Is Artemis still where its at or should I also be paying attention to any of the other bridge sims?
I have been with Artemis since the beginning, but recently noticed some Artemis inspired alternatives popping up.
Are any of these at a point where they are competitive with Artemis?
We normally all get together at my place and I run the stations on an aging accumulation of laptops and a HTPC hooked up to a projector.
Better missions I think would be the main thing. Better graphics would be nice, but I love that I can run Artemis stations on the old laptops I have laying around. I don't know if there are better stations, I think that would depend a lot on how missions utilize the stations. Maybe a better tablet app would be nice for the captain.
The main things I like about Artemis is that it runs without any fuss on very minimal hardware. Any reliability issues would pretty much rule out a potential alternative.
Sorry if there is already a great thread covering this, but I didn't turn one up (though my google-fu is not the best)
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If Artemis is what you are used to and what you like, by all means, keep playing it. I would check out the other games too though. They are all a little different and have cool features of their own.
Most of the current BridgeSims support mods. If there's a type of mission you are looking for, suggest it to the community. And if you are so inclined, make one yourself. As the genre matures I'm sure better graphics, more missions and more games will come out.
@kwadroke I mainly ask because I don't think my crew would put up with me dragging them through several different simulators on any given evening, especially if there is any amount of frustrating technical glitches.