble.From a physics and virtual reality simulation point of view, this simulator is very realistic and artfully done. While it does lack some instrumentation detail, you get more than what you pay for in this simulation. I have been to Marcelles France to work on a ship there and I found the simulated harbor in this program to be very realistic and just the way I remember it from being there. It is just what I wanted and more.Ron in TAmpa

My son wasn't to impressed with this game. Kind of boring and very hard to understand what the folks are saying. However, the product arrived in a timely manner and was pleased about how the transaction was handled.

So I got this and first it was kind of tedious but then I added weather and well the titanic in a hurricane can be a hoot I got 08 cause my laptop is horridly slow but when I get my hands on more computer power I'm going to get ship simulator extremes you tube gives you a good idea what to expect check it out there and see if its for you