Pirates?

Ballard

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Anyone tried the new version of pirates? Any good? im looking to relive the days when i used to play an an english seahawk in the 1560's and sack the 'hole of the spanish main ;). Ah the first game i played 'hardcore' on C64. My GF has bought it but I have to wait for Xmas...
 

Yeke

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No and didnt know there was a remake of it either :O
Remember hiring the tape out and trying to "tape" it and it never worked had to take it back and never saw it again in a shop or anything since, gifv cliky :D

NM found it \o/ will be obtaining this asap hope its as much fun as the original :D
 

Nedo

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All info I can find says its released and yet I can only find preorder boxes....

Walk into store see the box, :clap: , see that its only a box to make you preorder, :(

Played that game SO much on Amiga. If anyone has played new version AND old version plz give input.
 

Ballard

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I assume people having trouble getting their hands on it arent in the UK coz it seems to be in every single shop I got into (even morrisons ;) ). Should be £24, game stores are trying to rip people off charging £34. I think virgin has it at £24.

I played pirates on C64, then amiga, and then played pirates gold on my PC when that came out so yes I am an addict.
 

Maular

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Almost done all the quests only 2 days after buying :( Great game just too easy
 

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Good game but no where near enough variety. It plays basically the same as the C64 version with a few tweaks and half decent graphics but it is very short and replayabilty seems very low to me.
 

Ballard

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cHodAX said:
Good game but no where near enough variety. It plays basically the same as the C64 version with a few tweaks and half decent graphics but it is very short and replayabilty seems very low to me.

So its like the C64 but not replayable? :( hmm Im not totally put off tho becuase the C64 was the most replayable game Im ever played and it had less features.

Almost done all the quests only 2 days after buying Great game just too easy

The original Pirates was never been about 'completing the quests' , If that is the way it has gone I will be disapointed indeed :( I Hopefully its just the approach the player takes, Ive probably played the original 100+ times and completed all/most of the quests in each of those games. I just found the gameplay addictive, When doing the quests it was never a case of 'been there done that' next time through.

You two were playing on swashbuckler right?

Thanks for the feedback anyway even if it wasnt what i wanted to hear..
 

Maular

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Aye unfortunatly i makes no dieffernce what country u work for etc everything is still the same ie impress the governers get his doughter - sink ships but u use the same damm tactic everytime- have the sword fight but its always the same- take the loot - loads of money nothing to spend it on as u get one of the best ships after your first quest :/.

There are special items also but there too easy to come by u can ransack towns with land battles but the land battles are laughable.

Aye its a remake but its all graphics and no game play.

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Best game ever imo that needs a re-make is Colonization most replayable game ever! i still play it on my amiga now all it needs is some updated graphics , mutiplayer and the option of been able to play the natives :flame:
 

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I am great fan of Sid Meirs games like Civilization, Colonization and Pirates. Hopefully will get new version of Pirates this holiday to have some fun. Btw, heard new civilization comes out next year? We are doomed to get hooked forendless hours again!! (It is funny keep playing for 1 more round and before you know it hours hve passed!!)
 

Ballard

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Aye unfortunatly i makes no dieffernce what country u work for etc everything is still the same ie impress the governers get his doughter - sink ships but u use the same damm tactic everytime- have the sword fight but its always the same- take the loot - loads of money nothing to spend it on as u get one of the best ships after your first quest :/.

I cant comment because I still havent played it but you have just described the original there...And I liked that. I mean you can start with the most powerful ship in the game in the original!. It was never about 'power' gaming. i.e. get the best ship, the best wife, the most crew. It was like pacman/spaceinvaders play essentially the same addictive game in an effort to get gold pieces and build a nice high score table ;) And yes all the countries were essentially the same.. and the goal was alwas the same. Just like most early games. The gameplay was in the addictiveness of getting a good high score. I mean you can get millions and millions of gold piececs if you play well and you can always do better (still talking original here).
 

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Ballard said:
I cant comment because I still havent played it but you have just described the original there...And I liked that. I mean you can start with the most powerful ship in the game in the original!. It was never about 'power' gaming. i.e. get the best ship, the best wife, the most crew. It was like pacman/spaceinvaders play essentially the same addictive game in an effort to get gold pieces and build a nice high score table ;) And yes all the countries were essentially the same.. and the goal was alwas the same. Just like most early games. The gameplay was in the addictiveness of getting a good high score. I mean you can get millions and millions of gold piececs if you play well and you can always do better (still talking original here).
its just a remake, no new stuff. was how they wanted it to be, they just beefed graphics
 

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:/

was so looking forward to a "spiced up" version of this, but if it has no new gamevariation I dunno if I'll even buy it. Still not seen it on Tradition in Sweden.....
 

Ballard

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Nedo said:
:/

was so looking forward to a "spiced up" version of this, but if it has no new gamevariation I dunno if I'll even buy it. Still not seen it on Tradition in Sweden.....

The previous poster was not well informed. There are new parts introduced. sneaking into town is now done using an arcade sequence. Part of wooing the governors daughter is going to a formal ball and dancin with her, your chosen flagship can battle more than one ship at a time. There are other well known pirates that compete with you and ytou can encounter periodically , plus other small changes. It just a matter of how many of these new facets are any good.
 

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Not sure if its against the CoC to post links to shops but..

Pirates for £24.99

No i don't work for them...i was looking at buying it this weekend and saw it on pay for cheap
 

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Bubble said:
Not sure if its against the CoC to post links to shops but..

only if the links are pr0n and or how to make bombs etc etc... then its against the CoC :)
 

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Is it abit like North and South but with erm ..... Pirates ???
 

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heh North and South.

now theres a game that kicked serious ass
 

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