Age of Booty

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  • 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[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]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. Gaming Age
    83
    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.
  2. Giant Bomb
    80
    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.
  3. Official Xbox Magazine
    80
    The included map editor defines the term user-friendly. [Oct 2008, p.84]
  4. AtomicGamer
    75
    Simple as it is, Age of Booty is a great way for all kinds of gamers to learn the basics of RTS gameplay.
  5. 1UP
    75
    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.
  6. GamingExcellence
    72
    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.
  7. Xbox World 360 Magazine UK
    60
    Just don't bother playing alone. [Christmas 2008, p.94]
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  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. GarethHarvey
    Jan 28, 2009
    10
    Awesome multiplayer mode. It is a simple RTS game - but has lots of strategic depth - and is a real hoot when you get a good team together.Awesome multiplayer mode. It is a simple RTS game - but has lots of strategic depth - and is a real hoot when you get a good team together. You really need a headset for multiplayer to work properly i.e. communication with your team is important!

    Production values are very high and I expect to be playing this addictive game for many months to come.

    For 800 points - this is really is XBLA bargain of the year.

    Get plundering you scurvy dogs! Yar!    … Expand
  2. clawshis10
    Sep 17, 2012
    10
    i love this game but come on xbox ps3 has 9 free map packs theres alot of money that could be made here i play everyday with alot of otheri love this game but come on xbox ps3 has 9 free map packs theres alot of money that could be made here i play everyday with alot of other people and its always the topic why were getting the shaft i would be willing to pay for each map lets get real players to submit custom maps ive seen some of the coolest maps people made n i have a few myself. its been 4 years and no dlc's plus everyone quits right before they lose they should be getting the loss for that alot of guys just boost the leaderboards when really they're not taking any losses cause they quit out please some do something this game can be improved which would get alot more people playing it… Expand
  4. ChrisP.
    Nov 10, 2008
    9
    Age of Booty is a really great casual game. It combines some really deep strategy elements with a stunningly simple interface that's 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?… Expand
  5. Zzman
    Sep 11, 2010
    8
    it fun game play online

Awards & Rankings

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#69 Best Xbox 360 Game of 2008
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#31 Most Shared Xbox 360 Game of 2008