the Sea Dogs series has always been a favorite of mine. Kudos to the new arrival.

User Rating: 9.1 | Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales PC
By rjppunk | Review Date:
Age of Pirates did not disappoint me after my recent purchase. I feel I need to write a review after reading most of the ignorant posts in the forums. Yes this is a buggy game, in fact it is a very buggy series. A lot of games are (Call of Cthulhu, Mark Echo's getting up, The Elder Scrolls Series). Especially since this series doesn't have the highest budget.

Now I'm going to give you all a little history lesson. Back in 1993 a Sega game was release Called "Pirates! Gold"; this game is where the concept for Sea Dogs originated. You start as a first mate who takes control of a ship from his former captain and has adventures on the high seas. Various quests, treasures, and other random quirks kept this game interesting. One very impressive thing was the real life Caribbean map (which is used in Age of Pirates).

Sea Dogs was one of my favorite games of all time, you start in a Spanish Prison where you break out and take a ship and sail back to an English colony. once again there are various sub quests and several main quests that will win the game. Later Sea Dogs 2 was released (POTC) and this is where many of you get confused. THIS GAME IS NOT THE ORIGINAL NOR IS AGE OF PIRATES RIPPING IT OFF. If you want to make cheap shots then you could say the whole series is ripping off Pirates! Gold. But no one will because I bet none of you have played that game.

Sea Dogs 3 or Age of Pirates, however introduces some very interesting gameplay such as running a colony (something that wasn't apart of the Sea Dogs), choosing your starting interfaces (You would usually have to start as a preset nation, in Sea Dogs it was England) There is also a main quest that is very similar to both Sea Dogs and Pirates! Gold (I never beat POTC, the game wasn't sold anywhere when I looked for it, though I have played it for about an hour). The graphics are good, the storyline is great as always, and the overall freedom that most rpg's lack is amazing. Look at games like Oblivion or Fable. Games which were supposed to be the most open ended games available. The Sea Dogs series usually has AT LEAST nine different endings and an unlimited number of ways to get there. The only thing I can compare that to is Fallout

Quite frankly I am upset with the number of ignorant complaints this game has (there are some justified critics). Put simply this is an awesome game and hits my top 10 favorites

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