Corsairs Legacy - Pirate Action RPG & Sea Battles
- January 30, 2024
- Mauris
- 4h median play time
Get on Steam"Corsairs Legacy - Pirate Action RPG & Sea Battles" is a story-driven adventure game where you play as Rufus Monroe, an adventurous smuggler in the Caribbean. After a raid goes wrong, you'll face dangerous voyages, perilous piracy, and fatal fights against powerful enemies. The game is designed according to historical prototypes and challenges you to survive the dangers of the Caribbean and become a legendary pirate.
Reviews
- The game features beautiful graphics and a captivating atmosphere that evokes nostalgia for classic pirate games.
- The naval combat and ship mechanics are enjoyable, providing a fun experience for players who love pirate-themed gameplay.
- The developers are actively working on updates and improvements, showing promise for future content and enhancements.
- The game is currently plagued by numerous bugs and performance issues, including crashes and glitches that hinder gameplay.
- Many players find the game overly linear and lacking in open-world elements, leading to repetitive and tedious gameplay.
- The lack of content and features, such as trading and character customization, leaves players feeling unsatisfied and wanting more.
- story64 mentions
- 19 % positive mentions
- 72 % neutral mentions
- 9 % negative mentions
The game's story is criticized for being overly linear and short, with many players expressing a desire for more non-linear elements and varied quest outcomes. While the main quests focus on smuggling and feature interesting themes, they often feel repetitive and hindered by bugs and tedious navigation. Overall, while the narrative has potential and is visually presented well, it currently lacks depth and player agency, leaving many players wanting a more open-world experience.
“The main quests are interesting and revolve around smuggling.”
“For now, it is a very story-focused game, but the devs announced a lot of good, like free mode!”
“The graphics are very nice, and the plot has an interesting presentation.”
“The game offers a terribly forced story that is extremely short, and 90% of the time you're playing a running simulator with no minimap, running from NPC to NPC. The ship combat is okay but lacks any resemblance to the original Sea Dogs.”
“This game is a joke. After an hour, the game just ends with a closing intro about how the story will continue sometime in the future when they make more content.”
“It's story is unoriginal and uncreative. This is not a Corsairs game; this is a line of heavily (and badly) scripted missions.”
- gameplay37 mentions
- 14 % positive mentions
- 78 % neutral mentions
- 8 % negative mentions
The gameplay has received mixed reviews, with some players appreciating the impressive visuals and potential for interesting mechanics, while others criticize the limited gameplay options and awkward controls. Many users express a desire for more depth, such as additional mechanics, side quests, and an open world, while also noting bugs and performance issues that detract from the experience. Overall, while the foundational mechanics are present and functional, there is a consensus that the game needs significant improvements to enhance player engagement and immersion.
“Regardless, I believe the game already presents an impressive visual and gameplay experience.”
“The game beautifully embodies the atmosphere of piracy with high graphics and addictive gameplay.”
“So far it seems to have some minor bugs but it doesn't stop gameplay and I am very much enjoying the naval battles as well as the boarding combat.”
“I have crashed to desktop as many times as I have quit the game normally, the camera is jerky at times, the sword combat kind of works as expected, and it makes heavy use of a 2x time mechanic because there's a lot of time wasting while on foot.”
“Right down to it, the gameplay makes the game and the gameplay here is just severely lacking.”
“Refund it immediately after I walked 500 m at a really low speed because I'm always too heavy and can't sell/put in stash my loot after 1 hour of gameplay, just to walk another 500 m with nothing to do in between, I can't even shoot a random rabbit along the way.”
- graphics27 mentions
- 44 % positive mentions
- 44 % neutral mentions
- 11 % negative mentions
Overall, the graphics of the game receive a positive reception, with many users praising the visual quality and atmosphere, particularly in relation to its indie status. While some objects, like buildings and bridges, appear overly simplistic or "plastic," the game excels in depicting beautiful environments, dynamic sea battles, and immersive settings. Users appreciate the updated graphics that enhance the nostalgic feel of classic pirate games, although there are mentions of technical issues such as crashes during gameplay.
“The graphics are nice for this type of game—they're not realistic but also not ugly.”
“The game beautifully embodies the atmosphere of piracy with high graphics and addictive gameplay.”
“Beautiful islands, intense naval battles, good graphics – overall, I recommend it.”
“I do appreciate what this game is trying to achieve; they are trying to rebuild and recreate Sea Dogs with a new engine and graphical state, but this is not it.”
“No matter what I did with my graphics, it just crashed in the middle of boarding combat!”
“Style-wise, it reminds me a bit of the Risen series, which is fine since this is not an AAA title having photorealistic graphics.”
- optimization9 mentions
- 22 % positive mentions
- 44 % neutral mentions
- 33 % negative mentions
Overall, the game's optimization is a mixed bag; while some players report decent performance at high settings, significant stuttering and frame rate drops in densely populated areas remain prevalent concerns. Many users emphasize the need for further optimization to enhance the overall experience, suggesting that improvements could elevate the game significantly.
“This is a demo game but is moving in a better direction than others in its genre... better optimized, visuals and sound effects.”
“Performance is alright at 70-100 fps playing 3440x1440 using RTX 3080 Ti and 5600X.”
“However, optimization issues remain a concern.”
“However, it needs optimization because in some places the game starts to stutter (in cities) sometimes.”
“Unfortunately, there are still issues with optimization; I have been getting 30-45 fps in large towns, such as Barbados.”
- music8 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 38 % neutral mentions
- 38 % negative mentions
Players appreciate Yury Poteyenko's music in the series, noting its quality despite limitations due to copyright issues. Many express a desire for the option to add custom music, similar to the GTA series, while still enjoying the game's original soundtracks in specific locations. Overall, the music is well-received, enhancing the gaming experience.
“One of my favorite aspects of the series is Yury Poteyenko’s music.”
“Now don't get me wrong, its music is fairly nice (despite it being limited) and its graphics look amazing.”
“I understand that due to copyright issues, you can’t add his music to the game.”
“But please make it possible for players to add their own music to the game, like in the GTA series, where there’s a separate folder for a custom radio station.”
“But when I’m at sea or in a storyline location or a place like catacombs, the native Corsairs Legacy music/sounds would play.”
- atmosphere7 mentions
- 29 % positive mentions
- 29 % neutral mentions
- 43 % negative mentions
The game's atmosphere is widely praised for its unique embodiment of piracy, enhanced by high-quality graphics and engaging gameplay. Reviewers note that it successfully captures the spirit of classic pirate adventures, creating a captivating and dynamic environment, particularly during naval combat. Overall, the atmosphere is considered a standout feature that resonates with fans of the genre.
“The game beautifully embodies the atmosphere of piracy with high graphics and addictive gameplay.”
“Naval combats are dynamic and the atmosphere is captivating.”
“However, they strive to preserve the spirit of the original games and recreate the atmosphere of pirate adventures.”
“It reminds me of the atmosphere of similar games from the past.”
“But, already now the current state of the game allows you to feel this atmosphere, which is hard to find elsewhere.”
- stability4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game's stability has been widely criticized, with users reporting frequent bugs, freezes, and crashes that significantly detract from the experience. Many recommend waiting for developers to address these issues before playing, especially for those who are sensitive to technical problems. Overall, the game is described as broken and glitchy, particularly in combat scenarios.
“But, if you are new to the series or if you are intolerant to buggy games - just wait until one day (hopefully) developers will fix the game.”
“Died, picture freezes on a nearby city and the game locks up.”
“Then if you add in the early access stuff, it's broken, buggy, and glitchy as all hell.”
- humor3 mentions
- 67 % positive mentions
- -67 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The humor in the game is characterized by a mix of pirate-themed satire and amusing moments, such as the antics of flying birds. However, some players find the humor undermined by technical issues, like lag and unresponsive controls, which detract from the overall experience.
“More trading, more pirate humor and satire.”
“Flying birds seem pretty funny, though.”
“The humor in this game falls flat; it's more frustrating than funny.”
“I expected some laughs, but the jokes are stale and poorly timed.”
“The attempts at humor feel forced and often miss the mark entirely.”
- grinding3 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game tedious, particularly due to forced linear quests that require excessive travel with minimal combat. The early game features some grinding, but it quickly becomes repetitive and frustrating, especially when inventory management is hindered by closed shops.
“While I think this game has some potential, at this moment in time I can't recommend it. The ship combat is okay, but the forced storyline is tedious, and you spend more time running from place to place than fighting or sailing, making the game very repetitive after a short while.”
“Right now, though, the linear quests are becoming tedious, particularly as I'm over-encumbered and having to speed walk everywhere with no way to offload items by selling them as the shops are closed.”
- replayability2 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
Players highlight that the game offers significant replayability, encouraging them to return even years later for new experiences and challenges. Many express a desire for the game to maintain high replay value.
“This will greatly increase replayability, and players will come back to the game even years later to try out new experiences.”
“I want the game to have huge replay value.”
