Play it for:
* Rusty Pete the pirate
* moves the story on
Avoid it for:
* NO CLANK!
* Inferior in every way to Tools of Destruction
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- Maverick Muezzin
- White British male. 3/4 English, 1/4 Scottish. Convert from Anglican Christianity to Sunni Islam. Strong belief in social justice. Generally tolerant and open-minded. Intolerant of idiocy, hypocrisy, bigotry, and injustice. Against big-government and big-business as they distort markets. Most at home with right-of-centre politics based on pragmatism rather than ideology. Studied Classics at Oxford Uni. ("Literae Humaniores" as they call it there.) Is a traditionalist in believing that Islam is as fine as it's always been. Is a maverick in thinking that interpretations of Islam for different cultures and times are unsuitable for modern Britain. Oh, and I have a nice smile :)
OK, first off, I was really ecstatic to have been able to get this game brand new for £10, when I'd been searching for it for a while. (Glad I held back, I don't think it's really worth more than a tenner.)
ReplyDeleteThe saving grace of this game is the piratey-ness. It falls short of Tools of Destruction in many ways...
* Size (which is forgiveable)
* Gameplay variety
* Inferior weapon system
* Less exploration/more linear
* Lack of extras
* NO CLANK!!!
There were a couple of innovations with the omniwrench, which sounded pretty awesome in principle, but don't think they quite lived up to it in practice.
Anyway, noticeably inferior to ToD, but still moved the story along and did have some fun piratey moments along the way. Plus, it sets me nicely on my way to my 20 game resolution for 2010!