Maybe we can get by with a 2D game for 17th Century naval wargaming

I am starting to come around to the view that we could still have an acceptable simulation with a 2D game, rather than a "full-movement, 3D simulation". If we could be satisfied with a 2D game, we could have one much more quickly than we could have a new 3D game (to replace Privateers Bounty). I would be curious to know what readers might think of such a thing. For example, we could "beef up" something like General-at-Sea, and make an interesting 2D game. For map movement, we might want to group ships, but for combat, since we are computerized, we could have individual ships represented.