Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales

[Dutch_guy]

Successor of the well known games Sea Dogs, Age of Sail II and Pirates of
the Caribbean (more than 1,5 million copies sold)

So has anyone gotten this game, is it any good ?

At least a half year ago there were some serious issues concerning the release of the game - then scheduled around April - but it seems Playlogic and Akella managed to finally release it. For a little more on that, take a look at this thread started by Templar Knight some time ago.

Also here's a link to an IGN Preview (no reviews as of yet) so you can check this out for yourself.

[Husar]

Well, the actual PC Games here in Germany made a review and gave 68% IIRC.
The revieweer said he could almost have copied the review from Pirates of the Carribean because it is like POTC 1.5.
He also said he couldn't find a main plot.
The multiplayer is supposed to be fun but not described in the 2 page review.
I saw it today at EB Games for 40EUR and Amazon.de for 35EUR.
Oh, and it may be buggy, that and that I won't buy it now is all I know for now.

[Ciaran]

PotC wasn´t that brilliant to begin with, though the people at piratesahoy.net made a superb mod for it, fixing most of the bugs and adding loads of stuff, gameplay-wise.

[Master_Thief]

A recent review of AOP in the UK issue of PC Gamer had the following verdict - "27% A tedious waste of promising material."

This is enough to put me off...that and the tacky looking characters. The only reason for getting this game, in my opinion, is for the eye candy when sailing at sea.

[Dutch_guy]

27 % ?

Don't think I've ever come across such a low rated game, too bad really.

[The Scourge]

Got it .Nice looking game but very unstable ,which is fast becoming a game killer .
Not as much to do in towns ,as there was i potc ,seems unfinished in that area .
Multiplay seems only to be set on arcade mode ,which means the ships move around like speed boats .There could be a way to change that ,but I haven't found it yet .
There's talk of a new patch on the forums ,so maybe it'd be wiser to wait and see what develops there first .