Kantai Collection

Kantai Collection

Released2013
Kantai Collection is a Japanese free-to-play web browser game. The gameplay is centered upon building squadrons composed of individual characters represented as cards with different attributes, and then sending said squadrons out on missions. Each of the characters are moe anthropomorphisms of World War II naval warships which are depicted as cute girls, known as "Fleet girls". These personified warships are based on real-life vessels which are explained in detail within the game; the physical characteristics, appearances and personalities of each of the girls correlate in some way to the real-life vessel (for example, ships with a larger displacement tonnage are usually depicted as older girls with more mature bodies, while smaller ships have petite and underdeveloped figures, with a few exceptions). The player takes on the role of an admiral and organizes their fleets in battle in order to win. Combat is largely automated, and manual actions by the player include micromanagement such as building and repairing.
72Wit Score

Details

DeveloperKadokawa Games
PublisherDMM.com
ReleasedApril 23, 2013
StatusReleased
GenresSimulatorTurn-based strategy (TBS)Card & Board Game
ThemesHistoricalWarfare
PlatformsWEB Web browser
ModesSingle player

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Worth Playing72/100

About This Game

The shipgirls carry within them the souls of naval vessels from history—and they are the only ones who can fight the Deep-Sea Dwellers, a fleet of hostile vessels born from the ocean floor. Overwhelmed and losing ground, the fleet assigns destroyer Shigure to a new unit: the First Ranger Unit's Third Division, a mismatched group built around the aging battleships Yamashiro and Fusou, the aircraft cruiser Mogami, and four destroyers. Their mission is a decoy operation designed to cover the main force—a last stand by ships with little left to lose.