Pirates of the Burning Sea

[LordjOX]

Anyone else have an eye on this swashbuckling game due to release in june this year?

http://www.burningsea.com/

Looks like it's gonna be quite cool, kind of like EVE on the high seas without many of the annoyances.

Discuss!

[Starman]

Aye I've been watching this one for a long while now still looking good

[Aada]

Originally Posted by LordjOX

Anyone else have an eye on this swashbuckling game due to release in june this year?

http://www.burningsea.com/

Looks like it's gonna be quite cool, kind of like EVE on the high seas without many of the annoyances.

Discuss!

I shudder to even think how long this game has been in development to be honest and i fear alot of it will be out of date.

[Tallen]

Always been a neat idea for an mmorpg but they have messed around and delayed this for a long time now for various reasons.

Still, it'll be interesting to see what it's like when they do release it.

[Aada]

There is also a free Pirate game out i played it for a while and from what i have read about both games there isn't too much difference.

It will flop i'm afraid, if it's not fantasy based it won't do well unless it becomes a phenomenon like Eve which i highly doubt giving it's constant delays.

This game was development before WoW incase most of you don't know, pethetic to be honest.

[pez]

Thats all true but graphically i would put it on par or better than any other mmorpg currently released.

I don't think it will be a massive hit but i expect it will pull in DAoC or CoH style numbers.

Also, from what i gather its nothing like Voyage Century Online.


Finally, Devs are pretty active on their forums and they keep saying they are still working at a June release so expect open beta soon imo.

[Aada]

Originally Posted by pez

Thats all true but graphically i would put it on par or better than any other mmorpg currently released.

I don't think it will be a massive hit but i expect it will pull in DAoC or CoH style numbers.

Also, from what i gather its nothing like Voyage Century Online.


Finally, Devs are pretty active on their forums and they keep saying they are still working at a June release so expect open beta soon imo.

EQ2 graphics own that game dude and Vanguard just destroys it.

There is no hype for the game at all

Ah yep and its all freaking instanced which people are really getting fed the fuck up of

[Tallen]

Originally Posted by pez

Thats all true but graphically i would put it on par or better than any other mmorpg currently released.

I don't think it will be a massive hit but i expect it will pull in DAoC or CoH style numbers.

Also, from what i gather its nothing like Voyage Century Online.


Finally, Devs are pretty active on their forums and they keep saying they are still working at a June release so expect open beta soon imo.

LOTRO will be out first and the gfx for that game are way better imo.

Hate to admit it, but lotro is looking like the most promising new release at the mo.

[LordjOX]

To be honest, from a graphics perspective I think PotBS looks among the best for this years mmo titles. Maybe beat by Age of Conan.

Also mmo concepts never go out of date, I doubt it will get WoW numbers, but something like DAoC.

[pez]

I'd disagree with you guys on the grpahics front with regards to LOTRO and Vanguard.(no idea about eg2). Maybe its all taste but the ship graphics are great. The avatar gfx aren't as good i'll admit but then they have only just been put in.

As for instancing, its not all over the place and its entirely neccessary imo. You cant have decent naval battles on a smaller scale map without instancing. The idea of a fight carrying on all the way around Cuba is ridiculous. And if it was a full scale map it would take so long to get from A to B as not to be fun.

I think a lot of people play WoW and then assume every game with instancing will mean 40 man raids over and over again or something.

[Ormorof]

this game looks fantastic

but as has been said its taken too long, remember looking at a place-holder website way back when i was looking at Shadowbane beta info hehe

[Kami]

Personally I couldn't give a damn about graphics if it's a decent game with reasonable support and community. Something I found lacking in WoW and that is lacking now in DAOC :P

[pez]

Originally Posted by Ormorof

this game looks fantastic

but as has been said its taken too long, remember looking at a place-holder website way back when i was looking at Shadowbane beta info hehe

Well its going to be the next big mmorpg release after LOTRO thats for sure.

It very much exists in a very playable format.

[Ctuchik]

Originally Posted by Aada

EQ2 graphics own that game dude and Vanguard just destroys it.

There is no hype for the game at all

Ah yep and its all freaking instanced which people are really getting fed the fuck up of

i can agree with the instanced being shit part. but the rest, while it may be true. doesent make or break a game, playability do. u can have lifelike graphics in a game thats been hyped up to the moon and it can still be a royal fuckup if the game doesent play well. for instance, look at WW2 online. cant say the graphic in that game are much to get exited about, it was never hyped in the way like WoW, EQ2, vanguard or any of the other "fluff is everything" games when it was in dvelopement, and still its going pretty darn well, why? because it plays well... sure, better graphic probably wouldent hurt. but it doesent *need* to have that.

any game company that needs to hype their game in order to be successfull make me start to wonder whats wrong with it. and why they dont dare to let the game speaks for itself.....

[Ctuchik]

Originally Posted by Kami

Personally I couldn't give a damn about graphics if it's a decent game with reasonable support and community. Something I found lacking in WoW and that is lacking now in DAOC :P

problem with the support in WoW tho is that they have to many subscribers. they just cant keep up.