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Topic: Pirates Constructible Stategy Game Online (Read 1008 times)
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Velorath
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Hadn't heard about this until SOE sent me an e-mail today advertising some free trial. Apparently they've taken that Pirates card game and done an online version similar to Magic: The Gathering Online. Despite not having any interest in playing the game, I tried to find out the cost of booster packs just out of curioustiy, but the site was less than helpful, especially since the "Buy Now" link which I presumed would lead to booster pack sales wouldn't load any of the times I tried clicking it. I don't know, I could see people buying the cards just so they could build the little ships, but who the hell would want to play an online version of this game? I assume the card game must do ok since I've seen a few expansions for it, and I suppose it probably only took some guy at SOE a couple days of working through his lunch break to throw this together, but I'm still a little surprised they bothered with this.
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Trippy
Administrator
Posts: 23622
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SOE bought Worlds Apart (now SOE Denver) in August and the Pirates game was part of the announcement back then.
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HaemishM
Staff Emeritus
Posts: 42630
the Confederate flag underneath the stone in my class ring
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I think I read the costs of Starters were like $10 and boosters were maybe $2? Something very similar to actual real pricing.
So yeah, not fucking worth it beyond the free trial. I have yet to try the free trial.
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geldonyetich
Terracotta Army
Posts: 2337
The Anne Coulter of MMO punditry
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Poxnora is the best online collectable card game w/ booster sales model I've ever seen. And it's still not terribly popular.
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Jain Zar
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I couldn't get Poxnora to work right.
And as someone who collects Pirates actual ships?
WHY WOULD ANYONE PAY TO PLAY THE GAME VIRTUALLY?
Its one of the worst games I have ever played. Simply terrible gameplay. I just collect the ships because they are fun, and hope to find a decent Age of Sail miniatures ruleset to use my little pain in the ass to assemble boats with. A friend who got into it too hates the game more than I do.
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