Naval Ops: Warship Gunner 2
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Naval Ops: Warship Gunner 2 is a vehicle simulation game
released in 2006 for the PlayStation 2
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from Koei that debuted in 2003. Naval Ops: Commander
, released in 2004, was based on the first game, but, because it featured a different type of gameplay featuring usable escorts, seems not to have inherited the status as the second game in the series, similar to how Koei's Samurai Warriors is based on the Dynasty Warriors gameplay. The sequel seeks to expound on the first title by revamping the visual engine, providing a new campaign and dozens of new features, and work on the bugs that held its predecessor back from being a truly great game. Featuring over 100 missions and all sorts of ships including submarines, battleships, destroyers, cruisers, and more, Warship Gunner 2 hopes to appeal to a large base of action-oriented fans.
The game is set in 1939 of an alternate universe, and thus combines technology of this period in the real world with a variety of futuristic lasers and weapons, without the "World War II-only" mode of the first game. However, the first playthrough is generally "World War II" consistent, while subsequent playthroughs feature more lasers and high-tech weapons en masse, as well as a slightly extended ending run. (After the first playthrough one can choose whether a mission played in Training will use its "1st playthrough" or "subsequent playthroughs" version, called Enemy Deployment 1 or 2.) Regardless, game balance and experience can be drastically affected by the Difficulty, the extent of the player's Parts inventory (whether picked up or R&D'd), the player's chosen ship for a mission, and how the ship was designed.
railway gun
) and in two cases in the air. Over time, and particularly in the final mission of the second playthrough, the superweapons themselves take further prominence are more is learned about their nature, although their origins are left ambiguous. Wilika is portrayed as a colony of the Dutch that developed into a second "overseas homeland" with a separate ruling king and independent military. In effect the game consists of a group of Evil Dutchmen trying to conquer the world with advanced technology.
Although the same general story applies in all cases, there are three story paths with exclusive missions, "takes" on the story, and endings. The specific story path is chosen by the player's actions in the first two missions of the story and represented by your executive officer ("adjutant") being Werner, Tsukuba, or Braun (whose rescue and joining the FF is in all three story paths). After completing a first playthrough where Weisenberger goes down with a superweapon upon its sinking, all subsequent playthroughs have Weisenberger escaping to a superweapon submarine, then a final superweapon has to be fought in a mission whose introduction changes the general ending quite a bit.
Vehicle simulation game
Vehicle simulation games are a genre of video games which attempt to provide the player with a realistic interpretation of operating various kinds of vehicles. This includes automobiles, aircraft, watercraft, spacecraft, military vehicles, and a variety of other vehicles...
released in 2006 for the PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
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Warship Gunner 2
Warship Gunner 2 is the sequel to the popular Naval Ops: Warship GunnerNaval Ops: Warship Gunner
Naval Ops: Warship Gunner is a vehicle simulation game released in 2003 for the PlayStation 2.The game is a one-player simulation of naval combat, in which the player commands an individual ship...
from Koei that debuted in 2003. Naval Ops: Commander
Naval Ops: Commander
Naval Ops: Commander is a vehicle simulation game computer game and is the sequel to Naval Ops: Warship Gunner. The game was designed to be played on PlayStation 2. It was released in Japan in 2002 and released in 2004 in North America, and in Europe later....
, released in 2004, was based on the first game, but, because it featured a different type of gameplay featuring usable escorts, seems not to have inherited the status as the second game in the series, similar to how Koei's Samurai Warriors is based on the Dynasty Warriors gameplay. The sequel seeks to expound on the first title by revamping the visual engine, providing a new campaign and dozens of new features, and work on the bugs that held its predecessor back from being a truly great game. Featuring over 100 missions and all sorts of ships including submarines, battleships, destroyers, cruisers, and more, Warship Gunner 2 hopes to appeal to a large base of action-oriented fans.
The game is set in 1939 of an alternate universe, and thus combines technology of this period in the real world with a variety of futuristic lasers and weapons, without the "World War II-only" mode of the first game. However, the first playthrough is generally "World War II" consistent, while subsequent playthroughs feature more lasers and high-tech weapons en masse, as well as a slightly extended ending run. (After the first playthrough one can choose whether a mission played in Training will use its "1st playthrough" or "subsequent playthroughs" version, called Enemy Deployment 1 or 2.) Regardless, game balance and experience can be drastically affected by the Difficulty, the extent of the player's Parts inventory (whether picked up or R&D'd), the player's chosen ship for a mission, and how the ship was designed.
Story
The story follows three or four officers of a Wilkia Freedom Forces naval crew—Captain Schulz, Lieutenant Nagi, Commander Braun (German Federal Republic, attached to the crew), optionally with Commander Tsukuba (Japan) and Lieutenant Commander Werner (Wilkia), as they lead the resistance to the coup that overthrew their King on March 25, 1939, then declared an Empire led by Admiral Karl Weisenberger and started making war, in a manner akin to real-life Nazi Germany, albeit with the trump card of "superweapons," huge, heavily armed and armored vehicles at sea, in one case on land (a version of the DoraSchwerer Gustav
Schwerer Gustav and Dora were the names of two massive World War II German 80 cm K railway siege guns. They were developed in the late 1930s by Krupp for the express purpose of destroying heavy fortifications, specifically those in the French Maginot Line...
railway gun
Railway gun
A railway gun, also called a railroad gun, is a large artillery piece, often surplus naval ordnance, mounted on, transported by, and fired from a specially designed railway wagon. Many countries have built railway guns, but the best known are the large Krupp-built pieces used by Germany in World...
) and in two cases in the air. Over time, and particularly in the final mission of the second playthrough, the superweapons themselves take further prominence are more is learned about their nature, although their origins are left ambiguous. Wilika is portrayed as a colony of the Dutch that developed into a second "overseas homeland" with a separate ruling king and independent military. In effect the game consists of a group of Evil Dutchmen trying to conquer the world with advanced technology.
Although the same general story applies in all cases, there are three story paths with exclusive missions, "takes" on the story, and endings. The specific story path is chosen by the player's actions in the first two missions of the story and represented by your executive officer ("adjutant") being Werner, Tsukuba, or Braun (whose rescue and joining the FF is in all three story paths). After completing a first playthrough where Weisenberger goes down with a superweapon upon its sinking, all subsequent playthroughs have Weisenberger escaping to a superweapon submarine, then a final superweapon has to be fought in a mission whose introduction changes the general ending quite a bit.