I'm adding slowly to this guys whenever I get the time. Sorry if it sounds like an advert. I'll reword it when I get the chance
This article really needs to discuss more about the gameplay. Is the game played in real-time or is it turn-based? Do you only control one ship or do you control multiple vessels? Does it simulate military strategy or tactics? How abstracted is the combat? SharkD 03:18, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
It really needs more about the gameplay, ideally with screenshots. I briefly played the game several years ago, and I remember what it was like (there are some shots here, for example), but a casual reader would be baffled. For example, when you control a submarine, can you look through the periscope? Do you move the boat around with the mouse and WASD? If you are in charge of an aircraft carrier, can you fly the planes? The answers are no, no, and no - everything is shown on a top-down line-drawing map, and you play a "guiding spirit" - but the article does not make this clear. - Ashley Pomeroy 21:01, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
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BetacommandBot ( talk) 23:34, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
Why is there no article on the paper and dice sim, published by GDW?! ~Will~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.29.246.66 ( talk) 23:45, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
Will, I added reference to the paper version of Harpoon and linked it to Clash of Arms.
Kip —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kip Allen ( talk • contribs) 16:59, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
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I noticed there seems to be nothing about Harpoon 4. I am not very familiar with the series so I do not know if this was folded in to the game being published now. Regardless I think it deserves some mention in relation to its development and to the series. Cpuwhiz11 ( talk) 07:04, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
For some reason, the phrase "despite the overwhelming numerical and graphical superiority of first-person shooter and real-time strategy games" really bothers me. Is this statement criticizing the game's graphics? Its gameplay? Is there a source for the statement? I had the game back when 360 was still around, never mastered it, but it definitely wasn't a first person shooter. It wasn't exactly real time strategy either, but it was a strategy game with a continuous clock. The quoted statement sounds like a Quake/WOW fanboy wrote it who's never heard of the game and only knows about what's been around the last ten years. 184.98.123.96 ( talk) 14:35, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
This statement does NOT criticize the Harpoon game's graphics, it points out that the graphics are at a simple level compared to other games - in particular those games that are first-person shooter games or real-time strategy games. Harpoon is not at the user's experience level a turn based game, nor is it real time strategy. It is a possibility that the game is at the coding (programming) level a turn based game, but that is not obvious to the user/player. - The statement still applies at the most recently released version. Wfoj3 ( talk) 20:34, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
The article states that there is a version of Harpoon provided exclusively to military customers. The military of which nation(s)? Are/were they involved in some way in the game's development? How is/was the game used in the military? How does "Harpoon 3 Pro" differ (if it does at all) from "Harpoon 3 Professional" or "H3 Milsim" mentioned elsewhere in the article and presumably available to civilians? Is there a source that could provide answers to those questions? Chuntuk ( talk) 14:39, 16 June 2016 (UTC)