Looking for a trade/ship oriented (war)game 1600 - 1750 era.

Gusington · May 01, 2013, 01:08:48 PM

I didn't even know Age of Pirates 2 existed, and now I may get it. I'll send the receipt to Yskonyn :)

Silent Disapproval Robot · May 01, 2013, 01:23:06 PM

I think the dev went bankrupt so it may be hard to find now. I bought my copy through Gamersgate but it looks like only the UK site still has it for sale now.
It's not on Steam, GameFly, Greeman, Desura, GOG, or Greenman though.

JasonPratt · May 01, 2013, 06:06:13 PM

It certainly isn't on US Gamersgate. (I didn't even know there were world-region distinctions. All the games I buy seem to have their original European titles when they arrive, not the US titles I bought them under.)

Does it have an alternate title perhaps? Age of Pirates 2 I mean.

Note: Amazon (US) has new and used copies, including a (purportedly) new copy for just under $9, although the more official resellers are asking a bit under $14 (plus shipping).

Edited to add: the most updated version of Gentlemen of Fortune appears to be here: http://www.moddb.com/mods/gentlemen-of-fortune/downloads/gentelmen-of-fortune-v12-full-release

Then also the latest (and only) patch for v1.2 of GoF: http://www.moddb.com/mods/gentlemen-of-fortune/downloads/gof-12-full-release-patch

So the install order is AgeofPirates2, Gof1.2, Gof1.2patch

Silent Disapproval Robot · May 01, 2013, 06:14:15 PM

Looks like it's no longer available in N. America.

http://www.gamersgate.com/gametutor?issue=236042

Here's the UK page.

http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-AOP2CAS/age-of-pirates-2-city-of-abandoned-ships

Nefaro · May 01, 2013, 06:26:41 PM

Age of Pirates 2 was on Gamersgate's US site as of about 2 years ago.

I remember because I put it on my discount notification list at the time.

Silent Disapproval Robot · May 01, 2013, 06:30:41 PM

Yes, it was. I bought my copy there. It's still in my games list and the download link still works. (Checked today.) I hadn't realized earlier that it was so hard to come by now or I wouldn't have posted about it.

Staggerwing · May 01, 2013, 06:35:43 PM

One less available on Amazon now than before... ;)

Bison · May 01, 2013, 06:48:52 PM

If you have John Tiller's Battleground Napoleonic Wars, you can install Age of Sails too.

Yskonyn · May 02, 2013, 05:10:51 AM

The UK Gamersgate link does indeed point towards the gamepage, but it's not available there anymore either.
Eventhough it lists for 20 pounds, there is no BUY button to be found, just a tickbox showing "Alert me on release".

So this title is going to be darn hard to find... To bad as I was interested in getting it. Especially for a low price.
It's not on Steam either.

Staggerwing · May 02, 2013, 05:23:04 AM

If you can proxy buy through amazon US then there are still some copies of Age of Pirates 2 available.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002AK6U8E/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Maybe SDR could give us a runthrough on how to set that proxy thing up.

Silent Disapproval Robot · May 02, 2013, 12:35:57 PM

I don't think it'll work if you're trying to ship to a non US address but you can give it a shot.

The program is called TunnerBear. Just install it, run it and use the proxy selector to choose what country you wish to appear to be in.

http://www.tunnelbear.com/

Boggit · May 03, 2013, 05:08:56 AM

Quote from: Gusington on May 01, 2013, 10:40:47 AM
Is there a complete version oc Port Royale 3 available somewhere with all the DLC?

I think Gamersgate were selling it as a Gold bundle, also Patrician 4 a couple of weeks ago. I didn't bother with Patrician 4, since I have Patrician 3 and I couldn't see that many new features other than 3-d as a motivator to buy it. If I'm wrong someone correct me, as I really like Patrician 3.

Yskonyn · May 03, 2013, 05:22:22 AM

The UK/EU branch of Gamersgate only seems to have the expansions for PR3.
Their description mentions you need to have the base game and it links to its catalogue page on Gamersgate, but like Age of Pirates 2 it seems to be unavailable to buy... :S

Steam has it as well, but at full price.

Gusington · May 03, 2013, 07:08:53 AM

Which game did Steam have, PR3 or AoP?

JasonPratt · May 03, 2013, 07:42:11 AM

PR3.

They go on sale every once in a while; wait a few weeks. (Or look up PR3 on Amazon, see if you can find a cheap indie seller.)

My nieces are jusssst finally getting old enough to make playing computer games with them feasible (or one of them is anyway, and she's studying history and foreign countries), so I've been stocking up on relatively non-violent historical games. Thus I picked up PR3 and Pat4 during their most recent sale, since for her graphics will have to look interesting.