It was really disappointed for a large number of fans that Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean Online (POTCO), the fun pirate themed MMO, was shut down in Sep 2013. Some folks were unwilling to lose this game forever and then they decided to resurrect this MMO as a new title--Pirates Online Rewritten. As of now, the fan-based dev team has claimed that they have been permitted to use Disney Interactive’s POTCO assets and content, with the additional premise that the new MMO must be strictly free-to-play and not-for-profit orientated. For the point of free-to-play, the team stressed that this MMO will focus on gameplay and fun, instead of making money from players with micro-transactions.
Avast ye landlubbers! Pirates Online Rewritten is an ongoing project to recreate and improve upon the now defunct Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean Online, the fun piratey themed MMO that shut down on Sept 2013.
This is a fan made project that uses Disney Interactive’s POTCO assets and content (with their permission) that’s strictly non-profit orientated and 100% free to play – it has to be or Disney will sue. This means that Pirates Online Rewritten is being created by devs who are genuinely passionate about the game, and it will be an MMO geared towards gameplay and fun, instead of fleecing players out of their cash with micro-transactions.
All going well, Pirates Online Rewritten could be a great MMO, be warned though, pirate games can be quite addictive – they say once ye lose yer first hand, ye get hooked!
Gameskinny interview with Apez Games Creative Director Zachary Coulter about their first MMORPG Pirates of the High Seas.
They should extent the deadline broke right now wanna help out. It sound like something Iwould like
"Disney certainly knows how to milk a concept and Pirates Online is addictive procrasticandy. The game is free to download but in order to progress in quests and buy the best swag for your customizable pirate avatar you have to become a member and pay a low monthly fee."
MMO, huh? Yeah, I think I'll pass. I enjoyed these movies, but I can't say I care for this game.
This MMO wasn't the worst that I tried, but it definitely wasn't anything good. With that said, some of these MMO's have a lot of potential to be something better, but sadly they're mostly just quickly made piles of junk just there to get your money. The developers/publishers don't even care about the games, or the players.
If you ask me, Voyage Century, EVE, and a little bit of this game mixed together, with a good amount of extra effort put in, could turn out to be pretty dang awesome. Maybe one day we'll get a really great Pirateish MMO.
Anyone else ever try Voyage Century? The music is really great.
Agreed, plenty of potential. If only developers realised that a licence isn't enough.
It looked promising, but the problem is it's never going to hit the same audience as the movies.
