Ports of Call fans, this is the game for you!

[f.meussen]

I was a big fan of Ports of Call ( Amiga ) played it with my brother and father for many years. ( also Oil Emperium , Millenium 2.2 and Deuteros remake Ideas? )

This is just Ports of Call, it has exactly the same features and mechanics but then upgraded to 2014. ( however graphics could be a little bit more detailed and some new ideas to extend the PoC experience would also be welcome )

Yes the game is repetitive but that was Ports of Call also.
One thing PoC didnt have and this game has are company contracts and also the ability to ship multiple loads ( if there is room in the ship ) instead of just one shipments and also supports shipments to multiple locations. ( very easy to make lots of money that way )

A big Yes !
I didnt own the game ( played at a friend ) but now i treid it i definetely gonna buy it as soon as my salary is payed :)

[Andrea]

Hi f.meussen!
That's great to hear!!!

I'd like to add that further differences to Ports of Call are upgrades of your ship, a real story/campaign with quests, modern and understandable user interface, comapny contracts as you said and multiple jobs per ship, landmarks in the harbor scenes... and the likes.

Anyway, I wish you so much fun with the game!

[Mc.Sug4r]

I know there are storms and stuff like that. But do they affect the gameplay in some way? For instance, can sometimes ship go aground?

[f.meussen]

yeah, you can go around ( other example Reefs ) or sail through ( just like Ports of Call )
Offcourse sailing through means high chance on damage to your ship but no time delay or go around ( be safe ) and lose some time. The last is especially a pain in the ass when you do time restricted contracts.

[Whitedragons]

I for one am playing this game cuz it seems like a successor to Ports of Call. Its quite fine. It takes me back over 20 years ago. I was looking last night at some videos of Ports of call and remembering all because of this game. Its been fun. There are a few things I wish that were alittle better.

[Scorcher24]

I was actually just thinking "This looks like Ports of Call". I liked this game a lot.
Is there actually manual steering in the game? Even if it is just for docking?

[Bad Whippet]

I only bought this a few hours ago, but am really enjoying it! It's nice to see some (a) unusual and original games coming back to PC, and (b) a game that isn't weighted down with (groan) multiplayer instead of a good single-player experience.

[Buz]

Thanks for the thread, I came on the forums to ask about this.
Only thing missing is that I *always* played POC with friends..... Anyway got this on my follow list for now.

[Cat Toaster]

bought it not 24h ago, played 9hours so far. In same way addictive as Ports of Call was 25 years ago. It is in the same way "casual" than the original title was where we didn´t call games that way and I really HATE the ship parking exactly the same way :)

I just can´t stop clicking...it´s like "just one more turn" in Civilization. Bam, two hours gone.

[Bad Whippet]

I don't mind the ship berthing, but that's because I played Ship Simulator Extremes and the cargo vessels in that are just as evil to manoeuvre. So really, it feels okay and correct to me.

[SlowMoJoe]

Way back when the earth was still young, in the fall of 1988, I sat down with a friend on a sunny Sunday afternoon for some comptetitive shipping (Ports of Call, you guessed it, on his Amiga). When his girlfriend went to bed around midnight she said: "I hope I won't have to see you still sitting here in morning!" She did. And she still found us hunched on the very spot when she returned from work on Monday evening. 28 hours straight.

[Maligner]

Was I the only one that made a mini game of buying and selling ships in PoC?

Once I had a decent amount of money, I would watch the market and buy the most expensive ship I could. I'd then advance time for a second and check the ship market. When the price went up I would sell the ship, then buy the next expensive one. I would do this until I was buying the most expensive ship, or cheaper ships in multiple. Finally I was buying the most expensive ship in multiples. Small percentage changes in value is a lot of money when you are talking very large figures.

Can't do that here, there are port fees and ships sell for less than purchase price.