I am a fan of seadogs. I've had this game for quite awhile and finished it twice using the build mod from piratesahoy.net. All the seadogs fans know that this game was suppose to be seadogs 2, so I wont get into that story here. After all we should be happy because Akella didnt forget about us fans who dont live in Russia, they are actually developing seadogs 3 which will be called age of pirates for world-wide release. For more information on that, go to www.piratesahoy.net. Now About Pirates of the Caribbean. I consider it as one of the best RPG game I've played, it's right up there with the Morrowind. The quality of the software is actually very low mainly due to the bugs, but this should not stop you from buying this game, because our wonderful online community has created wonderful mods to fix bugs and enhance the gameplay. The amount of features they've added is just so huge, I almost felt like I was playing "Pirates of the Caribbean 2". In the game you are a captain of a ship. Just like any other RPG games, you can buy and sell items both for yourself (armor & swords and etc.) and for trade (various goods usually in huge amount). You can also buy and sell ships, in fact you can make a living from looting and capturing enemy ships and sell them in a port. When you are in a port, the game plays like an third person adventure game, you can engage in conversations or even sword fights when things gets out of hand, but then you will chased by the guards (yes of course every port has guards except for the pirate one). When you are sailing, you can choose from a third person view(view the whole ship) and a first person view (view on deck, you can move around on deck like a really captain on deck). Every ship has hull health and sail health. Once the hull health reaches zero the ship is sunk, and when the sail health reaches zero, the ship can not move. You can install various different cannons on the ship. In a sea battle, normally your goal is to sink enemy ships or board it and capture it. The game is set in a small group of islands in Caribbean sea. Among these islands there are Spanish, English, French, and Dutch colonies, and of course there are the pirates who have their own hideouts. In the game's main storyline you are a pirate serving the English Royal naval, but when the main story is finished you can choose to serve different nations and do more quests that way. Or you can simply just attack any ship you see and be a fearsome pirate. The game is open ended, and there is fair amount of freedom just like in Morrowind. The visual of the game is extremely gorgeous. Just look at the screenshots, they speak for themselves. The game uses a 3D engine called the storm engine. The water and the weather effects never looked so good. The sound of the game is also pretty good, while there is nothing special about the sound effects. But the in-game music is so sensational, it really brings out the feeling of sailing on the open sea, the endless amount of space, and the total freedom. The value of the game is actually quite poor straight out of the box. But the community mods really add a lot of value to the game. Overall I was quite disappointed by the quality of the original game. But the mod just add so much to the game. To be honest I've never played through the original game straight out of the box, not even once. I played through the game twice with the build mod installed. So if you have the game already or planning to buy it, then go to www.piratesahoy.net and download the build 12 mod. The score I gave is based on the original game + the build mod, because I believe this game deserves a good score.
Other Helpful Reviews for Pirates of the Caribbean
Any one who thinks this game is bad can go to hell! The swashbuckerling, the shooting, the action is brill. The only bad point is that there is not enought weapons or crew members so fighting always takes a little longe... Read Full Review
I want to make clear that this is essentially Sea Dog's 2 and has little or nothing to do with the movie Priates of the Caribbean. However, if you want a down to earth, well rounded, ship/land based naval game set in the... Read Full Review
