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Has there ever been a well done pirate RPG?
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Dark_castle
Junior Member
When you reached Skellige, Witcher 3 is sorta like a pirate game.
FarFromAnyGame
Banned
Not an RPG but AC Black Flag is the best pirate game out there.
I wanna see a CD Projekt Red or Bethesda pirate game.
I wanna see a CD Projekt Red or Bethesda pirate game.
GoldCrusader
Member
Tales of Berseria. You should all play it.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
What's wrong with her face...
Not a chibi fan, huh? Too bad.
Dangansona
Member
Man ya'll really want me to hop back onto Tales huh?
Came to post this.
ULTROS!
People seem to like me because I am polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
It's a good game, much better than Xillia and Zestiria.
And it's actually polished!
Chibi's fine but that looks more like a Hidamari game!
While not exactly totally about pirates and such along with it being a much older series if you have an old SNES look up the uncharted waters series. Though beware game is pretty hard lol. Well made game though that is fairly famous for the odd genre it is.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usOqXG_AFD4
https://www.gamefaqs.com/snes/588822-uncharted-waters/faqs/10765
If you like things such as trading and exploring you might enjoy the game. Though you can be a pirate too and jack other trade ships and such. Makes the game insanely hard though as the royal navy will be constantly chasing your ass if you go that route.
Also dont play this if you are averse to stress lol
I played this for hours on PC, in DOS with EGA graphics.
psynergylover
Member
Suikoden IV is about sailors. The protagonist army's fortress is a humongous ship and it even has strategic naval battles.
The story leaves a lot to be desired, though.
Not too bad of a suggestion....HOWEVER! The lack of fast travel kills this game as half of the time will be you just sailing.....
I'd suggest Rogue Galaxy! You not actually pirates though....YOU'RE SPACE PIRATES!!!
Edit: For Tales of Berseria...you're not actually Pirates though.... one of your party members is and you use his ship for transportation. You don't even do anything pirate-like except for that expedition bit....which you don't even take part in.
Ubi even floated the idea in a player survey sent out after Black Flag's release. While three-and-a-bit years is a long time in AAA game development, that's less true when you're creating a new IP, so I wouldn't rule it out just yet.
Art Vandilay
Member
There should be a Black Flag 2 that drops the AC ties, and rather puts more emphasis on RPG elements and exploration. That's still the best pirate game to date IMO.
Is this the most recent Tales game? I'm definitely interested. Last one I played was Xillia which I did like.
It's not an RPG but I fucking loved sailing around taking boats etc in Black Flag. That was so much more fun than any of the actual story.
It was available for the original XBOX and PC. I don't know how it is on the XBOX.
The game is not on Steam. Maybe you can find it at game stores. I also was not able to get it working on new Windows versions though that is probably more to do with my inability.
I lost the original boxed game ages ago, and since the developer is not around I was not really morally felt bad about downloading the game from other means.
It also has a active community for Mods, did not really try them tho.
The PC version is on Amazon, but as it's been out of print for years now, owing to the licence expiration, new copies aren't cheap.
MilkyJoe
Member
There will never be a better pirate game.
It's not RPG or Pirate game.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
The one memory that I have of this game is crew dying of scurvy since I couldnt afford the lemon or was it lime juice?
JustSomeone
Member
Gothic 2 night of the raven
Not as good as the main game, but still great.
Not as good as the main game, but still great.
I'll add +1 to AC Black Flag.
Not really an rpg, but It's open world and you can upgrade character and ship, so it's something. Apart from that, there's a lot of mechanics that make it a good pirate game:
Sailing
Climbing up the sails
Naval combat
Boarding enemy ships
On-foot combat
Exploring islands
Searching for treasure with treasure maps
Diving and whale fishing
and more
There's something magical in sailing to an island, seamlessly letting go of the wheel, running to the side of your ship, diving into water and swimming to the island to look for treasure.
Not really an rpg, but It's open world and you can upgrade character and ship, so it's something. Apart from that, there's a lot of mechanics that make it a good pirate game:
Sailing
Climbing up the sails
Naval combat
Boarding enemy ships
On-foot combat
Exploring islands
Searching for treasure with treasure maps
Diving and whale fishing
and more
There's something magical in sailing to an island, seamlessly letting go of the wheel, running to the side of your ship, diving into water and swimming to the island to look for treasure.
Earthpainting
Member
I generally roll my eyes at the romanticism of piracy, so I'm not surprised there are very few pirate RPGs. It's hard to systemise the raids, rapes, disease, and slavery aspects that are key to the pirate experience, and still have a likeable cast. You'll have to start cutting large swats of what defines your concept, or make crew that distinctly rejects all of that, yet still carries the pirate moniker for... reasons. That's fine I guess, since people obviously like the aesthetic and roguish vibes. To me it comes across to making a Klansman With The Heart Of Gold story though.
Now that I'm done raining on the parade, I guess I should contribute. Skies of Arcadia is probably the closest you'll get to a pirate RPG, since it leans heavily into the ships and integrates them well into the gameplay. The game itself is well-made and quite a lot of fun. That game does have a pirate captain with a distinct lack of colossal sea dragons for a pet however.
Steamworld Heist is may be a bit light on RPG elements to fully call it an RPG, but it otherwise does a great job at presenting a steampunk cowboy pirate story. Most of the traversal is on a simple map screen though, so it lacks the seafaring aspect. It too lacks a leviathan-propelled ship unfortunately.
Now that I'm done raining on the parade, I guess I should contribute. Skies of Arcadia is probably the closest you'll get to a pirate RPG, since it leans heavily into the ships and integrates them well into the gameplay. The game itself is well-made and quite a lot of fun. That game does have a pirate captain with a distinct lack of colossal sea dragons for a pet however.
Steamworld Heist is may be a bit light on RPG elements to fully call it an RPG, but it otherwise does a great job at presenting a steampunk cowboy pirate story. Most of the traversal is on a simple map screen though, so it lacks the seafaring aspect. It too lacks a leviathan-propelled ship unfortunately.
I like my bros Faris and Syldra.
OdysseusVA
Banned
I loved sailing in Black Flag. Therapeutic in a way
Haunted
Member
That's a miss. Uncharted 4 is a game about pirates, but it's not a pirate game. Or an RPG.
ChosenPredator
Banned
While not exactly totally about pirates and such along with it being a much older series if you have an old SNES look up the uncharted waters series. Though beware game is pretty hard lol. Well made game though that is fairly famous for the odd genre it is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usOqXG_AFD4
https://www.gamefaqs.com/snes/588822-uncharted-waters/faqs/10765
If you like things such as trading and exploring you might enjoy the game. Though you can be a pirate too and jack other trade ships and such. Makes the game insanely hard though as the royal navy will be constantly chasing your ass if you go that route.
Also dont play this if you are averse to stress lol
played this non-stop this was one of the most addicting games
Darkstorne
Member
Pirates of the Caribbean had RPG elements to land and sea
Yes! Published by Bethesda rather than developed by the Elder Scrolls team, but had a lot of similarities with its open world approach of "go anywhere, do anything". For its time this game was visually stunning as well.
Black Flag and the semi-sequel Rogue shouldn't be overlooked either, so long as you embrace the RPG-light aspects. You're still upgrading your ship and character, and exploring an open world.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
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Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Its a damned shame we do not get single player games like this anymore. Though for online stuff I think an online version of Uncharted Waters exists. Not sure what regions its for though.
And basically Eve Online is Uncharted Waters in space lol. Well in the sense of being full on do whatever you want with exploration, trading, etc. Super hardcore stuff that basically turns into a second job.
Though for such an old series it was a fairly well made one thats for sure.
Actually wait to be fair I have not tried the remake of Sid Meier's Pirates!. I should do that sometime soon...
Need to quote this for that old-school goodness.
Also, another vote for Sid Meier's Pirates!
This game is actually just a rebranded version of Sea Dogs 2. You can get the much superior sequel City of Abandoned Ships on GOG.
im reading up on these games and they sound amazing!
would you say city of abandoned ships is better than their newest game, To Each His Own?
From what I read TEHO is less open.
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
I'd love to make a Grandia prequel starring Lilly (the mom of Grandia 1's main character) back in her pirate days.
I've never actually played TEHO because I heard it wasn't great.
Mr. Poolman
Member
Sid Meier's Pirates!
I was the most vile motherfucker on the ocean! Never took prisoners, sacked every single town I came into, so much fun with this one!
I was the most vile motherfucker on the ocean! Never took prisoners, sacked every single town I came into, so much fun with this one!