Digget du Ship Simulator 2006 og har ventet lenge på spill nummer to skulle dukke opp. Nå har du muligheten til å teste spillet før du løpet ned til din nærmeste spillbutikk og slår kloa i en versjon. For via linken nedenfor kan du laste ned en demo av spillet:
Ship Simulator 2008 - demo klar!
Her er noen av de forbedringene du finner i dette spillet i forhold til forgjengeren:
Dynamic ocean waves, with realistic ship motions
* Long distance travels , open ocean voyages between ports
Visible damage system
* 30 new complex and challenging missions
* Extensive day, night, and weather systems
* 6 new ships, an oil rig, and 3 new environments
* Walkthrough functionality and interactive bridge controls on all ships
* Controllable container crane
* Multiplayer feature to be added this September
* Advanced vector graphic sea chart with full-screen display option, transparency setting, and high level-of-detail on text and depth readings
* Advanced damage system showing holes in the ships after severe collisions
* Free-roam mode where players can choose a ship, an environment, and set all weather, day, and time parameters which replaces the need for a mission editor for 99.9% of users
* Realistic bow splash water, with support from an advanced physics simulation model
* Extensive mapping options for keys and joystick buttons
* Advanced rope system which allows you to connect and disconnect player ships to other ships or mooring boulders at will (anchoring is now also possible)
* Addition of icebergs which cause damage when you collide with them
* A system for sinking player ships when damaged below the water line (feature will be added this September).