Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales
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Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales, known in Russia as Corsairs III (Корсары III), is a computer game developed by Akella
. Due to legal issues, it does not bear the name of the developers' previous pirate games Sea Dogs and Pirates of the Caribbean
. Ironically, Pirates of the Caribbean was originally developed as Sea Dogs 2, but was modified at the brink of its release to fit the film license. Age of Pirates, on the other hand, is a true sequel to Sea Dogs despite the name change, and chronicles the story of the children of the main character from the original. The sequel of the game was released on May 26, 2009 titled Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships
1) Sailing on the map: time is sped up to compensate for the travel around the map; as you sail around several of the Caribbean islands you can choose to enter ports, attack ships or sail through storms.
2) Sailing in real time: on the sea is where the sea battles take place, as well as real-time sailing; also sailing through storms takes place in real time.
3) On foot: there are many different things you can do on foot; a few of these are fighting in boarding actions, fighting a captain one-on-one, and walking around town gathering sailors and supplies.
The game suffers from the same kind of problems as its predecessor, with frequent CTDs
and slowdowns even on top-end machines, although the latest patch does bring noticeable improvements in stability.
In Contrast to using the new patch by itself one may want to use the Supermod Available for the game. With the release of the latest patch 1.5 being added into the supermod, the game plays as it was intended, and with some welcome additions (such as more ships). It is important to note here that the Supermod must be installed over a fresh unpatched version of the game, and in addition you must not install any patches, the supermod has all the patches built in.
Akella
Akella is a Russian software company specializing in the development, publishing and distribution of computer games and multimedia products. The founders of Akella met in 1993 and decided to start a company together, and in 1995 formed Akella...
. Due to legal issues, it does not bear the name of the developers' previous pirate games Sea Dogs and Pirates of the Caribbean
Pirates of the Caribbean (video game)
Pirates of the Caribbean is a 2003 computer game for Windows and Xbox, developed by Akella and published by Bethesda Softworks. The Xbox version was the first U.S. console game developed in Russia...
. Ironically, Pirates of the Caribbean was originally developed as Sea Dogs 2, but was modified at the brink of its release to fit the film license. Age of Pirates, on the other hand, is a true sequel to Sea Dogs despite the name change, and chronicles the story of the children of the main character from the original. The sequel of the game was released on May 26, 2009 titled Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships
Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships
Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships is a computer game developed by Akella, which was released on May 26, 2009. It is the sequel to Sea Dogs , Pirates of the Caribbean , and Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales...
Main Characters
In this game, the player can choose whether to play as Blaze Shark or his step sister, Beatrice Shark.Gameplay
Age of Pirates Caribbean Tales plays out in several different ways. There are several different game elements both on land and sea.1) Sailing on the map: time is sped up to compensate for the travel around the map; as you sail around several of the Caribbean islands you can choose to enter ports, attack ships or sail through storms.
2) Sailing in real time: on the sea is where the sea battles take place, as well as real-time sailing; also sailing through storms takes place in real time.
3) On foot: there are many different things you can do on foot; a few of these are fighting in boarding actions, fighting a captain one-on-one, and walking around town gathering sailors and supplies.
Criticism & Modifications (MODs)
As seen in several game reviews below: "A countless number of rough edges and some major bugs sap just about all the potential for entertainment from this overambitious, underdeveloped pearl."The game suffers from the same kind of problems as its predecessor, with frequent CTDs
Crash to Desktop
A crash to desktop is a computer program crash which is said to occur when a program unexpectedly quits, abruptly taking the user back to the desktop. Usually, the term is applied only to crashes where no error is displayed, hence all the user sees as a result of the crash is the desktop. Many...
and slowdowns even on top-end machines, although the latest patch does bring noticeable improvements in stability.
In Contrast to using the new patch by itself one may want to use the Supermod Available for the game. With the release of the latest patch 1.5 being added into the supermod, the game plays as it was intended, and with some welcome additions (such as more ships). It is important to note here that the Supermod must be installed over a fresh unpatched version of the game, and in addition you must not install any patches, the supermod has all the patches built in.