http://store.steampowered.com/app/227020/?snr=1_4_4__105_2
patrician 4 but set in the Mediterranean?
I still need to get further into Port Royale 3. :-\
Not always in a merchant mariner sort of mood, though.
I'm in...love Venetian history.
Intriguing. I really love these games, but I'll be holding out for some feedback. PR3 didn't come out in the best of shape and I ended up not playing it. I wonder how well they patched it up before moving on...
Quote from: CptHowdy on August 29, 2013, 12:13:47 AM
http://store.steampowered.com/app/227020/?snr=1_4_4__105_2
patrician 4 but set in the Mediterranean?
Seems so. I guess they were reading my mind! I am 100% in on this one!
released today. anyone take the plunge??
This kind of looks like Port Royale 3 set in the Mediterranean. I'd love to get this now but I'm tapped out for the rest of this month.
I have it but only get a black screen when I start. I get the password etc screen but zip after that.
I wonder what this one does that Patrician IV doesn't as far as features.
It's been out in Germany for a while and there are several videos already up. As near as I can tell, the differences between this and P4 are that you can assign jobs to family members, and before you can rise in rank you have to be approved by voting members of some council or another.
I guess I wonder if the trade routes are as automated. In P4, it seemed like you could get to a point where your routes were so programed you really didn't have to do to much.
Quote from: Bismarck on September 27, 2013, 04:09:39 PM
I have it but only get a black screen when I start. I get the password etc screen but zip after that.
Yikes! I have yet to boot mine up. Will let you know if I encounter the same problem.
Never mind. I needed to reboot my rig.
Quote from: Bismarck on September 28, 2013, 10:21:22 AM
Never mind. I needed to reboot my rig.
Gotcha. Mine booted up fine. But the boats look like they are going incredibly fast (a medieval sailor's dream). Occasionally, when zoomed in, they also have jerky movement. It did seem to clear up after a few minutes, but for a little bit it was quite immersion breaking (watching ships do little "rubber band" jerks backwards).
As I'm not reviewing this, I'll post my impressions here on Grogs. However, for the next week or so, I'm knee-deep into Modern Air/Naval Combat.
Is it me or is there a flood of great releases last month? rome2, Civil war 2, Command, Dom 4 beta, Eu4 and now this! I keep game-hopping. Will pick this one up. I didn't care for PR but I didn't like the setting...but Venice??oh hells yea
Quote from: mikeck on September 28, 2013, 11:24:52 AM
Is it me or is there a flood of great releases last month? rome2, Civil war 2, Command, Dom 4 beta, Eu4 and now this! I keep game-hopping. Will pick this one up. I didn't care for PR but I didn't like the setting...but Venice??oh hells yea
Its only going to get worse the next month and a half or so. Luckily for me, Command hit right about when I was beginning to feel burnt out on EU4.
I liked PR, but didn't love it. The setting was fine, but it just didn't click with me. Looking forward to some impressions on Venice. After playing a lot of EU4 the setting is really interesting to me at the moment.
Question -- are Patrician, Port Royale, and Rise of Venice on a continuum in terms of gameplay, each installment kind of refining on the one before it? Or are there important differences between them?
I really liked Patrician III, but it's the only one of these games I have any familiarity with. Have to say I'm more intrigued by Rise of Venice than I thought I would be. If I liked Patrician, would I like this?
Yeah, I'm interested but waiting to hear impressions before I take the plunge 8)
Quote from: Bismarck on September 28, 2013, 11:17:14 AM
As I'm not reviewing this, I'll post my impressions here on Grogs. However, for the next week or so, I'm knee-deep into Modern Air/Naval Combat.
If I get time to put into it within the next few days, I will review it for this very site.
I love Venetian history and if not for Rome II this would be an automatic buy. Looking forward to impressions.