Port Royale - the spiritual succesor of pirates! ?

[Arrian]

Hmm. Thanks for your thoughts, child 'o Thor.

I liked the way you could be a trader in Pirates!, but was a bit frustrated by how much harder it was vis-a-vis being a privateer/pirate. I also would often wish I could buy/upgrade ships (the latter was introduced in the remake of Pirates!, which is a good thing ), own plantations, etc. Sorta like a mixture of Pirates! and Railroad Tycoon (another huge favorite of mine). It certainly sounds like Port Royale attempts to do this, but that implementation is so-so. When you get around to playing PRII, let me know what you think (PM me, if you remember ).

This might be worth having a look at, if/when I need a break from CivIV.

-Arrian

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Arrian


This might be worth having a look at, if/when I need a break from CivIV.

-Arrian

Burn teh heretic!

[child of Thor]

Originally posted by Arrian
Hmm. Thanks for your thoughts, child 'o Thor.

I liked the way you could be a trader in Pirates!, but was a bit frustrated by how much harder it was vis-a-vis being a privateer/pirate. I also would often wish I could buy/upgrade ships (the latter was introduced in the remake of Pirates!, which is a good thing ), own plantations, etc. Sorta like a mixture of Pirates! and Railroad Tycoon (another huge favorite of mine). It certainly sounds like Port Royale attempts to do this, but that implementation is so-so. When you get around to playing PRII, let me know what you think (PM me, if you remember ).

This might be worth having a look at, if/when I need a break from CivIV.

-Arrian

No problem Its really just the auto-combat that lets PR down, and from what i've read the Trade/eco management has been dumbed down in PR2(on the plus side they've added sword fights+town conquest as in Pirates!), but once i get to give it a go i'll post impressions.

PR is still a fine game, and one that i can sink many more hours into - its just a pretty intense experience if you were expecting a romp like the origonal Pirates! used to be. You have to work at this game, and then some!

I picked it up new as a new £4.99 re-release game from my local high street store. It cant be sniffed at for that price, especialy if your an old Pirates! fan imho.
Still from the results of my rather sad poll(in which i haven't voted, but Sid may have ) - i may be wrong?