Will fail to meet even the lowest expectations

User Rating: 1 | Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships PC
This is a terrible game. And I mean terrible. Part of me hates the developers who brought it to us and the rest of me just feels bad for them. To have this in their history is to assure unemployment.

The idea is great. But the execution is so terrible that you'll soon forget that. From a laughably awkward sword fighting system to a slow and unyielding game progression this title is enough to make any gamer feel so sick with disgust that they'll turn to business just to get away from anything related to this.

First, the missions are very vague, if you accidentally skip past some dialogue then there is a pretty good chance you'll get completely lost. Half the time you'll have no idea what you'll be doing. I'd be surprised to find that anybody made it through the "tutorial" area without a walkthrough.

Second, the swordfight is horrendous. The movement while doing so is even worse. There is no strafe just lunging wildly to your sides and stepping backwards has been replaced with similar jumping. You can move forward but at that point you run, meaning you can't attack. As for the actual combat, I don't think I've figured it out. ProTip: Left click as much as you can the second you hit a guy while he's not blocking and then hide in a corner and block until your energy is back up.

Third, the story gives you a frigate right off the bat. Which your character can't use. But it's a frigate, it must be worth something, right? No, it's not. It's worth 5,000 to sell. Want to buy it back? 250000...

This game is a joke.