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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.
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The main problem is that in fights you simply cannot see the enemy ships, making this game more or less a reaction game when they pop up in your tiny sight of view. The enemy, of course, know exactly where you are and where you are heading to the whole time. 2/5
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Since everyone's complaining: look at the title - "Trafalgar Origins BETA". Note the word BETA, which means this is still in it's early stages. I personally would keep the suggestions coming in, maybe we might get something added. ;)
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Game has a lot of potential. Only the wind should have more effect, also i'd like to see ship upgrades rather than crew upgrades.
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The zoom thing it's really an EPIC CRAP !! you can't plan an estrategy of aproximation to other ships because you can't see other ships position, the compass "map" is too ooo bad just because you can't take the advantage of shoot to others bow-stern, which is the best way to sink a boat... The maneuver thing, it's not bad, a ship is not a car, or robot, which could just brake and change the direction, i like that point, with the wind. It's hard sometimes but it's real. The zoom, that really sunk the game from 5/5 to 2/5
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hey retards who say we need recent comments go to bottom click see all comments then go to recent on the tab that says highest rated... so stfu there still is he new comment section
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Controls are frustrating. I had wind from aft and drifted sideways into powder barrels. Makes a lot of sense, NOT! 2/5
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Well, fine game, unfortunately loot drowns a way too fast and loading missions takes forever which makes playing this game terrible to advance.
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Very nice game and concept, needs badges as well ;)
but overall performances and user-friendly I have to agree with the comments of bbalboni. The handling is very hard to handle, even though you upgrade crew and it would be nicer if you can control how many sails :) but yes, it's rare gem to have a game like this
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great game, i love naval battles, but just so you know, American seamen at the battle of Tripoli were soo damn good that they could ail their frigates backwards.
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on the 5th mission in the ARCADE section, all u have to do is sail away from the center and let them kill each other. finally sink the last ship.
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My points are the same as the user bbalboni before me, so I'm not gonna type of something similar to, but different from what he said. So instead I'll just tell you how good this game is so far, 3.5/5 will be better after the points listed are corrected. Good job dude. c:
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3/5 As other people have said: not a bad game, but the controls/handling need some tweaking and there should be more upgrade choices. The main thing I have to add is that the game kept getting stuck on the loading screen. I am using Firefox and Win7, if that helps you track down the issue.
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I have to say that while I like the concept, it felt very rapidly as though my ship was outclassed and the only way to get more money was looting ships from earlier missions. It makes progress rather difficult.
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Points for originality, I see potential here. It's ruined by bad handling though. I repeatedly found myself turning in circles because the ship was still trying to go left when I wanted to go right. I kept missing objectives because the ship just wouldn't go where it was supposed to, instead preferring to sail into the floating powderkegs.
While this might be historically accurate as to difficulty controlling, it doesn't make for good game play.
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Pretty cool game! Nevertheless, while I appreciate that these ships are lumbering and awkward because it's the most accurate way of depicting them, it just kills the fun. It must have been a terrifying rush to be on one of those deathtraps while you wait and wait for your ship to face the enemy, but I don't think that's the sort of excitement we're going for in video games.