Though I might have to wait until the UI gets a little slicker, because the menus right now are some of the most jank-arse I’ve ever seen in a game that’s actually charging real money.
So yeah, there’s promise here! As someone who has both ACIV: Black Flag and Sid Meier’s Pirates! in my “best games ever” pantheon, I’ll be keeping an eye on this. Want to get around? Use the compass and look for landmarks, like your great-great-great grandpappy did. In an effort to keep things realistic, the developers have left out an in-game map. It’s got the most brutal navigation experience I’ve seen in a long time, in that it doesn’t really have one. The developers are promising to have loads more stuff later, from building trade empires to running a nation’s military. It’s an open world persistent multiplayer experience with combat and crafting. This does (and it looks pretty good to boot). It’s catering to a niche! Loads of people are into the age of sail, but not many games go out and cater specifically to it.
