Vondoom said:
While in P2 there are tons more items to trade, the nav system of P2 is horrible.
Wha? Why, is basicly the same except you can't fly manualy between navpoints.
Add in the fact that if you run into pirates you practically have to fight them because it takes forever to get away from them pretty much destroys any fun.
There are plenty of mission where you barely ever run into pirates. There are even several short trade routes that will have none. But if constant fights are a problem and you're rich, you could just use the nuk'ems.
Add in the fact that you cannot transport cargo in any way and can only deal with transports is a serious negative.
I definetly don't think it's a negative. Sure, the option to transport stuff yourself should be there, but Priv could have used the ability to hire transpors too. Transports in P2 can transport much more cargo, while being relativly cheap to hire, and the heavier ones can even make good wingman.
Here P1 is the clear winner. AI and combat is actually fun while in P2 once you get on someone's six, they are dead.
What the hell. AI in both games is terribly bad.
Not a single bit of strategy is required to make it through any mission. P1 on the other hand lets you take it slow in the Troy sector before giving you much more challenging missions later on.
Neither do you need strategy in Priv. Both games are very similar in this way.
The exploration missions with the Kilrathi give you a challege that that never happens in P2.
No they didn't.
If the Kilrathi are friendly towards you those missions were not only easy, but boring since you had to fly through the same systems over and over.
Ship Choices: Pretty much even. Before you scream about how P2 has tons more ships than P1, let me say this. Most of P2's ships all feel the same. Other than what weapons I could carry there didn't seem to be much difference in the feel of the craft.
I'd have to disagree. Out of the 18 ships, most are good, and with prety different handling of the ship. Also, I like the fact that you don't need the most expensive ship in the game to finish the game. Meanwhile, trying to finish Priv in anything short of the Centuriong can be very frustraiting.
On the other hand, P1 has only 4 ships. But every single one flies and handles
I don't know, the Orion feels prety similar to the Tarsus. Thogh the Centurion and Galaxy are definetly different.
and even looks very very different.
Don't tell my that the P2 ships don't look different.
What ship you choose can seriously affect your style of play.
Just like in P2.
The core gameplay (Combat is the biggest focus for me in the games- besides building up my ship and getting rich) is handled much better in P1. P2 isn't a horrible game, but it will never be the instant classic that is Privateer
For me story is equally important to gameplay, and in the story department Priv is obviously the looser. Combat is similar, but IMO better than Priv. One of the things that makes it better are the more varied missions from the computer (even though the random mission generator sucks), or the presence of huge capships which Priv lacks.
[This message has been edited by Earthworm (edited October 14, 2000).]
