Story: Age of Booty - Phwoaar!
Age of Booty - Phwoaar!
Published: 28/08/2008, 10:05
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Author: Michael


Age of Booty - Phwoaar!

A real-time action strategy game based on Beyonce’s most famous asset!  What could be better than that?  Not much, we think you’ll agree.  Which is why it was such a disappointment to learn that Age of Booty is nothing to do with the singer’s booty, but is actually a ‘casual real-time multiplayer strategy game’ set in the swashbuckling era of pirates.

Set for release this Autumn on the PSN, Age of Booty (AoB) will put you in control of your own pirate ship, and your mission in life will be to sink your enemies ships and loot and capture towns for your own pirate faction.

It’s not a one-pirate wonder though, oh no.  Teaming up with online pirates or AI-controlled ships, you’ll be raiding, pillaging, sinking (other ships, hopefully not your own), and destroying in the grand tradition of nasty-ass pirates everywhere.  We’re not talking the type of low-life Knock-off Nigel scum that copies DVDs, we’re talking the full-on cutlasses and pistols and waging war for dominance of the seas sort of pirate.  Grab as much plunder as you can and use the proceeds to upgrade your ship to make it even more deadly.  There are 25 challenges to overcome, and 7 pirate factions to give a good kicking.  Online leaderboards will showcase the best pirates, and you can also share custom maps created using the game’s map creation system.

The game has other features.  Although one of the features isn’t really a feature, it’s just a shameless attempt to make you think AoB is Halo in disguise.  Here it is:

“Single player and multiplayer real-time action strategy from Certain Affinity, lead by Max Hoberman, designer of Halo 2 and 3’s multiplayer game.”

The other feature not already mentioned is:

“Up to four players on one console, up to eight players over LAN or the Internet.”

That sounds like a proper feature.  And not an advert for Max Hoberman.

Apparently, the game will be £6.99/€9.99 when it’s released.  But we’re not paying for it, ‘cos that’s hardly getting into the spirit of things, is it?



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  1. Gawge
    28/08/2008 at 10:09
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    Cheap as Chip - if it is as good as it sounds.

    Pirate PSN Halo FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! “*1m n0 n00b£


  2. Gamoc
    28/08/2008 at 10:16
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    Wait, hold on a second. Are you saying this is Sid Meier’s Pirates! with online multiplayer?


    Michael [ TSA VIP ]

    No. I’m saying Beyonce’s bum isn’t in it. Who’s Sid Meier?


    Gamoc

    ‘Strategy’. Damn.

    The moment something like Sid Meier’s Pirates! comes to PS3 with multiplayer I will be very, very happy. I’ve bought that game twice - once for PC and once for PSP. I’m still playing the PSP version.


    burtens

    Downloaded the PSP version, haven’t played Pirates since the Amiga..
    Still good, so if AoB is somewhere like Pirates.. Ok!


  3. cc_star [ TSA Staff ]
    28/08/2008 at 10:32
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    Arr, me landlubbers

    Sounds grreat

    I be buyin’ this booty, just as soon as as i get my hands on some pieces o’ eight


  4. bantam
    28/08/2008 at 10:52
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    Number of PSN releases/annoucements seems to be escalating fast.


  5. nineself
    28/08/2008 at 11:19
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    Since R&C: Quest for Booty dissapointed me, in that it wasn’t a game about getting Ratchet laid, I have been wary of games that have “Booty” in the title.

    On the piratey theme though, it’s not long till “Talk Like A Pirate Day”, Sept 19th me hearties! Arrr!


    Michael [ TSA VIP ]

    *snigger*


  6. Gawge
    28/08/2008 at 11:25
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    Seems like they are really pushing the PSN games.


  7. colossalblue [ TSA Staff ]
    28/08/2008 at 11:46
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    It sounds like a cross between Sid Meiers Pirates! and that pirate game on facebook.

    Pirates! is the second best game ever made (after SWOS), pretty much the only reason my PSP ever sees a UMD these days and generally great fun. So any similarity to that can only be a good thing.

    Really, who doesn’t love pirates? I’m more excited about this than i am about LBP.


    Gamoc

    Sailors probably don’t love pirates.


    deepmenace

    ninjas fricking hate them.


    nineself

    PC game developers hate them.


  8. deepmenace
    28/08/2008 at 12:22
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    can anyone shed any light on if:

    “Up to four players on one console, up to eight players over LAN or the Internet.”

    means:

    i and 3 mates in my house can play my bro and 3 of his mates in their house?

    if it does i’m all over it like a hoisted mainsail.


    Gamoc

    I presume we’ve not been told yet, though it sounds possible.

    At first I thought ‘hoisted’ was gonna be ‘moisted’ and I dreaded to think what the next word was going to be.


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