Did this game improve compared to port royale 3 / patrician 4?

[lalala]

Except graphics, as it was the only thing that improved in the series before, saddly.

Is it a downgrade or upgrade? Is it rather game play wise like port royale or rather the patrician series?

[Dray Prescot]

It has a stronger family structure that help run your company or do tasks for, plus after you marry, your in-law family members are available as well. Also if you are not palying the Campaign game you have a lot more choice about who take missions from, as well as the type of missions. These missions usually pay off well.

ROV does not have a city map where you build industries, houses, etc. unlike the others (P IV and PR3), but that is not really not that important anyway.

However, at the start of the game you are more restricted in what goods you make, carry, or trade. As your rank rises you will get several goods added that you can trade in, at several stages.

Dealing (taking missions from them) with the 10 houses on the council that rules Venice is very important, eventually your House represented by your father will be promoted to join that council.

The economic side of all 3 games is very similar, there are 20 goods to make and trade in, with only 5 goods avaible to be produced at any one city, and some of these goods are part of production chains.

I think that AI controlled Houses you are competing aginst are little more active than the previous games.

[lalala]

not have to go through load screen to enter city to check missions, etc is the only thing that improved in this game! the rest is utter failure. uninstalled it. On the list of most unenjoyable games. seriously.I laughed when the only thing that could have make one of the major annoying thing managable was bugged. And the others alterntives were removed since P4/PR3.

*clap*

[Dray Prescot]

Since Kalypso seems to NOT want to come our with better versions of ROV, Patician and Port Royal, I am reduced to hoping that some other game publisher will bring out some games that do what I want to see, that improve on them.

I do play RailWay Empire from time to time (now is one of them). But it is a somewhat different type of game.