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Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships
Released On: May 26, 2009
61
7.7
All Platforms
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
61
11% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
89% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
61
11% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
89% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Even if this game had nothing but this graveyard of creaking, moaning, almost talking ships, it would have still made a lasting impression. The developers created something more than an all-new location or the floating “prison” concept – an exciting feeling of initiation in a big, dangerous secret.
Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships has a lot of flaws on a very good premise. Players who are better at handling horrific control schemes and a labyrinthine manual will find that the game has a lot to offer, especially for hardcore naval combat simulation fans.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 38 User Ratings
7.7
66% Positive
25 Ratings
25 Ratings
21% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
13% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 38 User Ratings
7.7
66% Positive
25 Ratings
25 Ratings
21% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
13% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
Absolute cold AF game, I'm sure it's one of the 3 best pirate games ever made. You feel like a capitain, u can literally sell slaves (the game mechanics are awesome too, the unique problem is that some ship battles can last a lot). A very inmersive game, u aren't only allowed to play on board, u have to explore islands and play different depending if you are a merchant, a ship-attacking pirate or you help the king.
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Overall, Age of Pirates 2 is not a particularly user-friendly game. If you are a huge fan of pirate RPGs, and have the patience to master the complexities of the P.I.R.A.T.E. system, then you will probably be willing to overlook the poor sound, the so-so graphics and the difficulties of attaining success.
It’s a shame that Pirates 2 is marred by so many design issues, because there really is a whole lot of gameplay packed in.
Age of Pirates 2 is relatively easy to learn, as long as you can read the text. The interface is straightforward and there's nothing too complex in terms of rules or moves.
Squanders a tremendous amount of potential with questionable controls and a general lack of polish.
A free roaming role-playing game with pirates? Sounds great, but the developer managed to sink the ship. Apparently the programmers thought it would be funny to force a pirate to use the enter key a lot instead of the mouse, the story is broken and all that’s left is to get rid of this game somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle.
This game all in all is worth a mere 3 at best for all the design flaws and clunky mechanics. There is much complication in every single menu, on every tab and each screen screen. Very little information is ever given to the player in terms of game functionality. Control of the character on land is dreadful and the game would have been better off without the on-land freeroam all together.
It is more a horrible game than it is a good one, but a gamer must never judge a game based on what it is and instead judge it based on how it makes him feel. This game has charmed me completely. All the way from the magnificent main menu theme song to endless ocean, storms and attention to detail of the actual ships. There is passion and love poured into this game by the people who made it and as they may not be the most skilled of developers, they make up for it in what matters most in games.
Once you put the minimum required effort in learning how to make it work, it will give you hours of enjoyment. However this still only brings it up to about a 7. Why does it deserve a 10 then? Well that is simply because it may not be the pirate game we deserve but it is the only proper one we have and has been ever since it came out.
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This is a decent game, especially if you have the "Gentlemen of Fortune" mod, which fixes many bugs, adds more characters to the game, including females, more ships and quests. However, the game is not for everyone. When first starting out, it can be quite frustrating, even tiresome. You'll need to take huge advantage of save/reload, otherwise you won't make it very far. One little mistake and you're dead. When sailing to other ports, you'll need to make sure you're country is not at war with them, else they'll blow you out of the water. What I like the best is the scenery. The DEVS did a great job, especially the detail that was put into the Sea itself and the Storms. They look real. I myself think the first game in the series, "Caribbean Tales" is better, but that's just my opinion. Try it out for yourself. You may love, or you may hate it. 7/10.
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Disclaimer: I was using the very fine Gentlemen of Fortune mod when playing Age of Pirates 2. That may have affected my experience and issues I had with this game.
This game... It's pretty amazing all things considered. The scope and options are huge, the ships range from nothing more than fishing boats to behemoths that leave you wondering just how the hell it keeps floating, much less move. The Caribbean setting is crafted just adequately (which is rather a shame), and the towns show some life.
But eventually it all just falls apart, quite literally in my case, but more on that later. The first issue one might take with the game is the god**** DRM system which I couldn't remove from my PC without re-installing Windows. On a lighter note, however. the PIRATES skill system and the rest of customization options are a bit obtuse, but with little time spent in the menu reading what skill governs what action and it becomes quite enjoyable to work with, whether you want to create a stealthy character for sneaking into foreign ports or a veritable dreadnought with enough skill and firepower to take on forts.
Coming back to the falling apart issue I had: the game either runs poorly on Win7 or is just poorly designed. After quite some time spent in the Caribbean I found myself fighting with the game. It was in such a state that save-scumming was the only option for me. And not because the game had become too hard - not at all. The problem was that after some 10-15 minutes of playing (half an hour, if lucky) the game would crash - and I don't mean freeze or throw you back into desktop, oh no. BSoD, dear reader. I decided not to chance my fates and got rid of the game shortly after that started happening.
To sum up: It's a good try to make a really interesting game with a big world and many choices. The experience feels more personal than Sid Meier's Pirates or Port Royale games, it's a shame there just aren't more games designed quite like this. Where the game falls short is the bugs and BSoD to top it all of. I'm giving it a 6 just because I had a lot of fun with it, but eventually was disappointed.
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This game ****. I know how people say it needs mods to be better but a game shouldn't need that. It's stupid how you have to find out the simplest things by yourself, it should tell you. This is just another crappy game from another crappy Russian developer. Like 505 studios Il2-Sturmovik birds of prey.
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Summary Fortune and glory awaits you! Destiny awaits you, but destiny though is what you make it. Start your buccaneering career by choosing to go it alone and become the most feared pirate on the seven seas or prove your loyalty and take the coin of one of four different navies; French, English, Spanish or Dutch. Sail the high seas as a swashbu...
Rated M
for Mature
Platforms:
- PC
Initial Release Date: May 26, 2009
Developer:
- Akella
Publisher: Playlogic
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