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Age of Booty
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 20 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 11 votes
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Game Info
Publisher: Capcom
Developer: Certain Affinity
Genre(s): Real-Time Strategy
Players: 8
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Release Date: October 15, 2008
Summary
[Xbox Live Arcade] Set in the swashbuckling era, Age of Booty is a casual real-time multiplayer strategy game that puts players at the helm of their own pirate ship with the goal of sending your enemies to the briny deep, and looting and capturing towns for your pirate faction. In Age of Booty, players team up with other online players or AI-controlled pirate ships to raid, pillage, sink, and destroy their way to dominance on the high seas. Spoils of war and booty are used to upgrade and customize pirate ships to make them even more deadly as players take on 25 unique challenges and seven of the most devious Pirate Alliances on the high seas. Gain notoriety and fame by climbing the online leader boards. Create and share custom maps using the intuitive map creation system. Single player and multiplayer real-time action strategy from Certain Affinity, lead by Max Hoberman, designer of Halo 2 and 3's multiplayer game. Raid villages, sink merchants, seize towns, steal gold, upgrade your pirate ship and use your guns and your wits to send your foes to the briny deep. Master twenty-five unique multiplayer maps or create your own and share them with your friends. Up to four players on one console, up to eight players over LAN or the Internet. Tons of customizable options that allow you to tune the game to meet your taste. [Capcom]
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What The Critics Said
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Gaming Age
Age of Booty gets huge points for common sense multi-player options and for being an entertaining, polished strategy game that's perfect for a quick or medium length game fix for small groups.
Read Full Review >ZTGameDomain
Age of Booty is a multi-player affair so much in fact that you should not look at the challenges in the game as a single-player component.
Read Full Review >Worth Playing
The game is simple to learn, yet lends itself to intense, challenging battles that can really get your adrenaline racing.
Read Full Review >Team Xbox
Age of Booty not only looks good, but it plays solidly enough to back up its aesthetic worth. If you’d like to first get your feet wet before diving into the raging sea that is the RTS genre, Age of Booty is the right vessel for the job.
Read Full Review >Official Xbox Magazine UK
Booty's multiplayer oozes longevity. [Nov 2008, p.101]
Official Xbox Magazine
The included map editor defines the term user-friendly. [Oct 2008, p.84]
Read Full Review >Giant Bomb
It's easy to hear the words "console" and "real-time strategy" in the same sentence and immediately determine that Age of Booty is not for you. But the game really feels like it was built with the constraints of the average gamepad in mind while simultaneously not feeling dumbed-down or stripped.
Read Full Review >IGN
It’s simple to grasp, but there’s enough depth and balance to please hardcore players.
Read Full Review >GameFocus
Age of Booty is an addicting RTS that while simple to grasp; it has enough to offer hardcore gamers. The single-player mode is hurt by uncooperative AI teammates but the online multiplayer more than makes up for this. Age of Booty is a winner for anyone who enjoys the RTS genre or always wanted to try it.
Read Full Review >NZGamer
With its colourful visuals, animated soundtrack and a real sense of “pick up and play” gaming, Age of Booty is a title most people with Xbox Live should check out, even if it is just for the demo, as chances are you’ll like what you see and purchase it for 800 MS points.
Read Full Review >AtomicGamer
Simple as it is, Age of Booty is a great way for all kinds of gamers to learn the basics of RTS gameplay.
Read Full Review >Gaming Nexus
The game could have used a little more variety, but this $10 game proves to be yet another great game from Capcom!
Read Full Review >1UP
OK, so maybe it is sorta piratey, after all. Either way, assuming you can find some friends to sail with, Booty's more fun than a barrel of grog with a wench on top.
Read Full Review >GamePro
Age of Booty is an admirable attempt at making a fun RTS game on consoles. While its simplicity might be a turnoff for some, it is at least worth a look.
Read Full Review >Gamers' Temple
While not devoid of fun moments, overall Age of Booty feels more like an endurance match than a strategy game in which the first one to slip up loses.
Read Full Review >GamingExcellence
If it weren’t for the online multiplayer and map editor modes, there wouldn’t be much to say about Age of Booty. But this game wasn’t designed to be played as a single player game so a lot can be forgiven.
Read Full Review >Eurogamer
As a single-player experience, Age of Booty is frustrating and poorly balanced. Take it online, however, and you've got something that's almost worth the 800-Point asking price.
Read Full Review >GameSpot
This pirate-themed strategy game is accessible enough to be enjoyed by just about anyone.
Read Full Review >X360 Magazine UK
Penis-shaped arenas ahoy! [Issue#39]
Xbox World 360 Magazine UK
Just don't bother playing alone. [Christmas 2008, p.94]
What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 9.5 (out of 10) based on 11 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Chris P. gave it a9:
Age of Booty is a really great casual game. It combines some really deep strategy elements with a stunningly simple interface that's easy for anyone to pick up and play. The theme, visuals and sound track are all good cheeky fun and go a long way towards emjamcomg tje ex[eroemce/ The single player 'challenges' are fun but this game truly shines in multiplayer mode which sports a plethora of different maps and team play scenarios. This game likely won't make your pulse poind, but it *will* provide hours and hours of lively, low impact fun, and after all isn't that what gaming is all about?
