This online adventure has a lot going for it, though its slow pace and choppy speed on lower-end computers will result in a handful of Pirate School dropouts. In fact, Pirates: Tides of Fortune has a pretty good sense of humor about itself: leave it running in the background for a little while and enjoy the pirate-kitty screensaver. You can even switch the game’s “Pirate English” over to our everyday 21st century dialect, if you like.
The voice acting is competent, and can be turned on or off at a whim. The game looks great, thanks to highly-detailed objects and animations. Pirates: Tides of Fortune isn’t for everyone, but its high-quality graphics and jaunty sound make it capable of capturing anyone’s attention. Moreover, you won’t always be awarded the sketches you need, which makes it necessary to trade with other pirates. This is done by collecting “sketches.” You’re awarded one a day, and you often have to collect several in order to advance. You have to earn your way to the seas by researching the necessary technology for your ships. In other words, don’t expect to sign up, hop on a galleon, jam the key in the ignition, and take off. The tutorial portion of the game will take a couple of days to get through, and although you can skip ahead on some of the listed tasks, it’s not recommended. Its combination of strategy and world-building is deep, multi-layered, and, well, slow. Pirates: Tides of Fortune isn’t a game that rewards you for sitting around and clicking mindlessly on buildings and objects. You must also fortify your defenses, form trade relations with other captains (no backstabbing allowed in the market), perform research, and make discoveries that allow you to improve your haven’s technology–and your ships. There’s more to a pirate’s life, of course. By assembling and upgrading gold mines, rum distilleries, and lumber yards, you’ll have the resources necessary to hire the men (and women) needed to defend your island, perform raids on neighboring islands, and sing sea chanties far into the night. As you slowly make your way through the game, you build up your pirate “haven” into a self-sustaining island.
There’s no definite cure, but the complex and compelling world that’s laid out in DotMMO’s social strategy game Pirates: Tides of Fortune might help sway you back to the ranks of the buccaneers.Ĭurrently an exclusive on Google+, Pirates: Tides of Fortune places you, an aspiring pirate, under the wing of a veteran pirate lass who has kindly agreed to start you on your way in a life of swindling and looting. Is your heart no longer stirred by the dialect of salty dogs? Then you may be suffering from Pirate Overexposure, an extremely common Internet affliction. The choice determines where the player will start, which ships he/she will have, the size of the ships crew, initial wealth and reputation.Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate’s life for some of us The game contains four nations and the player can choose which one to belong to. An expedition is a much shorter game mode. The player can choose Expedition mode, in which the player chooses to command a famous expedition. The player rises to the top by trading, assaulting towns and ships, and taking on offers made by governors. The standard gameplay is Career mode in which the player tries to gain fortune, rank, lands, reputation and a wife by sailing around the Caribbean sea. Sword fighting is played out in side-view action sequences. As you can choose a specific skill to stand out in, the game can vary each time. How you acquire stature is up to you you can make your living through honest trade and the search for hidden treasure, or you can be a little more daring and attack and plunder ships. Each town in this untamed raw region has different surprises and dangers. Pirates! Gold lets you play the role of a beginning buccaneer in the 17th century Spanish Main, in search of fame and fortune. As with the original, this is a blend of strategy, action and adventure.