Product Description

Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales" models all the details of a sword swinging pirate's life and misses no part of his everyday adventures. Taking the role of reckless fortune-hunter Blaze or redheaded daredevil Beatrice - the player will navigate his sailor in the original seas of the Caribbean, trade multiple goods, plunder merchant convoys, accomplish quests, build up his fleet, capture and rule colonies and much more. Following his lucky star he lives an endless life full of naval battles, bloody fights, treasure hunt and other adventures, in a world of piracy and sea romance. In addition, the game can be played in third person perspective, allowing you to walk through your colonies or fight with your own sword, side by side with your crew, and challenge every other captain on the sea! Beat different weather conditions and fight devastating storms in day and night mode. Conquer colonies, manage them and construct different town buildings and improve their defence Join multiplayer battles with up to 16 real captains and prove to be a real sea dog in four different modes (Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Defend the Convoy or Capture the Fort) Stunning visuals in3D, play your pirate in third person perspective and sail your ship with a flexible, zoomable camera through the Caribbean sea

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5788 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Atari
• Model: 27510
• Released on: 2006-09-12
• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Platform: Windows XP
• Format: CD
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds

Features

• Live the life of a Pirate
• Beautiful 3D Graphics
• True Role Playing
• Action Packed
• Strategic Elements

Customer Reviews

Entertaining and NOT AS REVIEWED by others here.
(Review provided by my son, as the game was purchased for him.)

I have been playing Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales for all week now. I haven't really done any of the "main quest" stuff until just today, mostly spent "free time" trading, battling, exploring, etc..

I rate the FUN LEVEL incredibly high, due to it being quite entertaining. I normally don't play much in the way of strategy style games, but you definately need to understand strategy to advance very far. Not saying a teenager wouldn't figure it out, just that it's abit more involved than a FPS style game.

OVERALL SCORE is only lower than 5 stars because the main storyline is alittle too limited in content in my opinion. Sure, it takes some game-time to complete, and you won't be able to "beat the game" in a single day (atleast not easily), but I wish for the level of graphics and the fact that the map spans such a wide region, that it had more content than what it did. Still, the freedom to do what you want if you want to, definately makes up for that lacking.

I have read many of the reviews posted by others, complaining of needing a patch to play, or bashing "Starforce" in general. I have been playing this game for SEVERAL DAYS, have not patched it in any way, and I don't have the most currently up-to-date setup on my PC. I've also experienced none of the supposedly commonplace problems associated with "Starforce" copy-protection software. My installation has not resulted so far in any crashes I can blame on the game software. The only crash I have experienced was a tempermental issue with my anti-virus. It causes crashes to desktop sometimes in many of my games when it runs it's update, so this is unrelated to the game.

I am finding alot of what seem to be "errors" in the other reviews made on this title. It works fine for me. I may eventually install the patch just to see if there's any change, or a "mod" when I get bored with the scenery, but I don't imagine I'll be bored with this game anytime soon.

All in all, great game, great fun, don't believe MOST of the negative reviews you'll find on here. I've noticed alot of contrasting negative reviews that differ completely from my own experiences once I played the games myself. Can't say why that is, but please give games a try. Taste and gameplay choice varies, afterall.

bugs and starforce
This game is from the makers of Sea Dogs, and Sea Dogs II which was retitled Pirates of the Caribbean. This game is very similar to Sea Dogs II (POTC) with some graphical improvements. This game has some serious stability issues, I crashed to the desktop 5 times the first day of playing it, several times losing alot of progress. It was version 1.4 when I installed it so I figured they would have most of the stability issues worked out, apparently I was wrong. The game also uses StarForce copy protection, which has inspired several boycotts among gamers. In Sea Dogs II there was a hotkey to speed up the passage of time while maneuvering your ship or waiting for your cannons to reload, there is no such hotkey in this game, very annoying because sea battles can get long and drawn out especially when you are trying to run.

Age of Pirates
As the Pirate crazy spirals ever upward, I suspect more and more games like this one will start to appear on the horizon. Age of Pirates is very similar to "Pirates of the Caribbean" and Sea Dogs" and for one good reason they are all made by the same company and in doing so they all have the same game engine running them.
This game is almost impossible to play in the beginning if you are not savvy enough to make a whole boat load of ferrying for the capitol to keep you and your ship afloat. It seems in the beginning that everyone wants you to do this and that for not a lot of gold but as you become more familiar to the waters and to who will attack you can start plotting accordingly.
Do not hesitate to board anyone who comes near you and take their ship, kill or enslave their crew and then start figuring how to secure you place in piratical history. No one says you have to be a pirate but then again no one said you had to buy this game.
Face it Pirates are fun, romantic and just plain cool. This game will entertain you for as long as you remember that unlike real pirates you have the luxury of starting the game over. I'm sure a little attribute Ol' Black Beard would have liked to have had available.