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Swashbucklers

<!--quoteo(post=233746:date=Jan 13 2008, 02:46 AM:name=Morgan Terror)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Morgan Terror @ Jan 13 2008, 02:46 AM) [snapback]233746[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->that sucks.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It does, needless to say it was a huge let down. I was following the development since it was announced. AOP was not that bad. But it has its Issues the lack of multi is kinda crappy. I did get it to run once and it was fun, but then it stopped working. I really don't know what going on over there. but it is beginning to reflect it what they have been releasing. I thought AOS II was a kickass game for its time. Playing that game is what lead me to this website many many years ago. And Seadogs was cutting edge for its time. And when they planned to send out Seadogs II, I was floored, but Something happened and changed that and it became POTC. still a good game but some what unfinished and that ended spawning all the great mods. That made this website what it is today.But some games are so far from being repairable and SB B V G is it..
 
<!--quoteo(post=233769:date=Jan 12 2008, 08:01 PM:name=Inzane)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Inzane @ Jan 12 2008, 08:01 PM) [snapback]233769[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=233746:date=Jan 13 2008, 02:46 AM:name=Morgan Terror)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Morgan Terror @ Jan 13 2008, 02:46 AM) [snapback]233746[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->that sucks.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It does, needless to say it was a huge let down. I was following the development since it was announced. AOP was not that bad. But it has its Issues the lack of multi is kinda crappy. I did get it to run once and it was fun, but then it stopped working. I really don't know what going on over there. but it is beginning to reflect it what they have been releasing. I thought AOS II was a kickass game for its time. Playing that game is what lead me to this website many many years ago. And Seadogs was cutting edge for its time. And when they planned to send out Seadogs II, I was floored, but Something happened and changed that and it became POTC. still a good game but some what unfinished and that ended spawning all the great mods. That made this website what it is today.But some games are so far from being repairable and SB B V G is it..
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This game is not what we are expecting from Akella (however Akella is just the game distributor not the developer) and me too, after the first impact, said what have they done?

But if you like a game like SM:pirates! (and there are many that like it) you probably could enjoy with this game like me.
 
Here is link to IGN review of SwashBuckler's. Pretty much agrees with everything said here. I won't be wasting any loot on this game. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />

<a href="http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/838/838498p1.html" target="_blank">http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/838/838498p1.html</a>
 
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->This game is not what we are expecting from Akella (however Akella is just the game distributor not the developer) and me too, after the first impact, said what have they done?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I'm relatively new to the Pirate scene as I had not played a pirate game since the original SM Pirates on the Apple II GS computer back in 1980 something.

Akella may have been great and cutting edge in the past but my experience and knowledge of them starts with POTC.

POTC was a bad game that was saved by modders.
Everyone blames Disney for the failure.

Then came AOP, a bad game that no one has successfully saved.
Everyone tried to blame Playlogic for the failure.

Now Swashbucklers, a bad game no one should waste time thinking about saving.
And we would like to blame 1C Company?

No, I believe it has been Akella all along.

As the saying goes, "Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me."

But fool me three times?
Why am I even being fooled? I should expect nothing better from them.
I no longer do.
 
<!--quoteo(post=236055:date=Feb 4 2008, 08:12 PM:name=Petros)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Petros @ Feb 4 2008, 08:12 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=236055"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->This game is not what we are expecting from Akella (however Akella is just the game distributor not the developer) and me too, after the first impact, said what have they done?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I'm relatively new to the Pirate scene as I had not played a pirate game since the original SM Pirates on the Apple II GS computer back in 1980 something.

Akella may have been great and cutting edge in the past but my experience and knowledge of them starts with POTC.

POTC was a bad game that was saved by modders.
Everyone blames Disney for the failure.

Then came AOP, a bad game that no one has successfully saved.
Everyone tried to blame Playlogic for the failure.

Now Swashbucklers, a bad game no one should waste time thinking about saving.
And we would like to blame 1C Company?

No, I believe it has been Akella all along.

As the saying goes, "Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me."

But fool me three times?
Why am I even being fooled? I should expect nothing better from them.
I no longer do.
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I think that are ungrateful all these compliant with Akella, after all also this comunity should not exist without her.

These are my rating:

SEADOGS 8/10
POTC 7/10 (10/10 with BUILD14A6, it will infinity/10 when Build14A8 coming out)
AOP 5/10 (TOO BUGGY)
SWASHBUCKLERS 7/10 (Easy and funny to play after all).

At this time I can wait for CoLS maybe something of good should be here, or not?

bye, bye,
giuliootto
 
Seadogs was in reality the high pont for Akella. I remember being told (By Akella) though that Akella did have patches for POTC but Disney did not request them so their hands were tied.

You need to remember the publisher can request whatever they like so in regards to overall quality the publisher is not without blame. COAS will be interesting as there seems to be little publisher interference with it so I'll wait and see with this one. But getting the tools to mod it straight away is a good sign they Akella wants to to this with alot of community support and little publisher input
 
This is the first time I even make a comment about Akella in the 3 years I've been posting.

I would trust that no one thinks I hold publishers blameless. That is not the case.
I am just saying that after 3 years it is, at least for me, time to stop blaming everyone else.

As for being ungrateful, let's just say that I showed my gratitude first when I bought POTC.
I have continued to do so by helping Akella in it's marketability by continuing to mod POTC.

As for existence, it is Akella that would not exist without me (us).
It is not I (we) who owes my (our) existence to Akella.
 
<!--quoteo(post=236143:date=Feb 5 2008, 12:54 AM:name=Petros)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Petros @ Feb 5 2008, 12:54 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=236143"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->This is the first time I even make a comment about Akella in the 3 years I've been posting.

I would trust that no one thinks I hold publishers blameless. That is not the case.
I am just saying that after 3 years it is, at least for me, time to stop blaming everyone else.

As for being ungrateful, let's just say that I showed my gratitude first when I bought POTC.
I have continued to do so by helping Akella in it's marketability by continuing to mod POTC.

As for existence, it is Akella that would not exist without me (us).
It is not I (we) who owes my (our) existence to Akella.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
My apologies if someone feel hurt when I say that this comunity should not exist without Akella, maybe we play around to another game, but still exist even without Akella.

BTW, POTC was a good game as is (here in Italy taken 7.5/10 average rating from almost all PC Magazines).
POTC + Build12, 13 and 14 is just the great game even made (again here in Italy someone write that Bethesta should see what you have done before to release Oblivion), and for this I never stop to say THANK YOU.

However how many of you have try Swashbucklers before to say that it's suck?
It's really similar to SM!Pirates (SM!Pirates is better for dinamic world and mini games but wrong for storyline).
Graphics is not so bad after all, you can upgrade your ship and see how the ship change at sea.
Sure you can finished this game for one or two time (10 hours at least for each time) and after that you would return to play with POTC+Buld, like I do.

bye, bye,
giuliootto
 
Just spotted this game in the wild

so what's the verdict?

another Akella Bomb?

or was it saved by Atari?

Edit -> Oh crap, just priced on Amazon
a game this new going at under 1/2 price used
obviously means another Akella BOMB
 
<!--quoteo(post=237298:date=Feb 9 2008, 04:52 PM:name=rupertlittlebear)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rupertlittlebear @ Feb 9 2008, 04:52 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=237298"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Edit -> Oh crap, just priced on Amazon
a game this new going at under 1/2 price used
obviously means another Akella BOMB<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I'm afraid it does. That's always a telltale sign. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/boom.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":boom" border="0" alt="boom.gif" />
 
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