Seafaring realtime combat game in development

Now we wouldn't normally print someone's press release verbatim, no sir. This is exceptional stuff though, and the fact that we're doing this isn't meant in a patronising 'ho-ho-he-can't-write-English-proper-no-what-no-nay-never' sort of way. We just enjoyed reading it and thought you might too. The best line is: 'He will sure get a possibility to join with other captains to make his dirty business.'

Anyway, many thanks to the writer Sergey Belistov. Here goes...

We are glad to inform all, who have concern in gaming industry that Akella Company (Moscow, Russia) is developing a new gaming project. The title is Sea Dogs: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea. All the gamers who are interested in 3D, realtime combat with sailing vessels, with pirate adventures and complicated subject, will find it exciting. Player will be totally filled with impression of real environment around him, and just crushed with beauty of our unique world. There are to versions of Sea Dogs now in development - online version, which is expected in fall '99 and box, coming later - in the very beginning of spring 2000.

What the game is?
In 3D world of freedom - world of Sea Dogs, player is a captain of a single ship. He can choose one of two view modes if he likes - first person view from the deck and detached - camera view on the ship. His essential function is fighting - vs. ships of other nations, vs. forts, plunder towns, ransack money from merchants and so on. He will sure get a possibility to join with other captains to make his dirty business. Note that this joining will exist not only in online version, but in single version, too. But fighting is not everything what he does. Saving girls, political intrigues, and much more romantic and interesting elements will exist in the game. Fans of RPG will find here a new system of character's parameters, specially adopted for ship steering and sea battles. Player has to manage his crew, his cannons (six types, by the way), his cannonballs (four types, with different damage for a certain target and so on), lots of goods to trade, and over 100 NPC to chat with.
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