Spain tried to restore by force its influence on its former colonies, Chile and Peru. This strong Spanish squadron occupied the Chincha Islands, very important to the economy of Peru. Peru received support from neighboring Chile, Ecuador and Bolivia. After several battles, the heavily damaged Spanish squadron was forced to withdraw to the Philippines for repairs. In 1866, Peru strengthened its fleet and sent ships to the Philippines in order to inflict retaliation on Spain. The Spaniards decided to use a weakening of the allies to send a new fleet to South America. The opposing forces gathered strength for the decisive battle of the Chincha Islands.
The first time I saw this game, it was on a massive sale. I am someone who enjoys the naval part of games and figured what's $2?
The first thing to take note of is the extremely low graphics. It is an Indie low budget game, so that does not actually take away from any quality of the game. It could have been a redeeming factor when everything else fell...
The entire series is mediocre games made of copy-pasted assets from each other to sell it multiple times.
Ironclads: Chincha Islands War 1866 is a historical naval strategy game that explores a fascinating but rarely represented chapter of nineteenth-century maritime warfare. Developed by Totem Games and published by Strategy First, it places players in a conflict involving Spain and several South American nations during a period of political tension and...
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Slightly shifting the roster of ships does little to add any energy into this slow as molasses navel combat simulation.
Tags: Tactical - Squad & Military
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TLDR: All these wooden ship combat games from this developper require to be mostly played spamming fast forward. The pacing still suffers when one does that, and of course micromanagement hell ensues.
Review: This game be so slow that even on fast forward I...
