Comments on: Thar She Blows

by: Scrimpnut

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:40:00 +0000

“If they manage to transplant this type of gameplay into EVE Online, my life may truly collapse.”

I get to run the holodeck.

by: Ruckus

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:25:27 +0000

“If they manage to transplant this type of gameplay into EVE Online, my life may truly collapse.”

That would be awesome. That way, six people can be simultaneously bored by unnecessarily long, manually piloted trips through space during which nothing happens.

As for Pirates Online, I would like to at least credit them with trying to avoid one-off quests that take ten minutes to finish. It would seem they’re trying to write long, continuous story lines that span the entire game. It may still be grinding, but at least it’s EPIC GRINDING.

by: Dodongo

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:08:55 +0000

“If they manage to transplant this type of gameplay into EVE Online, my life may truly collapse.”

I was thinking the same thing myself. A spaceship with a crew who each have individual tasks to perform. How cool would that be?

by: Tritone

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:00:36 +0000

Because I am nothing if not fair and balanced–hey, it’s just the way I roll–I should point out that the game does feature a fair amount of DRC (digitally rendered cleavage), though nothing on the magnitude of Mass Effect. The voice acting in the game features celeb sound-alikes at least as good as those employed by your local Hyundai dealership during their annual Booty of Savings campaign.

Boys and Girls, if you like pirates, do a little reading into the lives of Anne Bonney and Mary Read, two real-life female Pirates of the Caribbean who, between tickle fights in their 18th century undies, managed to command crews of hardened sailors and strike terror into the hearts of their pirate peers for their ruthlesness and piratical effectiveness.

by: Brixtone

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:47:22 +0000

Aye, I’ll agree that the cooperative ship combat is the only draw that this game has and the only reason I mentioned it to our little “crew”. I think it’s hilarious that both Puzzle Pirates and Pirates of the Caribbean Online have capitalized on the raw joy of crewing together on a ship while Pirates of the Burning Sea, one of the most anticipated MMO’s for 2008 seems to have overlooked player crew gameplay altogether.

If they manage to transplant this type of gameplay into EVE Online, my life may truly collapse. Either way, I look forward to our next crew outing in Pirates Online.

by: Dodongo

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:26:12 +0000

I tried to name my pirate Mick E. Mouse and a hand reached out of the monitor and served me.

(Vulveeta is awesome. The spreadable cheese indeed…)

by: Tritone

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:29:04 +0000

I tried it at Brixtone’s behest but I couldn’t get past the half-finished look of the graphics, the crappy frame rates, and the awkward combat. Yeah, sure the base game is free, but ya get what you pay for. Plus, it has that whole Disney vibe (and the name police wouldn’t allow Vulveeta Majorica).