This game was kind of an unknown to me. I hadn't heard much about it and most of the videos about the game were rather lack luster, so I pretty much purchased this off of pure impulse but I was shocked. This game is amazing. It has a good difficulty level, great customization in terms of game difficulty and how the enemy reacts and a great sense of scale. The only issue is what most people are saying, the plot twist is terrible. In Short: Great gameplay, great graphics, great controls, decent story, trash plot twist.
This game is an extrodinarily well made economic sim for the old days of sea-faring trade. There are nearly endless things to trade, tons of ships to build, and many cities to rule. Sounds great right? But through all the greatness, 1 flaw shines through, 1 bad trade can ruin you. It seems that the cost of some items are completely random, some places produce a ton of fish but charge upwards of 600 per load, while another town that produces nearly no fish will sell it for only 375 per load, that is not how supply and demand works.
