[PS3][EUR]Port Royale 3 - Pirates & Merchants[BLES01707]

When in 2009 Ascaron Entertainment was officially bankrupt, many fans of its portfolio securities were left to wonder about their future concerns chiefly concerned the Patrician series, but was also involved in the popular Port Royale, created by the software house in 2003 and then enriched with a sequel, dating back more than seven years ago. Luck had it that the same fate has befallen both brands, purchased from Kalypso Media and Gaming Minds team assigned to the newborn Studios, actually composed mainly by its former employees of Ascaron, who were able to continue their work despite the mishaps . failure Surviving The first result of this operation was Patrician IV, came last year on the market, which as announced in August will also follow Port Royale 3: for the occasion, it was decided to make it big, given that this chapter will not only his natural platform, the PC, but also on home consoles PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, thus opening a new part of the market and the potential arrival of new admirers for this series. While it is certainly too early to make any kind of final consideration, given the experience of the people involved in the project can be expected to play worthy of his predecessors in this our first look at Port Royale 3, then go to take stock of the situation as far as we know so far.


Who does not know Port Royale can think of this title as a mix between the Patrician and Pirates!, Where busy surfing the long wide in the Caribbean Sea, taking the lead of one of the factions: we choose to limit ourselves diplomacy and trade, with the chance to get in on the action where appropriate, leveraging both to build our economic and political power. Among the main features of Port Royale 3 there will be a greater freedom in the choice of role to play: it will be possible to assume the role of an ordinary captain, merchant or simply live the life of a real buccaneer, intent on taking boardings against vessels belonging to factions "normal" game, ie Dutch, French, English and Spanish. Who has had the opportunity to take a first look at the title at the GamesCom in Cologne seem to agree that, as in the case of Patrician IV will probably should not expect special revolutions within the tested mechanical Port Royale, with developers concentratisi hence in improving what we saw in the second chapter of the series. From a technical standpoint, the game engine that will move our raids in the Caribbean will be to the last Patrician, of course revised and updated to give the best of themselves. It is from this element derive a couple of considerations: first, a bit of concern for battles between ships, considered by many undertone in Patrician IV, as much as it was rather convincing its economic system, which may instead provide security for Port Royale 3.Sopravvivere to failure As we said, the work of developers focused on improving the things that already exist, so it is possible to hope: between elements renovated find the map of game now more functional thanks to the additions designed by Gaming Minds. Among other new features are the new function of patrol ships, able to advise if there is an enemy fleet on the horizon allowing us then to choose whether to face confrontation in automatic or manual mode. To help in the decision will also find a summary screen of the ability of the two sides, in order to choose whether to rely on our strategic capabilities in the event the card is not the clash may turn in our favor, while leaving the battle takes place automatically if there is a good chance of success.