Game News Flint: Treasure of Oblivion Released

[Infinitron]

Tags: Flint: Treasure of Oblivion; Microids; Savage Level

https://www.microids.com/ahoy-this-is-it-mateys-flint-treasure-of-oblivion-is-now-available/

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Review roundup:

Creative Bloq 2.5/5
GameSpace 6.5/10
Impulsegamer 4/5
RPG Fan 78/100
TheSixthAxis 5/10
Vice Recommended​

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2366130/Flint_Treasure_of_Oblivion/
https://af.gog.com/game/flint_the_treasure_of_oblivion?as=1649904300

 

[lvl 2 Blue Slime]

Pirates are such an overdone concept.

 

[Catacombs]

They're not overdone. No one's made a good pirate game yet.

 

[toro]

They're not overdone. No one's made a good pirate game yet.

Risen 2

Spoiler

 

[Zanzoken]

They're not overdone. No one's made a good pirate game yet.

Yeah I think that's it. Tons of pirate games but most seem to be quickly forgotten.

The original Sid Meier's Pirates is a landmark title imo. I know Sid released his own remake, which is decent, but that was 20 years ago at this point. Is there really no worthy successor with good production values that emulates and possibly improves upon the formula?

 

[Catacombs]

The original Sid Meier's Pirates is a landmark title imo.

Agreed. One of the few pirate-themed games that comes even remotely close to being "decent" is Assassin's Creed: Black Flag, mostly for the ship combat.

 

[Snufkin]

They're not overdone. No one's made a good pirate game yet.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/32360/The_Secret_of_Monkey_Island_Special_Edition/

 

[Fenix]

They're not overdone. No one's made a good pirate game yet.

Yeah I think that's it. Tons of pirate games but most seem to be quickly forgotten.

The original Sid Meier's Pirates is a landmark title imo. I know Sid released his own remake, which is decent, but that was 20 years ago at this point. Is there really no worthy successor with good production values that emulates and possibly improves upon the formula?

There was that Russuan game, don't remember the name.

 

[Feyd Rautha]

I love pirates! But is the game gud?

 

[Old One]

There was that Russuan game, don't remember the name.

Sea Dogs. Those games are not terrible.

 

[Darkwind]

They're not overdone. No one's made a good pirate game yet.

REAL COMMUNISM PIRACY HAS NEVER BEEN TRIED!

 

[Galdred]

There was that Russuan game, don't remember the name.

Sea Dogs. Those games are not terrible.

They were over ambitious, therefore very janky, but they were also quite unique in the sense of freedom they gave.
Pirates are as close to murderhobo as it gets, and the theme favour open world, so it is no surprise that it is so used, but combining ship and party action is very hard to do well.

 

[Daemongar]

I just saw the title and like everyone, I was hoping it was an Oblivion expansion. Wouldn't that be a Christmas present to top all presents?

 

[JarlFrank]

Pirates are such an overdone concept.

Considering how the majority of RPGs ever released are generic high fantasy, any setting that isn't generic high fantasy cannot be overdone.

I can probably find 1000 high fantasy RPGs if I bothered to make a list, and it wouldn't even be hard.
When you can name me 1000 pirate RPGs, then they're overdone. Before that, they're not.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

They're not overdone. No one's made a good pirate game yet.

Good pirate RPG, perhaps not. Good pirate computer game, accomplished in 1987:

Screenshots from the glorious Amiga port of 1990

 

[MerchantKing]

They're not overdone. No one's made a good pirate game yet.

REAL COMMUNISM PIRACY HAS NEVER BEEN TRIED!

Perhaps I should look up some games to download for free. Any suggestions?