Three words may be used to describe this game. Short, brainless & just plain awful! Well OK, 5 words!
Short, brainless & just plain awful! Well OK, 5 words!
I honestly wasn’t expecting much, it seems no one can make a truly complete, polished and open-ended first person Pirate game. If it’s not bad graphics, it’s lack of depth. If the navigable area isn’t full of nonexistent locations, it’s limited to just a few places to trade. If the economic model isn’t screwed up it missing altogether. If the character isn’t limited to just a few RPG choices, it has no individuality or personality at all. If the interface isn’t ported over from a console and the icons aren’t HUGE the menus are poorly designed. THERE’S ALWAYS AT LEAST ONE THING WRONG with pirate RPG games... BUT OH BROTHER, this game seems to have taken the cake!
What did the developers say to themselves? Chief Of design: - “OK people. Here’s what we’re going to do. We are going to take a look at everything Pirate fans hate in their Pirate games and put it all in a bag for them!”
Short storyline.. Wait! Did I say there was a storyline?
Outdated graphics.
Simplistic Naval battles. A ridiculous purchasing system that places limits on an already limited purchasing system.
NO TRADE.
NO REAL LOCATIONS or possibility of getting there.
NONEXISTENT land battles.
No weapon variety. No good weapons at all.
No Ship upgrades.
STUPID NPC AI.
NPC partners that NEVER DIE no matter how bad you play.
An absolutely VERTICAL game without the slightest chance to stray even a little bit from the STUPID HORRID REMARKABLY CHILDISH storyline!
Ascaron, SHAME ON YOU! Don’t DO THIS to us! Your other games are truly remarkable.. But this? THIS IS A PIECE OF S#!T!
I was actually able to get my money back on this purchase. I just claimed I had a MAC and didn’t know better... Hey if they can get away with slapping a price tag on this hunk of junk, I can get away with claiming MAC folks are stupid! :)