Naval War: Arctic Circle Critic Reviews

Overall, Naval War: Arctic Circle offers a great simulation experience for military buffs and fans of the genre.

A strategic simulation of modern naval warfare whose following is smaller than it deserves.

Hobby admirals can expect ambitious strategy with authentic naval and aerial warfare on a large scale.

A welcome gulp of sea air for jaded real-time strategy fans, slightly tainted by campaign conservatism.

NWAC is a little clunky around the edges and could do with some mission-creation options, but it's worth two tentative periscopes up.

Naval War: Arctic Circle will certainly be of interest to those hungry for a pure, military simulation experience. It may not be traditional real time strategy, but the intense focus on realism will most likely turn some heads. Its biggest barrier to entry, however, will be your level of patience. Naval War can be fun, but you're going to have to play it on its terms.

If you've read some books by Tom Clancy or if you are attracted to modern day battlefields especially the naval ones you won't be disappointed with this game. The atmosphere of device detection is great and in all respect it's such a unique thing to experience. However, Naval War: Arctic Circle would deserve richer multiplayer and broader information for the player to clearly understand the naval battles.

Even though there are some sore points at the moment, the game presents an in-depth tactical challenge for weekend warriors. Just know before pulling the trigger on a purchase that you're dealing with more of an ongoing project than a fully realized game.

Not a deep RTS game but a little bit more complex than a casual game, Naval War is an average title. It can be funny, but out there there is for sure something better.

As much as I enjoy some of the oddball strategy games available, I can't bring myself to recommend this to even the most ardent grognards.

We don't want to say Naval War was disappointing, because it wasn't really – the preview stage showed us a simple, yet well-made title that does exactly what it says on the tin – we still couldn't help but find the game surprising over all though, and not in the good way.

Naval War: Arctic Circle is a deep strategical game that might attract some hardcore gamers. Most people however won't be impressed with the bad graphics and the sub-par multiplayer.

Sub-par presentation, naïve A.I., that can easily be tricked, many meaningless missions, almost dead multiplayer, many technical problems and crashes. But Naval War has one thing working, that always adds interest: the unpredictability factor.

Naval War: Artic Circle could have been a good title but it lacks in so many aspects gameplay-wise that in the end it is not very satisfying for the RTS fan. The missions are too simple and the multiplayer should be enhanced, with more maps and scenarios. On top of this, a poor technical realization.

An incredibly detailed and realistic experience in the world of militaristic strategy games is bogged down by an inanely sluggish sense of pacing, laughably stupid AI and a high entry threshold that explains very little.