Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales | 
| From: Atari
Buy New: $39.99
New (3) Used (4) from $19.89
Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 14260
Format: Dvd-rom
Platform: Windows Xp
Genre: Adventure Games
ESRB: Teen
Media: DVD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1.1
MPN: 27510
Model: 27510
UPC: 742725275102
EAN: 0742725275102
ASIN: B000H3AV1S
Release Date: September 12, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Live the life of a Pirate | | • | Beautiful 3D Graphics | | • | True Role Playing | | • | Action Packed | | • | Strategic Elements |
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Product Description
Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales" models all the details of a sword swinging pirate's life and misses no part of his everyday adventures. Taking the role of reckless fortune-hunter Blaze or redheaded daredevil Beatrice - the player will navigate his sailor in the original seas of the Caribbean, trade multiple goods, plunder merchant convoys, accomplish quests, build up his fleet, capture and rule colonies and much more. Following his lucky star he lives an endless life full of naval battles, bloody fights, treasure hunt and other adventures, in a world of piracy and sea romance. In addition, the game can be played in third person perspective, allowing you to walk through your colonies or fight with your own sword, side by side with your crew, and challenge every other captain on the sea! Beat different weather conditions and fight devastating storms in day and night mode. Conquer colonies, manage them and construct different town buildings and improve their defence Join multiplayer battles with up to 16 real captains and prove to be a real sea dog in four different modes (Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Defend the Convoy or Capture the Fort) Stunning visuals in3D, play your pirate in third person perspective and sail your ship with a flexible, zoomable camera through the Caribbean sea
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| Customer Reviews: Read 17 more reviews...
 Starforce Is difficult to remove ...Removal tool or not! September 23, 2006
MarfyBarfy (Janesville, Wisconsin United States)
31 out of 40 found this review helpful
I lost my hard drive and nearly destroyed my optical drive after unwittingly downloading and installing 3 Starforce protected games. Problems with slowness and just plain old peculiar behavior were obvious after I installed the games ( on my almost new 17 inch toshiba Desktop Replacement Notebook, P4 @3.2 Ghz, Super Multidrive, 80GB harddrive 5400RPM). The total wipeout took almost a year, but it was a rough year... with drivers misssing, drivers being misplaced, electrical failures. It was horrible. It was Starforce.
Starforce has a stealth mode where you can't find it on your Device Manager's hidden drivers. Reports have come in that just because Starforce isn't listed in your Device Manager's hidden driver lineup...doesn't necessarily mean its gone. Bits and pieces and sometimes all of it remains after use of the removal tool. It just erases the name. Check out some of the Boycott Starforce sites as to how to look up and zap the stealth mode.
No game should be patronized that uses Starforce. This is identical to having thugs come in and smash your computer. The Europeans not only got UBI to drop the dastardly stuff, they are actually trying to get a class action suit together over the computer damage this junk causes.
Microsoft sanctions the use of Starforce and Stealth Starforce. This is a Windows game. I don't care how good the game is. Patronizing Starforce is sanctioning big business to damage our personal property without any recourse for us. I have no conclusive proof that Starforce caused my problems because I found out about it after I replaced my hard drive. But I have no doubt that it did. Even Microsoft couldn't diagnose my problems when my genuine copy of XP all of a sudden said it wasn't a genuine copy of XP. After 3 hours verifying product codes and subsequently 4 hours after Micrososft telling me this wasn't a hard drive problem, my hard drive failed. Starforce caused me an unbelievable amount of lost time.
There's an editor of PC Gamer magazine that could not get his optical drives working after downloading and installing a Starforce Game. Nothing he did would get them working until he used the removal tool and followed the directions on a BoyCott Starforce site.
This stuff is bad. Just because you aren't aware of any immediate damage, doesn't mean you are not going to get clobbered by it later on. These hidden drivers can activate themselves without warning nor without provocation...to check whether or not you are making illegal copies of just about anything.
Why people would support this junk is beyond me.
Irresponsible Game Publisher September 30, 2006
Skeeper (Seattle, WA USA)
29 out of 29 found this review helpful
The game was originally named something else (forgot what it was), but changed to the current title to exploit a newly released movie (you know what it was) and other popular game titles such as Sid Meier's Pirates, Age of ___ (fill in the blank) series.
Since the game concept was not original, Age of Pirate: CT should be judged in other aspects, such as graphic finish, gameplay, storyline, etc. Yet, the game seemed to be released for quick profit without much testing or thoughts about the end-users of the game.
First, the bugs. There are numerous bugs in the game, from unknown crashes to mysterious missing/overflow of cargos. There are reports on the PlayLogic's official forum from players stating they must restart every 10 minutes or so to continue the game; other times, the saved game would become corrupt and must start from the beginning of the game.
Second, there are many "locked features," such as banks, governor mansions in some cities, etc. The game designers originally put them in but later decided not to further develop the features; and guess what, they didn't bother to take those icons/entrances out. So you will see lots of entrances and features that you will never be able to use.
Third, the multiplayer. Bugs and crashes also dominate in multiplayer mode, more discussions are in PlayLogic's official forum. The single player mode was frustrating enough, as for "multi-play," just multiply the problems you have in the single player mode and you get the sense of the multiplayer mode.
Conclusion: this game is a prime example of game publisher who doesn't care about its customers.
Starforce September 13, 2006
pbro (Las Vegas, Nevada USA)
27 out of 39 found this review helpful
Uses STARFORCE.
Was ready to hit the submit order button, but decided to check the Boycott Starforce games listing.
There it was; much to my surprise = since I don't recall Atari using it
Very disapponted !
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Hmmm; copy protection is now optional(... see post above).
Then why include it ?
Show me a link and I'll buy the game asap.
Playlogic forum will delete posts with STARFORCE related info .... read forum boards on the net
Some included it within bug/patch related threads = they were deleted
Playlogic will not return STARFORCE related e-mails.
I, as well as others, asked if a patch to remove it is in the works.
When this game is available without STARFORCE(... a removal patch); I will purchase it.
The game asks if you want to install STARFORCE ... which will install upon you running the game for the first time
There is a "crack", to play without STARFORCE, which can be used once the game is installed, but "before" you install STARFORCE ... not sure how that works, but you do need the game to use it(... on the web in a AoP forum) ... plus, I don't "crack" my games = you run into risks using them as well
Oh, please don't call us ignorant.
Some of us have experienced STARFORCE related problems, know others who have and/or read numerous posts over the years of individuals who have had problems.
I did my research on the gameplay, bugs/patches and the game in general.
There are forums(... not those associated with the game - these will delete STARFORCE related posts ... a bad habit shared by those who have a vested interest)which will explain any problems ... there are tech-gamer related sites written by industry professionals(... columnists) who have opinions worth noting.
On one forum board, some who "mod" games(... obviously tech savvy and very knowledgeable about games/coding etc,) noted they won't play games that contain STARFORCE.
Two noted that they purchased AoP and are waiting for a removal patch(... maybe one is in the works ?), the other is waiting to see if a patch is forthcoming.
Pertinent information based on fact(s) does not indicate ignorance.
Age of Pirates September 13, 2006
Jim Fox (New York)
13 out of 19 found this review helpful
I canceled my order for Age of Pirates because it contains StarForce. I would suggest you check out StarForce on the web because it may be something that you do not want on your computer. You can also find on the web a list of computer games that contain StarForce & a debate about what StarForce can do to your computer.
I was disappointed to find out about StarForce in Age of Pirates because I looked forward to this game for a long time.
Jim Kraus
Requiring starforce is the least of its problems... October 3, 2006
Jeffrey Martin
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
You did need to install Starforce! I don't know how the one positive reviewer installed it without Starforce especially since he wrote the review a week or so before it was released!
I played it for 30 minutes and I'm returning it. Hard to play, controls are awkward, can't hit anything at point blank range in the ships, and got slaughtered by the French on the first mission my governeor (English) gave me which was to go to a french town and deliver a letter.
Other negatives: No overall map, unless you have a map of the carribean or have memorized one its difficult to navigate. No real rpg aspects, nothing new here. Its Pirates of the Carribean without being able to pick up anything or go in any houses, or fight successfully. Etc, etc.
This games is a joke, do not buy it!
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