I like Pirate games, will i like this ?

[Huib Bloodstone]

Hello peeps,

Back in the days around the year 2000 there was a great game called: Cutthroats terror on the high seas and i really loved that game, it was a open game where we could capture ships,land ur shipmatey's and take cities and place my own governors there.
Also having a fleet and kinda grow from a single pirate ship to basicly a new state.

Now with the engine u guys are using there are many possibilities and i wonder if this is just like Cutthroats.. i have been w8ting for a GOG port or a cutthroats 2 game heh...

No offence but this game sounds like a big mod for Mounts and Blades Warband, why 17 euro for a mod and still being in alpha ?

Huib-Bloodstone

[Roy]

I don't know what cutthroats terror is, but i'll give my honest opinion from what i see.
Definately worth it.

I don't remember how much mount and blade fire and sword was, or napoleonic wars, but this is about the same price, and it's an indie group that's doing this, i think they definately deserve it.
Also the Dev said they're definately hoping for mods, making it an entire standalone game unlike the other mount and blade games that were not M&B 1 and M&B warband.
They're doing stuff with the engine we could never dream of happening.

But yeah the gameplay you described seems to match this, take a look at the trailer by the way, looks sick.

[kaiyl_kariashi]

Fire and Sword was 20-25 at release if memory serves, though it's around 15 or so these days.

Technically, the proper term is Premium Mod. And they're generally of a higher quality then community mods, since most community mods are a hobby worked on in someone's spare time, rather then their job.

This is also a standalone version that doesn't require any other purchases to play.

Future Modding though is worrisome, as F&S's modding community is basically non-existent, despite being on a technically superior version of the same engine of Warband's.

(NW is just a regular premium mod and needs Warband to play).

[fish [no sound]]

Originally posted by kaiyl_kariashi:

Fire and Sword was 20-25 at release if memory serves, though it's around 15 or so these days.

Technically, the proper term is Premium Mod. And they're generally of a higher quality then community mods, since most community mods are a hobby worked on in someone's spare time, rather then their job.

This is also a standalone version that doesn't require any other purchases to play.

Future Modding though is worrisome, as F&S's modding community is basically non-existent, despite being on a technically superior version of the same engine of Warband's.

(NW is just a regular premium mod and needs Warband to play).

F&S was a far inferior game, however, and lacked the attention Warband got.

That aside, I'd definitely enjoy this game, there are some M&B mods that have oceanic combat, and I've always felt they lacked something crucial, and that's smooth gameplay. M&B is inherently clunky and I honestly hope this mod's oceanic combat can deliver.

[JJ]

From the Store video for the game, it looks exzactly like the Hothouse and Eidos Interactive game, "Cutthroats Terror of the High Seas". The map and place of the ports are also unbelivably simular. It would be very nice to see this game when fully patched as I think it will be a lot like that 1999 game. The same sort of applies to the teh town/port menu screens I think. I hope it is going to rekindle my lust to land on the beaches, blow up all the warehouses, slaughter the gentry and loot all the homes, banks and govenor's residences again.

[Great Lakes Wildebeest]

It makes me happy for people to mention the game "Cutthroats Terror on the high seas" but truth be told the battles do not fucntion the same boarding does not work the same and full inventory management doesn't work the same the overview though works alot like the cuthroats overworld except that when you can see a ship its faction is always reveiled to you instead of "suprise its a spanish pirate hunter frigate 3 feet from the bow"

Theres alot of elements that make the game similar but battle is not one of them. If you like games with micro management opportunities though like Cuthroats, the parts that arn't combat like trading tend to feel similar although the supply and demand are amazingly stuck and non changing forever with no functioning supply/demand system.

Long story short you might LOVE this game if you liked cuthroats but I don't know you personally or what elements you loved of cuthroats.

Cuthroats wasn't perfect though it was amazingly buggy for its time in places where it bothered me (Like hijacking a town putting a govener in only for 3 seconds later the town reverts right back) and now it doesnt work on any newer windows systems because I still have my old disk of it and it CTD on start up.

If anyone reads this and ever learns how to make it work on a new computer Please don't hesitate to tell me That game was a huge part of my childhood and taught the 10-13 year old me about politics and economics

[Mr. Sterling]

Originally posted by Great Lakes Wildebeest:

If anyone reads this and ever learns how to make it work on a new computer Please don't hesitate to tell me That game was a huge part of my childhood and taught the 10-13 year old me about politics and economics

Cutthroats: Terror on the High Seas works on my windows 10 core i5 intel hd 4000 gpu running under capability mode 640 x 480 as xp program and administrator but cant find any patches for the game. i found that there is a 7.0 patch but cant find it pls hlp.

[Huib Bloodstone]

i got it working on windows 10.

u have to use DxWnd :) and give a few spins with the direct-x settings and ddraw settings

- Link to patch 7.0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8g1qnjlgmshhcro/CutthroatsPatch_v7.0.zip?dl=0

[Mr. Sterling]

thank you for the patch game says v1 p7 in top right corner

[Mr. Sterling]

i didn't have to use DxWnd or mess with the gpu settings its a bit laggy but playable