Hi Splat! Thanks a ton for featuring us again. It means a lot to the whole team. Updates might be fewer from now on, but we're committed to continuing to improve wherever we can.

@Kveldred

12 күн бұрын

any chance of a DLC/expansion coming up

Too late. You already had me at "Welcome back to the Nerdcastle". I love this game so much. The basic corvettes are usable if you know how to hit and run with them, but the real game takes off when you get your first shield generator.

@col.firefly

Ай бұрын

Love the game too. My first big win was 6 deployable shotgun turrets on the flagship. :)

I want Sid Meier's Pirates in SPAAAAA- Oh wait that's Star Sector. Wishlisted because this actually works on the steamdeck.

@johnchao2422

Ай бұрын

love starsector

@TheMasterChief101234

Ай бұрын

starsector also works on the steamdeck

@vilerite

Ай бұрын

@@TheMasterChief101234 wait it does???

@mangedrabbit

Ай бұрын

I need Star Sector for casuels

@Relf_G

Ай бұрын

@@vilerite Ye, just download and then add the game as a non-steam game from desktop mode. You'll have to map your own controls though, since starsector doesn't have built-in controller support.

Oooooh !!! this looks like Disney's battle at procyon ! I loved this game !

@benoxiid

Ай бұрын

Update: it REALLY looks like battle at procyon. Which is a really good thing to me XD

@calumt9705

Ай бұрын

YES! just unlocked a core memory for me what a great gameee

@ajobe15

Ай бұрын

Battle of Procyon is available on Steam!

@teifan6674

13 күн бұрын

​@@ajobe15 does it work on modern systems?

That one asymmetric iron armour square ... SPLAAAAT!

@TheAussieLeo

Ай бұрын

MUST...NOT...SCREAM...

@adamschirtzinger990

Ай бұрын

Came here to REEE

Remember that old game when you get to fly entire mountains and destroy other peoples flying fortresses.

@ximiony

Ай бұрын

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratosphere:_Conquest_of_the_Skies

@slipknotsoad86

Ай бұрын

@@ximiony Thanks for that, this is one of those games i played on a demo disk as a kid, played it a ton but could never remember the name of! shame it's not on GoG.

The command abilites of your flagship are not all passives, they use moral (or other consumables meters) to power the abilities and you can actively use them in combat not just switch between passives, you can also add a full NPC crew to the rest of your ships as well to buff them, later on you can manage MANY fleets at once with the remote command system to build a trading/hauling or production empire if you like.

This is one of the early games I watched you play and its the only one I have purchased! not that some others haven't struck me (too many to be honest!) but there was something about this one's feel that I went right over and purchased it! I do not regret it, this is a fun game, its good to see you getting back to it!

@splat yes there are MUCH larger vessels. :) I have played many, many hours in this game since you first covered it. The game gets even better the deeper you go. Absoultely love this game and the games discord is quite good and dev team very active with the community.

lol sweet, video! Thank you for all you do Splatt! I like the gameplay loop on this.

This reminds me I wanna play the OG Rebel Galaxy again.

@brianawilk285

Ай бұрын

I was just playing outlaw but its not as good as the original rebel galaxy. The problem i have with both of those games is not enough variety with weapons and ships.

@igorthelight

Ай бұрын

Everspace 2, guys! ;-)

That combat is giving me star sector vibes

@jonpaul6948

Ай бұрын

Thanks, now I have to reinstall Starsector.

@justinthompson6364

Ай бұрын

Interesting take. The mechanics are obviously different, but the pacing is quite similar

@therealbahamut

Ай бұрын

@@jonpaul6948 damn right you do.

You had me at "Sid Meier's Pirates in the sky."

This is the kind of game I didn't know I needed till I needed it in my life.

When I saw the title of this video, I was hooked. I loved Sid Meier's Pirates and with it would get a remake. This looks like it will be filling that gap for me. Thanks Splat!

@sidneysill8495

Ай бұрын

I played it as a wee guy in the 80s on my Uncle's Tandy, and no game before or since captured me quite that way.

@brianscott.

Ай бұрын

@@sidneysill8495 I've played a ton of games over the years in just about every genre imaginable and nothing has been quite like Pirates.

Close to the moon indeed, i never thought this would interest me but it looks like fun, and the combat control seems friendly enough. Airships are friggin sweet

So glad you checked back on the game.

Thanks for showcasing! ^^

I loved SM's Pirates. Haven't played that in years.

It has a older(simpler) game look and I like it. Your video got me to buy it. I saw it on recommended videos.

wishlisted, thanks splat!

It's been sitting in my wishlist since you reviewed it first. You got me at sid meier 😂

Okay, yeah, this game is going to be my jam. Sid Meyer's Pirates is a beloved set of gaming memories, and this DOES scratch that itch with additional RPG elements and no need to be beholden to tacking against the wind. Thankfully the game is on sale at GOG, so I have not hesitated to snap it up.

got this the last time you covered it. lots of fun!

Looks so much better then last time!

Great. Now i have to go and play Sid Meyers Pirates again... Nice :).

It's a shame you don't get to fight the captain of the boarded ship like it was in Sid's original Pirates. The enemy captain strength and confidence was dependent on how much crew was left when you boarded. As was your captain. The more crew the longer the fight before you or either the enemy captain would kneel and surrender. And it also depended on well you fought as well.

@Vardyversity

Ай бұрын

Oh, I remember way back in the original Sid Meyer's Pirates when my little sloop was boarded by a British frigate. My crew died as flies due to being outnumbered. I somehow managed to defeat the British captain, and hence, we won. I had a lot of good use of that frigate.

@adamwelch4336

Ай бұрын

I like fighting in assassin's creed were you have to fight the captain or sabotage the ship or beat the officers 🤔

getting serious treasure planet vibes, & I'm all for it

Thanks, Splatt!

Man I want a sequal to Sid Meier's Pirates so badly.

I did just load up muskets to capture those ships Kaching!

This looks like a mashup between Avorion and Sunless Sea, and I like that.

Pirates! Gold and New Horizons (on SNES) are two of my all-time favorite games. I always have an itch for some thing in that area…Merchants of the Skies and Star Traders are the best two modern games so far to hit in the same neighborhood… I’ll check this one out for sure.

Sunless Sea is still the best “Pirates”-esque game since Pirates.

@morgankensington2789

Ай бұрын

I don’t know. Port Royale and Patrician were pretty good in that genre

@JohnSmith-ps7yq

Ай бұрын

@@morgankensington2789 I concede on both points.

24 seconds in and I'm sold

33:08 Well I just felt personally attacked at this point

Sweet, reminds me of Port Royle back when it was decent. I'll have to give it a look.

Glad there's others out there that love "Pirates" i won't get rid of my 360 because i have it for that

This looked like a fantasy-esque starsector or astrox. Gonna check it out

This game looks amazing!

It looks almost identical to Barking Dog's Treasure Planet: Battle at Procyon from 2002. Which, to be fair, was pretty fun.

Thank you for adding the Titel of the Game in your Video Titles

OMG I am in love

Sid Meier's Pirates is still to this date THE BEST pirate game ever.

I think they missed the mark with the aesthetics. The sky is so dark it might as well be water, it really doesn't feel like you are in the sky.

This reminds me of Star Trader Frontier. The only big difference is that this isn't in space, going for more of a steam-punk aesthetic.

Ill only be hooked if it has a similar ranking structure as said Pirates game. From a soldier to a Duke.

great to know they seem to be going to way of Starsector, this had amazing potential since the first time I saw it. I have huge expectations from this game, but maybe I'll give them a couple more years.

Sid Meier's Pirates mentioned? Instant sale.

There was a really good RPG on the Nintendo Game Cube back in the day that involved you being the captain of your own airship. The story was good, the mechanics were good, you had a bountyhunter chasing you during the course of the story who was easily harder than any of the bosses you'd encounter. Wish I could recall the name but I do remember pouring at least a couple hundred hours into it.

@PedroIgori

Ай бұрын

That game probably is "Skies of arcadia"

@Blakkrazor69

Ай бұрын

@@PedroIgori Yes!! tyvm!!

Wooo Splat time.

That does look noice, ngl.

Looks very interesting.

It's on sale now! Grabbing it

Treasure Planet Vibes

I got my Sid Meier Pirate along with Crimson Skies itch from Brew Barons. Bah, the way it plays mind as well make them sea ships.

The game becomes quite repetitive quickly... But my biggest problem is, as you see in the first 2 minute of your video. When you go to board a ship, your own fleet keeps firing at the target ship.. There is NO Cease fire button... Really annoying.

@col.firefly

Ай бұрын

There most certainly *is* a cease fire button.

@x...CrankyOldMan...x

Ай бұрын

@@col.firefly where...

@Triggernlfrl

Ай бұрын

@@x...CrankyOldMan...x can change ships firing stance at a menu somewhere at the left during combat if i remember well.

@thaddeusii2142

Ай бұрын

@@col.fireflysaying that but not saying where or how is actually insane 😂

@col.firefly

Ай бұрын

@@x...CrankyOldMan...x On your escorts displays, just below the speed indicator there is a lit button. This toggles on and off direct fire weapons. If the escorts have riders installed, there will be a dock/launch button to the left of the direct fire toggle.

Bought it! I'm going to run a fleet of ironclads

Holy shit... This game IS Sky of Arcadia simulator !! I need to take a closer looks ! Thanks for sharing man !

@TheKeyser94

Ай бұрын

Be prepare is very slow, one tip, as soon you have the money, upgrade the weapons of your starter ship, I got lucky and got very well armed pirate ship, but in my first "boss battle" I needed to upgrade the weapons of my second ship, you need to do some math to learn how damage they cause, money is the name of the game, more money you have, better ships you can buy and modified, but it really slow, even with speeding buttons, travel to one point of the map to another take an hour, because ships consume fuel, and you need fuel to the cruise speed, and need other resources when you are in combat, so you need to stop to refuel, repair or hire more crew.

@pixhell

Ай бұрын

@@TheKeyser94 all right! Thanks !

Gotta admit... I've had this game for a looooong time - never loaded it. Having watched this I am stocking up on beer, wine, popcorn, pizza..... this is my next project......

I see there's a UI thing for shields that might be a good option for protecting those exposed mana drives.

My first instinct is to put all cannons on one side followed up by a layer of armor and leave the other side for components.

Looks like a great game if that's your bag

2:05 *whistles in Mexican*

Reminds me of pirates of the caribbean / sea dogs 2, at least the fun parts. I might wishlist this, even though I still need to finish many other games first

I really want to play this game

Abney Park kicks in

Yes, it has 18th century ships, but doesn't seem like Pirates at all. I realised this when he boarded a ship, and had no involvement.

@TheAzrai

Ай бұрын

And all those big cartoony numbers like it's an ARPG. I just want to see visible damage, damnit.

there are chapters which introduce harder enemies and larger ships, all the way up to battlecruiser size so far.

This reminds me of Skies of Arcadia

Damn I miss games like Sid Meier's Pirates.

Sold. This is why I come here.

Oh ya that's a fun game, they have made a lot of improvements. 🤣Lumber jacking camps.😂😂

its early access, but for a pirate game i would also suggest seablip, its fun ^^

This seems more like a smaller scale Starsector which I honestly always wanted Instant buy for me (maybe later the Skin DLC)

2:01 There's a Mexican restaurant near where I work called El Mero Mero. :D Tacos for the entire crew!

This is exactly a game i was looking for. I got bored of The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt and this looks like it has what caribbean hunt was lacking: Complexity.

My wallet is lighter, my backlog is longer. Thank you, I guess!

This looks far more inspired by Uncharted Waters (the classic ones, which had their name stolen by a newer game). Even the damage/crew numbers popping up reminded me of them.

The ship's reminds me of treasure planet.

I have this game on my wishlist been torn if I want to get it.

Bro this is Treasure Planet: Battle at Procyon

Your airship looks like a ship ship

That is not sky combat. That is still a 2D plane.

I always had just a bit more fun with Koei uncharted waters vs sid meiers pirates

Sold me at extensive trade.

did you say sunless seas, wishlisted 👍

So, this looks like space pirates and zombies 2 should have been.

Looks fun and somehow reminds me of Stratosphere: Conquest of the Skies.

@Bakuryu0083

Ай бұрын

Loved that game

🖤

From minute 1, so I don't know if you'll mention it. But did you ever play Treasure Planet: Battle of Procyon? That was the very first thing that this reminded me of. An old game but if you like this one maybe take a look at it if you have some time to breathe

But where's the fancy dancing minigame?!

I was going to remark about how there is a "War Corvettes" DLC for this game, but then I read the Steam page on it & it turns out to just be a set of reskins for the beginner ships. I don't know if there's any kind of difference as to how they're kitted out or anything like that.

Still looks like its on water though... the ripples, the trails... no z-axis.

only skyship game i want is a kharadron overlord one

In my experience i could never figure out how to capture ships? It just seems random, and doesn't matter wether i board them or make them surrender. Either way there seems to be a chance to capture them, but most of the time i cant.

Sounds similar to star sector

looks like they are floating on water... no different elevations!?

Why you leave that ONE IRON PLATE UNCHANGED.... AAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGHHH

So this is not in Early Access, but it is for all intents and purposes in Early Access, right? It's not done. It looks REALLY interesting, I'm putting it on my list, but I'll wait for it to be done.