stessier wrote: Tue Nov 28, 2017 12:27 pm
Rumpy wrote: Tue Nov 28, 2017 2:07 am
I had it on my list for quite awhile after looking for Pirate themed games, and during one of the last few sales, I grabbed it, but only just got to installing it this weekend. Finding it very disappointing that I can't even get through the tutorial. I think it used to be more expensive until it was out of early-access. But apparently they should have worked on it some more, namely the UI and its feedback.
I went and found a tutorial
walkthrough on Youtube. I started it at the relevant section. It's not a great walkthrough, but you can at least see what he's clicking on to move forward. Not sure if it will help you or not.
Hey thanks! Much appreciated. For some reason, I never thought to look on Youtube, but it's exactly the type of thing where a video would help. You know, I did click on those items at the bottom, but apparently the game wants a specific order? The game never explicitly states that those things at the bottom should be loaded either. I would think that the game would follow its own rules and highlight what's necessary. I thought those were items you had already on you. I didn't know what it was expecting.
So, I just checked, and YES, it works! Thank you! Hopefully won't hit anymore snags like this
Edit: So, thanks to Stessier, I've made it past the tutorial and down into the meat of the game. It's actually quite decent. If you all loved the combat in Black Flag, this is essentially more of that. There's nothing all that much beyond the combat. Questing is done by sailing to your locations via overhead map... I'll call them nagivational charts for period accuracy
Visiting towns is more akin to towns represented in Sid Meier's Pirates, ie UI, and you can pick up more missions at each town via mission board. There's quite a lot to do in that respect and it's easy to feel overwhelmed.
Now the meat of the game. Most of the work done on this game is with the sea combat. The graphics turned up at max don't present any issue, and they're actually quite good. The water maybe doesn't quite look as good as Black Flag, and the ship does seem to disappear underneath the water at times. Details on the ship are good. You get a deckside view when zooming in fully and when you look down, you have access to your charts. There's not really much in terms of animation going on. Your crewmembers, for example will just stand there, though I hear they're maybe working on that. One neat thing that Black Flag didn't have is the spyglass and the way it's used here. It's very much a necessity in that you use it to reveal an opponent's stats and weakpoints. In other words, you're very much blind with out in tactical terms. There is ship boarding, and it's pretty interesting, which again, leads me to believe there will be idle crew animation for the deck, because here you have your whole crew participating in boarding action, and you get to use your sword and pistols. The little I've played of it so far, it's fun.
