Age Of Sail 2

by Global Star Software

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• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004U8K0
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: January 31, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,578 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

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Age of Sail II simulates naval warfare from 1775 to 1820 with a real-time 3-D sailing and combat model. Over 1,200 historical ships and 100 historical American and British scenarios are available, including: Copenhagen, the Battle of the Nile, Trafalgar, Cape St. Vincent, and Camperdown. A full, floating 3-D camera allows complete control of your fleet, and the 3-D accelerated graphics reveal accurately rendered ships and beautiful landscapes.

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Frustratingly buggy, March 19, 2001

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This review is from: Age Of Sail 2 (CD-ROM)

As several reviewers have noted, this game has a lot of potential. It's visually nice, has tons of scenarios and flexibility, and is probably about as authentic as such a game can be. But it doesn't work. It often fails to load games properly, the game often freezes the computer (a P4, so it's not an old computer), and various key options--like manual firing--don't always work. Further, Talon Soft tech support was useless--they merely said to get new drivers for the graphics card, which was clearly not the problem. The game says it is Win Me ready, but it's not. I keep checking for new updates to see if they fix any of this, but the .1 update out so far doesn't do a bit of good. Until it's fixed, I find the game unplayable and I feel ...

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Some day it will be good, February 26, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Age Of Sail 2 (CD-ROM)

It's too bad that this was released well before it was ready, because it is plagued with bugs. Due to the lack of any real documentation I struggled with the interface. After finally resorting to searching the internet I found that I was not alone. Many of the features just don't work, while others cause the game to crash. After downloading the first (and only) patch for the game a few bugs were fixed, but there are still many more.

On the upside, the game is beautiful to look at, and if you can work around the bugs (emphasis on work) it is pretty cool. I'm hoping that it'll actually be playable by summer, so I'm packing it away for now in hopes of a better future.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This game is a demo, February 17, 2001

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This review is from: Age Of Sail 2 (CD-ROM)

I say that this game is a demo because it is clearly was released six months before completion. The bugs and glitches are multitude. We have become used to seeing games released before they are totaly de-bugged but this (believe me) is the record. Buggs aside, the main problem is that the game has not even been completed--it is a rough sketch of a possibly great art work. Perhaps 50% of the scenarios fuction reasonably correctly (excluding the bugs). If you have Voodoo 3 don't buy this untill its Voodoo problems are sorted out (check the message boards at the Talonsoft website). In fact, if you have been eagerly awaiting this game , check out the message boards over the next few weeks (or possibly months) and wait untill a completed, functional version of this product is available. I suspect the problems may be too large to fix with four or five downloads.