Why is it so difficult to develope a good pirate game?

Neil79

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I'm currently going through a pirate stage , wanting to play a pirate and sail the high seas however so far all that i've played has had it's flaws. The only thing that has come close is the classic amiga game pirates but it's very dated now. I played the cd32 version and the walking back and forth in the town is a little slow and it's too colourful plus the spazzing out ship combat. I then tried the dos version which i remember as being a good game but now i just can't stand the ugly looking sea map. To me it looks worse than the amiga version!. Tortuga is a nice game but you don't really play as a pirate but a pirate hunter and you can only have one ship against many at any one time.

Port royale 2 although to me is amazing it's no pirate game , it's a trading sim with pirates involved. For the last game i thought age of pirates 2 would quench my pirate thurst but apart from the amazing sea battles it's the worst pirate game i've ever played. Pirate ships avoid other ships and only head for you , the graphics in port are terrible , the fighting hand to hand is awful , the controls are naff and the list goes on. I end up playing for about 1hr and just getting fustrated!.

The remake of sid mier's pirates i thought was a huge dissapointment , granted the sea battles were fun but the entire game is like playing a cartoon and constantly having reborn dead enemies is pathetic. How many times do i have to kill that baron just to get that map only for him to have a brand new instant top of the line galleon . I don't even look like a pirate just some bloke straight out of a disney cartoon , don't even get me started on the dancing.

This would be my type of game
a) A ship travel map out of port royale
b) When you visit a town you get a view point like sid meiers pirates(amiga)
c) Sea combat out of age of pirates
d) Treasure hunting ( sid meiers pirates(amiga) )
e) Oh and blood , proper hand to hand fighting

You never really feel feared in any of the pirates games , anyway that's my rant i'm sure i could go on and on :D
 
Tombstone said:
What it needs is for Rockstar to make an 18 rated Pirate game using the GTA engine. That would be pretty cool :)
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:D

Here's a game i think i need to try and it's an old one though , just googled for best pirate game :o


http://www.mobygames.com/game/cutthroats-terror-on-the-high-seas

You are a 17th Century pirate in the Caribbean. You can do all kinds of pirate things: rape, pillage, capture ships, receive letters of marque, burn towns, kill civilians, loot houses, recruit other pirates, look for buried treasure, sell stuff you capture for pieces of eight, etc. :)
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Summary

Worst pirate game ever.

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What about the Sea Dogs series? The recent one Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships isn't too bad, thought I still think Pirates of the Caribbean was the best one so far.
 
Pirates Gold was amazing years and years ago, now if only someone made that into a modern 3D engine and expanded it a little, then it would be pure win.

Pirates of the Caribbean was probably the last best Pirate game I played. I also found myself in your position a while back and couldn't find anything to suit my taste.

Sucks really.
 
I think a game taking ship combat etc from the new total wars would be good but expanded on and tinkered to a slightly new style.

Please don't insta flame I know the ship combat isn't perfect but it would be a good base for a pirate game to be built around.
 
As a tip: The upcoming 'Captain Blood' game from Sea Wolf scheduled for the 3rd quarter of this year might be something for you.
 
decmatt said:
What about the Sea Dogs series? The recent one Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships isn't too bad, thought I still think Pirates of the Caribbean was the best one so far.
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Blasphemy - the original sea dogs was far better. Sea dogs 2 was shaping up to be an immense game before the rights were bought and the much reduced and dumbed down POTC game was released instead.
 
decmatt said:
What about the Sea Dogs series? The recent one Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships isn't too bad, thought I still think Pirates of the Caribbean was the best one so far.
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+1 Pirates of the Caribbean (POTC)

Firstly, ignore the name. This is for all intents and purposes Sea Dogs 2. Unfortunately Disney got their hands on it at the last minute and made some minor changes.

There is a huge mod named rather unimaginitively 'the Build mod'. This mod has been in production for years and has made the game, in my opinion, the greatest pirate game available. Any Disney-ified features can be disabled through the mods options menu!!! Seriously, this is one of the greatest mods ever made.

http://forum.piratesahoy.net/index.php?showforum=37

Of course, you'll need to get a copy of POTC to play it but you won't find a more piratey package than this.
 
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