Test Release Notes - Play Pirates Online Through The Website

[Sven Niscadae]

Originally Posted by Jamesvsthekraken

im confused will you be "forced" to download the game again? or is it a new "option" like 3D?

So far this just looks like another way to access the game, without having to install it via a setup program and launcher. It has no bearing on the already installed client. From what I can see from my file system, it does cache files from their site in order to run the game but not to the degree of the game client does (size-wise).

I suppose this is a good solution for people without too much space on their drives or are using a computer that they don't want to install a program on. Though I'd think the prices of hard drives is decent enough that the former shouldn't be a problem, and the latter... well, there's probably a reason you're not (or can't or aren't supposed to be) installing software on the computer.

I'm still waiting to see the real reasoning behind this as I can't imagine performance being better when the game is running through another process such as the web browser. If the whole thing takes a significant load off my CPU, that'd be something else I guess though I can't imagine the graphic quality would be better than an installed client. Kind of theorizing at the moment but I'll try it out more later when I'm home.