Publisher Samustai has officially announced that its hit naval warfare strategy game, Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts, is setting sail for Xbox consoles with enhancements and overhauled gameplay.
Naval combat enthusiasts on console will soon be able to design their own historic warships and command large-scale fleet engagements at sea. The upcoming console release introduces a range of technical upgrades, control redesigns, and comprehensive gameplay enhancements tailored specifically for console platforms.
Key Technical Upgrades and Console Adaptations
To deliver an optimal experience on current-gen consoles, Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts has been tailored with several major technical improvements:
-
Redesigned Water System: A brand-new water rendering engine built and optimized for consoles provides enhanced visuals, including realistic ocean foam and wave physics that bring naval battles to life.
-
Full Gamepad Support: The user interface and controls have been rebuilt from the ground up to support intuitive fleet management and ship design via controller.
-
Performance Enhancements: Optimized loading times and overall performance improvements ensure smooth action during large-scale fleet surface engagements.
-
Stability & Polish: General stability enhancements and bug fixes ensure a polished experience for console players.
Enhanced Gameplay Powered by DIP Classic Mod
In addition to technical performance enhancements, the console edition introduces deeper gameplay mechanics integrated directly into the core experience. Developed with assistance from Brother Munro’s team, the console release incorporates the DIP Classic 1.3.3 mod overhaul, featuring:
-
Rebalanced Combat Mechanics: Fine-tuned naval combat, artillery physics, armour penetration calculations, torpedoes, fire damage, and flooding.
-
Expanded Ship Customization: A more demanding ship designer with updated superstructures, turrets, funnels, and barbettes. Strategic trade-offs between displacement, armour thickness, top speed, and armament balance are now more critical.
-
Reworked Campaign & Strategic AI: Updated national economies, campaign conditions, blockades, naval invasions, AI shipbuilding priorities, and Naval Academy scenarios.
For players seeking the original experience, the DIP Classic overhaul can be toggled off at any time to play the vanilla version of the game.
Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts will be launching soon on PlayStation 5 and Xbox.