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Entered Beta today, first impression.

LongsnoutLongsnout Member Posts: 116
in Pirates of the Caribbean Online
Woke up this morning and found a mail in my inbox that invited me to beta. There was no NDA, so I will speak open about it.

After installing the game and starting up the client, the first thing that hurt my eyes was a gigantic advertisement bar on the top of the screen. The same dumb, irritating, badly made animation flickers by over and over and over again. It is bad to be tortured with adds in a released game, in a beta version it just is plain annoying and insulting.

Next, it seems like there is no way to run the game in full screen mode. There is an option for it in settings, and there is a large selection of different resolutions, but clicking them results in nothing. So best I can do is run it in windowed mode on 1024x768. The actual game takes place in a even smaller window. Loosing loads of possible space to the add and a useless menu bar on the left. Have a look at the screenshot.  Oh, the settings you choose will not be saved, even when you click the save button. After every crash or relog you will need to readjust. The adds and the fact that the world does not fill the screen reduces the experience dramaticlally.

Character creation is pretty simple. You choose your gender, bodyshape and hight. Then you move on the customize your face and your outfit. The facial customization offers a wide range of facial attributes. Unfortunatly the models are not that pretty, textures are outdated and character animations do not blow me away. It is an other comic style,

Once in the world, you move with the arrows and look around with the mouse.  There is a limitted zoom in/out option, no 1st person view. To attack you need to pull a weapon from one of 3 slots and then execute attacks with the left and right mouse buttons. There is a "timed clicked" combo system and a variety of special attacks you gain by progressing.

I belive the game could be fun and has potential, but I did not long and far enougth to see it proven. I stoped playing after about 40 minutes, simply because the adds got on my nerves. Well, in combination with a sloppy fps.

Should I go back playing it, I will update this post.

 

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Nobody is useless, he/she can still be used as a bad example.

Comments

  • livewire82livewire82 Member Posts: 11
    if you don't mind my asking how did you go about getting into beta testing for this game? a site or what i'm interested in helping. thanks
  • KeoghKeogh Member Posts: 1,099

    I stand corrected, he claims there is no NDA.

    I just had not heard that they were already in open BETA.

     

    "Don't corpse-camp that idea. Its never gonna rez"
    Bladezz (The Guild)

  • AbronzAbronz Member Posts: 126

    Who cares if he gets banned or not....

    To be honest, he shouldn't be playing betas anyways.  He is not there to test the game, he is there to freeload and get some free playing time.

     

  • livewire82livewire82 Member Posts: 11
    I personally wish to test I love the idea for the game and would like the chance to suggest some ideas before the release... doubt they will listen but i'd like to try, just need to know where to go and how to request entry. thanks
  • xephonicsxephonics Member UncommonPosts: 672
    he did say



    "There was no NDA, so I will speak open about it."

    My god has horns.... nah, I don't think he is real either.

  • jaharjahar Member Posts: 234
    ok two things. Keogh, the 2nd sentence the OP wrote was that there is no NDA. I cant believe someone would comment on a post without even reading the post. and two, Abronz, how do you know the OP's motivation for playing the game? did he tell you this? or ya just make it up? and besides, who isnt motivbated by the "free" aspect of beta testing? can you say there are people do it just to "make it better" ?
  • livewire82livewire82 Member Posts: 11
    Originally posted by jahar

    ok two things. Keogh, the 2nd sentence the OP wrote was that there is no NDA. I cant believe someone would comment on a post without even reading the post. and two, Abronz, how do you know the OP's motivation for playing the game? did he tell you this? or ya just make it up? and besides, who isnt motivbated by the "free" aspect of beta testing? can you say there are people do it just to "make it better" ?
    Well this depends on a few things,  everyone as you said would take a chance at free testing i don't care who it is.  But some people test honestly and keep the info between themselves and maybe close trusted friends and then there are the test wanting to spread the word everywhere and let people know they played the game first.
  • LongsnoutLongsnout Member Posts: 116

    Hi all,

    I would like to clear out some points. First of all, I do not recall having ever applied or signed up for this beta. Nor was I active in the community. The gods know where Disney got my email from. So I am sorry, but I can not instruct or advice on how to join the beta.

    2nd, every beta I signed up to in the past was going hand in hand with being active in the community. Being active long before even a beta was announced. In all these betas I was doing time testing, serious testing, because I was interested in the the game its dev cycle and community. And yes, there was always this tiny little hope that the dev will listen. Some even did.

    As for PotCO, I just took the beta as a chance to get a look at the game. I didn't know anything about it before. I am not even sure if it is correct to call this a beta, because there is no official forum to discuss the game, nor is there a community basis. The ingame experience with other players leads me to belive that most players are of a younger age. This plus some earlier mentioned elements show me that this is not my game. Now, being a bit smarter, it is deinstalled. I do not troll betas.

    For all who still get into beta or join the game after release. I wish you a great time and tons of fun.

    Greez

    longsnout

     

     

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    Nobody is useless, he/she can still be used as a bad example.

  • JrmislanJrmislan Member Posts: 9
    Can I have your account?
  • POTCguyPOTCguy Member Posts: 7
    I have a damn to poor graphics card. ONLY 32 MB!!!!

    I am starting to hate ACER cause it's just to damn cheap.

    Anybody have any ideas on how to get it to work
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