Your first quest is to sail to nearby Redmond island (but without a lot of guidance on how to get there) and notify the English governor that the French have attacked Oxbay. The tutorial consists of Malcolm telling you how to play the game, and is actually useful. You'll definitely be sailing faster (at least in knots) than we do in Sea Dogs.Ĩ. You can sail directly into the wind at 30% of the wind speed, but about 45 degrees off the wind you're sailing at about 60% of the wind speed, and sailing within 45 degrees of the direction the wind is blowing you can get up to 75% or more. It's similar to Tactical sailing mode, with turning the ship taking even longer than Tactical, although going to battle sails speeds this up, and your apparent speed is about the same as Tactical for any given speed in knots, and it feels right. Their "realistic" sailing model is better than what we have in Sea Dogs. The land mass for Redmond is interesting, however.ħ. When you're sailing near an island, you don't see any trees, just the land mass and textures. The Rocky Shore harbor at Redmond is the same as one of the harbors in Sea Dogs, but is much smaller, and the graphics aren't nearly as good.Ħ. The storekeeper at Redmond is the same as Le Francois pirate colony, for example. And they aren't as pretty as in Sea dogs.ĥ. Sword fighting is really simplified, with the CTRL key to block and one attack done with the space bar.Ĥ. The sky was simpler, but reasonably attractive.ģ. Except for the characters, they are a lot simpler, and look somewhat primitive compared to Sea Dogs. The graphics aren't really bad, but aren't nearly as good as Sea Dogs. We have a lot more information available to us in Sea Dogs.Ģ.
The various interfaces are a bit clunky, but usable. The controls are OK, but feel awkward after getting used to the Sea Dogs controls. I didn't feel like doing the next island hop in Sea Dogs, so I installed Pirates of the Caribbean.ġ.
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