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Ugh

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

So soo buggy. I was looking forward to this game for months, only to buy it and discover it was a bugged unplayable mess. The reason for this is that the game is simply a reskined copy of their sea dogs 2 game that they released in 2003 as pirates of the carribean. If you dig into the game files you can even find remnants of code referencing locations and objects from that game that aren't in this game any longer. So really this game is just a retexturing of that game, with a bunch of unnecessary code left in that leads to a bunch of bugged coding that runs into problems at every turn.

Me Gusta

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: January 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I'm not exactly sure what everyone else was talking about. The whole star force thing kind of confuses me. I have been playing the game for about three months and I am yet to have any problems with my computer. so if you are interested in the game don't let the hype about starforce software scare you out of buying it.

Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: March 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I am a big fan of the Uncharted Waters series that was on the SNES. Koei has been making new ones but never releasing them in the US. Anyway, When I first heard that Pirates of the Caribbean was like it in a way and not related to the movie I decided to buy it and loved it despite the many bugs....just had to save a lot. Then i purchased Sea Dogs and now Age of Pirates which is along the same lines, a sequel of sorts. Its a great game although so far not as good as POTC because at least that game gave you some direction in the beginning. So far in this one I am just doing "missions" to earn money, like transporting people to and from islands. The graphics are a little better than Sea Dogs and POTC. I have yet to have the game crash, just got it yesterday and played it for hours. I did install the latest 1.5 version patch before playing it for the first time though. I also just loaded the StarForce free patch which allows you to uninstall StarForce and play the game without it on your system. Too many bad reviews made me think twice about leaving it on. Shouldn't judge the game solely on the fact that it has anti-piracy software on it. So if you liked POTC and Sea Dogs you will like this game. Although I liked POTC better, I have completed that already and its nice to have something along the same lines with new missions and things added. Akella should try expansions on games rather than creating all new ones, like they aren't doing by creating another Age of Pirates: Captain Blood which i believe is a stand alone game.

No Problem

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: October 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I don't know why some people have a problem with Starforce. I have never had a problem well running a game with Starforce. Age of Pirates is a good in depth game.
A lot better then Sids Pirate remake. It would be nice if Amazon would list in the product information if a program is using Starforce for those who do have a problem with it.

Good game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 22
Date: September 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This really is a good game, and to all of you ignorant people that rated it without even BUYING the game because it contains Starforce, you really missed out. Installing Starforce is OPTIONAL. Thousands of people are already playing it fine, Starforce free.

Very good pirate life game but very buggy!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game promises to be a lot of fun.
But it is really buggy. It crashes often, even with the latest patches. This makes it really annoying. You have to save all the time so you don't lose your progress in the game.
I have only played a few hours so I don't know how the story really progresses. I hope it is as good as the Pirates of the Caribbean.
The style of the game is very similar, if not identical to Pirates of the Caribbean.

All in all it looks like a fun game. Maybe released a little early. It needed a little more beta testing so it wouldn't have so many bugs.

Age of Pirates

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

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.

bugs and starforce

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

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 Purchase....

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: February 01, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I thought that this game was well put together.... BUT.... There is little support for this title and no matter what I try the game freezes every 20-30 minites. I tore apart the "Support Site" to no avail trying every fix that was suggested. There is absolutely nothing wrong with my PC. The thing is brand new as of the start of this year. I have it professionaly checked out with no problems detected. I have all the latest drivers, plenty of RAM, and hard drive space. Unfortunately I fear that this game will collect dust upon a shelf. Perhaps if a patch was published this would not be this games fate. If a part two was put out I hope that it performes better. I in no way place any blame upon the seller of this product. I reserve that for the manufacturer.

Entertaining and NOT AS REVIEWED by others here.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: October 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

(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.

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