Author Topic: Puzzle Pirates is better than Puzzle Quest. (Read 1410 times)

Saint Cornelius · « **on:** April 02, 2007, 08:53:31 PM »

Hell, it's better than WoW

So who is playing this shit, and if you're not, why aren't you? It's a MMORPG that is centered around different kinds of puzzle games inside a cutesy pirate universe. Versions of Puzzle Fighter, Bust-a-Move, Panel de Pon (Puzzle Attack), Tetrisphere, Bejewelled, Chu Chu motherfucking Rocket and more await all you land-lubbers! If you've EVER liked ANY puzzle games, then the previous sentance should've made you bust all over yourself and have you asking where to sign up. Check this thit out!

And now, there's an option to either play via a monthly subscription ($9.95 a month) or FREE, using "dubloons" as a payment method. This will be gibberish to people who haven't played the game, but for those of you who have: there's now two forms of money, Pieces of Eight (like the subscription game) AND Dubloons. You have to have badges to do certain things - to be a Pirate, you need a Pirate badge, to work in the stores you need a Craft badge, to play Parlor games you need a Parlor badge. In order to get these badges, you have to pay for them with Dubloons. You can either buy them with Pieces of Eight, which is completely free to you, you just have to get enough PoE to buy them (anywhere between 640 - 699 on the Dubloon Market). OR you can buy them from Three Rings! You need fucking Dubloons to do just about ANYTHING in this game, like buy clothes or swords or gear or ANY FUCKING THING. So you can either spend a LONG time jobbing for it... or spend some dough and get what you need a little quicker. I think it's brilliant... there's no reason to pay for it if you don't WANT to, but if you want to bust out a few sheckles every now and then to support a developer that DESERVES your support - it's up to you. I'm going to buy a few Dubloons a month - not nearly as much as a sub would cost (I'm talking like $2.95 in Dubloons) but enough to send a little bit of love to these brilliant mofos.

So we should start a crew and sink a bunch of GAffer ships! I know they play this shit.

Mupepe · « **Reply #1 on:** April 02, 2007, 09:00:06 PM »

Gaffers only talk about playing it.

Saint Cornelius · « **Reply #2 on:** April 02, 2007, 09:00:57 PM »

Really? I'm fucking hooked, big time. I'm actually waiting for a crew I'm jobbing with to set sail again

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #3 on:** April 02, 2007, 10:12:20 PM »

I don't play it because I'm colorblind and they won't let me change the way the puzzle icons look in the Puzzle Fighter ripoff because it might give me an "unfair gameplay advantage." Yeah, if I could tell the yellow and green apart that just wouldn't be fair to the other players. So even though I love the game they will never see a penny from me. Fuck Three Rings and their Doctor Whotastic CEO!

The Sceneman · « **Reply #4 on:** April 02, 2007, 11:05:34 PM »

Does this game feature big brawny hairy pirates? Or pirate babes?

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #5 on:** April 03, 2007, 02:32:01 AM »

At the very beginning of a round, does this game make one move against you leading to a chain of combos which knock 75% of your health off? Because fuck Puzzle Quest.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #6 on:** April 03, 2007, 08:35:23 AM »

Puzzle Pirates and I were lovers a few years ago. It was a hot, torrid affair.

I would love for a game to rip off it's concept and make it into a single player game.

Saint Cornelius · « **Reply #7 on:** April 03, 2007, 12:42:29 PM »

I think a DS / PSP port with online multiplayer would be the bees knees, personally.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #8 on:** April 03, 2007, 03:00:38 PM »

hahaha wtf are you thinking. ACTUAL internet multiplayer gaming?!?! on psp?!?! hahahaha omg.

seriously tho, how many games for PSP actually do it

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #9 on:** April 03, 2007, 03:18:33 PM »

A lot, it's just that it's the type of games you don't like.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #10 on:** April 03, 2007, 03:27:16 PM »

you mean bad games?

demi · « **Reply #11 on:** April 03, 2007, 04:09:09 PM »

It's certainly no Bullet Witch, rite MAF.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #12 on:** April 03, 2007, 04:11:29 PM »

Medal of Honor Heroes had a nice online, but no one ever played it. 32 players, and you could download a small program for setting up your own host server on your PC. I thought it was a neat, innovative use of the PSP online features - but like I said, no one ever played, even in the first few days. It's a shame, too, because MOH Heroes isn't a bad game at all. It's short (really short, like 4 hours short), but it has a nice compliment of options for a PSP FPS. Auto-centering worked great. As far as WWII FPS PSP games go, it's the best of the three out there. Brothers in Arms is fucking awful, and COD: Roads to Victory is pretty but disappointing. When it hits the bargain bin I recommend it. You can set up bot deathmatches for quick play, and the bots are pretty good.

Overall, though, I'm over FPS on PSP. Just won't ever work to anyone's complete satisfaction. They should make a good 3rd person COD, BIA, or MOH game instead.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #13 on:** April 03, 2007, 04:44:31 PM »

bullet witch rox, moody bollocks

Saint Cornelius · « **Reply #14 on:** April 03, 2007, 05:23:24 PM »

I don't know anything about the PSP's online capabilities, I'm just trying to be an unbiased system warrior for the time being.

TVC15 · « **Reply #15 on:** April 03, 2007, 05:36:42 PM »

Puzzle Pirates is awesome. It gives me my daily dose of vitamin grind, and then I get to go buy cool new gear for my little pirate. As a member of The Salty Mouthfuls, I'm usually never lacking pieces of eight.

Awesome game, runs on Java, so any computer out there can play it, regardless of OS.

Saint Cornelius · « **Reply #16 on:** April 03, 2007, 05:39:10 PM »

Salty Mouthfuls

are you doing the subscription thing or are you doing the dubloon thing? and thanks for gracing us with your presence; had I known I could bring you out of hiding with PP talk, I would've made a thread much earlier!

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #17 on:** April 03, 2007, 06:20:55 PM »

Metal Gear Solid works pretty damn well online, saving for some people with hacked soldiers that spoil the fun.

Saint Cornelius · « **Reply #18 on:** April 04, 2007, 10:45:32 AM »

I can't believe I actually jobbed with the Salty Mouthfuls last night.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #19 on:** April 04, 2007, 11:23:03 AM »

I used to be a kickass carpenter/bilger. I hated doing the cannons.

Saint Cornelius · « **Reply #20 on:** April 04, 2007, 11:25:59 AM »

I've only done the cannons with the Navy; I haven't tried to use them in the heat of battle, yet (actually, nobody has ever asked me to).

Saint Cornelius · « **Reply #21 on:** April 04, 2007, 02:25:18 PM »

It's as free as you care to make it. Don't feel like saving up PoE to get Dubloons? Buy 'em online!

Some people think it's bullshit and that you can pay your way to the top, but I disagree - if you suck at the puzzles, you can't buy anything to make yourself do better. And if they don't agree with that, there's still two subscription-based oceans they can play on.

tiesto · « **Reply #22 on:** April 04, 2007, 09:26:14 PM »

I'm downloading and giving this a try now... don't care for the MMO, pay aspect but we'll see.

Fragamemnon · « **Reply #23 on:** June 13, 2007, 03:28:05 PM »

Wow, they have a kickass office space:

http://www.wired.com/culture/design/multimedia/2007/06/gallery_nemo_office?slide=1&slideView=6

Now that's a conference room.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #24 on:** June 13, 2007, 04:02:07 PM »

I went to a party there during GDC it was OFF THE CHIZZAIN

also the CEO is like a cross between Shaft and Doctor Who

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