A good idea

kylecameron1

I say that Pirates of the caribbean online & pirates of the burning seas should both combine. Disney has lots of money, they both have the same basic idea, and are both pirate games. They should take the voodoo magic, the ability to have friends on a ship and the graphics from PotBS and update them alot. Then you take the ships and  ocean travelling features from  PotBS and  also from PotC take the kid friendly stuff, so you have a good community and then you use Disneys money to advertise, a lot, newpaper, magazine, billboard, tv, computer, then youve got a bunch of possible people wanting to play. After that you take a few more things added and you have one game, a good game with up to date graphics with a friendly community. And you should check out the PotBS video from E3. it shows about the sailing system, but thats just my idea. Think its good or bad tell me.

Rekam

No thank you, that would ruin PotBS, PotC online is fantasy, PotBS is historically correct in the 1720s, eerrrr yeeargh, just not going to work or would anyone else want it to happin, but its safe to say it wont.

Rekam

PotBS is going to blow PotC out of the water, (if potc even releases). The high side of it though PotC Online will pull alot of the younger crowd from PotBS to make it a relaxing mildly adult game with few kids running around spamming chuck norris quotes... I like how you just want to improve the 2 games, just at this point PotBS (which is nearing release alot sooner then potc) doesnt need any improvements, I think they've tipped the peak on development for release, and most likely even more great content released after. I know you mean well, just not gonna work.

Ebil_Piwat

They are two different games. Even at E3 in Los Angeles, the Disney Dev's came over to see PotBS, played a demo, shook hands, and agreed as much.

The Disney game will have magic, undead, simple quests, and flashy ohh ahh.. like an arcade game. They want it to be fun for the family, to gain a quest from Jack Sparrow, and defeat the bad guys.

PotBS goes much deeper, a full real world economy, polotics, trade, PvP, in depth missions, more complex skills/character advancement, etc.

Each one will fill a different role. Disney's is a game about pirates, PotBS is a game with pirates in it. Disney has fun for the family, and when they 'grow' into a more in depth game, maybe they'll move over...

zipit

 OP, not a bad idea, but it would never work. As others have stated the 2 games are very different in nature. PotBS is historically accurate and has PvP as a major factor in the game enjoyment. Disney's pirate game is more family-orientated with WoW graphics ( cartoonish).

kylecameron1

Those are all good points, I know it wont work because they are both already so far into developing. 4 more days until the release date. Hope its with 2007 but since its most definatly going to be p2p and I dont play p2p games this one accually might make me pay because it looks so good.

Draenor

As SpinnakerSam would put it...Pirates of the Carribean is a game about pirates, Pirates of the Burning Sea is a game with Pirates.

not to mention other fundamental design differences that would make something like this completely unreasonable, both games are targetting completely different crowds...PotC appeals to the fantasy nuts who just can't get enough magic.  PotBS appeals to those of us who are sick of +3 helmets and skilless combat.

kylecameron1

Yes you do have a good point there, Im pretty tired of mmorpgs like that and need a break from the people who are obsessed and play it so they get to lvl 100 in 2 days and have all this equipment and gloat that they are better than you. There is no lvling up in this game right, its totally true(or as close as a game can get) to life. If iit is realistic which it is than thas good.

zalvador

Damn it, I want to change my vote..

Potc sounds more for the children, and PotBS is more advanced, so let them stay out of each way.

kylecameron1

Did you accidentaly vote yes?

zalvador

Ye.. It sounded as a good idea at first, cuz PotBS could get a headstart with the funds of Disney. But after listening to the arguments it's good they don't.

kylecameron1

All flying labs needs to boost their game is more money, if they had more money they could upgrade the graphics engine and they could also get lots of advertising. Not that they have to get it from disney, they coulld just get some donations or something like that or mabye ask for a loan from another gaming company with plenty of money to spare. But with more money PotBS would be a much bigger game.

kylecameron1

thats weird,somebody on the PotBS forum posted my thread on a link, thats weird to me mabye not to you but...

orion016

NOOOOO!!!!! Disney's looks like cartoon, and PotBS is more life like charaters... and it looks and feels like Life-like

doffmann

il sail aronde the sea and eat all the cookies and we laught while i drink the milk

kimosabe

PotCO: Simple, relatively linear story with easy gameplay and Disney's "happy feeling" environment hanging around everywhere. If you're gonna fight undead skeleton zombies, make them look like undead skeleton zombies instead of an inflatable skeleton prop in a nursery school. Pirates weren't young, pure-at-heart heroes, nor did they look the part, but that's a different topic entirely. A children's game all the way.

PotBSO: Complex sailing system and relatively open character development, with a relatively genuine old-fashioned environment. A player-run economy. No cuddly monsters, and no good guy pirates. A deep storyline influenced by player choices, and high levels of animosity between navy and pirates. No graphic content to keep out younsters, just complexity.

There is no way you could possibly "mix" these games and have anything halfway worth while come out. Not to mention mixing the games would be far more complex than them each continuing on their own separate ways. It's like saying mix the elite, successful niche game EVE with the dumbed-down, simplistic SWG to make them into one great game since they are both sci-fi. Not a perfectly parallel compairison, but I hope you get my idea. Just because Flying Labs is an amateur company, doesn't mean that they won't be more successful on their own.

NastyNitro

Ok disney is a slave driver and control freak, look at everyone at pixar(or dreamwork one of those studios), they were all fired from disney for making "adult" stuff, and that studio was wayyyy better, skrew disney and their oppressive ways, PoTC will blow hardcore like the crappy conversion of sid meyers pirates for the first pirates of the carrabean rpg.

Xxkarate

No offense or anything, but its a horrible idea. The whole community will be flooded with the 10 year old "ZOMG IM SO 1337 W1TH MY HUG3 SH1P". No more WoW plz.