By Kieron Gillen on May 5th, 2010 at 9:00 pm.
News reaches us that Preloaded have done another of their education games. You’ll remember the Tim-Stone favoured 1066? Of course you do. And if you don’t, you’ll have clicked on that link. This time it’s Trafalgar Origins, an arcade game based around tall-ships and Nelson generally kicking ship-ass. Or Stern, as I believe it’s known. My quick play reveals a game which simplifies a little (you fire a broadside and your whole ship counts as if it’s reloading), but includes a lot of fine details (multiple shot types plus floating powder-keg mines, wind direction, etc) to complicate it just so. And RPG elements with buying crew, facebook integration and multiplayer. Also just enough edutainment to justify its remit as part of Channel 4′s remit. Trailer follows…
Trafalgar Origins – Channel 4 from Preloaded on Vimeo.
05/05/2010 at 21:04 Daniel Rivas says:
Oooh! Oooh!
BOATS
05/05/2010 at 21:09 Jimbo says:
Grand Theft Nauto
05/05/2010 at 21:56 Mister, Please says:
The developer is actually Preloaded, not Playloaded.
05/05/2010 at 22:05 Bhazor says:
Another game, along with Empire, which steals naval combat direct from Sid’s Pirates and no one mentions it.
Still pretty fun though no where near as gorgeous or unique as 1066 and its swear fights.
06/05/2010 at 01:10 RedFred says:
Ah Pirates! What a great game. Even the remake was fun.
06/05/2010 at 10:14 Jimbo says:
Sid stole it from real pirates, and nobody mentioned that either.
05/05/2010 at 22:06 Sobric says:
“Immersive historic campaign!”
followed by
“LAST MAN STANDING”
.
I heard that that’s what Nelson messaged his ships before the eponymous battle.
05/05/2010 at 23:05 boldoran says:
I laughed at that one too. Glad I am not the only one.
05/05/2010 at 23:14 Fumarole says:
… and I cannot lie.
05/05/2010 at 23:16 Brumisator says:
Is it just me or does the 2nd tutorial get stuck at the little clock loading screen?
05/05/2010 at 23:26 Gap Gen says:
I do like the “I rule!” comment that’s attached to the “Basic Navigation Tutorial Completed” mission on Facebook.
05/05/2010 at 23:30 g33kz0rd says:
I LIEKZ BIG BOATS AND I CANNOT LIE :D
sorry, just got to post this, no one else done it xD
06/05/2010 at 07:30 JB says:
Ah, but I think Fumarole beat you to that one
05/05/2010 at 23:31 Andrew Dunn says:
Excellent. That 1066 game was pretty ace, this one should be good too.
05/05/2010 at 23:31 Mario Figueiredo says:
Oh, floating cars.
06/05/2010 at 01:11 RedFred says:
That’s what it feels like to drive…I mean sail them.
Messed up physics.
05/05/2010 at 23:49 Ian says:
C’mon Kieron, it’s a good pun but we had it ages ago:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/03/11/pirarsey-age-of-booty-demo/
YOU STOLED IT!
05/05/2010 at 23:53 Brumisator says:
Kieron Gillen says:
March 11, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Stealing that.
KG
06/05/2010 at 00:13 Ian says:
I know. He’d been biding his time like the evil genius he is.
06/05/2010 at 04:45 DMJ says:
That’s exactly what I thought when I read it. Finally, the other shoe has dropped.
Or peg leg.
Whatever.
06/05/2010 at 01:00 Mad Doc MacRae says:
Kiss me, Hardy
http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=164
Didn’t like it nearly as much as 1066 (it’s way harder, too) but I’m a landlubber.
06/05/2010 at 01:42 Anon says:
England Expects Every Man Will Download Adobe Flash Media Player 10.1.
06/05/2010 at 07:32 JB says:
And once again, the comment system really needs some sort of thumbs-up system…that made me laugh.
06/05/2010 at 07:42 Risingson says:
A game that is about one of my country’s most notorious hall of shame? The little bit of patriotism that is left in me says “no”!
(ok, I’ll try it at home)
06/05/2010 at 11:30 Chaz says:
Does that come on the list after the defeat of the Armada in 1588. ; P
06/05/2010 at 14:04 Real Horrorshow says:
Vive l’Empereur, Vive la France! This game is merde!
Oh who am I kidding, Nelson did kick copious amounts of ship-ass :(
06/05/2010 at 14:52 erhebung says:
This looks great fun, and I can get it to load, and I can fire… but the keys that control movement don’t seem to be doing anything! The anchor moves up and down, but “A” and “D” aren’t doing anything! Frustrating… Anyone else having problems? I’m using Firefox…
06/05/2010 at 14:54 erhebung says:
Scratch that – things started to happen as I was writing that last comment…
06/05/2010 at 17:36 CK says:
This was a cpu hog for me and just too slow to be any fun. I don’t know if my pc’s age was the cause, but it seemed to take forever to turn, resulting to long boring stretches of nothing happening.
06/05/2010 at 19:04 Po0py says:
“An addictive social layer.”
Goodness!
16/07/2010 at 17:53 prom gowns says:
Thats not really a really huge statement,
but its all I could come up with after reading this. You know so much about this subject.