(!!!MAJOR REVIEW CHANGE!!!)
So originally, I had said I would not recommend this game, however I also stated that I would change it if my problems with the game were fixed. So, I am happy to say that with the update 0.7.1 (which was the next update after my review) the following problems have been fixed to my satisfaction.
1: Inability to escape from battle (FIXED)
2: Lack of Warning about losing inventory (FIXED)
3: Quest tracking (FIXED)
Sooo, since all my complaints are fixed to my acceptance, I am happy to change my review to RECOMMEND! I left my complaints so you can see what I was upset about. Hope this helps!
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Original Review
(!!!!EDIT!!!! SEE BOTTOM)I don't normally review or rate games, but this one I feel needs a review so that everyone knows what they're getting into:
1: Don't expect to play for long in your game. In the 3 hours I have played, I have had to restart over 15 times. There is NO option to flee from fights and ships will literally hunt you down and attack you, so you spend most of your time running around trying to avoid fights. And to make matters worse, the game doesn't care that your in a tiny 2 gun 40 block ship. It could send a 2k+ ship after you that will wipe you out in 1 round. Add to this, there is no save option, so when your ship is destroyed, no matter how much time you put into designing it, it's game over.
2: There is no inventory saving. If you don't use it on your ship don't expect to sell it at the next town. This includes blocks you take from other ships. The ONLY option you have, is attach an insane amount of parts from ships you manage to overpower (which by the way there's very few you're able to do that with), then after you have attached them all (and hopefully it still floats and sails) then you quickly head for a town. Once there, remove all the parts you don't want on your ship, and then quickly, before another ship attacks you, open the trade screen (WITHOUT MOVING YOUR SHIP CAUSE IF YOU DO YOU LOSE EVERYTHING) then you can sell all your unused parts.
3: Quests.... There's about 3 different kinds of quests: (1) Go out into the middle of the ocean, (which lowers morale because you're not near land) and find the X, sail over it and done. (2) Attack and defeat a ship plaguing the town (this could be a ship that's 10x your capabilities, so be prepared), & (3) Go to another city.
Regardless of what quest you pick, each one is marked with a red X and you are supposed to know exactly where it is, because aside from that red X, there's no marker indicating which way you're supposed to go. Soooo.. be prepared to run around the map for 30 minutes dodging enemy ships and trying to find the X.
4: IIIIFFFFFFF you can get past all of the above, the game has a LOT of potential to be awesome if they are fixed. Sadly, I have tried hard to truly enjoy the game and, after 3 hours, I simply can't because of the above problems. However, I still plan to play it and see if the Dev will fix any of the problems, so don't be surprised if I edit this review as updates happen.
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So, having now played for over 6 hours, I can now say the following... First: I have managed to figure out how to save my game. So for any who this was a game breaker, then it requires a little work but here's a workaround till this is added.
1: Navigate to your %appdata% folder, (for those who don't know how to do this, just put the "%appdata%" in the search box. Your computer will do the rest.
2: Next, open the folder "LOCAL"
3: Open the "Block of Rum" Folder
4: Copy, do not move, the PLAYER.ini AND the SAVE.ini files to a new location.
5: When the ships defeat you, or you make a mistake, then just replace these files with the ones you copied. (!!!!IMPORTANT NOTE!!!!! This will undo everything you have done up to making the copy. I am not responsible for you screwing up your game after kicking the arse of your first galleon if you don't save and back it up!!!!)
Now, as to the aforementioned stuff. I posted my opinion in the discussion forum to which the dev stated he would try to work on them. So here's hoping!
