So, there's this swashbuckling pirate game coming out called Captain Blood, based of the book of the same name. As it happens, I read the book several months ago and it is fantastic. A story about a doctor who get's mistreated by his country, ends up a slave, escapes and becomes a very smart "pirate" captain using his brain more than his brawn. Overall, a 5/5 star book.
And then, there's the game http://media.pc.ign.com/media/679/679506/vids_1.html
Under normal circumstances, I'd like to play a pirate game. I really can't claim to have played many... or any, really. But I like the whole time period. Anyway, I swear the developers must not have read the books because this game looks like a complete butchery of what it was all about. If this game was on it's own, then great. But the game is based on a book, or at the very least a character, who has (from the looks of it) 0 resemblence to what's in the game. He wasn't that big and burly. He wasn't that kind of a fighter. He planned, he had crews and ships. He didn't have to man his own damn guns. Like I said, this game I wouldn't have an issue with if it just wasn't supposed to be Captain Blood. His name is Dr. Peter Blood, it's not like the name was because he was a "bloody pirate" but that seems to be the only thing the developers could think of.
You can read a summary of Captain Blood (the book) here: http://www.allreaders.com/topics/info_34532.asp
Anyway, what do the Escapists think?
And then, there's the game http://media.pc.ign.com/media/679/679506/vids_1.html
Under normal circumstances, I'd like to play a pirate game. I really can't claim to have played many... or any, really. But I like the whole time period. Anyway, I swear the developers must not have read the books because this game looks like a complete butchery of what it was all about. If this game was on it's own, then great. But the game is based on a book, or at the very least a character, who has (from the looks of it) 0 resemblence to what's in the game. He wasn't that big and burly. He wasn't that kind of a fighter. He planned, he had crews and ships. He didn't have to man his own damn guns. Like I said, this game I wouldn't have an issue with if it just wasn't supposed to be Captain Blood. His name is Dr. Peter Blood, it's not like the name was because he was a "bloody pirate" but that seems to be the only thing the developers could think of.
You can read a summary of Captain Blood (the book) here: http://www.allreaders.com/topics/info_34532.asp
Anyway, what do the Escapists think?