Pirates of the Caribbean MMO, Free (with caveats)

[Javert]

www.piratesonline.com

I tried out Disney's MMO tonight and I just wanted to share it with the rest of you. It was very simplistic with Sid Meier's "Pirates" graphics, but a decent time-killer. The installer is small, and the game is streamed like Guild Wars. The villain is Jolly Roger, and I'm frankly confused where in the storyline this is supposed to take place. My guess would be between Part 1 and 2. The voice acting is very good for the main characters, better than I expected.

Like Burning Sea, it has both sword and ship combat, both of them more intuitive and easier since they're catering to the younger crowd. Winning at swordfights involves combos, and pistols requires timing your reloads. There is a simple PvP arena. There is no wind direction for ships, and quests are highlighted in-game with a "light from god" shining on where you need to go.

Even though the game is free, the game is played in window mode, and most of the high-end ships and weapons are locked. You also can not play some of the mini-games. The monthly fee is $9.95 a month, with the first month half off. Frankly I'm sticking with it for free.

 

[Lucid]

Thinking of checking this out since I'm craving a low end MMO for my shitty laptop.
If anyone actually plays this, you're more than welcome to join me.

edit: This is actually quite fun, fairly simplistic but fun.

 

[Shakermaker]

This is still going? Looks decent enough to try out.

 

[Lucid]

Okay, this game has so many graphical bugs it's not even funny.
It's very annoying actually.

I'm playing in windowed because I like to be able to take little breaks and minimize it for awhile, but when I bring it back up all of the menus become distorted and the text takes up the entire screen and the ocean gets all glitchy with a checkboard pattern of textures of grass, stone, and character faces. D:

edit: When the glitches aren't happening, the game can be pretty damn crazy.
Combat is realtime and actually requires some skill and a bit of maneuvering, ship combat is really fun you can board ships and then fight onboard.