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Good story, complex open world, lots of travel by sea and by land, economics system. Ideologically, the closest one to what I’m looking for. Besides, it looks like the development has been halted for a long time and the game launched in an unfinished state (more or less).Ĥ) Naval Assassin's Creed games ( Rogue could be a good example) Economics is very simple and I guess you won’t play this game because of its trade system.

It's pretty difficult to play and it's closer to a sim game: it recreates the fleet of Napoleonic Wars in great detail, takes into account the strength of wind, etc. Multiplayer only game with amazing visuals. Though I really appreciate such a nice variety of weapons to shoot from.

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It’s just too much Fantasy Warhammer stuff inside (it’s all Greek to me) + it looks like a skin mode for a Sea Dogs game. Released in 2016, it was initially developed for mobile devices, so the mechanics and graphics are pretty simple.Ĭan’t say this is a bad game. It uses the setting of 'pirate fantasy', where ships can use magic, there are krakens all over and so on. What’s the problem? Well, I guess the DNA I mentioned earlier suggests you don’t rely on bravery and stupidity of your teammates, but there are only you and an open-worldn which should be shaped by your own decisions.Īmong the remaining projects I would highlight the followingĬould be considered as one of the closest title to original Pirates! concept. Good examples here would be Blackwake, Holdfast and Sea of Thieves (as a boring man I prefer Holdfast).

When it comes to MP only games, almost all of them depend on the same mechanic of operating the ship with real people: some are loading the cannons, some are closing up holes in the ship, some are engaged in boarding fights. Can’t say I’m that fan of retro-gaming, so I think sometimes, things are best left in the past. What's the problem with these titles? It's that they're awesome in our memories, but these games rarely played by anyone these days, though can be considered as a standard in this genre.

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Among this category I can highlight the Sea Dogs series (about five entries) and Pirates! (2004). There are a lot of old games, released even before 2010, like Sid Meier's Pirates! or Sea Dogs from Akella. Looking at this list of 43 games we can see that: By themselves these tags display too many irrelevant games, like yacht simulators or strategy games about the WWII battleships. Shall we check?Īt the moment I can find 43 games with the combination of tags 'Pirates' and 'Sailing' on Steam. It might be possible that the genre, which was born in 1987, is developing successfully and we will find something similar at Steam. Mount & Blade would be a good example that this system of systems is a load of fun to play, although they replaced a dancing game with the Clumsy Rodeo game (God knows why). Moreover, this DNA still works great with a different setting and genre. In a verbal description this may sound as a bunch of unrelated mechanics, but in the end it works perfectly fine. Trade, seafaring, fencing, dancing (God knows why) and ballistic calculations, also known as 'sea battles'. Technically speaking, Pirates! is a system of systems. The design of this game shows us the perfect balance of different game systems. I think the DNA for the whole genre was created by Sid Meier in Pirates! (1987). Let's narrow it down a bit, so we can remove projects like Raft or Subnautica. I think I've played everything on the market with 'sailing' or 'pirate' tags, but still couldn't find a game for which I could apply the 'Perfection' meme. I think there is no such thing as a good naval game dedicated to the age of sail period.

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