History VideoGame / NavalOps

** Somewhat ZigZagged in Warship Gunner 2; while most of the real world aircraft keep their names, some have semi-fake names like the F-12 Blackbird ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_YF-12 which is not far off from the aircraft it's based on]]), and some aircraft have fictionalized variants like the Wendig for the Go 222.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To the prior ''P.T.O.'' (''Pacific Theater of Operations'') games. Warship Gunner 1 uses the same engine as P.T.O. IV.

* ThisIsADrill: Drillships, the only way for the player to [[RammingAlwaysWorks deal damage by ramming the enemy]]. Also the Drill Missile in Warship Gunner 2, which has absurdly long range and can target all types of enemies (air, surface/land, and submarine) but inflicts pathetic damage-but disables the targets engines for about 30 seconds or so per missile, making them incredibly vulnerable to attack

* HeyItsThatVoice:
** In Japan, we get the late [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Degwin Zabi]], [[Creator/EijiTakemoto Miles]] [[VisualNovel/AceAttorney Edgeworth]] and [[VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} KOS-MOS]] voicing some of the cast members.
** You may also recognize [[VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles Welkin Gunther's]] (Creator/DaveWittenberg) voice in English releases - "MINOR DAMAGE!"

The ''Naval Ops'' series is a trilogy of games released for the PlayStation2 by {{Creator/Koei}} and Microcabin primarily focused on ship to ship combat. In Japan, the series is known as ''Kurogane no Houkou'' and includes PC-exclusive titles that offer enhanced sophisticated gameplay and downloadable content. [[NoExportForYou These titles were never released outside Japan, however]].

* HotSubOnSubAction: submarines became playable in ''Warship Gunner 2'', with several covert missions requiring a submarine. It was inevitable that enemy submarines would appear in these missions. Point defense weapons cannot be fired underwater

* HotSubOnSubAction: Only possible in ''Warship Gunner 2''; subs are not playable in previous games.

* ThisIsADrill: Drillships, the only way for the player to [[RammingAlwaysWorks deal damage by ramming the enemy]]. Also the Drill Missile in Warship Gunner 2, which has absurdly long range and can target all types of enemies (air, surface/land, and submarine) but inflicts pathetic damage.

* NavalWeapons: Just about everything on that list, from guns to torpedoes.

* BoringButPractical: In a game with homing lasers, plasma cannons and railguns, a deck full of plain ol' mid-sized artillery manages to strike a happy medium between range, raw damage, ammo capacity and firing rate.

** It's considerably slower in ''Warship Gunner'' - generally meaning the best AA weapon is to just use [[MoreDakka a lot of machine guns/CIWs]].

* PointDefenseless: Averted. You can shoot down enemy missiles and torpedoes, but they can shoot down yours as well. That said, even the best AA suite can be overwhelmed by enough aircraft and missiles/torpedoes.

* AKA47: Pops up with the more modern aircraft; for instance, the F/A-18 Hornet is called the F-63 Wasp.

* BackFromTheBrink

* {{BFG}}: A lot of weapons qualify for this.

* {{Cap}}: 100 parts per ship, 7 different weapons, 64.6 knots cruising speed without Enigmatech systems, and 99999 rounds of ammunition per weapon system in ''Warship Gunner 2.''

* CoolAirship: There are a few.

* DeflectorShields
* DesignItYourselfEquipment: The trilogy's trademark [=HLG61=] Ship Editor.

* [[spoiler: EldritchAbomination: Ragnarök could be defined as one of this.]]

* EveryBulletIsATracer
* [[EverythingFades Everything Sinks]]: Good thing, too, otherwise you wouldn't be able to move because of all the wrecks around you.

* HeadsUpDisplay

* HotSubOnSubAction: Only possible in ''Warship Gunner 2''.

* LethalJokeItem: The Shark Submarine hull [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin makes your sub look like a giant shark]]... and has over twice the durability and weight capacity of conventional sub hulls at the cost of two special system slots.

* MagneticWeapons: Railguns.
* MediumAwareness: In ''Warship Gunner 2's'' special missions.
* MissileLockOn: Pretty fast, and an AEGIS system allows you to lock on to multiple targets.

* MissionBriefing
* [[spoiler: TheMole: Werner when he's your XO.]]
* {{Mooks}}: The seemingly endless flotillas of warships you will inevitably sink.
** The EliteMooks are of course the bigger, badder battleships you will also encounter as well.

* NavalWeapons: Just about everything on that list.

* NukeEm: You can arm your ships with nuclear missiles.
** And nuclear ''torpedoes''.
** And nuclear ''sea mines''.

* [[OneManArmy One Ship Navy]]: You have to be this in the Warship Gunner games, as you're often the only ship deployed on the mission.

* RandomlyDrops
* [[MedKit Repair Kit]]: Forces you to stop for a while and prevents you from using your weapons, so it'd be a bad idea to use it in the middle of combat.

* SeaMine: They come in nuclear flavors too.

* SillinessSwitch: The Special missions of ''Warship Gunner 2'' and the Area G missions in ''Commander''.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To the prior ''P.T.O.'' games. Warship Gunner 1 uses the same engine as P.T.O. IV.
* SubsystemDamage: Deck, Engine, and Rudder Damage status each have negative effects, though Deck damage only matters if you use aircraft.

* SuckingInLines: Wave Guns

* TechTree

* TimedMission

* VideogameFlamethrowersSuck: Short range, low damage. They are, however, extra effective against the iceberg carrier Habbakkuk in the first game.
** No longer true in ''Warship Gunner 2''. Because they fire a wall of damaging flame, they can form an effective anti-missile screen, and the damage they deal isn't reduced by shielding. They can also [[MadeOfExplodium detonate ammunition]]. Problem is, [[AwesomeButImpractical you need a large ship that's covered with them to make them worthwhile.]]
* WaterLevel: Every level.

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity : Karl Weisenberg

* FogOfWar

** And the Duck aircraft, which are highly durable and carry impressive weapon loads.

* ThisIsADrill: Drillships, the only way for the player to [[RammingAlwaysWorks deal damage by ramming the enemy]].

* ArtificialStupidity: Some anti-aircraft guns can be set to automatically fire at incoming missiles and enemy aircraft and won't stop if you have your own aircraft returning from the same direction to land.

* BoringButPractical: In a game with homing lasers, plasma cannons and railguns, a deck full of plain ol' mid-sized artillery manages to strike a happy medium between range, raw damage, ammo capacity and firing rate. Of course, when you consider that a properly-equipped battleship can explode most other ships in a single broadside, [[AwesomeYetPractical the "boring" part sort of falls by the wayside.]]

* SwanShips: ''Commander'' has metallic laser-firing swans in Area G. The Rubber Duck battleship hull also counts.

** You may also recognize [[VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles Welkin Gunther's]] (DaveWittenberg) voice in English releases - "MINOR DAMAGE!"

** In Japan, we get the late [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Degwin Zabi]], [[EijiTakemoto Miles]] [[VisualNovel/AceAttorney Edgeworth]] and [[VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} KOS-MOS]] voicing some of the cast members.

The Naval Ops series is a trilogy of games released for the PlayStation2 by {{Creator/Koei}} that focus primarily on ship to ship Naval Warfare. ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=3358511 Naval Ops: Warship Gunner]]'', the first game, is a vehicle simulation game released in 2003 for the PlayStation 2. The Second game, ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Ops:_Commander Naval Ops: Commander]]'', shifts the perspective slightly to fleet-based combat. The third game, ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Ops:_Warship_Gunner_2 Naval Ops: Warship Gunner 2]]'', returns to the single-ship style combat of the original.

The games are one-player simulations of naval combat, in which the player commands an individual ship, and, in Commander, a small fleet. The heart of Naval Ops is ship customization. Your ship's abilities limited to the type of ship you initially purchase, but your options can quickly expand as you acquire more money and assets.

In Japan, the series is known as ''Kurogane no Houkou'' and includes PC-exclusive titles that offer a somewhat more-sophisticated gameplay and downloadable contents. These titles were never released outside Japan, however.

* AlternateHistoryWank: Wilkia was founded by Nordic settlers after crossing America and estabilish themselves in the Orient and manage to wage the war against the world, the Freedom Forces thanks to the discovery of superweapon engines.
* AnachronismStew: Not history wise, considering the fictional setting of the games, but technology wise; Due to the way that the game's technology R & D system works, where equipment may be advanced separately, one can end up with a mishmash of technology levels, such as WWII-era aircraft carriers launching fifth-generation jet fighters, or P-51s facing off against Tomcats, and vise versa.
** Surely in Warship Gunner 2 you can have all the laser cannons and navalized F-22 you want on your ship(s), but outside of the action phase the rest of the game is still very much the '30s.

* BattleshipRaid: Many of the bosses are so huge that they have to be killed one part at a time. And, in some cases, they take up a significant portion of the level.
** Can be inverted by the player who with a certain branch of wave motion guns can destroy entire levels, bosses and all with no more effort then it takes to push a button (literally).

* [[BenevolentArchitecture Benevolent Warfare]]: It's fortunate that, when you're playing as a naval officer, every faction in the series believes that overwhelming naval superiority is the key to winning conflicts. Of course, this was TruthInTelevision for much of recent history and probably still is.

* BlackBox: The superweapons in-game, at least in Warship Gunner 2.

* BossRush: One of the unlockables in ''Warship Gunner 2.''
* BottomlessMagazines: Averted somewhat, it's just that ships tend to have lots and lots of ammunition readily available. Acquiring the Ammo Assembler in ''Warship Gunner 2'' makes the trope true.

* CarrierBattleship: A hull type called the battlecarrier is essentially a hybrid between a battleship and an aircraft carrier. The Japanese actually built two of them in real life.
* ChainsawGood: There is a type of ship hull that can be unlocked called the Drillship Hull which, in addition to a colossal {{Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann}} style drill bit mounted on the prow, ''has giant, colossal saw blades'' sticking out of the sides.

* CrateExpectations
* CriticalEncumbranceFailure
* DamnYouMuscleMemory: The controls for Warship Gunner and Warship Gunner 2 are very different. Shooting, switching weapons and zooming in on your target are the most frustrating changes.

* DiscOneNuke: On a smallish scale, you can research and build advanced destroyers fairly early on in the first two games and then chop them up for parts that can't be obtained normally until much later. Like anti-sub missiles for you battleship that can't use depth charges.
** Naval Ops: Commander allowed you to get the Enigmatech Sturla, Good Luck Charm, and Railgun Astal very early on, provided that you didn't mind killing 999 submarines and doing mission B-10 killing the Dreadnaught over and over again. The Enigmatech Sturla gave a good boost to health, speed, rudder ability, and control, the Good Luck Charm granted you full protection from fire and water damage, and the Railgun Astal was the most powerful armament that could be picked up early on asides from chain guns.
*** A more traditional example is the reward for sinking 100 transports, a duel-hulled cruiser. In the first and third game the mission right before the first boss has you sink as many transports as you can...

** Though may be explained by the extremely frequent EscortMission in case of ''Commander''.

* TheEmpire: The, well, Empire. Also, Virishna from the second game and Wilkia from the third.

* {{The Federation}}: The Freedom Forces from the first and third game, and Nivisha from the second.

* GatlingGood: Gatling miniguns are available.
** along with the 8 and 16 inch Gatling guns for use on the larger ship hulls

* GottaCatchThemAll: Well over a thousand parts and blueprints and other things to pick up per game.

* HeyItsThatVoice: In Japan, we get the late [[DaisukeGori Degwin Zabi]], [[EijiTakemoto Miles Edgeworth]] and [[MarikoSuzuki KOS-MOS]] voicing some of the cast members.
** You may also recognize [[VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles Welkin Gunther's]] (Dave Wittenberg) voice in English releases - "MINOR DAMAGE!"
* HotScientist: Braun
* HotSubOnSubAction
* InstantWinCondition: Even if you have one HP left on a flaming ship that's taking on water with no engines or rudder, you'll win as long as you destroyed your target and hit the "Withdraw" button. Averted in the first game where you have to actually make it to the map edge to end the mission.

* JustifiedTutorial: The first few stages of ''Warship Gunner 2'' are a flashback to the player character's basic training. Which he has after running for his life from maneuvers that turned deadly. Braun later runs him through commanding a submarine.

* MedKit: For warships no less.
* MediumAwareness: In the special missions of Naval Ops 2: Warship Gunner.

** It's considerably slower in Warship Gunner 1 - generally meaning the best AA weapon is to just use machine guns and CWIS over SAMs.

* PointDefenseless: Averted. You can shoot down enemy missiles and torpedoes, but they can shoot down yours. That said, even the best AA suite can be overwhelmed by enough aircraft and missiles/torpedoes.

* ShortRangeLongRangeWeapon: Even the biggest guns have ranges under 10 kilometres, which is far shorter than the 20 miles (or 32 kilometres) that a 16 inch (40.6cm) gun can have in real life. Missiles tend to be similarly short ranged. Wave guns go to maybe 20 kilometres, but regular lasers have terrible range.

* SillinessSwitch: The Special missions of Warship Gunner 2 and the Area G missions in Commander.

** Not true actually (at least in Warship Gunner 2). Because they fire a wall of damaging flame, they can form an effective anti-missile screen. Also, the damage isn't reduced by shielding. It's just that, in order to make good use of them, you need a large ship that's covered with them. More of a case of [[AwesomeButImpractical awesome but impractical.]]
** Also given a buff, seeing as how fires can [[MadeOfExplodium set off ammunition storage]] in Warship Gunner 2. That doesn't sound like much - BUT IT IS.

In Japan, the series is known as ''Kurogane no Houkou'' and includes PC-exclusive titles that offer a somewhat more-sophisticated gameplay and downloadable contents. These titles were never released outside the Japan, however.

In Japan, the series is known as ''Kurogane no Houkou'' and includes PC-exclusive titles that offer a somewhat more-sophisticated gameplay and downloadable contents. These titles were never released outside the US, however.

* NoExportForYou: PC titles in the series, with somewhat more-sophisticated action and ship-building interfaces.

In Japan, the series is known as Kurogane no Houkou and includes PC-exclusive titles that offer a somewhat more-sophisticated gameplay and downloadable contents. These titles were never released outside the US, however.

* AnachronismStew: Not history wise, considering the fictional setting of the games, but technology wise; Due to the way that the game's technology R & D system works, where equipment may be advanced separately, one can end up with a mishmash of technology levels, such as WWII-era aircraft carriers launching fifth-generation jet fighters, or P-51s facing off against Tomcats, and vise versa.

* MyCountryRightOrWrong: In ''Warship Gunner 2'', Amagi on all paths, Tsukuba when you have another XO. Japan has been annexed by the Empire, so they have to fight you.

* NuclearWeaponsTaboo: They're referred as "High-Explosive Missiles".