I have just downloaded and being in playing the Historical ERASII. It is absolutely amazing, which makes the new released the Caribbean Legend sucks! Very appreciated for the hard work you guys done.
Since there are several version of games in the download list, would anyone tell me difference among them, so I can have more fun in games. Thanks a lot!
Let me share what I learned from ChezJfrey and my gaming experience.
Gentlemen Of Forturn (GOF) series, including 1.2, 2.0, 2.5, ERAS2 are based on City Of Abandoned Ship (COAS), which was developed by Storm2.8 engine. So the interface, main quest lines, most of factors are the same as COAS. ERAS has more historical ships and characters, and be continully updated through 2023. So ERAS II is the newest in the series.
New Horizons (NH), is based on the Pirates of The Caribbean (POTC), which was developed by Storm 2.0 engine. So the interface, characters are different from COAS.
I have downloaded and played both. To me, I like ERAS2 more, the interface and control are more familiar since COAS is newer than POTC. Moreover, the historical factors in ERAS2 are amazing.
So, try and play what you like.
Hi there, I will post the list here so everybody can see it because this question pops up all the time:
Buccaneers of the Caribe = Pirates of the Caribbean 2003 vanilla game on Maelstrom engine (kinda broken, not recommended)
Caribe Stories = Caribbean Tales 2006 vanilla game on Maeltstrom engine (works great, much recommended because it has fixed all the stability issues of the original)
Caribe Stories Historical Immersion = Historically accurate mod for Caribbean Tales from 2006. Brings jungles to the game and also a lot of other historically accurate stuff
Lost Ships City = City of the Abandoned Ships 2009 vanilla game on Maelstrom engine (works great, much recommended because of fixed stability issues of the original)
GOF 1.2 = The biggest mod in the English community for COAS, includes new characters, ships and items
ERAS 2 = Based on GOF 1.2 and is a historical accurate adaptation of GOF 1.2 but much was implemented into it afterwards
GOF 2.0 = A not historical accurate version of GOF that was a bit stripped down compared to GOF 1.2 in terms of additions to the game
GOF 2.5 = An improved version of GOF 2.5 but most say that it brought more problems than it solved, so not as beloved my the community
New Horizons = most up-to-date game on Maelstrom, probably the richest overall mod/game from the list, includes the original POTC from 2003 and so much more, including new storylines, items, ships, characters and will soon feature the biggest map of all games since it's still actively developed. New storylines only available in the Russian community will also be implemented later this year
I hope this explains everything, I will edit the post of there is something unclear or you need further information.
