Pirates of the Burning Sea Review: Pirates, ships, guns and swords....what more could you want?

If you're expecting World of Warcraft, don't buy this game.

This game is meant to be different from the get go than your average World of Warcraft MMORPG. The economy has more depth than the two combined and you get to start it from lvl 1 if you so choose. Which other game does that (aside from maybe EVE online)?

Ship combat is very cool, its beautiful, fun, and full of danger. Most games with PvP are kind of care bare, in that if you die, you only lose a small amount of experience, or maybe damage your armor. In this game, you have a reason to try as hard as you can to not be sunk. In PotBS, you actually care about your gear.

There are 4 nations to choose from, and quite a few classes to choose from. Many of the skills have overlap, but this helps for player balance. The swashbuckling combat is kind of odd. The players do move too quickly and it quickly becomes a big cluster of similar looking characters, though I'm sure this will all change in time.

This game has more depth by FAR than most MMO's out there, is certainly less care bare, and has a much cooler PvP system. All in all, I feel its quite good and can only get better with time! Try to remember, most MMOs ,even the ones people consider "perfect", were far from it at launch!

Good luck on the Burning Seas!
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