The ships look convincing enough to encourage historically informed handling, even though the sailors and marines wear the wrong uniforms. That mismatch shows that the visual detail itself is uneven. Attractive hull models also provide no guarantee that command and combat systems behave historically. This moment suggests a useful way to read historical games: assess the ships' appearance, the people represented, and the mechanics as separate kinds of accuracy.
Notable Point · 23:29-23:51
Visual detail is not the same as historical accuracy
Convincing ship models encourage historical expectations, although the sailors' and marines' uniforms and the underlying game behavior do not necessarily match the period.