It's kind of a crutch any time one explains or reviews a mobile game and says "it's kind of like x but with y instead." Yet there are cases where those kinds of comparisons are more than appropriate, and World of Warships Blitz [Free] is one of those. Wargaming already gave us a good idea of what to expect with World of Tanks Blitz [Free], and if you substitute water for land and boats for tanks, you get the idea pretty quickly. Let's say, for the sake of argument, you've never played World of Tanks Blitz or any of Wargaming's free-to-play multiplayer military battlers. If this is your entry point, that might be a good thing, as life on the sea is all you'll know.
World of Warships Blitz gives you a pretty nice tutorial as far as how to steer your ship, put the engines in forward and reverse and fire off broadsides toward your enemies. It's definitely a little trickier than operating a vehicle on dry land -- and maybe one of the rare examples of the developer's fondness for realism works against one of its games -- but the tap controls for the throttle and helm are easy to figure out, and it doesn't take long to develop a comfort level for using one finger on your right hand to look around or fire weapons while your left hand mans the wheel.
Any jitters you have about being a first-time captain are made easier by the presence of Co-op Battles, where you can team with other players to take on a fleet of AI-controlled warships. Since most Wargaming titles throw yo...