By Quintin Smith on November 30th, 2010 at 9:56 am.
Another day, another MMORPG goes free to play. This morning it’s 2008 game of naval combat, swashbuckling and trading Pirates of the Burning Sea. Kieron actually had a chat to the developers about the decision a couple of months ago, but now it’s finally happened. As of today the standard $14.99/month subscription simply gets you access to exclusive “Captain’s Club” content. Alternatively, you can buy little items and account upgrades piecemeal over at Treasure Aisle. Yes. Watch the latest and greatest trailer after the jump.
And here’s an enormous team battle set to what I believe is Rammstein. Ah, YouTube.
30/11/2010 at 10:00 P7uen says:
I shall be giving this a go, now it’s free. Good job, chaps!
30/11/2010 at 10:17 Atic Atac says:
Will it require Sony Station to install and use? If so then hell naw!
30/11/2010 at 10:18 DevilSShadoW says:
ima call my ship kirby’s epic yarrrn
30/11/2010 at 10:21 frags says:
Well…shiver me…Oh forget it! Downloading now!
30/11/2010 at 10:24 Chaz says:
The music for that last video does seem rather at odds with the action. Why do people insist on using pumping electro metal for these things when a waltz or something like Ravel’s Boléro would be far more suited to the sedate pace of the action. I see the same thing in just about every other Eve video too; lots of angry thumping music whilst we watch some one flick through a few menus.
30/11/2010 at 10:25 Kits says:
Haven’t played this since the beta. It was good fun, for a short while, but got repetitive too fast at the time.
30/11/2010 at 11:09 pissant says:
Drowning Pool should provide the backing track to absolutely everything imo
30/11/2010 at 12:07 UW says:
Definitely, especially since anything good invariably has bodies hitting floors anyway. It just makes sense.
30/11/2010 at 12:20 lu says:
Free seamen ?
30/11/2010 at 12:47 Clovis says:
Arrrr, those eyes be staring at me ….
30/11/2010 at 13:52 Dominic White says:
If you’re going to have a hard-and-heavy soundtrack to something piratical, you’re an embarrassment to all things metal if you don’t use Alestorm.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99a6DaheLqs – YARR!!!
Very silly band. Saw em’ live once, and they didn’t take themselves the slightest bit seriously. Great stuff.
30/11/2010 at 14:04 AndrewC says:
That’s AWFUL. Incredibly happy now.
30/11/2010 at 14:32 Dominic White says:
They’re great. Dorky as hell, but they got pretty much the entire crowd singing along.
30/11/2010 at 14:39 AndrewC says:
Rule 37: There will be heavy metal of it.
30/11/2010 at 14:55 Mac says:
Is it actually any good – or should I just stick with Lord of the Rings?
30/11/2010 at 15:25 MXZ says:
It’s pretty horrible outside of the ship combat.
If you’re still playing Lord of the Rings though… ugh.
30/11/2010 at 16:33 Mac says:
Not sure what you mean – i’ve gone back to LOTRO sinse it went FTP and it’s great …
30/11/2010 at 17:53 Caecilius says:
For anyone interested, if you search for “charlestown port battle” on youtube, the first result is an excellent video of a port battle – it gives you a much better impression of what the game is like.
01/12/2010 at 00:53 Gabe McGrath says:
This concerns me greatly.
(1) Because I’m reading this at work.
(2) BECAUSE I WORK IN CHARLESTOWN.
Arrggh!!
(Or… ARRRRRRRRRR… as the case may be)
30/11/2010 at 18:06 thesundaybest says:
What sells it is the Shakespearian dialogue:
“Ah!”
“Hah!”
“Arh!”
“Hanh!”
30/11/2010 at 21:26 Nurdbot says:
Downloading is taking a while, guess they didn’t prepare for the thousands of people wanting to give it a go at once.
30/11/2010 at 21:44 pupsikaso says:
Even the pirate in the picture is sighing =/
02/12/2010 at 09:19 Kabalyero Kidd says:
Yup, I’ve played it a few hours today and it’s kinda fun. You get to ride ships and battle it out at sea. The graphics isn’t bad either. Obviously, I’m on a FREE account. LOL
03/12/2010 at 11:13 PC_Gamer says:
I still beg you to make a roundup of 2010s free to play MMO games that are actually worth considering.
I have completely lost any kind of overview.