se avete giocato al primo sea dogs o se vi piace l'idea di un gdr/avventura nei 7 mari, con la libertà di fare quello che vi pare è il gioco adatto a voi, certo la grafica non è eccezionale ma la tatticità e la bellezza dei combattimenti navali rende questo gioco un must

Perhaps, it is the best game about pirates at this moment.
Sea Dogs: To Each His Own is successor of Sea Dogs (2000), Pirates of the Caribbean (2003) and Age of Pirates: City of Abandoned Ships (2007).

Advantages: interesting storyline, various gameplay, very beautiful atmosphere of 17th century's Caribbean. Many quests, including story missions, have several variants of solution. For the first time at the Sea Dogs series appeared craft and alchemy.

Disadvantages: old graphic and restrictions of old game engine. Do not forget that it's an indi project of amateur stidio.

If you like games about pirates, where you need to think, not just swing a cutlass, if you like bright characters, historical accuracy (many characters are real historical people) - well then, it is a game for you.

9/10 (not 10 points due to old graphic)

P. S. I play Sea Dogs and Age of Pirates series during 5 years, and I hope, that this series of games will continue to evolve.

I see a lot of other reviewers have down voted this game because it is too difficult.
Yes, it is difficult. Yes you suck at doing anything at the beginning. Yes the graphics are old. Yes the tutorial is long.

You are not Captain Jack Sparrow who can just boopity-boop his way through all the challenges without any care.
Having a long tutorial is necessary if you are to have any chance at this game without previous experience.
This is one of those games where you just have to bite your lips while taking the pain and learn from it. Eventually you will discover good ways to play the game and challenges that seemed hopeless yesterday you now breeze through instead.

Your character ingame are after all Charles de Maure, a guy who up to the start of the game have only been enjoying himself in the salons of Paris. He knows nothing about being a captain, and you will take part in his journey to becoming one. Therefore if your cannons don't hit - hire an officer who has a high skill in cannons to command the gun deck. If you are bad at trading - hire a purser! Same goes for all the other skills. Eventually you will become skilled enough yourself that you don't need them anymore.

There is of course very little you can do about bugs that might happen ingame. How do you remedy this? A good save game policy where you make fresh manual saves (no overwrites) often and in key points of the game. If something were to go wrong you can always go back even though it is slightly annoying.

More content is on its way but there is only a handful of people working on this so everything takes time.
If people need help in the start phase of this game there are guides on the games community page you can read. It has a bit rough english translation but it is better than nothing.

Quickly summed up - buy this if you are up for a challenging, rewarding game not for the faint of heart. ☮

EDIT: I have since writing this review made a guide of my own on the games tutorial along with a few helpful gameplay tips. Definately recommend any newcomers to read it. Cheers :D

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=942607685

Il miglior gioco a tema piratesco in assoluto.

vergognoso .... ridicolo !!!!! Non per la grafica: io non bado all'estetica. Allora, cominciamo dicendo che
1) ho dovuto cercare su internet come fare per giocare fullscreen, perché il gioco di default parte in finestra
2) a un certo punto, non ho potuto più giocare a carte con nessuno, e non avevo fatto il furbo, salvando prima e ricaricando ogni volta finché non vincevo. E non ho risolto neanche ricominciando da capo
3) spesso e volentieri arrivano avvisi di errori directx o roba varia ....

Potrei continuare, ma sarebbe uno spreco di tempo. In sostanza tutto il gioco è PIENO DI GLITCH.....IN CONTINUAZIONE. Peccato, 15 euro buttati via. Spero che la Akella sia almeno fallita, mi pare il minimo. Mettere in circolazione schifezze simili è vergopgnoso

Egr. Sig.ri -E della soc. Steam

Mi dispiace scrivere qui queste cose, perchè non è la pagina addetta penso.
M a dall'assistenza non mi era possibile entrare..?.
Non capisco. PERCHE' QUESTO GIOCO ARRIVATO CON L'EDIZIONE INGLESE
(Tutto riportato nella pagina del gioco) -Ho comprato detto titolo in data 13/2- A eur;14.99- ed PURTROPPO E' RIMASTO
IN RUSSO.SONO RIMASTO MOLTO MALE PERCHE' DA STEAM NON ME L 'HO SAREI ASPETTATO. (NON VORREI USARE
ALTRI TERMINI PEGGIORI...SPERO IN UN ERRORE. SALUTI A TUTTI

RENZO LANDI -FIRENZE(EMPOLI)

Very OLD Akella Pirates game player here when "dinosaurs ruled the earth".
I basically played the entire game in Russian (no DLC) before it was released in English offline.
I recently went back and have been playing the DLCs online, and my immediate review is still valid in any case.

The game series has been around since 2000. Published by Akella, and eveloped by various studios. This is actually the SIXTH game in the series. Sea Dogs, POTC (Sea Dogs Modification, SD2, the bad disney production), Age of Pirates (AoP) , Tortuga - Two Treasures, AoP2:COAS (City of Abandoned Ships) , and POTEHO (SDTEHO). Black Mark Studios has most of the original modders and designs from the original games. SDTEHO has MANY of the same landmarks as COAS and similar quests. Personally, I am partial to COAS for many reasons, but predominantly the freedom to do whatever the hell you want very early.

There are several other distinct subset series mods as well both from Russian (Ukraine), and the the generated POTC Build Mod, Gentlemen of Fortune and "Eras" mods. The one that is most notable is the "Gentlemen of Fortune" (GoF) + Eras which makes the game even more massive in terms of gameplay, but "cryptic" terms of controls and difficulty.

In order to enjoy THIS game, a player has to be willing "take the pain up the bunghole", at least initially anyway.
It is rogue style, you die, you are DEAD.
Yes, you WILL die.
The game STILL MIGHT crash at the worse possible times, especially in large sea battles.
You will get frustrated.
You will get angry.
You will probably curse at your computer.
You will probably curse at Akella / BlackMark Studio developers.
You might even curse in Russian if you know the language.
Save your game, OFTEN.
I do mean A LOT, especially before LEAVING ports.
You may even have to revert to an earlier stage save (and more likely than not) because you missed something critical for a mission.
If you do not save and end up on the main screen staring and saying "WTF!" because you just lost 10 hours of gameplay, it is YOUR fault.

I REALLY mean that.
This game can be incredibly unforgiving at times.
This game is hardcore (especially from the standpoint of game mechanics), and not meant for new players. Many aspects of the game are not well described such as warehouses, and ship upgrades. Even a background in naval terminology helps.
I was part of the design production team of the original English release of AoP2: COAS, but passed on the English translation of SDTEHO, because even the updated Storm Engine is not aging well and problems with the original English release. Currently the translation to English is absolutely insanely laughable at times, but most of us left that understand the game engine are probably not going to fix this game in the series this time round as Akella still has not learned their lessons. Additionally, the entire source is not available inside the game anyway as it is ENCRYPTED, unless you go elsewhere and obtain it "underground", and use some additional modifications. Thanks Akella, as this is somwehat pointless.

There are quests on this particular game that will give you more game rage that you have ever experienced in previous series. "Sea Marathon" (Regatta) comes to mind, sailing in "real time" and even with time compression is laborious. Most people have not seen the endings of the later games due to difficulty or just throw up their hands and go, "I quit". The "Dutch Gambit" midgame also has reputation and fame restrictions, and you can only choose ONE path as the stories overlap for continuity. The only time the game crashed and I "raged quit" was during the "Flying the Jolly Roger" DLC, beacuse it can be painful.

"Silly gamers, SDTEHO is not for kids..."

Basically the gameplay provides a very solid RGP single player experience, but the controls are still ARCHAIC, graphics are aging (lack of intiial DirectX 9 support is UNACCEPTABLE this is 2016!), hit detection is average, and this game WILL NOT HOLD YOUR HAND.

There are no "arrows" to guide you.
You need to WRITE DOWN things in order to remember them.
You need to do some research on how to do things, because the game will not tell you how to do them even with the extra long tutorial.
There are a lot of game mechanic concepts that have to be understood UPFRONT.
Combat can be unfair and brutish for the unprepared.
Landmarks and graphics are RECYCLED from all previous games (with some small expanded list of new areas and features such as ships decks and cemeteries).
Items are GREATLY expanded, which magic and alchemy all over the place.
It adds a new twist to the game series.
There are NO FULL VOICE OVERS (that are unrelated to dialogue), so get used to it, or move on.
Failure to read dialogue can result in game failure, and some things are ONLY said ONCE!
You are not in a "Captain Blood" novel here.
You need to earn your place in order to be successful.
You will need to spend a LOT of time in order to build up your skills.
Once you master the mechanics you will have a great time, but that will require about 24 hours of your life at least just to understand basic game mechanics, if you have never played the series before.
Mastery will take HUNDREDS of hours.

Age of Pirates Words of Wisdom: "Rewards come to those that are patient".
Can you pass the test or sink to the bottom of the ocean to Davey Jones Locker?

For all of you who don't know it yet: this is the fifth game in the Sea Dogs series (originally named "Корсары").
The previous games are titled as follows:

Sea Dogs 1: "Sea Dogs: An Epic Adventure At Sea" (2000)
Sea Dogs 2: "Pirates of the Caribbean" (2003)
Sea Dogs 3: "Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales" (2005)
Sea Dogs 4: "Age of Pirates: City of Abandoned Ships" (2009)

Back in the day, "Pirates of the Caribbean" (which got the license of the Disney film) was my favourite pirate game of all time. I had played the classics "Pirates!", "Sea Legends", "Big Sea", "1869: History Experience" and many many more before that, but "Pirates of the Caribbean" was the one to keep me entertained for... well... years, actually. It just had everything: sailing, naval battle, exploration of many different areas of the isles on foot, trading, raiding forts and much more. The soundtrack was absolutely enchanting and while the game had a bit of a console feel to it (and a few bugs), it was just amazing. The two "Age of Pirates" games were great as well, but they had no real main story (at least not to the extent of the predecessor) - instead you could create your own character and just be free in the caribbean. Sounded nice on paper, but playing the game felt a bit redundant.
(My REAL problem with those games was the atrocious StarForce copy protection on the disks. I just don't like rootkits on my PC, so I installed them both exactly once and when I grew tired of them, I uninstalled them, never to turn back to them again. "Better go back to Sea Dogs 2", I thought for many years.)

It's been SEVEN YEARS since the last instalment in the series and now there's finally a brand-new game! And thankfully, it offers everything the great "Sea Dogs 2/Pirates of the Caribbean" offered. Here, we FINALLY have the good old feeling of being back in the caribbean. There's only one character to choose, just as in Sea Dogs 2, and it's great because it comes with a strong story hook (no pun intended).

Of course, the game's engine feels exactly like the one from 2003.
Yeah, the voice acting is borderline silly. And yes, apart from SOME(!) high-res textures, the graphics seem like they are from 2006 or something.
And yes, instead of video sequences that tell the story, you get most of the exposition by dialog boxes (almost like in those anime visual novels).
HOWEVER: This really *IS* what the perfect pirate game should feel like. It's a bit wonky, yes, but it's worth every second of your time, without a doubt. Here's why:

Want to sail your ship from island to island with the possibility of switching to real-time every second? You can!
Want to buy and sell ships, freight, loot and other items, equipping the best weapons and armor to improve your stats? Then do that!
Want to explore all the different islands on foot and discover exciting areas? This game has that, and it's gorgeous!
Want to engage in exciting naval battles with the option of boarding enemy ships, attacking the enemy sailors with swords and guns, advancing to the captain's quarters in order to finish him and take over the ship? That's what this game is best at!! :)
Want to raid cities/forts the same way - by attacking them with your fleet and then finishing them off with swords and guns? Heeeell yeah, go for it!!

Up until now, this game hasn't had all that much of attention (let alone media coverage), which is an absolute shame because it clearly deserves it! These developers DESERVE to finally have real success with their creation! So even if it's a pirate game: don't pirate it! Support these guys!!

If you've ever thought "A pirate I was meant to be, trim the sails and roam the sea...", THIS is the perfect game for you!

Il gioco che ho sempre sperato venisse prima o poi sviluppato quando giocavo a Patrician
Giochi così purtroppo vengono sviluppati da programmatori molto intelligenti da creare qualcosa di veramente diverso dai soliti giochi ma che non hanno abbastanza soldi per creare dei veri e propri capolavori che si fanno notare dalla massa.gioco
abbastanza bello anche se il motore grafico e le meccaniche di gioco appartengono ai videogiochi di piu di 10 anni fà

Spero ne venga sviluppato un seguito con la tecnologia di adesso e non pensato per i Pentium III

I really, REALLY, REALLY wanted to give this a thumbs up. The game is quite fun. I have played a few Akella pirate games (OG Sea Dogs, Pirates of the Caribbean) and loved them all. This one probably has the best visuals, most variety of ship types, and most variety of missions.

BUT.... and its a very big but: This game is just very broken, both mechanically and logically.

-First off, there are a LOT of "typos". In a game that relies completely on text to relay information to the player, I would expect the text to be at least mostly readable. It is not. It reads like a Russian 3rd grader wrote the dialog and then used Google translate to put it into English. Sentences were laborious to read. I often had to try to decipher dialog, and there were some very obvious (and sometimes humorous) mistranslations. Now when I say a lot, i don't mean more than average, or even way more than average. I mean easily every other sentence. It affects all text in the game. Dialog, journal entries, item and skill descriptions, everything. It makes the game really hard to play sometimes.

-Second, this game is challenging. I don't mean Dark Souls challenging, I mean the game is so bad at communicating things, and things happen in the background without informing the player, leading to very unexpected and sometimes game breaking results. Examples in next paragraph.

-Third, the gameplay highly HIGHLY encourages save scumming. Some examples: The tutorial is basically "earn a bunch of gold to buy your first boat". There are a fixed number of ways to earn gold while in the tutorial, and most of them are failable. If a guard asks me to give him booze while on duty, but you are roleplaying a good guy and decide to rat him out to the captain, you lose the chance to earn that gold. You find some earrings out in the jungle and if you sell them you get a pittance of gold, but if you bring them to the governor, he recognizes them as his wifes that got stolen and gives a huge reward. You get the idea. I "failed" the tutorial 3 times before finally caving and looking up an online guide. To top it off, there was no "oops, you failed" type of prompt or screen. I was just stuck, no boat, not enough gold, no more ways to earn any. The entire game is like this.

After finally passing the tutorial and playing for a few hours, i had a mission to arrive at some port within 10 days. Well, my ship was shot up, so I repaired it and saved the game. I didn't realize the repairs took 3 days, so now I'm down to 7. The destination was on the other side of the map, into the wind, getting harassed by pirates and the Spanish the whole way. I save scummed probably 30 times before realizing I was SOL. The penalty for failing this mission was France (your nation and the nation with the main story line) becomes hostile and you can no longer dock at their ports. This particular mission was not any type of "high risk-high reward" type of mission or anything like that. It was the second or third mission of the MAIN story line! Here's the catch-22: If I hadnt repaired my ship, I probably still wouldnt have made it since damaged sails and hull reduce speed. I was forced to restart the game, this time repaired before accepting the mission, had strong tailwind, and still only had about a day and a half to spare.

Overall, the game is fun and addicting, but more frustrating than anything. The text in game makes it near impossible sometimes to figure out whats going on. Mission objectives are vague. Nearly every mission is timed, even without telling you (As in "thanks for accepting this missing to deliver this thing, oh, by the way i need it there in 5 days or I will hate you and your reputation will be tarnished). Once I failed a mission that had no time limit. Not in the dialog, not in the journal, no mention whatsoever of any urgency and I randomly failed it. Save scummed and completed the mission before it expired. Seemingly innocuous missions can lead to your demise. (Some rabble rouser was picking fights in the tavern, barmaid asked me to deal with him. Met him on the beach for a duel and he brings a 4 barrel pistol, unloading on me before my sword was unsheathed. Save scummed until RNG made him miss 2 of his shots). You are CONSTANTLY being harassed by pirates and head hunters so all of these timed missions are constantly getting interrupted. And more likely than not, those missions are interruptions that you didnt realize had an expiration date.

Save yourself the sorrow of an amazing game being ruined by piss-poor execution and half-assed translation. It's fun, but I've started realizing I was dreading playing the game because of its issues.