Amazon Maximum Age: 240 months
Amazon Minimum Age: 144 months
Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Video Game
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0814582413123
ESRB Age Rating: Teen
Format: CD
Height: 1.1 inches
Length: 7.5 inches
Weight: 100 hundredths-pounds
Width: 5.25 inches
Label: Sony Online Entertainment
Manufacturer: Sony Online Entertainment
Packaged Height: 130 hundredths-inches
Packaged Length: 750 hundredths-inches
Packaged Weight: 30 hundredths-pounds
Packaged Width: 540 hundredths-inches
Platform: Windows XP
Publisher: Sony Online Entertainment
Release Date: 2008-01-22
Studio: Sony Online Entertainment
Feature:
- This PC game requires a monthly fee, and an internet connection to play
- Game Genre: MMORPG/RPG/Strategy
- Choose Pirate, English, French or Spanish and Traverse a world of more than 100 PvP conquerable ports in the Caribbean.
- Virtual buccaneers can engage in fierce ship-to-ship combat in real time, sending foes to the bottom of the briny deep or leaving them helpless and ripe for looting.
- Choose from traditional Fencing, the dual-wielding showmanship known as Florentine, or the treachery of Dirty Fighting in savage Swashbuckling
Product Description:
Pirates of the Burning Sea is an MMORPG featuring high seas action and adventure in a bold world of pirates and plunder. Set against the backdrop of the New World of the 18th Century, players can choose one of three nations ? England, France or Spain ? or choose the role of a Pirate and battle it out for glory and power. Virtual buccaneers can engage in fierce ship-to-ship combat in real time, complete with the roar of cannon fire and the crunch of timber. Players choose one of three fighting styles and engage in intense melee combat in one on one duels, as well as boarding and taking control of enemy vessels. The game's Conquest system turns any of the more than 80 ports into a battleground, as rival players accrue points in both PvE and combat, culminating in a period of PvP warfare that determines who controls the port, and all of its valuable economic resources. Burning Sea also features an economy completely run by players, forging their own empires across the Caribbean; players can build their own quarries, distilleries and timber mills, managing large-scale production and distribution in a cutthroat world of commerce where profits are the dream and desperate measures the reality!
Build, capture, and customize more than 100 historical ships Design your own personal flags and customize sail decals Choose from 3 different styles of melee combat ? deadly and formal Fencing, flashy, dual-wielding Florentine or rowdy and treacherous Dirty Fighting ESRB Rated RP for Rating Pending
Customer Reviews:
 Not bad..., 2008-07-28
Let me just mention some of the other MMOs I've played to give you an idea of my experience: World of Warcraft, Eve-Online, little bit of World War 2 online, Tabula Rasa.
Well, this game was not too bad. The ship warfare is the best part but other than that, its just feels like yet another MMO (find NPC to get quest, complete quest, turn in for XP/gear/$$, repeat).
The hand to hand combat is pretty lame. I think there was very little strategy involved with it and found myself just spamming the attack button. Maybe sometimes pulling out my pistol to take a shot. All in all, probably the weakest part of the entire game.
For the PvP in the game, you'll need to be around a level 50 otherwise, your going to need a group of people to take down some of the level 50's that chill in the contested ports. PvP is pretty non-existent for the most part if your under level 50 though. This was kinda let down because you basically put off PvP until you reach the cap level of 50. I suppose this makes the game more realistic in a way.
The ship warfare is pretty cool. Very slow paced (think Eve-Online's spaceship battles, but a bit more intimate) and methodical. The whole wind factor definitely makes a difference during the battles. I rolled a French privateer and had access to some of the faster ships in the game. My favorite tactic would be to get on the bow of the opposing ship and then out maneuver them and just keep pumping broadsides into the bow. I think the bow and stern armor is weaker, so this worked out great, you just need a fast ship and good maneuverability.
The world in the game is pretty cool. Its very large and its cool to just sail around on the seas and attack random NPCs. The whole historical aspect makes the game seem more fun also in a way. Its also really cool how different ports can switch hands but again, theres not alot you can do with the contested ports when your a lowbie.
As far as the multiplayer aspect goes, I actually didn't really see alot of people online when I played. I played during the latter part of the prime time playing time and usually only saw about 50 people max while I was sailing around. I was playing on the blackbeard server which at the time had a Medium pirate population while the other fractions all were low population. This was kinda buzzkill for me as I like to party up and roam around with people. I ended up getting in a society with about 60 people and we roamed around sometimes together but for the most part it was me soloing. This is a new MMO though, so once people figure out WoW is getting dated, maybe you'll see more people move to something different like this game.
Anyhow, not a bad game but just feels like another MMO except for the port battles and ship combat. I'll probably try it out again but I don't think its going to keep me hooked (not like WoW awhile ago). I think for people who like Eve-Online, this will be a good game, except maybe not as in-depth as eve and the ship combat is more intimate than the spaceship battles of Eve.
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