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Why in god's name no Multiplayer!?

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Krehlmar

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I mean seriusly, no matter how great, good or extrem a game is... multiplayer is always way way better.
I mean, GTA vice city; A shiat good game, a clean 9.8/10, yet even with bad modded multiplayer without any ncps or movements for other players was alot better!

I mean, all games need multiplayer! Without mutliplayer... I mean... multiplayer! CMON!
well, hopefully someone will mod a multiplayer, cause else I just see a another great idea thrown to the fishes...
 
I think i read before that they wanted to make the Pirates! experience as you being the centre of the world, kind the whole caribbean change due to the actions you take. So having multi would have worked against it.

Read into that either way

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I have a good feeling that there will be an expansion with MP support next year.
Anyway, I hope I'm right.
 
Yes, but that should be for single player, in mutliplayer people who spend enough time should be the center of the world togheter with their friends...
Maybe even rule the whole world! Mwahahaha...

But seriusly, Id easily give up my "world domination" plot to serve the greatest captain in the carabeen, think how cool having massive armades of people lead by a clan captain... that would totally pwn...

The thing is, in single player... it will always end with you just beating the comp with 1% of your brain capacity... I mean, AI can never be as fun and exiting as a human player...
 
Not to mention MP is just a PItA.

You don't have to wait for other people to do your stuff - "Well, we were supposed to go loot today, but James and Ferdy had to study for a test, so we're already down two..." etc.

SP you just do YOUR thing - forget MP. SP pwns!!!
 
True... But if they're going to do it MP I'd like the option of SP...

Just a small note about MMORPG's - it seemed that EVERY game developer at E3 had one coming up. So the gaming industry is ON this fad, and quite intent on milking it for all it's worth... I just wonder about such a serious glut on the market with MMORPG's. Are there really that many gamers out there that like this (I mean, I know there are, for a few games, but when there are HUNDREDS of online multiplayer games?)? Maybe holding back on the multiplayer aspect is a good thing...

You have to think, too, that Pirates! is a game not only for gamers, but for "old fart" (pardon the expression - which I resemble, LOL!) gamers who played Pirates on their original Atari...

Speaking for myself only, I just don't see me spending much time on a MMORPG... Kids who don't have a "life" yet (aside from school), who don't have a job and need that paycheck to pay the rent, well they have large chunks of time to spend playing these games online - and probably someone else to pay for them if there's a subscription price (and there will be, or what's the point?). Not me. It's enough I pay for my internet connection and have bought my own (expensive) computer with money I earned... It's great if you have someone else paying for your computer and your internet connection AND the MMORPG subscription, but I personally can't afford (multiple?) subscriptions to MMORPG's along with all the other bills I have to pay.

I will buy the single player game and play it when I can find a few free minutes... Which in a freelancer's life is NOT SCHEDULED. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" />
 
I've never actually considered MP support the most important, actually, for me it is the least important. I feel more free playing against the computer only. I just hate it when you start an MP game and then someone from the people you are playing suddenly has to leave, etc. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mellow.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":|" border="0" alt="mellow.gif" />
 
<!--QuoteBegin-Civrules+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Civrules)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I've never actually considered MP support the most important, actually, for me it is the least important. I feel more free playing against the computer only. I just hate it when you start an MP game and then someone from the people you are playing suddenly has to leave, etc. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mellow.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":|" border="0" alt="mellow.gif" /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I agree...

Pirates isn't a game that you play in 10 minutes and then leave...

The other hand they could make small maps where short multiplayer matches would be possible. It would probably be very fun but I prefer that they focus on the Single Player mode first. It's a new engine so I suppose they need all time they can get to make the SP mode perfect.
 
Right, Civilization III: Conquests is also a game that you don't just play for 10 minutes, that's why it has shorter modes that you can play online.

And I say it again (because I am so certain, but not 100% sure <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/william.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":will" border="0" alt="william.gif" /> ) I really do think that there will be a multiplayer expansion next year, IF they are not that busy with CivIV . <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mybad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":facepalm" border="0" alt="mybad.gif" />
 
I also think that MP is not that important. A great SP experience should be the focus with MP only being considered after SP is perfected. Too many games now days tack on MP to try and add replayability and save the game because the SP experience is horrible.

I do agree that MP Pirates would be cool at some point but for now I want the SP game to be able to stand on it's own as an awesome experience.
 
Multiplayer is not that important, but it sure gives a good boost! Not talking about MMOs here, just a simple little multiplayer support. I mean really! Pirates of the Caribbean, I got a nice Battleship and I want to sink my friend's ship, but I can't. Pretty sad. Maybe in the future, some company will make a pirates game that is sort of like Freelancer, `open-ended` and multiplayer!
 
Well, I think that Multiplayer would be nice for the Game.
But I can understand Firaxis/Atari why they didn't make one. Adding multiplayer to a game isn't easy and take some time.
Well, the majority of Pirates! Players don't need or aren't intrested in multiplayer. So there is no need to place recourses into a multiplayer part of the game, while only a minority would play it.
 
<!--`QuoteBegin-DonkeyPirate`+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DonkeyPirate)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Well, I think that Multiplayer would be nice for the Game.
But I can understand Firaxis/Atari why they didn't make one. Adding multiplayer to a game isn't easy and take some time.  
Well, the majority of Pirates! Players don't need or aren't intrested in multiplayer. So there is no need to place recourses into a multiplayer part of the game, while only a minority would play it.[/quote]

Yeah, if there were plans to include MP from the start we'd probably have to wait a few more months for the game to be released. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />
 
The sp. in original pirates caused addiction , and looking through the Civs faq. I can see that they did their homework,....so I can live without mp. My only fears are related with concerns mentioned in `Game-Speed` topic.
 
But I wonder how good the AI is going to be. I hope they aren't dumb and don't get predictable after 2 hours of gameplay like in Tortuga/Pirate Hunter/Seize & Destroy.
 
Multiplayer in Xbox version

I was reading some information on multiplayer ability, but only available on the xbox version of the game. I was trying to find it to post here, but am unable to locate.

So just a heads up on that.
 
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