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Very cool game, only thing I have to add to the other comments is that the character faces are quite ugly. But that's a minor detail. :)
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had to reload the whole page cuase the clock just kept turning inbetween the levels... now even that doesnt help. liked it, but its not playable anymore.
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I enjoyed this game. There was a good gameplay, and unique ideas, such as the crewmates. Also, i enjoyed the strategies that this game allows for, and although the steering is hard to master, i couldn't find anoything wrong with it. The idea that different weapons have different ranges, effects and damage was also a good thing to have added, which some game developers leave out. You should try adding upgrades for the ship though.
I do understand why you ship does not completely come to a halt when you are sailing entirely in the opposite direction of the wind, but i do prefer to "tack" my way back and forth if this occurs. Some people have commented that they "cannot turn the auto zoom off" ect, which suggests instead of having a custom right click menu (which is still great, btw) you should have it in an "options" menu which is easy to see. This would also allow for other options for customising or modifying the gameplay, as well as a much easier and noticeable way to do so.
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I was really looking forward to enjoying this game, the graphics are good, the sound is pretty awesome but the one thing that stopped me from playing it only two missions outside of the training is the control, its complete crap I had everyone on my crew devoted to control and I still had as much as I did when I first started, one little gust and you were 200 miles away running into mines.
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I'm constantly hovering at the edge of the visible screen, sniping mobs that are off the screen, and only coming into view so that I can line up again - this is a kinda cheat, but I don't die much at all!
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this could have been a great game but the controls are just rubish and your stats dont really improve your steering 1/5
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I find the "poor handling" comments funny. This is a Ship. Not a car. There are a few bugs, like sometimes when i try to load a level, it gets stuck loading and just loads forever and I have to refresh the page. I found it to be a really fun game that could benefit from some of the suggestions in the comments already about better upgrade system, better zoom system, etc
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BUGs and performance, nothing worse than waiting 3 secs for the cannon to fire after you clicked the button then other times it is immediate. Not worth the frustration.
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The zooming is awful. My cannons shoot further than the screen so I'm constantly shooting off the radar. The enemy ships are never on screen unless you are touching them. Let me control zoom so I can pull it out and actually play the game instead of practicing your dramatic pow curve zooming.
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Minor bug: on the sink X ships missions.. if they accidentally finish off one of their own it doesn't count toward your goal and you are left with no way to finish the mission...
Other than that.. great game.
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Enter a nickname???? The nickname for "richard" is "dick". Sorry if the only thing that comes to your mind is PENIS. Maybe you should worry more about making a better game rather than policing what you feel to be "naughty" words. 1/5 for not allowing me past the "create avatar" stage...
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The author was definitely going for authenticity with this game. For all of you people complaining about the ships turning ability, do you think actual ships can turn on a dime? they actually have to worry about capsizing. I never missed any loot after destroying a ship; any movement can easily be obtained with balance of anchoring and full sails. The wind was perfect imo; could have even been more detrimental to the speed and maneuverability of the ship (you normally can't go full sail into oncoming wind, doesn't work that way :p). My only negative feedback really is to lengthen the time to collect loot after completing a mission. Or even implement a "netting" idea, to just launch a net like a weapon to capture booty and whatnot.
Suggestions: Ship upgrades/Above netting idea^
Maybe if you run into an enemy ship, the crew on board fights it out. Would require a different concept for the crew, but it would be pretty cool imo. Overall a great game, 5/5
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sigh, why does it have to have such random acceleration... i know i know your very proud of your "wind" but really being stuck at walking speed then randomly flying around at 100 miles an hour is annoying ¬¬ however i like the wind u can see and take advantage of, LESS RANDOMNESS
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Fantastic comments... "wind shouldn't have such a dramatic effect" Well duhh, its sailing, of course the wind should have a huge effect!
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The Sid Meier's Pirates from a few years ago is far superior in all aspects but that's a very unfair comparison. This is the best period naval combat game I've seen for a free Flash game so it's definitely a 4. Handling feels like racing gocarts in mud and there should be more speed control than simply on/off. Granted that acceleration and deceleration are usually sufficiently slow to allow you to micromanage your anchor to a speed you want, but it's fiddly and ridiculous to have to do so. I do like the powder keg option, but the oversimplification of chain shot is jarring. Should be able to take down sails with chain shot then board and loot at leisure, at the least.
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I say that everyone who thinks handling is terrible should go drive a boat. They actually handle like this just get used to it.
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1/5 Simply because of controls. Upgrades should be added to the ship (the more the better). Wind shouldn't have such a dramatic effect.
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I hate the shooting glitch. When I click to shoot it takes about half a second to shoot instead of immediently, and then when I shoot just before the ship because of the glitch it shoots right away. And no, it isn't my computer. I give this game a 0/5.