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What things makes Pat4 better than Pat3 in your eyes?
I can only say that I bought P4 in a bookstore and played it quite a bit -- I really liked it. When I built a new desktop I couldn't get the old software to run, so I wishlisted it on Steam and just now purchased it again (on sale) so I can play it again.
The CD key complaint by Howerdlhaufa (referred to by him as "passwd") can be found in your library settings for the game -- it's real easy to recover once you know that it's there, so don't let that deter you.
You should try out Pat3. Can't say if it's better or not, but I know some people disliked the turn-based sea battles in Pat4. That was the biggest complaint. That's also why I try to find people who can tell me what's better in Pat4 than Pat3.
Cogs can now go to the 2 inland ports which I think is a shame because not any reason to have a crayor anymore.
I think the towns are less immersive, perhaps because of the higher resolutions. You don't get up close with the villager animations.
Pat 4 does not deserve the low rating it has. Diehard Pat3 players just don't like change and it is a niche game that if a casual gamer buys the game play probably isn't fast enough for them. There won't be a paT5 so might as well get this.
But those are things that are better in Pat3. What are the advantages of Pat4? Is there anything that you guys consider better in Pat4?
I can tell by how you keep asking the same question that u will not like Pat4, Nothing is better it just is easier to manage. Sounds like you play to manage. Its the players that ruined the PAt and PR series cause they are about the nit pickiest gamers anywhere.
You could just but it and refund before 2 hours if you don't like it.
Thanks for the tip about refunding before the 2 hour mark is up.
Only your starting cog can. Which is a bug I think.
I haven't played Pat3, but I have played Port Royale 2 & 3 and also Merchant of Venice I think it was called. Out of all those games Pat4 is by margins the best I have played. In Pat4 you can place buildings in a town where you want them, where as in PR3 there weren't much of city building involved.
In terms of the automatic trade routes, I can confirm they do exist, but I have never gotten them to work. IE, I have never made a profit using them. So I am still sticking to the manual trading.
In terms of turn based sea battles. It has been a while since I played this game, but I don't remember those. Sea battles are realtime.
I only have one major critique of Pat4 steam edition, that is the lack of cloud saves. Progress is pretty damn slow and I have never gotten any further than building a university. The reason is I on multiple occasions have forgotten to make a backup of my saves prior to reinstalling windows.