Maybe I'm being a little to harsh with my title... but the sad fact is that it's true!
Having asked my little bro what he would like for his birthday, he asked (in the absence of a sports car and dancing girls) for a copy of PoBS... something that he would rather not play by himself.
Fair enough I thought and off to my friendly online retailer to buy two copies.
Don't get me wrong... it's a nice enough game... I just don't think it really has much to offer when compared to what has gone before and what is soon to be release.
While I can't comment on the newer MMOs (at least until the NDA is lifted :P), the graphics aren't as good as the likes of EQ2, the game play is slow at best and the animation is... well... embarrassing. All the character models are the same height and build, and the customisation limited. Add to that the fact that the ports all look so similar and the looping npc conversations/animations do little except irritate. The ship to ship combat can be vaguely interesting for a short while but mostly just dull zig-zagging attempting to move with the wind.
The PvP aspect of capturing ports sometimes works (when the system is not being exploited) but I think Tabular Rasa does a better job of contested territory.
It is a real shame. The idea was brilliant and the sea combat should have been one of the things that set it apart from the other MMOs. Maybe in six months or so it'll be in a better state. Unfortunately (in my opinion at least) at the moment, it is anything but...
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