Curse of the Pirate's....Game??

[Steezie]

There is one thing I've noticed about the video game industry.

A curse.

A curse on all pirate games.

I am a collector and a specialist in pirate games.

I have played...probably 90-95% of the pirate games out there for PC.

ALL of them have fallen short in some respect. There have been some valiant attempts but for the most part, they ALL fall short.

Why is this, why does there seem to be this impossibility to produce a decent pirate game?

 

[peanutbutter12]

I liked Sid Myers Pirates! game, though things like boat speed could be annoying at times.

Pirates of the Burning Sea had a lot of promise, but I found the gameplay a little on the shallow side for an MMO.

 

[Steezie]

I liked Sid Myers Pirates! game, though things like boat speed could be annoying at times.

Pirates! had GREAT potential but it sunk so horrifically in the end. The dialog was non-existant, the game itself was cartoony and felt kinda like a kid's game, the game had no real depth

Pirates of the Burning Sea had a lot of promise, but I found the gameplay a little on the shallow side for an MMO.

I actually was supposed to be a Beta tester for POTBS but I got so frustrated with the SOE registration system I finally bagged it. I'd like to try the game but the reports I've heard from it were not promising

 

[peanutbutter12]

Yah, I ended up beta testing PotBS... I was not impressed enough with it to really buy it. The killing point for me is when you're in a battle with another ship and they flatten you, but not enough to sink you, then start sailing away. You have to wait for about 15 minutes for them to exit the battle area... longer if they are damaged as well.