Yeah, can't imagine the original Pirates would bear up without the nostalgia. Never played the Xbox version.

That's hilarious.

Just the obnoxious ones.

Good to know the cutscenes haven't got any less fucking long windedly boring.

'Five packs of micro-transaction currency, named Helix Credits, are currently available to buy. The packs range in price from £3.99 to an eye-watering £64.99.'

Sign me up to the deluxe!

Moot_Geeza wrote:

tigerswiftly wrote:

Sid Meier's Pirates is one of my favourite games...

How would it fare as a first time experience these days?  Been tempted by it for years, might put it in the retro club.

It's awful.

Nice. Shocking amount of Ass Cruddery when you put it all together like that.

Verecocha wrote:

Gotta say I'm really enjoying this, frame rate stutters a little in places but most of it looks incredible so I forgive it that a little.

I've enjoyed it so far and it really looks good and had some pop up but no amazing faces yet, but only just started really, hope to get some co op going?

Picked this up today. Hoping to get stuck in at some point before or aafter the wife watches strictly.

Thanks for that Curtis, I was just about to ask whether I should trust the bad reviews. The only real interest I have in the Creed games is the environment, walking around, scaling buildings, taking in great views, finding nice viewpoints etc. Going around a huge Paris sounds quite appealing.

Always trusted Edge (most of the time) but I find I can't do that anymore. Not sure why I even bother still reading it.

Curtis will plough through any old shit, don't buy this. I obviously haven't played it but I know.

hylian_elf wrote:

Always trusted Edge (most of the time) but I find I can't do that anymore. Not sure why I even bother still reading it.

Over times your opinions have solidified into your own canon, thus surpassing the canon of any institution. I don't know where trust comes into it, as long as they aren't lying in their review about objective facts, they are 100% correct in their assessment of a product, it doesn't need to match your opinion to be right. Reviews contain far more information than "should I buy this".

Or alternatively the lower scorers just don't like the game they are reviewing. They are all individuals, with their own opinions. Using "Publication" makes it sketchy, as the only thing a reviews editor for a publication will do is make sure they feel the reviewer understood, completed, and presented the review in a manner which reflects the ideals of the publication. There is no line to toe, it'd be far more worrying if a game got the same scores across every publication, with zero dissenting voices - that's not a true reflection of any creation. There has to be a Yoss to every Half Life 2, and a Pink Lasers LOL crew to every Halo.

Apologies, I am in full procrastination mode.

hylian_elf wrote:

Haha! Love the Yoss reference! And you're of course right. Gotta be able to filter out the reviewers that don't seem to like the same type of games as me, I guess.  Reminds me of a friend of mine who likes watching films. Except he watches, and enjoys, stuff like Pearl Harbour. I have learnt to not discuss/talk about films with him, we seem to be on completely different planets on the topic.

That is one of the problems with Edge, I dunno the crowd who currently write for it or what they even like. It's telling that I love Stanton's opinion on most stuff, and he was also the guy who (if you believe his claims) wrote a lot of the content during the years I read it most. It's also why youtube is taking off, we're coming into the Ebert age of games crit, but without the provnevance.