Pirates

Zardon · Dec 15, 2004, 03:07 PM

Anyone played the new remake of pirates yet? is it any good?

mkk · Dec 15, 2004, 03:25 PM

I'd say that it is altogether a pretty good game. Although they haven't taken the concept that very much further than with the original, the core of the game is still built around a very entertaining concept. It's also a game that one can jump into for just an hour and have fun with right away, regardless of how far one has come with the current character. The feel that a pirates career is very much limited in time is certainly there especially on the higher difficulty levels, where even the best pirate may have to retire sooner than he'd like.

The lack of any substantial depth or little things like how one cannot customize the look of the main character tends to make it a little short lived perhaps. But then again it is pretty much a console-style game anyway. And one can certainly start over with a new career as a pirate in different time eras in the carribbean just like in the original. Except for the glitch with flickering intro video when AA is enabled the game seems quite free of bugs and is fairly well polished.

And then there is also the dancing.

Zardon · Dec 15, 2004, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by mkk

And then there is also the dancing.

YAYitsAndrew · Dec 15, 2004, 04:04 PM

My roommate has played it and said it is pretty decent. Never played the original though so no comparisons here.

I myself have nothing to contribute to this topic other than..

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

pr0digal jenius · Dec 15, 2004, 04:16 PM

all pirate related thigns need dancing and rum and women to steal

I personally want to look into thsi game as well....is there a demo?

mkk · Dec 15, 2004, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Zardon

Just wait. Soon you'll be dying to get the Puffy Shirt, Ostritch Feather Hat and Dancing Slippers bonus items.

Sadly though, there is no Rum or Grog in the game. Rumor has it that they had to take that out to get the Teen rating.

No demo in sight, yet anyway.

Zardon · Dec 15, 2004, 04:32 PM

I want a nice strategy game to sink my teeth into over the coming month. the new lord of the rings battle for middleearth looks good (and sounds amazing).

I read the review for pirates on gamespot - 5-10 hours play, then you can replay again. Not sure this game is for me, I replay nothing once its beaten.

Falstaff · Dec 15, 2004, 04:34 PM

its easy in god mode...LOL

YAYitsAndrew · Dec 15, 2004, 04:41 PM

lol zardon check out battalion at www.urbansquall.com it is a turn-based online strategy game like advance wars for the gba. It's in beta now but if you started playing I bet you could move like half the driverheaven regs there for some sort of driverheaven takeover.

I wrote a tutorial in their forums if you are unfamiliar with the advance wars style play.

CDsDontBurn · Dec 15, 2004, 04:46 PM

Civilization III if you want a good strategy game

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mkk · Dec 15, 2004, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Zardon

I want a nice strategy game to sink my teeth into over the coming month. the new lord of the rings battle for middleearth looks good (and sounds amazing).

Yeah if it's something that Pirates could do with a bit more of it's strategy or some real story, so it's not what you're looking for. The LotR RTS certainly seem to have looks but I haven't seen much of how the gameplay really is and worry that it might be rather popularised/action oriented for being strategy. But I'll certainly try it eventually. Have been trying out Axis & Allies a little, but it seems fairly weak and really nothing like the board game that it borrows its name from either. Maybe I'm just a little bit bored of WW2 games as well, so with a bit of luck Battle For MiddleEarth might be something after all.

Zardon · Dec 15, 2004, 06:41 PM

Warhammer 40k was wonderful, too short though, looking forward to some sort of expansion pack for that one.

CDsDontBurn · Dec 15, 2004, 07:34 PM

StarCraft: Brood War!

Senor_Mota · Dec 15, 2004, 07:36 PM

That Pirates! game looked a little creepy to me...the whole "dancing" segment of the game reminds me of Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball for the XBOX all over again.

Warpy · Dec 15, 2004, 07:41 PM

I'd stick with "The Secret of Monkey island"

Ubergrendle · Dec 15, 2004, 08:56 PM

Desperately interested in whether the new Pirates is any good.

I cut my teeth on the original Pirates... no, not Pirates: Gold, ~Pirates~ on an EGA 16 colour monitor.

I got so good I'd take on Portugese Man-o-War with a Barque, and defeat the captain in 3-4 blows before my crew died in the fighting.

If the new game is anywhere close to the same level of fun, I might be willing to buy it...if only for the nostalgia factor.

PS Anyone hear of the rumours of a new 3d Civilisation 4 in development? I don't think I can handle anything w/o 2d tiles...

mkk · Dec 15, 2004, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Ubergrendle

I got so good I'd take on Portugese Man-o-War with a Barque, and defeat the captain in 3-4 blows before my crew died in the fighting.

If the new game is anywhere close to the same level of fun, I might be willing to buy it...if only for the nostalgia factor.

It has everything I remember from the original (C64) and pretty much every aspect is improved. Though whether the addition of dancing is an improvement or not is often debated.

You'll get plenty more shiptypes and more variation in the swordfights. A top-ten list of famous pirates in the carribbean to fight over, and if you steal a pirates dug down treasure they may take the fight to you. I'm sure you'll like it.

~~Vasot~~ · Dec 18, 2004, 02:52 PM

SID MEIER PIRATES

Well it's good and very simple but it's very repeative
After a while you just do the same and the same things all the time

I have finished the game with the Rank GOVERNOR

but after finishing it i am rather bored playing with it again...

SkyBum · Dec 19, 2004, 03:20 AM

I liked it quite a bit but agreed, it does tend to get a bit repetitive after awhile. The novelty wears off very quickly, but it is quite addictive for the first few days. I'm definitely going to return it while I still can....just a taste was all I really needed on this one.

Callous · Dec 21, 2004, 10:21 AM

The original was more fun. You could attack any town/city you wished by land or by sea. You were made offers to release pirates you captured and it was hilarious to capture and keep whole families while waiting for the right ransom offer.

This new one just has updated graphics, new style of fighting for a town/city, dancing, fencing, and different ammo for ships.

I would go as far as saying the original is much better. This new one seems a clone copy of the original minus things I liked, and added things I care little about.

I firmly believe if anyone other than Sid Meir created this game, and there was no original Pirates to speak of, this game would have gotten a much lower score than was generally given in reviews.

Dec 15, 2004, 03:07 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Pirates Anyone played the new remake of pirates yet? is it any good?

Dec 15, 2004, 04:04 PM	#4
YAYitsAndrew Anti-Piracy Poster Boy Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 2,605 Rep Power: 79 System Specs	My roommate has played it and said it is pretty decent. Never played the original though so no comparisons here. I myself have nothing to contribute to this topic other than.. ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR __________________ "It is because the resistance to paying for copyrighted material, although often characterized as arising from a supposed technical burden or principled concern for the public interest, arises rather from exactly the same segment of the brain that is dominant in shoplifters." - Mark Helprin, Digital Barbarism In other words, it's never okay to steal even if you think you have a good reason! www.yayitsandrew.com

Dec 15, 2004, 04:34 PM	#8
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,048 Rep Power: 207	its easy in god mode...LOL __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."

Dec 15, 2004, 04:41 PM	#9
YAYitsAndrew Anti-Piracy Poster Boy Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 2,605 Rep Power: 79 System Specs	lol zardon check out battalion at www.urbansquall.com it is a turn-based online strategy game like advance wars for the gba. It's in beta now but if you started playing I bet you could move like half the driverheaven regs there for some sort of driverheaven takeover. I wrote a tutorial in their forums if you are unfamiliar with the advance wars style play. __________________ "It is because the resistance to paying for copyrighted material, although often characterized as arising from a supposed technical burden or principled concern for the public interest, arises rather from exactly the same segment of the brain that is dominant in shoplifters." - Mark Helprin, Digital Barbarism In other words, it's never okay to steal even if you think you have a good reason! www.yayitsandrew.com

Dec 15, 2004, 04:46 PM	#10
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,779 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	Civilization III if you want a good strategy game . __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Dec 15, 2004, 03:25 PM	#2
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,489 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	I'd say that it is altogether a pretty good game. Although they haven't taken the concept that very much further than with the original, the core of the game is still built around a very entertaining concept. It's also a game that one can jump into for just an hour and have fun with right away, regardless of how far one has come with the current character. The feel that a pirates career is very much limited in time is certainly there especially on the higher difficulty levels, where even the best pirate may have to retire sooner than he'd like. The lack of any substantial depth or little things like how one cannot customize the look of the main character tends to make it a little short lived perhaps. But then again it is pretty much a console-style game anyway. And one can certainly start over with a new career as a pirate in different time eras in the carribbean just like in the original. Except for the glitch with flickering intro video when AA is enabled the game seems quite free of bugs and is fairly well polished. And then there is also the dancing.

Dec 15, 2004, 04:16 PM	#5
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	all pirate related thigns need dancing and rum and women to steal I personally want to look into thsi game as well....is there a demo?

Dec 15, 2004, 04:32 PM	Thread Starter #7
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	I want a nice strategy game to sink my teeth into over the coming month. the new lord of the rings battle for middleearth looks good (and sounds amazing). I read the review for pirates on gamespot - 5-10 hours play, then you can replay again. Not sure this game is for me, I replay nothing once its beaten.

Dec 15, 2004, 06:41 PM	Thread Starter #12
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Warhammer 40k was wonderful, too short though, looking forward to some sort of expansion pack for that one.

Dec 15, 2004, 07:34 PM	#13
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,779 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	StarCraft: Brood War! __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Dec 15, 2004, 07:36 PM	#14
Senor_Mota 悪魔の方法 Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Ee-duh-ow Posts: 2,384 Rep Power: 99 System Specs	That *Pirates!* game looked a little creepy to me...the whole "dancing" segment of the game reminds me of *Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball* for the XBOX all over again. __________________

Dec 15, 2004, 07:41 PM	#15
Warpy DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: USA Posts: 2,761 Rep Power: 0	I'd stick with "The Secret of Monkey island" __________________ The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

Dec 15, 2004, 08:56 PM	#16
Ubergrendle Semper ubi sub ubi Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 702 Rep Power: 51	barque & rapier! Desperately interested in whether the new Pirates is any good. I cut my teeth on the original Pirates... no, not Pirates: Gold, ~Pirates~ on an EGA 16 colour monitor. I got so good I'd take on Portugese Man-o-War with a Barque, and defeat the captain in 3-4 blows before my crew died in the fighting. If the new game is anywhere close to the same level of fun, I might be willing to buy it...if only for the nostalgia factor. PS Anyone hear of the rumours of a new 3d Civilisation 4 in development? I don't think I can handle anything w/o 2d tiles... __________________ Veteran of the PC Microchannel / EISA wars of the late 1980s.

Dec 18, 2004, 02:52 PM	#18
~~Vasot~~ Banned Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: GREECE Posts: 369 Rep Power: 0	SID MEIER PIRATES Well it's good and very simple but it's very repeative After a while you just do the same and the same things all the time I have finished the game with the Rank GOVERNOR but after finishing it i am rather bored playing with it again...

Dec 19, 2004, 03:20 AM	#19
SkyBum HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Look up! Posts: 234 Rep Power: 0	I liked it quite a bit but agreed, it does tend to get a bit repetitive after awhile. The novelty wears off very quickly, but it is quite addictive for the first few days. I'm definitely going to return it while I still can....just a taste was all I really needed on this one. __________________

Dec 21, 2004, 10:21 AM	#20
Callous DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 20 Rep Power: 0	The original was more fun. You could attack any town/city you wished by land or by sea. You were made offers to release pirates you captured and it was hilarious to capture and keep whole families while waiting for the right ransom offer. This new one just has updated graphics, new style of fighting for a town/city, dancing, fencing, and different ammo for ships. I would go as far as saying the original is much better. This new one seems a clone copy of the original minus things I liked, and added things I care little about. I firmly believe if anyone other than Sid Meir created this game, and there was no original Pirates to speak of, this game would have gotten a much lower score than was generally given in reviews.