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Pirates of the Burning Sea Comments by Oli Welsh

11 April, 2008

Avast improvement?

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Whizzo
11/04/08 @ 15:43
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The sword fighting and on shore action is so hateful it's why I jacked it in, too many of my missions ended up being land based and playing something that awful put me off the game completely.

Which is a shame as the sea combat was a lot of fun and there was a fair amount of tactics to it, perhaps they'd have been better off making a non-MMO title with that combat instead?
ZuluHero
11/04/08 @ 16:27
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i enjoyed the month i played it, the sameyness of it did start grate a little towards the end though...
TheRealBadabing
11/04/08 @ 16:29
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@Whizzo: "perhaps they'd have been better off making a non-MMO title with that combat instead? "

Someone already did, it's called Starfleet Command 1 and 2 (3 was rubbish).
Gartt
11/04/08 @ 18:02
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I lol'd at the "avast improvement" subtitle, i was in the beta and was left unimpressed.
PotajiTo
11/04/08 @ 18:03
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Totally agree with the score. Played the beta and hate every moment i was fighting on land.
konnsky
11/04/08 @ 18:19
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i was playing this one quite a lot during the december/christmas beta stage and i have to say i was pretty impressed with what the game had on offer. gameplay in general was _very_ addictive and especially the naval battles were the hell lot immersive. i remember playing some of the pvp battles for like an hour or so. that's why maybe i was expecting a tad higher score: as i would easily give this game a 8/10. but then again, i haven't really play much MMORPGs either, especially WOW being the game i could never get into. so judging inside the genre would be quite difficult for me as such. nevertheless, if it wasn't for my work and other real-life chores i'm sure i would be enjoying this wonderful adventure for pretty much every possible minute of my life not spend sleeping..
Waldo
11/04/08 @ 18:53
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Cool; EG reviews PC games now.
mcmothercruncher
11/04/08 @ 18:54
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Dude, it's SO VERY far from 8 out of 10 given the polish of MMO's like Wow and Lotro.
Ship battles are majestic, everything else a turd floating in the bowl.
mogplayer
11/04/08 @ 21:28
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Well I tried this during the pre-boarding phase. Loved the sea combat aspects but the swashbuckling was pretty crass and the economy was quickly swamped with goods at less than cost price. So much for living off rum lol. However - and this is something our intrepid reporter has not mentioned - swashbuckling wasn't even in the original game design, it was added at the request of the beta community I believe. It shows (obviously) and I'm sure Flying Labs must regret that decision but perhaps given time they can make some improvements.

Brave game though, nice to see something original.
jimr9999us
11/04/08 @ 22:53
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A niche mmorpg from a small developer...a major accomplishment however you look at it.

Oh, and reason #1,027 why pc gaming isn't threatened by extinction anytime soon.
4thVariety
12/04/08 @ 06:31
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No mentioning of the price and possible payment options. :(

The official site also lists no prices and payment option. I am almost under the impression that this is a f2p game.

I propose Eurogames lists the price of any MMO tested so people can see right from the start how much the game will cost. Even if it does not impact the rating itself, it sure impacts how I determine if it is worth trying.
Dizzy
12/04/08 @ 07:46
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Played it. Think it is a POS.
ch3w84cc4
12/04/08 @ 22:43
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I was bitterly dissapointed with this game.

I played the beta and tried to stick with it but it just have too many flaws.

I have seen this with a number of MMOs as of late. They simply aren't being polished enough. Come on you can fall through your ship ffs.

This had so much potential and parts of it were genuinely really fun, but this game is good six months away from being ready to play.
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4thVariety
16/04/08 @ 12:49
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They are already shutting down all but four Servers. http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/04/pira...

First it got hyped, then people bought it. Now the hype is gone and the game is not that much fun for longer periods of time and people leave again. Happens to many games these days. After all, the next hype is already coming up, the next semi-public beta awaits.

Maybe they should assume that their regular player is less obsessive about the game. Cancel the monthly fees, sell additional content as DLC and make the game less time consuming.

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