There are new clothing and hair options, as well as a range of eyeliner styles available – after all, what pirate worth his salt gets around sans-makeup? There are new traits, Entitled (for snobby Nobles), and Call of the Sea (for guess who), as well as the Dread Pirate legendary trait which lets you lead pirate raids, and collect tributes. Whether or not you choose to focus on these new quests, Pirates and Nobles brings a lot of new goodies to the game. And to keep track of where things lie, there’s a new ‘War Effort Gauge’, to track how far your sympathies are leaning towards either group. Supporting the Pirates may let one of your heroes become an honorary pirate, while supporting the Nobles can get you some great financial benefits – such as access to a special new guild-only village store. And as you progress through the quests, your support of the different groups will result in different benefits for your kingdom as well. Increased loyalty with one group generally means you’ll see a decrease in that of the other. In each, you generally have to decide who to support, the Aarbyvilian Pirates, or the Tredonian Nobles. This manifests itself, mainly, in a series of new quests that all pertain to this ongoing conflict. It’s up to your kingdom’s heroes to decide whether they will side with one particular guild, or to attempt to stay neutral and just calm everyone down. The Pirates have camped out near the docks, while the Noble envoy (a group that calls themselves the Guild) are hanging out at the entrance to the forest. And while this title certainly does not “remedy” all the things many people found fault with (the extremely linear gameplay is still here, as is the inability to make new castles or other buildings, or play with successive generations), Pirates and Nobles still manages to flesh out the game a bit more, and will certainly give players many hours’ worth of additional game time.Īt its core, Pirates and Nobles focuses on a specific Kingdom Ambition, called “Peacemaker”, where you have to successfully navigate through the stormy waters of diplomacy amidst two warring factions. I've also added a few other reviews.Arriving on this scene now, is the first expansion. The latter was published first, so I thought it could stay. I've removed the PC Advisor review, and kept the GamePro one. Funcrunch ( talk) 18:47, 24 March 2011 (UTC) Reply Thank you pointing that out Funcrunch. But the second time my Spy wound up in the stocks, I adjusted my gameplay habits to comply what Sims Medieval expects from its players." Just slightly re-wording the same text in these paragraphs and throughout the entire review. I shirked jobs so I could rush through quests faster and create more free time to seduce Alewives. But the second time my Spy wound up in the stocks, I cracked open the in-game tutorial Lessons and adjusted my gameplay habits to do what Sims Medieval wants instead of what the Sims 3 allows." PCAdvisor: "This proved to be a little frustrating at first. Yet millions of people visit Renaissance Fairs, watch The Tudors, and play games like Civilization and Total War so they can get a flavor of the Middle Ages." And then a few paragraphs down: GamePro: "I was a little frustrated at first - I found myself shirking jobs so that I could rush through quests faster and hopefully have more free time to make my Sim do random stuff (like seducing that Alewife). But I, like millions of other people who go to Renaissance Festivals and watched The Tudors on Showtime, am so fascinated by the Middle Ages, I play games like Civilization and Total War just so I can experience it." PCAdvisor: "Why does everyone want to role-play the Middle Ages? By all accounts it was a horrible place, rife with famine, plague, war, and religious turmoil. By all accounts it was a horrible place filled with famine, plague, war, and religious turmoil. Novice7 ( talk) 13:30, 24 March 2011 (UTC) Reply Look at the opening sentences of each article, they are only slightly re-worded: GamePro: "I'm not sure why everyone wants to role-play the Middle Ages. Also, I don't think it's the same author, as both the websites contain reviews written by their staffs. It didn't seem like they both had same text. Funcrunch ( talk) 05:20, 24 March 2011 (UTC) Reply Very little. Not sure if this is plagiarism or the same author legitimately submitting a review to two different web sites, but I don't believe they should be treated as two different reviewers' opinions. The referenced GamePro and PC Advisor reviews, both entitled "The Sims Medieval Review", contain almost identical text.
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