PotCO vs PotBS - Pirates of the Caribbean Online Fansite & Forums

Brandon · #1 10-01-2007, 07:42 PM

Pirates of the Caribbean Online vs Pirates of the Burning Sea

I have been looking into both games and i have to be honest PotBS looks alot better then PotCO. Now I have played PotBS and only limited (except for beta when I was unlimited) so it may seem I know more about PotBS.

Pirates of the Burning Sea

Pros:
Tons of ships to choose from
Great Graphics
PvP designated zones
4 Nations to choose from (that includes pirate)
Realistic (as in speed when against wind and with it, no spells, historically accurate for most things (if not all))
Mostly focused on sea battles (even tho theres lots of islands and land)
Good guild system
Allow users to submit content and if its accepted gets put in game
ALOT of character customization (missions unlock new clothing and stuff ex. eye patches, wooden legs, parrots, dif logos for clothes)
Can group up alot of people for fights
PvE is loaded into a private battle so only group members can come in or other people if you call for help if your out numbered
Players can sell or make things (Ex. I could make cannon balls for my guild (society) or even ships)
Has its own economy (Auctions and free trade)
Mature players and role players
Can get stuff to make you or your ship stronger (stronger stern, dodging shoes, etc.)
3 different fighting styles (Florentine (short sword and dagger), Fencing (swords), Dirty Fighting (cutlass and pistols))

Cons:
Gotta go out and buy it (lol)
Pay To Play
Sorta complex game style
Takes VERY LONG time to go across the map
Can get boring
Simple sword fighting (It is like WoW where you just press a button but you can get alot of different kinds of moves and tactics)

Pirates of the Caribbean Online

Pros:
Some not too serious players
Fun sea battles
Well written and known storyline
Not bad graphics (but not great)
VERY addicting game play
Multiple people can be on a ship
Can aim a cannon and fire different balls if your on a friends ship

Cons:
Not that great guild set-up
Gotta be in clicking range of person to wisper them
Very few ships
ONLY pirate available
Mainly PvE
Gonna have free (VERY limited) paid (unlimited) servers (should all be free)
Servers seem very laggy for some reason in limited
Players gank your kills or just try to get rep off your hard work
ALOT of little kids that play
Seems to crash if you got to good of a computer? (I got 4-5 times the reqs and it black screens but I hear everything)

Both:

Ship boarding for sword fights
Some kind of guild system
Fun sea battles

Now thats all i can think of right now. I've shown some people PotBS and they have the same thoughts as me. Put down what you think and please dont flame me.

EDIT: Updated since I have bought and played PotBS

WDSnav · #2 10-01-2007, 08:05 PM

I also am thinking that pirates of the burning sea will be better than pirates of the caribbean. I have several reasons to support my decision. If you look at many different mmorpg comparison sites, potbs has a lot more hype than potco. The thing that majorly draws me away from potco is seeing what disney has done with Toontown. Toontown has been out for hmm about 8 years now?And still no significant additions? Now you might be think that cashbot hq is major but its not much when compared to other games. There have been no new expansions to Toontown and the game mechanics have remained the same and the game is just getting boring due to disney's lack of providing a "major" update. Im talking about a update where you could be 200 laff and there would be a whole new world, thats about where they should be at with about 8 years of production on Toontown. Take World of Warcraft for an example, I got bored of it and no longer played it, but Blizzard makes a major attempt at keeping players subscribed to it with patches about every month and the burning crusade expansion and the wrath of the lich king expansion comming soon, yet WoW has only been out for about 4 years since 2004. So previous experience with disney is drawing me away from it. I think PotBS has better graphics and since flying labs is a stand-alone company where they don't run several different services like disney does so I believe that they will be Similar to Blizzard, and be able to focus on their MMORPG. Now yes POTCO does a free limited version but I doubt it'll be worth playing, it'll be like toontown where you can play for a day and get so far that you must pay to progress. Im also going have to say that Disney's games are just too easy, you can max a toon in a week of non-stop play, its not very common to go sad at all because you can just alt+f4 in a vp/cfo/cj fight and get no punishment. I also HATE the fact and the fact I hate most, disney is aimed for the younger age group. I am older than 13 so I want something thats more hard-core and aimed for the older age group. Disney has also done terrible at giving their games replay value, yes you can create a new and try out that new gag that you didn't get with your other toon, but all toons are equal and its the same boring storyline(or is there a storyline of toontown?). You do the same tasks, you take the same path no matter what species or chose or anything, all toons are equal, theres no differrence in toons besides their looks. I also am looking for realistic graphics, NOT toontown graphics being put into a pirate game.

Now...My reply to your post:
I agree with several of the things you said except that ship boarding has been implemented into POTBS so thats not a pro of POTCO. PVP is a major role of mmorpg's games these days and that is also another thing that POTCO lacks. Yes you can duel players but whats the point?Theres no fun in that. Toontown has NO pvp which is bad.

Well after all of my negative thoughts of Disney...There is one major thing that I like about disney is their ability to get you hooked to the game quickly and make you want to be the best character in the game which keeps me playing toontown

Brandon · #3 10-01-2007, 08:39 PM

thanks for agreeing with me and pointing out that PotBS has the ship boarding. Do you know if PotBS will be Pay to Play or just buy at retail and its free?

WDSnav · #4 10-01-2007, 09:51 PM

There hasn't been any details about the release date yet but it will be pay to play and you will most likely have to buy it at retail. Althought POTCO may not require you to buy from retail, I am still willing to pay for a retail game considering that it is retails probably because the game is so large. Now consider the download time it takes to get POTCO, doesn't take that long does it?

Brandon · #5 10-02-2007, 12:59 AM

It is FORSURE going to be buy from retail and Pay 2 Play. But to me it seems worth it because game looks kick butt. They dont know tho if they will forsure use time cards (they most likely will tho to get more people who dont got credit cards)

Plo Koon · #6 10-04-2007, 05:23 AM

lol, you guys are acting like they COULDNT have better graphics. Since potco has lower system requirements, it doesn't exclude people from enjoying it's full potential. Yes, it lacks with some of its detail and graphic quality, but it's entertainment that counts, not to mention simple- unhindered fun, after playing potco, I don't see why more pvp would be necessary, besides I'm pretty sure potbs will have the same run of the mill rpg fighting style, while potco actually has some action rpg aspect to it. I really enjoy the potc storyline and I love the characters and movie. This game is much more nestalgic for me than potbs, and that's worth all of it's flaws. I'll probably try pirates of the "B.S," but play to pay just doesnt work for me.

Bluesaucer · #7 10-04-2007, 05:39 PM

I think that POTCO has a lot of potential, but, I doubt it's going to be enough to where it's actively something to be worth paying for. If anything, I think that it should be free or you have to pay for it alltogether. I dislike these games like club penguin that make you kinda want to play it, but you really are not interested because you can't do much in it. If that's the fate of POTCO, Then it may already be doomed. Disney makes such a big deal of " Living the life of a pirate " when all we'll be able to do is a few things unless we pay? What kind of a game is that? I think Disney really needs to rethink the way they do this before stepping up to the plate. If they EVER are going to compete against WOW, POBS, and even video game consoles such as the Xbox 360 and the Wii, They have to make it to where it's new, entertaining, and fun.

Brandon · #8 10-04-2007, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Plo Koon

lol, you guys are acting like they COULDNT have better graphics. Since potco has lower system requirements, it doesn't exclude people from enjoying it's full potential. Yes, it lacks with some of its detail and graphic quality, but it's entertainment that counts, not to mention simple- unhindered fun, after playing potco, I don't see why more pvp would be necessary, besides I'm pretty sure potbs will have the same run of the mill rpg fighting style, while potco actually has some action rpg aspect to it. I really enjoy the potc storyline and I love the characters and movie. This game is much more nestalgic for me than potbs, and that's worth all of it's flaws. I'll probably try pirates of the "B.S," but play to pay just doesnt work for me.

if you actually research the PotBS game you will see that it will make PotCO look like crud in every aspect (and thats without looking at graphis). It is more realistic , and just plain out fun for tactical and sea battle lovers. As for the Pay to Play not "working" for you then i guess you wont be enjoying PotCO for much time after its released.

WDSnav · #9 10-04-2007, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Plo Koon

lol, you guys are acting like they COULDNT have better graphics. Since potco has lower system requirements, it doesn't exclude people from enjoying it's full potential. Yes, it lacks with some of its detail and graphic quality, but it's entertainment that counts, not to mention simple- unhindered fun, after playing potco, I don't see why more pvp would be necessary, besides I'm pretty sure potbs will have the same run of the mill rpg fighting style, while potco actually has some action rpg aspect to it. I really enjoy the potc storyline and I love the characters and movie. This game is much more nestalgic for me than potbs, and that's worth all of it's flaws. I'll probably try pirates of the "B.S," but play to pay just doesnt work for me.

1.If your computer is old then maybe you would go with POTCO but my pc isn't that old.
2.PVP is what POTCO does lack. There is none. I did a little bit of PVP today and geuss what you earn?Nothing.
3.POTCO will be pay to play. Yes there is a limited(free) version of it, but expect the limited version to be like Toontown's limited version.

Brandon · #10 10-04-2007, 08:51 PM

And i get to play PotBS from today till the 7th (stress test)

WDSnav · #11 10-04-2007, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Brandon

And i get to play PotBS from today till the 7th (stress test)

Yea i've played it some and it is awesome!The graphics are just amazing. The swordfighting is aweful but the official DEV's even admit that its aweful so expect it to be changed :/

**Rattlebones** · #12 10-04-2007, 09:57 PM

The games have entirely different target audiences.
Hardly fair to compare them... kinda like comparing toontown and WoW or Vanguard or LotRo... there is no comparisson.

Captain · #13 10-04-2007, 10:36 PM

The name of Pirates of the Burning Sea says it all: Pirates BS (rotfllll). POTCO is way better. I looked at the screenshots for BS and it actually seems as if it's more cartoony than POTCO lol. But it still look like it will stink.

Vandelay · #14 10-04-2007, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by WDSnav

The thing that majorly draws me away from potco is seeing what disney has done with Toontown. Toontown has been out for hmm about 8 years now?And still no significant additions?

No, Toontown has been out for 4 years -- it launched in June 2003.

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Originally Posted by WDSnav

Im also going have to say that Disney's games are just too easy, you can max a toon in a week of non-stop play, its not very common to go sad at all because you can just alt+f4 in a vp/cfo/cj fight and get no punishment.

That's just plain ridiculous, show me anyone who's maxxed a toon in a week. Can't be done. You can't even BUY the good fishing rods for a few weeks.

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Originally Posted by WDSnav

I also HATE the fact and the fact I hate most, disney is aimed for the younger age group. I am older than 13 so I want something thats more hard-core and aimed for the older age group.

That's fine, feel free to pick from the dozens of MMORPGs out there that are designed for your age group. I actually like that Disney's designing games for the younger kids and the "casual gamers".

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Originally Posted by WDSnav

Well after all of my negative thoughts of Disney...There is one major thing that I like about disney is their ability to get you hooked to the game quickly and make you want to be the best character in the game which keeps me playing toontown

Well, there you go!

I agree with you there. I also like that I can jump onto Toontown or POTCO for just an hour and actually make some progress. Too many of the other big MMORPGs don't really provide that -- it often takes an hour just to assemble a group for a major quest. I don't usually have that kind of free time available.

targ · #15 10-06-2007, 05:52 PM

POTBS wins hands down i beta test it and its awesome way better and more ships a better guild system countries cna siege ports also the graphics are way better stroyline is better and its the same price monthly so just use ur brain and think