World of Warships

K. Fields
2024-11-24T18:42:06-05:00
Video Games

I usually wait until I've completed a game before writing about it. For most of the games I play, that means finishing its single player campaign. However, I've recently been playing World of Warships, which is open-ended. I've never devoted much time to online multiplayer games but this one has kept my interest for longer than I expected. The game's naval combat features destroyers, cruisers, battleships, aircraft carriers, and submarines. Although I knew it would take quite a while to achieve, my long term goal was to play the Yamato, the biggest battleship ever constructed. Therefore, I have mainly focused on playing Japanese battleships. I currently have the following Japanese battleships in my fleet:

Tier IV - Ishizuchi

Tier V - Kong o

Tier VI - Fus o

Tier VII - Nagato

The Yamato is a Tier X battleship, so it is three grades above the Nagato. The Nagato is a still a very capable ship and I've enjoyed playing it. Here is the game's description of it:

Entered Service: 1920. Ships in the Series: 2. The Nagato-class ships were the first battleships fully designed and built in Japan. Their 410 mm guns were developed in response to the British 381 mm ones. The ships' speed also increased compared to their predecessors. During the Pearl Harbor attack, Nagato was Admiral Yamamoto's flagship; she also participated in the Battles of Midway and the Solomon Islands. The battleship was damaged during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, and after the war ended, she was transferred to the U.S. as part of reparations.

World of Warships has also had a special event with a Star Trek operation. I've been playing that as well. There is a Romulan D'Deridex-class warbird, which is represented in the game as a destroyer. A Klingon Toqduj bird-of-prey-class ship is a cruiser. The Star Trek battleship is a Vulcan T'Pau-class vessel. Finally, the Enterprise-D fills the role of aircraft carrier. The first Star Trek operation was called The Borg Invasion. The second and current operation is called Vulcan's Riposte. The Star Trek operations have taken time away from building up ship experience for the Nagato but I certainly don't regret it. They are only available for a limited time.

Nagato