General information:

This toy came out only about a year ago. It was developed by the team fans series "Corsairs". Once upon a time, in the distant 2000s, games in this series were distinguished by advanced graphics at that time, and in general were in good standing with gamers. But in the last 5-6 years, the notorious Akella company has put a big screw on the series. This happened almost immediately after the release of the “third” Corsairs, with a sea of ​​stinking bugs. The fans of the series took the initiative. Last three games - including "KKS" made precisely by teams of fans. But, because No one financed such initiatives; the engine and most of the graphic resources of all three games remained the same - from the buggy “Corsairs 3”. Crooked, monotonous animation, crashes under heavy load on the engine - and many other shortcomings have not gone away in 5 years. But enough about the bad. After all, as a fan of the series, I’m going to tell you about the most interesting and positive aspects of this game.

KKS is a game where you can and should rob caravans. And sometimes entire cities. However, to succeed in this matter, you need to become strong and rich, assemble a large and trained team of sea wolves, equip a ship or squadron and regularly invest relatively honestly earned Spanish pesos in your guys. Robbery raids are the main goal, bringing income and pleasure. However, we will also have to save the world (where would we be without this) once – and this is what gives the game its unique atmosphere.

Welcome to the Caribbean!

» For those who are not familiar with the series:

The game consists of 3 modes - land mode, sea mode and global map mode. In the first we control the main character, in the second we control the hero and the ship (or squadron), and in the third we control a sketchy ship that needs to be controlled in arcade mode in order to cover long distances - for example, from one island to another.

There are 4 nations in the game - England, Spain, France and Holland. They constantly fight among themselves for the riches of the New World, periodically concluding and dissolving alliances with each other. In addition to them, there is the so-called “Coastal Brotherhood” - a gathering of pirates of all stripes, under the leadership of pirate barons.

An important aspect of the game is text dialogues and the ship's log. You need to read a lot and carefully - the dialogues are “extended” and are not reproduced in audio format. Instead, the characters utter separate lines that briefly reflect the essence of the dialogue. And in the ship's log, the main character writes down all his thoughts as he completes the tasks. In a word, the game has walls of text, but at the same time all the dialogues and entries in the ship's log are read and re-read with interest, some even with great interest.

A classic branching dialogue with an ordinary citizen in a tavern:

Gameplay

Compared to previous parts, the gameplay in “KKS” has really been greatly redesigned. Completely new trade, exchange, search menus; a fairly expanded set of “clothes” that a character can “put on” and use. Realistic rules for land and sea combat, etc.

Of all the innovations in gameplay, I especially want to note:

• New perk “Alchemy”. Now the hero can craft items with his own hands: cartridges, potions, talismans, and other items that can rarely be bought or found during the game.

• Reworked fencing system. I would like to dwell on this in more detail. In all previous "Corsairs" the same principle worked: line up enemies in a narrow passage and start hitting the first of them with quick blows. As soon as the energy runs out, go into the block, wait and hit again. Thus, it was possible to calmly capture a huge warship with a crew of over 900 Castilian cutthroats on a small lugger or sloop, with a crew of 30-40 newcomers. After the fencing system changed, everything became different. Block is a very dubious and unreliable protection. Almost any opponent breaks through the block with both strong and light blows. The only way out is to respond with a feint or parry to most of the enemy’s attacks, at the same time have time to deliver an additional blow, and not fall for the feint yourself. Narrow passages also hardly change the situation - the enemies simply push the hero into an open area. Thus, fencing has become much more difficult, but more interesting and realistic. You have to watch every movement of the enemy, parry, bounce, shoot back - all this creates a special atmosphere of battle.

• Variation in characteristics for blades of the same type. They all now differ in attack power, weight, (!) length and curvature, as well as (!!) weight shift towards the handle or point. Casuals will not notice the difference, but at high difficulty levels, where every fraction of a second and every unit of xp counts, a blade that suits the player’s fencing style is the key to success. For example, for fans of axes and broadswords, it is preferable to have a heavy and straight weapon, with the weight shifted towards the handle. Penetrating blows with such a weapon will kill enemies in no time, and at the same time, after two or three feints with it, the hero’s energy will become close to zero, and the enemy’s health will not be removed even a quarter. And so - with each blade. If a player likes to feint, he needs long, straight and light blades. If he prefers cutting and circular blows, there is nothing better for him than medium-heavy curved sabers with the weight shifted towards the handle. In a word, it is now difficult to be guided by the principle: “whichever piece of hardware has the higher attack is the one I’ll hit.” Each player is forced to find his own blade to suit his personal fencing style.

• New sailboat propulsion system. Again, in previous games, the rule for the movement of sailing ships was fundamentally incorrect - “the ship develops its maximum speed with a tailwind.” That is, all ships, regardless of the location and geometry of the sails, developed maximum speed in only one direction, which made naval battles quite boring. In KKS, a new characteristic of the ship has been introduced - heading angle. Ships with oblique and straight sails move according to completely different principles, which makes naval battles realistic and always leaves a chance for the player (or the computer) to escape from the enemy with a certain set of sails.

• Real estate. You can put all your belongings in the cozy room of your own pharmacy, obtained during the passage. A real dream for loot collectors.

• Navigation instruments. Now you can see your coordinates on the “global map” of the Caribbean Sea if you have the appropriate devices on. This helps us search for quest islands and areas of the sea that are not marked on maps.

• Several types of different cartridges are made for different pistols. For example, a combat or dueling pistol shoots bullets, a three-barrel or tower blunderbuss shoots buckshot, and a scoplette shoots grenades or firecrackers. In addition, there is a unique firearm, with its own special cartridges. For comparison, in previous parts of the game, all pistols fired ordinary bullets, and muskets could not be used at all.

Graphic arts

Of course, the graphics in KKS are quite weak. It was simply not possible for a team of fans to create hundreds of new models from scratch. And yet, compared to previous games, the graphics have changed significantly for the better. Firstly, a large-scale retexture of all models was carried out. Many have undergone a change in geometry, and several completely different characters were made on the basis of the same model due to retexture and slight changes in geometry. With the animation of the characters, everything is a little worse - it is very monotonous, especially when running and bouncing. Implied blows with the butt of a musket (which deal as much damage as many sabers) are displayed as "poking" the musket barrel at the enemy. And there are a lot of similar moments.

Things are better with the “marine” part of the graphics. In addition to retexturing most of the ships, the developers have added several new models to the game. Basically, these are unique ships that can be obtained during story quests. In addition, all ships now have high-quality destruction animation. You can knock down the steering wheel of an enemy ship - in this case, the ship will lose control and the steering wheel will break. The masts are destroyed in parts, depending on where the projectile hits. And on some ships there is even animation of the destruction of those parts of the side where the enemy cannonball landed. In a word, naval battles have become very atmospheric, despite the fact that the geometry of many ships, as well as the surface of the water and the sky, remained at the 2003 level.

Plot.

At first, the developers planned to make 3 main characters, each with their own story. Each hero has his own chain of story quests. That is, we are given initial plot data, and depending on which hero we choose, the story will turn in one direction or another. But at the moment, only one hero is ready - the Frenchman Charles de Maur.

Charles learns that his brother got into trouble and died somewhere in the Lesser Antilles. Upon arrival in the Caribbean, our hero finds his brother in prison under the supervision of the Knights of the Order of Malta - close officers of the Governor General of France in the Caribbean. The brother is accused of embezzlement of public funds amounting to... a million pesos. But in reality everything turns out to be much more complicated. Charles will have to help his brother out, working with the barons of the Coastal Brotherhood, find his love, loyal officers and influential enemies. As the game progresses, we will deal with the largest figures in the archipelago, including the legendary Captain Hawke of the "first" Corsairs, or the head of the Castilian Inquisitors. From the “snot-nosed” son of a French nobleman, our Charles is gradually turning into one of the best privateers in the Caribbean, the pride of the French fleet. However, this is where his career growth ends - you cannot seize colonies and install your own governors in them (as in the previous “Corsairs”) in this game. Which, however, is understandable: Charles’s goal is to free his brother, and not to capture the archipelago. However, our brother turns out to be even more of a scoundrel - immediately after his release he abandons Charles, disappears in an unknown direction and begins to build his villainous plans. As a result of long investigations, our Charles learns about the connection between his brother and the ancient Indian city with countless treasures. Well, as expected, finally we have to fight with the “fattest boss” - no less than the Indian god Quetzalcoatl.

Corsairs To each his own Introduction
“Corsairs, to each his own!” - a new game in the young “privateer” series, telling about the fate of the sea wolf Charles de Maura. New blood in the line of “filibuster” role-playing games will once again make all fans of the genre feel the salty sea breeze and the alluring aroma of someone else’s prey and leave their mark in stories about Caribbean pirates. The adventure begins!!!
Corsairs To each his own Features
Large-scale, realistically detailed map of the Caribbean of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Numerous fleet of ships from the times of the pirate “kingdom” in the South American seas
A system for making items and potions that is unique to the genre.
Advanced hero development system
Fencing close to reality
A wide selection of weapons, from rusty knives and rotten pistols to heavy swords and powerful muskets, as well as amulets and artifacts
Corsairs To each his own Minimum system requirements
Operating system: Windows XP
Processor: Intel Pentium IV or AMD Athlon 2.0 GHz or higher
RAM: 1 Gb
Video card: 128 MB DirectX 9.0 - compatible 3D - video card
Free HDD space: 12 Gb
DVD-ROM (if the game was purchased on disc media)
To activate the game you need an Internet connection and authorization in the steam service.
It is mandatory to use the frame rate synchronization mode with the vertical scan frequency of the monitor (V-Sync, vertical synchronization) in the game
Corsairs To each his own Conflicts
QIP: May cause slowdown when receiving messages. Critical crashes may occur if the mode for displaying received messages as a pop-up window on top of full-screen applications is enabled.
Punto Switcher: background clicks and crackles when using some keys, crashes in the game application until it crashes. Fixed by adding the game to the Punto Switcher exclusion list through Settings/Applications.
Antivirus programs: can cause slowdown of gameplay, short-term drop in FPS during naval battles or character movements during the daytime along the streets of settlements.
Windows 7, compatibility mode with XP SP2 or XP SP3: anchorages disappear in navigation mode (“Sea”).
Fixed by disabling compatibility mode.
Windows 7, installing the game on the system drive: game saves are located outside the SAVE folder (directory).
Use the system's built-in Search by save name.
Sometimes the sound of the game starts to work discretely, intermittently, and extraneous clicks and wheezing are heard. To fix the problem, correct the value of the parameter UseMM = 0 in the engine.ini file in the section (it was UseMM = 1).
The laptop keyboard does not have a NumPad. To take advantage of the advanced slowdown and acceleration capabilities, you need to enable its emulation mode (usually the key combination (Fn) + (NumLk)).
Ultra-compact models may not have this mode. If you are using a mouse with extra keys, then assign (Num+) and (Num-) to its unused buttons (use the On-Screen Keyboard to “click” these buttons in the mouse setup program).
Corsairs To each his own Character
The development of any character in the game directly depends on the values ​​of his initial characteristics. Characteristics are measured with values ​​from 1 (minimum) to 10 (maximum) points. You can view the characteristics of the hero, his officers, companions and passengers at any time by double-clicking with the left mouse button on the portrait of the selected character in the F2 Characters tab.
Power, Strength: allows you to hit hard or carry a lot. A defining characteristic for skills that require great physical effort, especially for weapon skills and mastery of blades of the “Sabres and Cleavers” (ST) and “Broadswords and Axes” (PT) types.
Affects the carried weight and the number of hit points.
Impression, Perception: the ability to see and hear. Without a good eye, cannon balls are unlikely to fly towards the enemy.
It has a particularly strong effect on the skills Accuracy and Stealth.
Reaction, Reaction: coordination of movements and manual dexterity. A clumsy person's saber will certainly get stuck, and the grappling hook will get caught in the pants of its owner. Required for such skills as: Boarding, mastery of blades of the “Rapier and Epee” (RS) and “Saber and Cleaver” (ST) types, skillful handling of “Pistols and Muskets” (PM).
Affects the amount of maximum Energy (any character initially has 30 energy points and each Reaction point adds another 10 points).
Authority, Leadership: the result of a combination of a courageous, wounded face and a well-hung tongue. The leader does not need to resort to force to take possession of the goods of a successful merchant; the latter himself will give up all the supplies. The best people will follow the leader, and the most beautiful women will wait in every port.
Leadership is a necessary attribute for skills such as Charisma and Trade. Affects the number of free officers ready to join the protagonist's current team (2 * Leadership).
Talent, Learning: knowledge, wisdom and the ability to quickly make the right decisions. A talented character will be able to quickly reload a weapon or easily reduce the price when hiring an officer. Handling navigational instruments also requires intelligence.
Affects Trade, Cannons, Navigation and, most importantly, the rate of growth of the game rank and the character’s acquisition of new abilities.
Corsairs To each his own Company of a hero
On the left side of the “Character” form of the main game interface block (in the F2: Characters tab), a list of all characters collaborating with the protagonist at the time of viewing is organized. The same list contains all possible positions of your officers.
Characters who are members of your hero’s company can belong to one of four types:
Companion. If you agree to accompany the ship of any merchant, he will become your companion for the duration of the trip. Also, those officers whom you entrust to manage the ships of your squadron become companions
By turning to “thinking out loud” in the cabin of the flagship ship, you can invite any of the companions to talk with the hero and give orders regarding his ship and its behavior in upcoming battles.
An officer is a character who took up an officer position (or positions) on the hero’s ship. Officers whom you have hired but have not yet appointed to a position, released from office, got rid of a ship they were managing, or picked up at sea after its death are placed in the same category. In the future we will call them “free officers.”
Passenger. Characters that you took on board with the purpose of delivering to some place and, as a rule, receiving a reward for this. Passengers of your ship also include quest characters (participating in story-based game events) characters on board the ship.
A prisoner is a character who is on your ship against his will. Any prisoner can be interrogated in the hold of the ship, and also find out his identity. You can most often obtain a ransom for him, and if he is a pirate, recruit him into the hero's campaign. You can captivate the passenger whom you have undertaken to deliver when he begins to resent the long failure to fulfill the obligations of delivering him to his destination. Those captains who surrender to you during boarding or are raised by you while on boats at sea also become prisoners. The largest ransom amount is given by the governor of the same nation as the captive, but it fluctuates, as does the opinion of the governors themselves about the value of the captive. Captured captains can turn to your hero with various requests. Don’t avoid communicating with prisoners: maybe it will bring benefits, who knows?

Recently, Mikhail Naritsa and Maxim Kulakov conducted two streams on the game “Corsairs: City of Lost Ships,” the penultimate part of the cult pirate game series. In this blog I will tell you about the latest installation of the saga - “Corsairs: To each his own!”

For the sake of atmosphere

First, let's take a short historical excursion for those who are unfamiliar with the series. "Corsairs" is an Action/RPG with strategy elements in an open world. The series has five official games, as well as a number of additions.

The first game in the franchise, developed by Akella, was released in 2000 and became a commercially successful project for the Russian company. Moreover, in North America the game was published by Bethesda, and in Europe by UbiSoft, which is very, very commendable. The second game was related to the first Pirates of the Caribbean film and was released in 2003 to lukewarm reviews and comments. The third part was released in 2005 and was almost universally criticized by both critics and players for being buggy and having a weak plot.

Then the series came under the development of the company Seaward, which had previously worked on fan mods for the second and third games. And strange as it may seem, two worthy games came out of the hands of amateurs - “Return of the Legend” and “City of Lost Ships” (both 2007). The latter was a global revision of the previous part and brought the game mechanics to mind. According to the developers' promises, the fourth "Corsairs" was supposed to be a revolution, but the financial crisis and lack of budget buried the project, and it was never released.

In 2012, “Corsairs: To Each His Own!” was released. (KKS for short), developed by BlackMark Studio, which previously worked on fan-made additions. And, in fact, this is the patient of our review and analysis. KKS is a light attempt to rethink the “City of Lost Ships” (CC for short), introducing a number of new features to the basic game mechanics, which will be discussed now.

Gameplay "Corsairs"

The gameplay consists of three modes. The first is land. In it, the hero, under the control of the player, runs through cities, jungles and caves, fights while boarding and plundering colonies. In this mode, the hero explores the land, communicates and fights with non-writings.

The combat system is interesting and challenging. The player can perform different types of melee attacks depending on the situation. Enemies surrounded - a circular strike, the enemy sat in the block - a piercing strike. In addition, the hero can equip firearms - both muskets and pistols. The former are more powerful, but take longer to recharge and are useless in close combat, the latter recharge faster, but are weaker. Recharge is automatic. In addition, the hero can equip amulets that will give bonuses to his skills.

The second stage is tactical. In this mode, the hero controls a ship, participating in naval battles with other ships and forts.

The ships are divided into 7 classes: from the tiny tartan to the giant manowar. Ships have three “health” scales: plating, sails, crew. Damage to the hull will sink faster, damage to the sails will slow it down, and on command will force you to reload guns, control the sails more slowly, and will also reduce the number of fighters during boarding.

The third allied ship is not visible, because God knows where it is due to a bug

Even ships of the same type are not of the same type and may have different characteristics. Among them are guns that differ in type and caliber. The larger the caliber, the greater the damage and weight of the guns; the type affects the range and reloading.

The movement of a ship is affected by the wind; some ships move better with the wind, others perpendicular to it. In calm weather, naturally, everyone swims slowly.

The third mode is strategic, in which the hero travels on a global map, which is a Caribbean archipelago with part of mainland America. The player encounters encounters that are pirates or ships from one of the four nations; in addition, the player can get caught in a storm. If the player enters into a confrontation (both with NPCs and with the elements), he is transferred to the tactical mode, which in turn, in the event of a boarding, goes into the land mode.

Leveling up characters

Characteristics are represented by the PIRATES system: Strength, Perception, Reaction, Leadership, Learning, Endurance, Luck. They affect the character’s skills, giving an increase to certain points. A strong hero hits harder and carries more things; a leader has a better-behaved team and officers.

In this part, the characteristics affect only the initial stages of the game, since it has an extensive plot and does not focus on freeplay. This means that the developers are forcing you to be a terminator, both land and sea. Which in turn gives little space for roleplaying, since the plot is set on rails, which, however, sometimes offer the player a very serious choice.

Abilities are divided into land and sea. The first are responsible for all sorts of increases in stamina and health, are responsible for the ability to handle pistols, and so on. Upgrading ship abilities allows you to open up new opportunities in naval combat. Boarders will allow you to capture ships from a great distance, inflict preliminary damage to the team with a musket salvo, carpenter skills will allow you to effectively repair a ship in battle, and so on on the list.

However, before using ship skills, you need to hire the appropriate officer with the same leveled skill. Have you upgraded your cannon damage bonuses? Be kind enough to appoint a gunner with the appropriate ability to the position. In addition to the gunner, the ship has the following officers: a navigator (speed, maneuvering), a boatswain (boarding), a doctor (protects the crew in battle), a treasurer (trade), a carpenter (repair) and three boarders who accompany the hero on sea and land. Officers can combine up to three positions on a ship with appropriate skill. In addition, the ship can transport passengers and prisoners.

And finally, the hero’s skills. They are also divided into personal and ship. Personal ones are responsible for handling different types of bladed weapons and firearms, and are also represented by secrecy (responsible for successful forays into an enemy fort under a false flag), charisma (reputation and leadership) and luck.

Even with 100% luck, the game trolls you like the first Witcher

The ship's officers are responsible for: navigation (control of ships of different ranks and the ship as a whole), accuracy and guns, boarding, repairs, trade and defense. Skills are upgraded as in the TES series - with practice.

Difficult? Enough. But, like contour maps, it is not as incomprehensible as it seems at first glance.

The player can complete quests, most of which are repetitive tasks. They can be issued by prominent figures of the colony: merchant, moneylender, shipbuilder, port manager, priest, governor. In the city, NPCs may approach you with a request: to transport or accompany you somewhere, to find someone. As a reward, the player receives pesos or doubloons, an increase in skills during the completion of the task. Quests also affect the character's reputation: failed tasks will lower it, which in turn will not allow you to do some things in the game (playing cards with governors, for example), and can also incline officers to mutiny if they have a reputation opposite to the player.

So, the very large introductory part is finally over and we can move directly to “To each his own!” where this blog started.

I must say that I played the game back in the year it was released, in 2012, and then it was, to put it mildly, a disaster. The developers clearly went too far with the hardcore, and as usual for the KKS series, they had a bunch of bugs at the start. Now it’s 2018, and it would be nice to check not only the presence of qualitative changes in the game (fortunately it is still supported), its strength, but also the series’ compliance with the realities of current game design standards.

KKS is almost no different from GPK in terms of the basic part of the gameplay. All the same three modes, the same Storm Engine, which overclocked the very first part. However, there are still changes.

Craft appeared. The player can make potions and other useful items such as amulets, paper cartridges, and means of determining latitude and longitude. Crafting is simple and quite useless, it does not affect the balance in any way and is used, often only because of the periodic need to determine the location.

And there are probably grenades here too

By the way, about this - new mechanics after all. During quests, sometimes you need to find an island hidden on the global map, or some specific meeting place, which is helped by an astrolabe, compass and chronometer. Such an innovation fits in well, does not cause any particular rage because of its crookedness and, most importantly, looks appropriate and authentic.

They reworked the concept of amulets. In their current form, they do not operate together from the hero's inventory, but only when they are directly equipped on the character. Moreover, their action is limited in time. Again, this is not a serious innovation and does not have a significant impact on the gameplay, because you can do without them. They are rather a small bonus, which is not significant for a pumped-up hero.

But a more or less significant innovation is the new currency in the game - doubloons. They are more expensive than pesos and, unlike them, have weight, so it won’t work to carry thousands of them. The new currency is used mainly in quests and is of little use in freeplay, since pesos are generously poured in both for quests and for boardings. Doubloons, it seems to me, were introduced only for the sake of extra spokes in the player’s wheels. Like many things in this game.

Compared to the GPK, the KKS ship fleet has expanded slightly. New items were added, some colonies came into the possession of another power, and a little more random events and quests appeared. The F2 window has been slightly changed. In short, the developers touched on a little of everything, without touching any vital organs. Almost.

KKS, following the second “Corsairs” (the same as “Pirates of the Caribbean”), made a big story campaign. And it is the main innovation of this part. The main advantage and the main disadvantage at the same time.

Main quest and game problems

Walkthrough of the plot “To each his own!” Taking into account additions, it takes about 70 hours. Not counting saves/louds.

The second half of the 17th century, the heyday of piracy in the Caribbean, the era of a collision with the unknown and not yet known, the struggle of the powers of the Old World for the redistribution of the New. A young nobleman, Charles de More, arrives from Paris to the French colony of Martinique - a typical rake who wasted his life senselessly in high society until he was 25 years old. He was called to America by family duty - it was necessary to rescue his half-brother Michel de Montpey from the French prison in which he was imprisoned for a debt of a million pesos by Governor General Philippe de Poincy.

Naturally, everything will not be so simple, even after the protagonist’s brother is free. But we still have to go before that. The game starts with a fairly detailed introduction, in which you complete simple quests and become familiar with the game mechanics. As a result of the starting tasks, you will have control of a ship, a crew, possibly first officers and, most importantly, experience in doing business in the Caribbean.

Then the macroquest begins, during which the hero actually earns the coveted million pesos in one way or another. This is one of the few tasks in the game that asks you to choose a side in the conflict. In this case it is: Holland, as well as two different options for England. And here both the advantages and disadvantages of putting the plot at the forefront begin to emerge.

As already mentioned, the plot is very large, sometimes it even seems endless. The plot itself does not shine with some kind of genius; the player is more interested in participating in local fights, getting from one adventure to another, which is why a crowd of characters flashes in the narrative, whose names (if not their existence) you will forget when completing the next quest. The tasks, although well-developed, are quite similar. But, it seems to me, this will not stop the Corsairs lover, since the gameplay itself is the same beloved and unique Corsairs.

Sometimes the game wants to fuck you

But what is a problem is the saves/lows mentioned above. I can’t even guess how many times I rebooted in this game, if you believe the statistics at the end of the game - 419, and this doesn’t even count the fact that I had to replay some moments.

If earlier the game had troll encounters and troll storms, then troll wind and troll time were added to them. No, they were also present in the Civil Procedure Code, but here they lead to complete exhaustion.

The game now has an indecently large number of quests that require completion within the allotted time. And everything would be fine, but the wind troll puts the spokes in the sails every time, so failure of quests as a result of being late due to unfavorable wind is a common occurrence. There are often times when you seem to be completing a quest and find out that it has already been failed for a month (in my case it was “The Pirate Saga”) because you were late. And no one tells you that there was any time limit - load an earlier save, start a few hours of the game again.

And no one is stopping developers from increasing the time it takes to complete a quest or one of its stages by several days. No one is stopping you from adding more notes in the ship’s log in the spirit of “we need to hurry.” And in the end, instead of hardcore, this results in nothing more than crooked game design. Something like a lite version of troll games.

We are no longer talking about directly completing quests. The game has an indecently vulgar number of situations like this: the hero is left alone with a crowd of enemies - fight them. And in the end, it’s not interesting, but again crooked and even funny at times, especially if you play with shoot-and-run tactics. The only thing missing is the music from “Benny Hill” or “I Got You Babe” if this episode is replayed several times. Or something more authentic, like a cut of Chuvash anger.

And you think that's all? Damn it, the game can bring surprises, for example, force you to collect some amulets or dueling pistols throughout the archipelago. And if the latter is even more or less excusable (no), then the first is a facepalm. And then they will force you to look for all sorts of plates, large pearls and candles. And yes, all this is not something impossible and hardcore, it is rather infuriating with its absolutely dull and unoriginal routine.

No, I'm serious, clearing locations alone is complete bullshit.

Let's return to the plot, which I will now mercilessly spoil. The fact is that it was interesting for me to go through the main quest as a fan of this series, but as a person interested in all sorts of cinema and other subjects, the game began to disappoint me from the second half.

Why? Because there is no problem or idea in the story. In fact, this is just another game on the theme “the boy was on his way to success,” and that’s all. The change in the main character and the revelation of his inner qualities are shown quite well. That's all. And the story does not have any core around which the game is built. The hero spends more than half of the plot in subplots, solving other people's problems over and over again. Therefore, it turns out that the story is not about two brothers, but about how one of them wandered around the Caribbean for months, so that then the second, with one dialogue, sent him on another voyage.

And besides, after crossing the equator of history, the paranormal actively begins to invade the plot. First we have a terrible curse that keeps the pirate on the ground. The woman herself, naturally, died a long time ago, and now exists in the form of an almost indestructible corpse that revives other skeletons. Is this not enough for you?

How do you like an entire Indian island made up of dead people? Cool? How do you like the fact that the plot descends into Indian game related to the rebirth of gods and time travel? Amazing? Of course, this is so in keeping with the spirit of pirate adventures, which are made quite realistically, and most importantly, presented with a serious tone.

And as a result, as I progress through the story, I have a double feeling. It seemed like it was not bad, and it was quite exciting to go through all this; I was pleased with the rare opportunity to have different options for completing the quest. But the crookedness of the game design and the occasional wildness in the plot make the gameplay almost unbearable at times. The main distinguishing feature of the game turns out to be its weakest feature.

What besides the plot? Yes, the same endless “corsair” freeplay, in which the player entertains himself, and which I have already written about in sufficient detail above. By the way, the developers decided to get rid of the national quest lines due to the vastness of the plot.

DLC for the game cannot offer anything significantly new - they are macro-quests for several hours of playthrough, with all the disadvantages and all the advantages of the main game. It makes no sense to talk about them in more detail, and it seems to me unnecessary.

Results

These are the elaborate, contradictory, complex, crooked and unique “Corsairs” they are. What can you say about “To Each His Own”? We can say that the mechanics of the game in 2018, although they still look fresh and interesting, reek of the budget game development of the early 2000s. By the standards of the series, the gameplay was, in general, the same as in 2003 and 2007, and it remains the same. And for a modern gamer, this is, by and large, a death sentence, because KKS does not forgive the player at all. And some old people or even those who have played before may simply get tired of playing the same thing.

The immortal Storm Engine produces graphics that are, by and large, ten years old (at the time the game was released), periodically bugs in such a way that it can ruin the save or crash, and is also not friendly with minimizing; and I’m not even talking about the periodic appearance of crooked scripts, when something didn’t happen as it should, and in the end you can’t leave the location because everything is locked. And, of course, we should not forget that the dialogues are not voiced, and the gameplay sometimes amounts to ten minutes of reading the text at the bottom of the screen, and even if there is no voice acting, then what can we say about the production.

The plot, which started out sounding good with realism, slipped into a paranormal shambles, which, to be honest, was not very fun to go through in the finale due to hackneyed techniques in the spirit of the same crowd of enemies for one player. However, this is still a good adventure that will captivate a fan of such games for dozens of hours.

"To each his own!" can offer the same unique pirate experience that no other game has been able to provide so far. “Pirates” by Sid Meier and AC IV: Black Flag are light arcade games, in comparison with which any part of “Corsairs” seems like a real simulator of the life of a sea wolf.

Therefore, I would advise doing this. For beginners and those unfamiliar with the series, I advise you to completely forget about the plot in the first playthrough and engage exclusively in freeplay. And only then, having gained experience, begin the plot. I wouldn’t advise old-timers to hope for some kind of revelation, but I would recommend playing it in view of the fact that there is simply nothing like it on the market - and this game, with all its ambiguity, is capable of satisfying a feeling of nostalgia and giving at least something new.

And the best “Corsairs” are still “The City of Lost Ships”.

The most complete and most interesting questions are in the comments.

The most appropriate difficulty for this part of the Corsairs is the sailor. Almost all game factors are preserved (full calculation of wind, etc.) and at the same time the battles do not become something unrealistically epic and difficult), or cabin boy if you prefer a more arcade game.

Save as little as possible during a naval battle. This may cause you to crash.

You shouldn’t make all saves in one slot, much less use only quick saves (F6). There is a small chance that the save file will be damaged when overwritten, and you may also encounter a situation that is too difficult to complete or some other trouble.

If you are going to take the Growing Life and Growing Energy perks at all, then try to take them as early as possible. This will allow you to gain some “extra” hit points and energy as your rank increases.

After talking in the company cabin with your treasurer, you can use him to purchase goods in stores. To do this, you need to select “my treasurer will purchase goods” in the dialogue with the merchant, but remember that he will sell everything that is unnecessary, including what has a value of zero.

When starting the game, if you do not want to incur additional costs without any bonuses, disable the “Loot Section”. Although this function looks more realistic.

For any blade, the value of the “Balance” attribute falls in the range from 0.0 (center of gravity at the handle) to 2.0 (center of gravity at the tip), respectively, a value of 1.0 is the middle, or the most balanced blade (there is no optimal value for this indicator, the player will have to decide on his own preferences). The higher the number, the greater the power of the weapon. but its speed is lower and, apparently, fatigue from its use is greater, although I’m not sure about this.

Weight greatly affects the energy consumption when using this weapon.

Weapons of the “Broadswords and Axes” class additionally take away a certain part of the enemy’s energy with each blow.

You can use amulets from the “three schools” at the same time, but you cannot use attacking and defensive amulets at the same time.

“Schools of magic” are determined by the color of the stone in the upper left corner, and their focus is determined by the border around the stone:
Attacking Claws.
Sun-Protecting.
Ouroboros-Supporters.
Well, judging by the manual, there are also unique symbols:
Black morion in a bone rosette means danger posed by an inactivated object;
White pearls in a bone rosette means that the item has useful non-magical properties, but you will have to pay something for its use (such an item carries both bonuses and penalties, for example, Rum or Wine);
Yellow amber in the frame of the Kolovrat means that the object carries information that can be recorded either in Documents (see “Ship's Log”) or in the Cartographic Atlas (see the corresponding section);
A golden star rune on a dark background means that the item is a tool with which you can create new items and which does not disappear after the first use, i.e. is not a component.

The M key is your best friend in the Caribbean archipelago. At least if you have at least one card.

HEADING ANGLE: a constant value for a ship, the best course of the ship relative to the wind, expressed in degrees. The first value is the angle between the direction of the wind (from the base of its indicator arrow on the mini-map) and the direction of movement of the ship (its course), upon reaching which it can develop the maximum speed possible for it (taking into account all factors). The smaller the angle, the steeper the ship moves towards the wind. The second value is the angle between the direction the wind is blowing (from the end of the indicator) and the ship's heading (the lower its value, the closer to the wind the ship sails). Both values ​​show the general direction and are given in pairs for your convenience (use the more convenient value for you).
A very important thing at the sailor difficulty level and above.

The optimal caliber of guns is 24.

If the corpses are lying on top of each other, and you want to search everything, then after you take everything valuable from the corpse, click the “do not search” button.

A little more from the manual:
ships with oblique sails move faster on close-hauled courses,
ships with direct sails move faster on backstay courses.
However, in addition to direction, the wind has a force that should not be forgotten either. The stronger the wind, the more it affects the dynamics of the vessel's movement (depending on its parameters). The following statements are true for the game:
wind, with a force of 8 knots, does not affect the speed of ships;
the third class of gaming ships uses winds of any strength equally well;
with increasing class (2, 1), the ship begins to sail faster at wind speeds greater than 8 knots, and vice versa;
as the class decreases (4, 5, 6), the ship begins to sail faster when the wind speed is less than 8 knots, and vice versa.

With a difference in the number of guns on board batteries, the ship receives a list on the more loaded side, the greater the greater their weight and number. The roll affects aiming and shooting (the guns on the “overwhelmed” side hit lower, and vice versa), as does the roughness of the sea (rolling).

To set a mine, open the window with the description of the “Gunpowder” product and click the “Deploy Mine” button. To install one mine, 200 conventional units of gunpowder are consumed (or 10 volume-weight units - gaming centners). Be careful: your crew will carry out the received order, even after spending all the gunpowder remaining in the hold!

When buying ships, the shipbuilder evaluates only the ship itself; all cargo in its hold or the guns installed on it are transferred to the new owner completely free of charge. If you are planning to buy a ship to replace an existing one and intend to use its guns in the future, first remove them from the batteries - in this case, they, along with the rest of the cargo, will be moved into the hold of the new ship. If you plan to get maximum revenue from the transaction, sell goods, tools and the ship separately!

The game Corsairs City of Abandoned Ships can be played as three characters: Peter Blood, Ian Stace and Diego Espinosa, each with their own unique storyline.

Walkthrough Corsairs City of Lost Ships
Storyline for Peter Blood

You appear at Oglethorpe's estate, England. It is January 1, 1665. Servant Jeremy Pitt informs you that Lord Gildoy has been wounded. Enter the house, talk to the servant Andrew James and proceed to the bedroom in the west wing on the second floor. Approach the bed with the dying lord. A servant will appear and report that he has brought everything necessary for treatment.

You find yourself in your office. Talk to Andrew James. The second servant, Jeremy Pitt, will appear and report that the royal dragoons are galloping here. He will advise you to take a sword from the balcony and run off to hide. exit the office, take the key from the table on the left and go up to the second floor. Unlock the chest on the balcony and take Brett's sword, pistol and ammo. Soon Captain Gobart will appear and the dragoons will attack you. If you kill him, two more will attack you. You won't be able to kill them all. As soon as they defeat you, you will be captured and, according to the story, thrown into prison.

You will appear at hard labor. April 1, 1665. Jeremy Pitt will inform you that Colonel Bishop wants to see you. Leave the room. Talk to Colonel Bishop. Go door to door and you might find something useful. But do not take a weapon - the guards will take it away from you when they meet you. Exit the plantation and run along the path to the right. You will find yourself on the streets of Bridgetown. Head to the governor's residence. Talk to the governor sitting at the table, go through the door next to him and go up to the second floor to his wife’s bedroom. Talk to Mrs. Steed. Talk to the governor. Tell him that you went to look for Mr. Dan and you need money to buy medicine. Take 1000 piastres. Go out onto the street and turn right. There you will find Mr. Dan's house. Dan himself is not in it, but your competitor is there - Dr. Wacker. He will ask you to come to the tavern the next day for an important conversation. Leave the house and you will meet Mr. Dan. Tell him that you came to get medicine from the governor's wife. He will give it to you completely free of charge. Return to the residence and give the medicine to Mrs. Steed.

You will appear at the tavern the next day. Mr. Vacker is not here. Ask the tavern owner where you can find Dr. Vacker. Head to the tavern room. There you will find Doctor Vacker, who will promise to give you a loan of twenty thousand piastres to help organize your escape. Return to the plantation and find Jeremy Pitt. Tell him that he is the only navigator and the fate of the escape depends on him. After he agrees, you will need to find three slaves: Hagthorpe, Ogle and Nicholas Dyke.

Nicholas Dyke will tell you that Colonel Bishop wants to sell it. Talk to Colonel Bishop. You will find him at his plantation residence. Head to the tavern and have a drink with one of the drunks. He will tell you that an important merchant, a friend of Colonel Bishop, recently arrived in the city. This is probably Vernon. Find his house. Exit the tavern to the right, go past the moneylender's house, the one you need is the next one. Wait for Vernon to go up the stairs and search the chest that is located directly below it. Take everything in it and go outside. Talk to Nicholas Dyke and tell him that the deal will not take place and he can calmly prepare to escape.

Corsairs city walkthrough

Also find a slave in a spotted bandana - Levi's Mower. He will complain of a headache and ask you to bring him some medicine. Return to the city to Mr. Dan's house. He himself is not here now. Go to the second floor and take the medicine in the box next to the scales. Go back and give the medicine to Levis. In exchange, he will give you a light dagger that the guards will not be able to detect.

Now find the one-eyed slave Ned Ogle in one of the houses. Return to the city, find the moneylender's house and pay him the debt of 5,000 piastres.

Talk to Pitt and tell him that you found the weapon and the team.
You will find yourself the next day in your hut. Go to the tavern and talk to Dr. Wacker. Instead of the promised 25,000 piastres, he gave you only 18,000. The rest you need to get somewhere. Go to the moneylender, he has a deal for you. After talking with him, return to the inn and talk to its owner. Give him 500 piastres or he will refuse to talk. Head to the shipyard. Talk to the impostor. Tell him that he is your old debtor.

He will get scared and give 55,000 piastres instead of 30,000, although this will negatively affect your reputation. Now you can either nobly return the money to the moneylender, or keep it for your own needs. Now that you have the required amount in your hands, return to the tavern and talk to the carpenter at one of the tables. Exit the tavern. A soldier will approach you and order you to go to the plantation. Return to the plantation. On the way, Nathaniel Hagthorpe will meet you and inform you that Pitt was captured by guards. After the conversation, you will find yourself at the city gates at night.

We continue passing through the city of lost ships. Run to the plantation. You will need to quietly sneak past the guards to the edge of the plantation and take the weapon from the chest. Please note that each guard has his own patrol area. The visibility zone in the dark is small, so the main thing is not to pass directly in their path. Get to the longest white building. In the corner of the plantation closest to him you will see a pile of logs and boards. Among them is a chest with weapons. Unfortunately, you will have to be content with only a saber and a few healing potions. Fighting the guards is almost useless. near the colonel's house you will see captured Pitt and two guards near him. See the guards somewhere around the corner and deal with them. Then talk to Pitt. He will say that Natall escaped on your sloop.

Now leave the plantation past the guards, trying not to engage them in battle. Enter the city. kill all the Spanish guards, luring them out one by one, and one lady will come up to you to thank you for saving her. She will tell you that the Spaniards have captured the city. Head to the shipyard. Swim around the side of the shipyard and find your comrades. Swim to the ship. Climb onto it and kill the guards. Then go into the cabin and fight one on one with the captain. The ship is yours. Exit the cabin and talk to Pitt. Talk to the team. Only Ogle will agree to serve you faithfully, the rest will ask you to disembark them at the first port. This is where the uniqueness of Blood's storyline ends.

To start the national storyline in the game, you need to get a marque patent (if you want to go through the pirate line, you need to talk to Morgan in Port Royal). To do this, you need to complete about 10 small orders from the governor of the city belonging to the line you need. Possible options for these tasks are described below.

1) Destroy a gang of thugs in the jungle. Run around the jungle, find a couple of thugs, destroy them, and soon you will come across the head of the gang. Having defeated him, you can return to the governor for a reward.

2) Search for an enemy spy in the city. You need to look for it in houses. As soon as you enter the desired house, you will immediately have a conversation with him, after which the battle will begin. After killing the spy, you can return to the governor for a reward.

3) Destroy the smugglers.

4) Get into the enemy fort (city) and take documents from the messenger. The task is not easy. You will have to make your way under cover of darkness, from the nearest beach through the jungle. Soldiers in the dark see only in front of them and not very far. Therefore, you have a chance to sneak in unnoticed.

Walkthrough of the game Corsairs City of Lost Ships

Dutch national storyline.

The Governor General of Holland, from whom you will take tasks, is located in the city of Willemstad.

1) The first task is to deliver the head of the Jansenists, Chumakeiro, to Curacao; at the moment he is on the island of San Martin. Arriving on the island, go to the tavernkeeper and ask about Chumaqueiro, he says that he took himself a house, which is located near the governor’s residence. As soon as you enter the house, two people will attack you. After killing them, enter the room on the second floor where Chumakeiro is standing. Now sail to Curacao, where at the residence of Peter Stezzant, Chumaqueiro will give you 30,000 piastres.

2) The second task is to purchase a batch of coffee, black, red and sandalwood for Curacao in Fort Orange. You will be given papers to purchase goods at a special price and a sum of money. The entire cargo will take up 6800 quintals, be prepared for this. Goods must be delivered to Stavesant within 2 months. Sail to Jamaica, dock at Cape Negril and go to Fort Orange. First, go to the governor and give the papers to receive preferential prices, then go to the store. After purchasing the goods, come back. For completing the task you will receive 75,000 piastres.

3) The third task is to obtain information about the British plans towards Holland in connection with the trade war. Travel to Hispaniola and talk to the head of the city of La Vega. The head is Edward Mansfield, but in fact, his last name is Mansvelt, and he is Dutch by nationality. He is also Modyford's confidant in matters of robberies against the Spaniards. But Mansfield cannot say anything about the plans of the British, but recently an English envoy from Modyford came to him with a proposal to attack Curacao, naturally Mansfield refused. Edik will also say that it is better to learn about the plans of the British from the great and terrible Henry Morgan. Go to Jamaica and you'll find out that Morgan is in Antigua. Go there and talk to him. He will say that if you help him, he will help you too. We need to find out if his companion Pierre Picardie is honest. It is located in Tortuga, then ask the moneylender, the owner of the shipyard, the owner of the store, in the tavern and in the brothel. It turns out that he spent a lot of money. Now go to Morgan, he says that Vaschet’s plans don’t know anything, but one of his officers, who was sent to prison, knows about Modyford’s plans, go to the Prison, kill the guards. You learn that the British want to attack Fort Orange. Sail to the Governor General and he will pay 50,000 piastres.

4) Walkthrough Corsairs City of Lost Ships. The fourth task is to intercept the British and save Fort Orange from destruction. Sail to Jamaica as quickly as possible. A small squadron consisting of 3 English ships will cruise around the island. Sink them and land in the bay. Kill all the English in the bay and in the next location. The task is completed. You can go to Stevezant, he will pay 100,000 piastres.

5) The fifth task is to escort three flutes to the La Vega pirate settlement and back. Sail to La Vega, disembark. It turns out that the Spaniards attacked the settlement and killed Mansild. Buy provisions and go to sea. The more ships that survive, the greater the reward. If all the ships survive, it will amount to 60,000 piastres.

6) The sixth task is to find Morgan and notify him that the Dutch are seeking revenge. Sail to Jamaica, make your way into the city and go to Morgan's residence. Henry will say that the attack was organized by the Spanish governor of Santiago, Jose Sancho Jimenez, and we need to conduct reconnaissance to find out whether Don Jose will be in the city in the near future. Sail to Santiago and dock at the lighthouse. Make your way into town and go to the tavern. Ask the owner about the governor, under the pretext that you want to join the service. Several Spanish officers will enter. Kill them and run to the ship. The task is completed, you have learned that there is a holiday in the city soon and the governor should be present at it. Return to Jamaica to Morgan. The task is completed. Sail to Curacao to the governor and receive 200,000 piastres.

7) The seventh task is to deliver a dispatch to the governor of Tortuga, Bertrand d'Ogeron. Sail to Tortuga in order to deliver the dispatch to d'Ogeron, then he will ask you to walk for two hours while he writes a letter to Stezzant. After two hours, receive the letter. At the port A messenger will meet you and tell you that a messenger from the Governor of Holland is waiting for you at the tavern. Go to the tavern and go up to the room. Then you will be stunned and the letter will be taken away. Go to Governor d'Ogeron. He will tell you to find out at the port office which ships left the port in the near future. It turns out that the brig La Rochelle has left the port, which is heading to San Juan. Head there and, off the coast of Sna Juan, board the ship. The captain will say that Antonio, who took the letter from you, left the ship and moved to the galleon Isabella, which is heading to Santa Catalina. Catch up with the galleon, board it and Antonio will surrender. Take the letter and head to Stezzant, he will give out 150,000 piastres.

8) Corsairs city of lost ships walkthrough. The eighth task is a business trip at the disposal of Aaron Mendez Chumaqueiro. His house is located in the city, not far from the residence. Aaron will give you the task of finding an ancient book that some English privateer tried to sell in a pirate settlement in Bermuda. Travel to Bermuda and go to Jackman's residence. After talking with him, sail to Martinique, to the local brothel. Ask all the girls there, one will give you new information, for a reward, the filibuster who wanted to sell the book, in an incomprehensible language, was called Laurent de Graf, he usually lives in Tortuga. Sail to Tortuga. In the local tavern you will find out that de Graf has now gone on a raid to Cartagena for two weeks. Sail there. Near Cartagena, Laurent fights with superior Spanish forces. Sink the enemy squadron without letting it sink the Frenchman's ship. Send a boat to Laurent de Graaf's ship. Find out from him about the item you are looking for, he will offer to buy a map of the buried treasure from him for 235,000 gold. Pay the required amount. The treasure is hidden on Turks Island. Swim to Turks, go into the cave and find the chest. You will find a holy book there, as well as a blunderbuss, a pair of good pistols, an expensive cuirass, 200 gold bars, rings, brooches, and a couple of idols, including a very useful idol - the rat god. Sail to Curacao to Chumaqueiro and give him the bible. As a reward you will receive 1,000,000 piastres. Then go to the residence to report on the success of the mission.

9) The ninth task is to capture four first-class battleships, namely manovars. They are usually found in large trade caravans, military squadrons and gold caravans. For each ship you will be given 50,000 piastres.

10) The tenth task is the defense of Curacao from an attack by a Spanish squadron consisting of 8 ships, including manovars. Go to the port and go out to sea, there the fort is already fighting the invaders, help him defeat the Spaniards. After the last Spaniard goes under water, the mission to protect Curacao will be completed. Return to the residence for your reward, which will amount to 200,000 piastres.

11) The eleventh task is to repel the Spanish attack on San Martin. Go out to sea and sail to Marigot as quickly as possible. Having reached San Martin, enter into battle against 8 enemy ships. Having sunk their fleet, return to Willemstad and receive a reward, again of 200,000 piastres. The Governor General says it's time to retaliate against Spain.

12) passage of the city of lost ships. The twelfth task is the capture of Maracaibo. The fort there is not that powerful and it won’t be difficult to demolish it. After capturing a colony for Holland, you will receive a 300,000 piastres reward and the opportunity to capture English and Spanish colonies for yourself or Holland.

Walkthrough of the game Corsairs City of Lost Ships

French national storyline

1) The first task is to escort the French privateer Pere Legrand, who captured a military galleon with rich booty on a lugger and now wants to return to France. Go to the tavern and talk to Pierre, he will become our passenger. Now head to the island of Martinique, Le Marne Bay. Five thugs who need Legrand's gold will be waiting for you on the shore. Engage them in battle, trying to save Pierre. After defeating them, you will receive the promised reward of 20,000 piastres. Sail to Tortuga and report on the completion of the mission.

2) The second task is to deliver a letter to the Governor General of the Dutch Republic, Pieter Stezzant. After arriving in Curacao, go to the governor's residence. You will be put in prison, mistaking you for one of the pirates who killed the envoy D'Ogeron. After some time, a jailer will pass through the prison. Talk to him. It turns out that his relative is one of the officers at this colony. Persuade him to ask his relative to conduct a search on our ship, where there is a French corsair patent. The jailer will want to take some things from the ship in exchange for help. Peter Stezzant will come and apologize. Now we need to find out more about this story with pirates. Go to the tavern. There you will overhear a conversation between two people in a tavern. Then you will need to follow them. And so, having reached the bay, it turns out that these are not pirates at all, but sailors from the Spanish galleon, which, under the pirate flag, robbed ships in these waters. Next there will be a fight with the Spaniards. Now go to the port. A Spanish galleon is waiting for you there. Board him, then the captain of the ship will tell you everything when he dies. Go to Stezzant and tell him that the filibusters are not to blame for anything, you will receive 20,000 piastres. Go to Tortuga, tell everything to the governor and receive the rank of commander of the French fleet.

3) The third task is to find a way to bring Donna Anna to Tortuga. For this mission you will be given a Spanish trade license and a ring, by which the wife of the fort commandant will know that we are D’Ogeron’s envoy. To penetrate Havana, you can act in three ways. First. Raising a flag friendly to Spain, enter the port and dock. Second. Land at the lighthouse and then go to the city. Third. If the license has expired, then go into the city at night, landing at the Lighthouse. Next, go to the tavern and ask the maid to take the ring to Donna Anna. After 3-4 days, the maid will say that she brought the ring and Donna Anna will be waiting for you at night, opening the door. Enter the house and kill the soldiers waiting for you. Go into the bedroom and talk to Donna Anna. Now run to the ship and sail to Tortuga. And there you will receive 25,000 piastres.

4) The fourth task is to escort a first class battleship to the island of Dominica. There are rumors that the Spaniards are already hunting for this ship, on 3-4 galleons, under the command of Juano Galeno. Near Dominica, the ship should join the Guadeloupe Island squadron. Go to Port Control and take command of the Soleil Royale. Now your course is towards Dominica. There will be 4 galleons waiting for you near Dominica, but there will be no French squadron. After the sinking of Juano Galeno's squadron, you need to go to Guadeloupe and find out why the promised squadron did not meet you. The governor of Basse-Terre will justify himself by saying that he received the letter about the nomination of your squadron only yesterday and did not have time to prepare anything. He will take the royal manovar and thank you for the completed mission. Return to the Governor General. As a reward you will receive 28,000 piastres. Also talk to d'Ogeron again and get a promotion.

5) The fifth task is to protect Donna Anna. It turns out that the relatives of the murdered commandant of the Havana fort want revenge. Go to Havana to find out the details of your revenge against Donna Anna's friend, Ines de Las Sierras. Land near the lighthouse and run to the city, there, as quickly as possible, run to Iness’s house, not paying attention to the guards. It turns out that relatives are walking somewhere in the jungle. You will find them at the lighthouse, followed by a fight with relatives. Next, sail to Tortuga, where you will receive 5,000 piastres from D’Ogeron, at the same time go to Donna Anna, and receive gratitude from her.

6) The sixth task is to deliver a letter to Francois Olone. Under no circumstances should the letter fall into the wrong hands, and if you get into trouble, you must first destroy the package before you die. Go out to sea and head for Guadeloupe. As you approach Guadeloupe, you will be attacked by a Spanish warship. Having dealt with the ship, moor at the port and go to the house of the French filibuster, which is located almost opposite the governor’s residence. François will not receive you in the best way at first, but as soon as he finds out the purpose of your visit, his attitude will change. Next, you can choose one of the options:

1) Refuse to attack Cumana and receive the promised reward of 10,000 piastres.
2) Agree to participate in the attack on Kumana in the proposed adventure, but there is one condition: there should be only 1 ship in your squadron.
The squadron will include yours and 3 other ships, a frigate and two corvettes. Head for Cumana and hurry up. After defeating the fort, disembark and after a fight in the city, go to the residence and demand money from the local governor. Then you can either divide everything fairly and receive a legal share equal to 50,000 piastres, or keep the money for yourself, but then you will have to fight with Olone and his comrades. Now head for Tortuga and talk to the governor.

7) The seventh task is to free Rock the Brazilian from prison. He is being held in Santiago. Land at the lighthouse, then go to the church, ask the priest about the Inquisition, then leave the church. There is a door under the stairs. Enter there, then ask the prisoners where Rock the Brazilian is and kill the guards, then together with Rock, who cannot hold weapons, leave the city. Sail further to Tortuga, where the Governor-General will give you 30,000 piastres, and Rock will hint that he has something hidden in Martinique, namely an expensive cuirass that can withstand 35% of blows.

8) The eighth task is to go to the disposal of the Marquis of Bonrepos. Monsieur Bertrand d'Ogeron asks you to appear in Guadeloupe, to the naval commandant of France, the Marquis Bonrepos. Sail to Guadeloupe and land in Basse-Terre. Go to the residence and talk to the Marquis. He will tell you the details of the policy and give you his own task. It consists in persuading famous pirates (in Jamaica, Jackman in Bermuda and Morris in Trinidad and Tobago) not to participate in the war against the Dutch. You will not be given funds for this operation. Sail to Bermuda, to Jackman, he was not even going to get involved in this matter. Next sail to John Morris, in Trinidad and Tobago, tell him about the upcoming events. He doesn’t like attacking the Dutch, but for this, he will demand that you carry out a small task for him - deliver him Captain Gay’s logbook. Sail to Jamaica and go to the local tavern , ask the owner where to find Captain Gay. He rents a room. Go into the room and kill Captain Gay. Search the body and take away the ship's log and personal belongings. Go to Henry Morgan's residence, but he is not there. The servant will say that he is in his house in Antigua, and will warn that Morgan's house is always closed. Now head back to Maurice, give him the ship's log and in return you will receive what was required of him, his agreement not to attack the Dutch. It's time to go to Antigua and visit the famous English pirate Henry Morgan. The door to the house is locked, go around his home, behind the house there is a hatch to Morgan's basement. Go to his house and talk about not attacking the Spaniards. Henry does not want to attack the Dutch and will demand 250,000 piastres. Give him the money. The task is completed, it’s time to go to the Marquis of Bonrepos. Instead of a yellow award, you are given a baronial title. Return to Tortuga, where you will receive Bertrand d'Ogeron's congratulations and another title.

9) The ninth task is to repel the Spanish attack on Port-au-Prince. For this task you will be given the Soleil Royal, however, it must remain afloat. Next comes the battle with the Spanish ships. Go to Tortuga, where you will receive 5,000 piastres.

10) The tenth task is to capture Santo Domingo and transfer it to France. Sail to Hispaniola, destroy the fort and land troops. After the battle inside the city, go to the residence and embrace the Spanish colony with the French. Return to Tortuga and receive your reward, 40,000 piastres.

11) The eleventh task is the capture of Santa Catalina. The city is located on Maine and controls the pearl fisheries of the New World. Having defeated the fort and landed troops, having dealt with the soldiers in the city, go to the residence and declare Santa Catalina a French colony. Return to Governor General Bertrand d'Ogeron. As a reward you are given everything that you plundered in Santa Catalina. Now you should go again to Guadeloupe to the Marquis of Bonrepos.

12) Twelfth task - meeting with the Marquis of Bonrepo. Head to Guadeloupe, where you will learn that peace has been concluded with Spain, the Soleil Royal is withdrawn from your squadron, the Louvre knows about you and everything. Don’t forget to visit D’Ogeron, he will promote you to admiral, and now you can seize colonies for yourself or for France.

Spanish national storyline.

1) The first task is to free three Spanish citizens who were captured by Henry Morgan, a famous English pirate. For the release of the prisoners, he demands an amount of 500,000 coins. You are required to enter the Port Royal prison and free the Spaniards. Duration - one month. Sail to Jamaica and moor in Portland Bay, then make your way through the jungle to the enemy fort, if you have an English trading license and the flag of a nation friendly to England, calmly go through the guards into the prison. If not, you will have to break through with a fight, or just run a little. In the prison, kill all the soldiers and free the prisoners. The way back will be simple if you run out of the prison and run to the bay. Return to Havana. Oregon y Gascon will thank you for successfully completing the task and give you 50,000 piastres.

2) The second task is work for the Holy Inquisition. The meaning of the task is this: a high-ranking Jesuit, Antonio de Suoza, has arrived in the archipelago. You are placed at his disposal. Go to Santiago, the seat of the Inquisition is located under the church building. Find Suozu and get information on the second task from him. It is as follows: you need to collect an indulgence, which amounts to 50,000 piastres, from three merchants: Joao Ilhayo, Joseph Nunen and Jacob Lopez de Fonseca, but if they refuse, then you need to kill them. You can find them in Curacao. They organize a sect there called the Janensints. At the port, a priest will come up to you and say that it is highly undesirable to kill them. Travel to Curacao. First, go to the tavern and ask the owner about the three Jansenists. Get information from him that Joao Ilhayo and Yakov Lopez run a store, and Josef Nunen is a moneylender. Go to the store first and talk to Joao. He will say that he does not have that kind of money. When asked where his companion, Yakov Lopez, is, he will answer that he does not know. He will offer a deal. If you find Lopez, their families will collect 100,000 piastres and be able to buy an indulgence. Agree. Go to Panama, go to the store, and ask about Lopez. It turns out that he was supposed to come a month ago, but never came. Now walk through the houses of Panama and in one you will run into bandits. Kill them and go up to the second floor, where you will find the missing one. He will ask you to provide him with a service, which is to find the stolen Gospel of Judas Iscariot. The thief was last seen at a shipyard in Bermuda, from where he never returned. This request is not required. But if you take up the task, sail to Bermuda, go to the shipyard. Talk to Alexus, he will open the door for you. Next, go into the dungeon, kill several skeletons. In one of the chests you will find a treasure and a Gospel. Now return to Curacao to Joao Ilhayo. He will give the promised amount of 100,000 piastres, tell him about the gospel for Jacob. He will give a reward of 1,000,000 piastres. Now go to the moneylender, he will refuse to talk to you. Go to the tavern. Ask the waitress about the moneylender's son. It turns out that he sailed off to pirate near Jamaica, to Fort Orange. Sail there, board his ship, take his son prisoner, and give his son for ransom in the form of an indulgence, now the task is completely completed. Swim to Suoza and receive a reward, which depends on the timing of the task. Then report to the Governor General.

3) The third task is to capture Rock the Brazilian and hand him over to the Inquisition. Rock lives in Tortuga. swim there, make your way into the city and go to the tavern for information. It turns out that he is not in Tortuga now, he is piracy near Maracaibo. Set course for Maracaibo. Board his ship, Rock the Brazilian will surrender. Take him into the hands of the Holy Inquisition, to Monsignor de Suosa. Antonio will send you to the Governor General. Oregon y Gasconom will tell you to come to him in a few days. Return to the residence in a few days and receive a task to find the treasures of the Brazilian rock, which are located in Cuba, Hispaniola and near Belize on Maine. The exact location of the treasures is unknown. The first will be the treasure located in Cuba. Swim to Ana Maria Bay, dock, then turn left and then straight, go into the cave and open the chest, which contains 150,000 piastres and several idols. Next, sail to Hispaniola, to Samana Bay, go straight and find a well that serves as the entrance to the cave, find in it a chest with treasure that will amount to 150,000 piastres, diamonds, gold bars, gold rings, gold brooches. Now set course for Maine, towards Belize. Moor at the port, go outside the city gates, turn left and then right, go into the cave and search the chest, which will contain 150,000 piastres. Return to Don Francisco and give him the money, 500,000 piastres (you will have to fork out more than what was in the chests) and receive 100,000 piastres.

4) The fourth task is to investigate the murder of the commandant of Havana, Jose Ramirez de Leyva. Go to the commandant’s house, then on the second floor in the room you will find an unfinished letter, then go to the tavern, there you will find out from the waitress that she gave a letter to the commandant’s wife from some ladroon. Now go to Oregon-y-Gascon, get a trade license. Next, sail to Tortuga and talk to the tavern owner. After talking, he will tell you about D'Ogeron's passion, Spanish national Donna Anna, who was brought by one of the trusted officers of the Governor General, Henri d'Estrée. Next, go to Henri's house. The servant will say that the owner is talking next to the house, then Henri will run from you. Run after him into the dungeon in the bay, there he will stop you and ask why you are chasing him, then kill the ladrone. Now go to the governor general for a reward of 120,000 piastres.

5) The fifth task is a business trip to Santiago. Travel to Santiago and go to the residence for instructions from the local governor. The task will be to completely destroy the pirate settlement of La Vega on Hispaniola. Sail to Hispaniola, dock in La Vega Bay, go to the next location, the assault will begin, kill all the pirates and enter the city, where the massacre will continue. After destroying everyone in the settlement, go to the residence, there you will have to fight the leader of the La Vega filibusters, Edward Mansfield. Kill him and leave the residence. The task is completed, you can return to Jose Jimenez. Don Jimenez will present a reward of 100,000 piastres. Return to the Governor General and receive his gratitude.

6) The sixth task is to intercept the messenger of the Governor-General of Holland in Tortuga. You will be issued a trade license. Go to Tortuga, go to the port office there, the boss will agree to send a messenger when the Dutch messenger's ship arrives, then rent a room in the tavern for a week, wait a couple of days, then you will be informed that the Dutchman has arrived. Next, lure the messenger into the tavern room, where you take the dispatch from him. Receive a reward of 50,000 piastres.

7) The seventh task is to assist Manuel Rivero Pardal. We urgently need to go to Antigua, to help the Spanish corsair Manuel Rivero Pardal, who is in search of British merchant ships in the waters of the island. French filibusters, under the command of Moses Vauclein, set out to intercept him. Sail to Antigua as quickly as possible and enter the battle between the unequal forces of the Spanish corsair and the French pirate squadron. Having sunk the last ship, go for a reward, which will be 25,000 piastres.

8) The eighth task is the defense of Cumana from the attack of a joint French-English squadron of pirates. Sail to Cumana, sink the enemy squadron and receive 100,000 piastres in Havana.

9) The ninth task is the task of the governor of Porto Bello to escort ships. Sail to Porto Bello, where Governor Cabral will brief you in detail. You need to deliver 4 galleons loaded with gold to the uninhabited island of Cayman, where you need to transfer the squadron to the powerful Spanish fleet sent to Europe. Take command of a squadron of 4 galleons loaded with 10,000 quintals of gold. Near Cayman, instead of Spanish ships, pirate ships will be waiting for you. The galleons entrusted to you must remain afloat in order to receive the maximum reward. Having sunk the last pirate, head to Havana, where you tell the Governor General about the strange events that happened to you. He generally cannot understand why the meeting place was Cayman if it was necessary to escort the ships to Belize. He will promise to look into this situation and reward you for saving all the galleons with an amount of 220,000 piastres.

10) The tenth task is to protect Maracaibo from invasion. Don Francisco will say that the problems in the previous task were the result of uncoordinated actions, this will not happen again. And you need to go to Maracaibo to repel enemy attacks. Head for Maracaibo, go to the local governor and then go out into the street, where you will meet a Spanish officer bearing bad news: the city was attacked by an English pirate squadron. Visit the governor again, he will order you to begin repelling the attack. Go out to sea and start a battle against 8 ships, among which there will be several manovars. There will be a fort on your side. Having sunk all the ships, dock and go to the residence, where you will receive a reward from the saved city in the amount of 70,000 piastres. Return to Cuba, where you will receive gratitude from the Governor General.

11) The eleventh task is the destruction of the Dutch colonies. Returning after some time, Don Francisco will ask you whether you are ready to attack fortified cities. The task will be to plunder 2 Dutch colonies in the archipelago, on the islands of Curacao and San Martin. Sail first to Curacao, destroy the fort, and capture the city. Then attack San Martin. Having captured the city, you can return to Havana. Your reward will be all the loot you loot. Oregon y Gascon will ask you to come to him in about a month.

12) The twelfth task is the capture of Port-au-Prince. In a month you will be tasked with capturing the French Port-au-Prince. All trophies are your property, the task time is not limited. After destroying the fort and killing the French soldiers in the fort and the city, go into the residence and declare the colony a Spanish possession. Return to Governor General Francisco Oregon y Gascon. All tasks have been completed and you can act in the interests of Spain.

Game corsairs city of lost ships walkthrough

Pirate storyline

Sail to Bermuda. There, contact Jackman with a job offer. Jackman will say that at the moment he has no orders, but Captain Goodley, who is currently in Puerto Principe, Cuba, needs help, and will offer to meet with him and discuss the details.

Go to Cuba in Puerto Principe and find Captain Goodley in the tavern. When talking with him, it turns out that you need to take a guy named John Bolton, who is waiting in the port of Puerto Principe, to Port Royal in Jamaica to Henry Morgan. Agree, saying that serving with him is an honor for you. Go to the port of Puerto Principe and meet John Bolton there, take him on board and head to Jamaica.

In Port Royal, Jamaica, escort John Bolton to Morgan's house (Morgan's house with columns is on the left side of the city when coming from the port). On the way to the house you are stopped by English soldiers. The soldier's commander says that accusations of connections with pirates have been brought against you and John Bolton. You are sent to prison until the circumstances are clarified. However, you are freed by Morgan himself, who says that he paid a ransom for you and is waiting at his residence, after which he leaves.

At the residence, Morgan instructs Edward Lowe, who lives somewhere in Martinique, to deliver the black mark. Travel to Martinique at Le Francois. Upon arrival, ask the innkeeper about Edward Lowe. It turns out that the owner of the tavern knows Lowe and he lives not far from the tavern. Exit the tavern and go right to the house covered with boards, where Lowe lives. Go into the house and when talking to Edward, give him the black mark. Lowe will say that all problems with Morgan have already been resolved and will ask to return the black mark back to Henry Morgan. Go back to Jamaica and Morgan.

After listening to the story, Morgan becomes furious and says that Lowe deceived you. To rectify the situation, Morgan instructs you to find and deal with Lowe personally without any black marks. So quickly return to Le Francois and go to Edward Lowe's house. However, he had already left the house in an unknown direction. Go to the tavern owner and ask him about Lowe. The owner will confirm that Edward recently left the settlement, leaving his things for safekeeping, but the tavern owner does not know where he could have gone. Go to the store and ask about Lowe's. The merchant says that Edward came and was interested in a place where he could buy a ship, but his business as a merchant is to trade goods, not ships that are sold at the shipyard. There is no shipyard in Le François; the nearest shipyard is in Fort-de-France. Either go there on foot across the island, or by boat, dock at the port of Fort-de-France.

We continue our passage through Corsairs, City of Lost Ships. First, go to the shipyard and ask the owner if Lowe has stopped by. It turns out that Lowe actually came in and wanted to buy a ship (a brig), but he didn’t have the money for such a ship and Edward went to the moneylender. Since then, the shipyard owner has not seen Lowe again.

Head to the loan shark. He will say that Edward Lowe really came in and tried to borrow money, but the moneylender immediately saw swindlers and deceivers, and therefore did not give the loan to Lowe. Where Edward Lowe went next, he doesn’t know.

From the moneylender, head to the port office. Ask a question about Edward Lowe to the head of the department. He asks: for what purpose are you interested in Edward Lowe? Answer that Lowe is your close friend and you must inform him about his mother’s serious illness, but you just can’t catch up with Edward. The head of the port department falls for this trick and says that Lowe boarded a passing ship that went to Bermuda.

In the Bermuda settlement, head to the tavern, where the owner says that Lowe was here and was interested in the local shipyard. Go to the shipyard to see Master Alexus. When asked by the master about who you are with Low, answer that you want to catch up with him in order to settle scores with him. The master begins to complain that the swindler Lowe forged Jackman's signature, and he (Alexus) gave Lowe a ship - the brig "Sea Wolf" with unique characteristics, which was built by order of Jackman. Go to Jackman. He is in a state of quiet rage from what happened and asks only one thing, when we kill Lowe, to give him greetings from Jackman. But where Lowe went on the stolen brig is unknown.

Ask people in taverns around the archipelago about rumors until someone tells you that attacks on mail ships have become more frequent in the area of ​​Cumana, which is located on Maine. Head to Kumana. If the ship is more powerful than class 6, then it must be parked at the Kumane port office and any ship of class 6 must be purchased at the shipyard. Then, on this ship, go out to sea and sail to the Trinidad and Tobago region. There you will meet Lowe in the brig. Board the brig and talk to Lowe, who says that Morgan’s power will soon change. Kill him. Go to Morgan with a report on the work completed.

Corsairs city of lost ships walkthrough

Morgan proposes to carry out an operation, the result of which will eclipse all of Sharpe's affairs. Namely, Morgan proposed to rob pearl fishers who would collect pearls on tartans for a month on Turks Island in North Bay. Morgan offered to deliver at least 1,000 small and 500 large pearls. Profit - in half.

Make your way to North Bay of Turks Island. There, pearl fishers are already fishing on tartans under pirate flags. When they see you, they run away in all directions. You need to catch up with them and match each tartan side by side, then the pearls will be automatically reloaded into your inventory. Collect the required amount and return to Port Royal to Morgan, where you will hand over half of the loot.

At the exit from Morgan's residence, Captain Goodley meets you and offers you to work as a bounty hunter for a good reward. The target is John Avory, who was last seen in Willemstad (Kyurosau Island). Go there and go to the moneylender. The pawnbroker confirms that John Avory was here recently, but is no longer in town. He heard that John was going to Port of Spain in Trinidad and Tobago. Go there. There, contact the moneylender. A Port-of-Spain moneylender says that Avory did work for him in the city, but after completing it he left the city and went to the Spaniards on Main in the city of Maracaibo. The moneylender of Maracaibo confirms that John was in the city, but according to rumors he overheard in the brothel, Avory went to the French in the city of Port-au-Prince, in Hispaniola. In Port-au-Prince, first go to the tavern. The tavern owner says that John was here a couple of days ago and killed the sharper. You need to visit the moneylender. The moneylender will tell you that Avory did some work for him. But where John went next is anyone's guess. Although the moneylender has an assumption that John could go to Willemstad, because... a moneylender was recently robbed there. The moneylender of Willemstad is still worried about what happened, but this is not surprising, because an unknown person stole 50,000 piastres from him. He hired John Avory to find the robber. The moneylender will also promise to pay you 5,000 piastres if you bring the gold to the moneylender first. John Avory himself headed to Bermuda. The tavern owner in Bermuda confirms that John Avory is now on the island, or rather in the house of Orry Bruce, apparently a robber of a moneylender. The house is located next to the tavern, go there. In the house you will meet John Avory and Orry Bruce, sorting things out. Tell them that you have an order for both of them, then kill them and take valuables from the corpses, and also take 50,000 piastres from Orry Bruce. You can return to the moneylender for your reward and report to Captain Goodley about the completed order.

We continue the passage of the game corsairs city of lost ships. Give the money to the moneylender of Willemstad, he will pay you 5,000 piastres in return. You will find Captain Goodley in the Port Royal tavern and receive a reward from him, also tell him that you will now go to report to Morgan about your successes, to which Goodley only grins. Go to Morgan's residence.

Having heard the story, Morgan says that John Avory was his confidant and you finished him off. You explain that this was an order from Captain Goodley. Morgan immediately calls the captain to sort out the situation. Goodley, who came, says that he did not give you any orders. To understand what happened, Morgan appoints a duel between you and Captain Goodley. Kill Goodley. Morgan says you have proven your innocence in this case.

Henry Morgan will ask you to go to Jackman in Bermuda and tell him about Goodley's death.

Seeing you, Jackman is very surprised and says that you allegedly captured his captain Sid Bonnet and gave him to be torn to pieces by the Spaniards. We'll have to look into this. Jackman directs you to Cozumel Bay, on Main, where John Leeds dropped anchor on the frigate Antwerp, with whom you need to talk. Head to Cozumel Bay.
John Leeds meets you there on his frigate. Launch the boats and board his ship. After a conversation with Leeds, it turns out that the crew and captain of the corvette sunk by Leeds landed in Cozumel Bay. By the way, the captain of the corvette is very similar to you and, accordingly, all the sins of this captain are blamed on you. Therefore, you need to deal with your double. Land in the bay, where you destroy part of the crew of the sunken corvette, but the captain is not among them. Go to the next location from the bay and meet a captain there who really looks like you. The double says that he will tell everything if he and the team are released from the encirclement and allowed to leave quietly. Kill him and the rest of his team.

Then return to the ship and head to Bermuda to Jackman. Jackman, after listening to the story, sends you to Morgan with a report on what happened. Report the situation to Morgan.

Morgan will send you to catch up with the pirate Steve Linnaeus, whom he sent to La Vega, on Hispaniola, to find out a series of oddities that have been happening lately in the Brotherhood of the Coast. Go to La Vega.

Upon arrival, contact the tavern owner for help. He says he hasn't seen Steve Linnaeus for a while, but his buddy has just gone to sea. We need to intercept him. Go out to sea and catch up with your friend Linnaeus, who really didn’t have time to go far, and climb aboard. When talking with Steve's friend, a strange story emerges. According to him, Steve recently left with two strangers in an unknown direction and disappeared. And his schooner “Swallow” is apparently being sold at the Santo Domingo shipyard. Linnaeus, according to a friend, would never have sold his ship of his own free will. Therefore, Linnaeus’s friend weighed anchor and went to sea, so that Linnaeus’ story would not be repeated with him. In any case, you need to check out the Santo Domingo shipyard.
The owner of the Santo Domingo shipyard said that the deal for the sale of “Swallow” was the most successful, because it was given to him for next to nothing. Under some pressure, the owner also says that he bought the “Swallow” from a guy who did not introduce himself, but the shipyard owner’s servant saw him go to sea on the frigate “Leon”. According to the shipyard owner, the frigate should still sail in the waters of Hispaniola. Go out to sea, onto the global map, there you will see a ship with purple sails - this is the frigate “Leon”, board it.

The captain of "Leon" invites you to go over to the side of HIS admiral. This is Richard Sawkins. He also says that their brotherhood needs people like you, and Henry Morgan himself nominated himself for the post of admiral of the Coastal Brotherhood and no one elected him. In addition, the captain of the Leon reports that Steve Linnaeus is already resting at the bottom of the sea. Refuse the captain's offer and kill him. Head to Morgan.

We continue the Corsairs City of Lost Ships walkthrough. After the report, Morgan directs you to Puerto Principe, where, according to rumors, Richard Sawkins is planning some kind of operation against the Spaniards that needs to be thwarted. This will damage Sawkins' reputation among the pirates.
In Puerto Principe, go to the tavern and ask the tavern owner about the operation. He will answer that something is really being planned now, but Soukins keeps all the details in the strictest confidence even from those close to him and sits at home almost all the time. You need to get into Richard Sawkins' house and steal documents. Go to Sawkins' house, grab the papers from the table and run away from the settlement. Because everyone becomes an enemy. Sawkins's papers set out the plan for the upcoming operation against the Spaniards. Sawkins learned that the Spaniards had started transporting the largest consignment of precious stones from Panama. To carry out this operation, the Spaniards abandoned the land delivery of jewelry from Panama to Porto Bello and sailing in the Caribbean Sea. Just one battleship must round Cape Horn, rise to the fortieth parallel, then turn right and reach Lisbon in a straight line.
Sawkins assembles a squadron and plans to meet the Spaniard in two weeks at San Martin. We need to get ahead of them and intercept this ship below San Martin, sink it or board it. Go out to sea and sail to San Martin.

Two weeks later, a ship with purple sails appears near San Martin - this is your goal. Board the ship. In the chest in the captain's cabin you will find a large number of precious stones. That's it, the mission is completed, you can report to Morgan.

Morgan will ask about the details of the operation, but avoid answering and say that there was nothing particularly interesting on the ship.

Morgan will invite us to take a trip to Panama. Morgan's plan is to take Porto Bello and reach Panama by land, because... The Spaniards will definitely not wait for this. Morgan suggests taking a more powerful ship (if the squadron consists of more than one ship, then the rest must be placed in the port department) and gives 20 days for preparation. During these days, hire people, buy food, medicine, weapons, cannonballs, bombs, gunpowder and return back to Morgan by the agreed date.

It turns out that by this time Morgan had already assembled a squadron of 5 powerful 1st class ships. He gives you the task of performing and immediately taking Porto Bello. Move towards Porto Bello, attack the fort and capture the city. Go to the governor's house and talk to the governor. The governor turns out to be already aware of the plan to march on Panama and was ready for your attack on his city and therefore was very surprised that you took the city so quickly. In addition, he said that you will die in the jungle on the way to Panama. Tell this news to Morgan who comes up. He believes that Richard Sawkins was able to secretly warn the Spaniards about the plan to march on Panama. Morgan is not going to give up the trip and suggests splitting up. You will command the second squad, which will include Soukins. You are instructed to land in the Gulf of Darien within two days and go to Panama. On the way to Panama, you need to quietly shoot Soukins, because... Morgan does not want to see him at the city walls.
Set out to sea and reach the Gulf of Darien. Disembark there. Sawkins will approach you and say that he is ready for the upcoming operation.
On the way to Panama, your squad will be attacked three times by the Spaniards and the local population.

Corsairs city of lost ships walkthrough

The last battle will be at the walls of Panama. Morgan comes up and gives the task to find the governor of Panama, because... The Spaniards' forces were exhausted by ambushes in the jungle, and there was no one left in the city.

Go to the house of the governor of Panama, find him in the next room and interrogate him. According to him, the gold of Escorial is in a locked chest in the same room, but the key is in the possession of the commandant of Panama, who participated in the defense of the city and most likely died. We need to find the key. When leaving the governor's house you will meet Morgan. He gives the order to find the key, and he goes to interrogate the governor.

Go to Panama Fort. There in the prison on the commandant's desk there is the necessary key, take it and return to the governor's house. Open the chest - the gold of Escorial lies there (50,000,000 piastres). At this moment, Morgan comes up and takes the gold, saying that now he will collect gold from all the sailors, and in the evening he will divide it, according to the laws of the Coastal Brotherhood. He also says that the governor could not stand the torture and died, however, he managed to talk about another chest, which is located on the outside of the fort. Morgan sends you there to check these words. Go to the fort. In front of the fort there is a narrow path that goes around it from the outside. Follow it, at the end of the path there is indeed a chest, but there is nothing valuable in it. Return to the city.

At the entrance to the city, a sailor meets you and says that Morgan collected gold from everyone, loaded it onto a galleon standing in the port, and secretly left Panama in an unknown direction. The sailors refuse to go back with you and continue to plunder the city, so you will return to the ship alone.
On the way to the Gulf of Darien, you will be attacked by the Spaniards again, but you don’t have to engage them in battle, you can run around them.
Board the ship and head to Port Royal, to Morgan's residence. Morgan's secretary says that Morgan himself is in London and will arrive only in a year. Return a year later to Morgan and demand your share of the spoils. However, Morgan says that the Coastal Brotherhood has come to an end, he himself is now a planter, and he bought his forgiveness and forgiveness for other surviving pirates from the English crown for the gold of Escorial. The end of the pirate storyline.

Walkthrough Corsairs City of Lost Ships

Main quest

To start the main quest of the game - the City of Lost Ships quest, you must first complete the so-called quest about killing beggars. It is taken in the main city of the country of which the hero is a citizen. (for example, for Jan Spain it is Willemstad).
Oliver Trust will stop you on the street and offer you, for a reward of 1,000,000 piastres, to kill all the beggars on the archipelago. You can either agree or refuse the offer; this will have little effect on the further outcome. Now you should look for beggars (a man in rags, usually sitting on the ground, can move around the city) in cities, and talk to them, find out why they are being hunted. You need to interview at least three beggars. One of them will send you to a tramp who lives on one of the islands of the archipelago. If he is not in the city, spend the night in a tavern, he will soon be found. The tramp suggests that the Governor-General of Curaçao, Peter Stavesant, himself is involved in this case. Head to Curacao, to the Willemstad colony.

Enter the residence and go into the room (the door opposite the entrance), go to the chest near the round table. The chest is locked, but you don't have the key. Leave the residence and go to the tavern. Ask the owner about the key keeper, the tavern keeper will tell you to contact the key maker, Hill Corner, who is sitting at a table near the counter. The key master will agree to make a copy of the key from the chest in the residence for a decent amount of money, agree to his offer, and wait 2 nights in the tavern. After that, go to the house to the key holder. Go into the house. An officer and 2 soldiers will come, kill them and go up to the second floor and take the key from the table. Now go to the residence to the chest. When the soldier turns away, open the chest and take all its contents, the letter (Stuvesant's correspondence with the Dutch West India Trading Company) and the treasure. Return to the beggar.

It turns out that Teaser Dan actually visited the Island of Justice. You, again, need to go back to Willemstad, to Stavesant and talk to him. Moor in the sweat of Willemstad, go to the tavern and ask the tavern owner about Teaser, where Den disappeared, the owner of the tavern does not know, also, he will advise you not to interfere in the affairs of the governor general and the Dutch West India Company. Now go to the residence and start a dialogue with Stavesont. But as soon as you mention Teaser’s name, the governor will become sharply wary. Say you’re writing a book, but you won’t be able to really learn anything. We need to find a representative of the Dutch West India Company in the archipelago.

Get to the nearest pirate colony. Having reached the nearest diplomat, ask him about the representative, but the diplomat refuses to name the location of the representative of the Dutch Trading Company. Give the agent the name Oliver Trust, and he says that the customer can be found in San Martin. Sail to this island.

We continue the passage of the game Corsairs City of Lost Ships. Having moored in one of the bays of San Martin, make your way to Marigot and go to Oliver’s house, which is located just opposite the local moneylender. After a short dialogue, kill Thrust, search the corpse and take the letter from the table. From the letter you will learn the location of that very mythical Island of Justice, which turns out to be by no means mythical. Return to the ship and sail to the beggar you know.

The tramp will give you the key of Diffindur, which will be useful later.
Before heading to the city of lost ships, leave your ship at the port office and change to tartan. Give the money to the moneylender for safekeeping. Place the officers on the boats and also leave them with the port master. Since you will lose everything upon entering the City.
Swim to the upper left corner of the map. You will go out to the open sea. After the command “swim”, a video will play, and then the hero finds himself in the City. The sea is raging, a wild storm. A local resident named George Stokes approaches you and says that he saw the death of your ship. You are the only one who survived. He will bring you up to speed a little. The city consists of many wrecked ships connected in an incomprehensible way. You are on the Velasco galleon, which is home to one of the established crime clans - the narwhals. On the barque "San Gabriel" there is a second clan - the Caspers. Neither one nor the other spares anyone who dares to disturb them. Stokes will also say that before the storm ends, you need to visit the head of this God-forsaken place - Admiral Chad Capper, at the San Augustine warship. As it turned out, this is the same missing privateer who went out for a prize three years ago and disappeared without a trace. And now he is an admiral and the head of the City.

Turn around and jump into the water. You need the flute "Fernando Diffindur", on which is the very chest that opens with Diffindur's key. The ship has a rift approximately in the middle. Having found the ship, swim around it and go into the gap. The chest is on the right. Put all your things there and calmly go to the admiral.

You will be officially declared a “citizen of the City.” The City has almost everything that is typical of an ordinary port: a tavern, a store, a church, a money lender. The moneylender is a special story. Everyone will tell you that he is a terrible, terrible person, a warlock. The debtor will be obliged to return to him an amount five times greater than this. It turns out that Brahms gave his soul to Miclantlecutli, the Aztec god of the dead. If the debt is not repaid, after some time, when moving to any location, you will be transported to the sacrificial temple, to Tenochtitlan. God will appear to you and demand your money back. If you don't have them, you won't get out of there. This will happen even after you get out of the City.

Now go to the Fleron caravel, to the tavern owner Hill Brunner and ask him about Teaser Dan (that same missing beggar). Everyone thinks he drowned. Hill asks you to remain silent about the fact that Teaser managed to get to the mainland, because the admiral must under no circumstances find out about this. The law of the City states that no one is allowed to build rafts or boats to sail away. Hill will ask you to visit him later, he must consider the information received.

After a while, return to Hill. He will make an appointment for you after twelve o'clock at night in his wine cellar (this is one of the cabins on the same ship, you need to go out onto the deck and go to the stern of the ship). After the conversation, you will need to visit the Fernando Diffindur flute, where Teaser often sailed. Hill needs proof that you are right.

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Now your task is to find Andre Labor, a carpenter, in the city. According to Brunner, it was he who helped Dan build the floating craft. Labor makes an appointment for you in the cabin of the corvette Protector. The carpenter betrays you. He brings a policeman with him. Kill them. Tell Hill what happened. He proposes to cover up the traces of the crime and frame one of the clans, namely the “narwhals”. To do this, you need to waylay one of the “narwhals” in the bow of their base (the Velasco galleon), take the clan amulet from him and take it to the admiral, and thus remove suspicions of murder from you. After completing this, you will be tasked with destroying all the "narwhals". Officers will be given to help. After killing everyone, go to the barrels opposite the entrance. Between them lies an ordinary key for chests. Report to the admiral about the successfully completed task. Now go back to Hill Brunner and tell him what happened. He will ask you to come see him later. Spend the night at the tavern for a few days, then go to Hill. He says that today at midnight in the tavern there will be a meeting between Capper and a certain person. You must eavesdrop on the conversation while hiding behind a column in the wine cellar (stand sideways and don't move or you will be discovered). The information turned out to be really very important. It turned out that Kapper and the leader of the “Kasperov” clan (and it was he) were in the same bundle. It turns out that you are not the admiral, but he has you wrapped around his finger. With your hands you destroyed the “narwhals”. In addition, they mentioned a certain Mechanic. Report everything to Brunner. He will express his thoughts on this matter and try to remember who already lived here before him. This is necessary in order to find out who this Mechanic is.

You won't learn anything more from Hill. After some time he is killed. Tavern waitress Armo Dulin will tell you that she found Brunner's corpse in the wine cellar, and noted that before his death he asked her questions about the man who lived here before him.

Go to the admiral. He will tell you not to get involved in this matter. Try to find the oldest residents of the City. One of them is Cecile Galard, who lives in the Eva galleon. When you go to her, you will see three “caspers” trying to kill the unfortunate woman. Kill them and receive information about the Mechanic as gratitude (if you fail to save the elderly lady, Aurélie Bertin will tell you everything). His name is Henrik Wedeker, and it was he who came up with the way to anchor the City's ships. It seems that the admiral isolated him on the barque San Gabriel, the base of the Casper clan. You need to get to him. You will have to destroy the entire clan alone.

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Talk to Henrik. It turns out that the City is supported by only three ship skeletons and can be destroyed by any storm. Luckily, he has a ship to get him out of here. But: firstly, he will sell it to you, and only for one and a half million, and secondly, the ship still needs to be freed from the wreckage. But this can only be done with the help of a gear that Henrik dropped into the water. Your task is to go underwater in a special suit (this can only be done from 10.00 to 19.00) and get the gear. The air supply in the suit is only six minutes, and terrible voracious creatures have appeared under the City.

The suit hangs on the wall inside the Phoenix platform. He puts on (and takes off) automatically, you just need to approach him.
Go underwater. The location of the gear is randomly generated. You will have to fight huge crabs. You can only fight with a saber. You won't be able to run either, and you only have six minutes.

Having found the gear, return back to the Mechanic. The corvette must be provided with all the necessary goods for sailing. These are cannonballs, buckshot, nipples, bombs, canvas, medicines, boards, provisions, gunpowder and weapons. Go to the tavern waitress Armo Dulin. So, shells for guns can be obtained from housewives. These are Lea Toors, Aurelie Bertin, Alice Taylor and Elisa Calvo. Eliza will need a lute, 10 bunches of grapes and 3 bottles of wine, Leah - 10 bags of salt. Provisions, boards and canvas can be purchased from the store owner. Padre Angel will give you the medicine. For gunpowder and weapons, you need to contact policeman John Workman. He will help with the condition: take him with you.

It remains to recruit a team of at least 15 people. After finishing the set, go to the Mechanic, the storm has already begun. But Capper arrested him. We need to help out the scientist.

Go to the residence. There is no mechanic here. He is in prison on Tartarus. Run there as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, it will not be possible to free Wedeker - he is in a cage, and there is no time to look for the key. The mechanic will send you to the second mast of the Fernando Diffindur flute, to the very place where Teaser Dan hid his chest.
Having reached the indicated place, use the “open” icon to go out into the open sea. The quest is completed.

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