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Less Than a Week and I'm Done
ChicagoCub
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That's about as long as I could stay interested in this game before it got repetitive and boring....typical sandbox garbage..nothing groundbreaking. The graphics are dated...character customization is limited...PvP'ers wont even enjoy it since there is practically none to speak of yet. The economy is fatally flawed since you get enough money at start to make it profitable to just register two free accounts and keep making new toons and transferring the money over to main...takes less than a minute to turn a toon over. Also, I find it highly suspect that they ask for SSN's, Mother's Maiden Names, Passport Numbers, etc as a means of Identification, espcially for an overseas company (from where I'm sitting anyway). A waste of time, but thank goodness not money, you get what you pay for. PotBS looks to be better, they seem to have a bigger budget and have given alot more attention to detail and depth.
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First off the mmorpg is from China and is nearly 3 years old. Considering its age its quite a good graphics engine.
Second off the you dont have to exploit the system by having multiple charecters. Thats a choice. If you play with friends who dont exploit then the economy runs just fine. Inter-guild economies can entirely ignore inflation. Which in fact the alliance of guilds which I belong have began doing.
Thirdly there is quite alot of pvp going on, if you know which political circles to tangle with. Quite regularly Ive seen ports being blockades and pirates being chased down by mercenaries. Albeit I will admit it may simply be that you dont like the style or theres not enough for your taste. I can except that. Could be the pvp elements just not for you.
Lastly the identification system isnt really suspect. They just did a article in wired I believe recently which noted many Chinesse mmorpgs are requiring the registry of the players identification to insure the players age. This usually is a function of the Chinesse goverment
monitoring its citizens. The system was more or less left in place when the game was ported to america as a relic. They gms arent monitoring if the id's are correct due to the fact the company isnt held responsible for other countries citizens age. At least not responsible to the chinesse goverments system.
Now as for the game being Sandbox...
At least thats how I write my review. ANYWHO .... I like the game. Just my taste though. I am sorry to see you didnt like the game. Hope you find one you like!
When I want a single-player story, I'll play a single-player game. When I play an MMO, I want a massively multiplayer world.
Gripping about ID numbers? There is an "other" option for 8 of your favourite numbers. Don't tell me you gave them your banking info? lol
There based out of Hong Kong. Ill try and dig up the site for there version of VC. Its a old game actually. I actually played Uncharted Waters Onlines. WOW what a game. Shame Koei doesnt release there games in the American Territories.
Suffice it digging up information on the Chinesse release is nearly impossible! It seems like they wanted to really seperate there releases. They dont even name the same version of game the same name for each region. I know the game was released in china I just cant find the website. Oh and the claims this is the first 3d nautical mmorpg is incorrect that would be tricky to decide which is though. UWO and a few others came out earlier. Anywho, still love the game
Hey Techleo, looks like you might get your wish about Uncharted Waters Online. I was looking it up and according to IGN it's due out sometime in America is 2007. Game looks nice. As far as Voyage Century goes, it's a nice game. It's different and fills a niche. Sure the graphics are dated, but they are not bad by any means.
Mourninglord
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Sure, try this link. Since I am no expert at these links, I can only hope it works.
http://pc.ign.com/objects/676/676995.html