Scurvy, cramped living conditions, brine everywhere– life on the high seas during the Age of Sail was as exciting as it was romantic. There was other stuff, too, I suppose. Naval battles, capturing ships, accruing vast wealth… I guess that’s the stuff you want to read about, isn’t it? Fine then.
Created by Ultimate General: Gettysburg developer Game-Labs, Naval Action is a nautical sandbox, a Caribbean MMO where everyone cuts through the ocean on gorgeous ships, making their way in the world by trading, fighting for their chosen nation, or committing random acts of piracy. No parrots in sight, though, because this is serious business.
I’m almost half-an-hour out of Port Antonio, a settlement in the north of Jamaica. My little cutter – my very first ship – has just been repaired after a two-on-two battle against a privateer and another cutter. It is time, I decide, to leave the safe confines of British-run Jamaica; time to head into the ocean and seek my fortunes elsewhere.
