Pirates of the Caribean MMO

So I saw the ad for the new Pirates MMO that Disney had recently released, we both laughed about how it is probably really bad and neither of us would ever play it (because it wouldn’t be OS X compatible). Of course that changed quickly. I hopped onto the Disney site to see what was up with this game. Low and Behold it is OS X compatible so I quickly download the application. So here’s my first hand experience with Pirates. It Sucks!

Ok so I know that I didn’t pay for the application, and that I’m not paying for a monthly subscription, but there’s virtually no options for you. the first ship you get in the game, a Light Sloop which can hold only 3 crew members (including you) and can only store 3 cargo units, which trust me fill up pretty damn fast. There’s not much room for expanding your gun or swordman ship, even most of the loot you’re going to get is off limits unless you decide to fork over for the Unlimited Access in which case you’re loosing $10 a month but you get access to everything. Now don’t take my word for it, go ut, download the game, give it a try, and make the decision for yourself. In the games defense though, not everything is horribly pointless in the game, the ship to ship combat is AMAZING! But not if you’re navigating the ship, oh no, that’s pointless. Instead navigate to some Navy infested water, and hop off the steering wheel and run to your cannons, firing form your canons is the funnest part of the game. Now I can’t really talk about what it’s like to not be the captain of the ship because at the time of writing this I couldn’t get an invite to be in anyones crew so I don’t really know.  I’ve got a bunch of pictures in game on my  flickr if you’re interested. I hope to see you in game.