A commenter hopes players who enter naval history through World of Warships will investigate where the game departs from reality. The reply calls it a good game and compares using it for accurate history to treating a movie as a documentary. Its mechanics sacrifice historical accuracy to produce enjoyable play. The game can spark useful questions, provided its version of ship performance is checked against historical evidence.
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Why World of Warships is not a naval-history simulation
The game sacrifices historical realism to remain playable, so its ship performance should prompt further study rather than serve as evidence about real warships.