/vr/ - Retro Games

>>7423084
Uncharted Waters I and II are sailing RPG/Simulation games set in the Age of Discovery.

In the original you are a portuguese merchant on a quest to restore his noble status by sailing around Europe and eventually the world trading, exploring, going on missions to raise your fame until you are sent on quests by the King of Portugal who will reward you with noble ranks.
The game is open world and nonlinear, you're able to explore the world for new ports and goods to trade, meet and recruit new mates, invest in ports to win them over for Portugal and access better stuff, fight pirates or decide to be a pirate yourself and terrorize other sailors you meet on the seas. Besides pirates there are sailors from two other countries as well, Spain and Turkey(Ottoman Empire), they will trade an invest in ports too and if your actions piss off their respective countries too much they will send warships after you.

It has some flaws like the 60000 carried gold limit which gets frustrating and some design oddities like having to be outside a port, sailing, to be able to change characters in each ship but it's a good, comfy game with a lot of charm if you can get over it's dated presentation.

Uncharted Waters II: New Horizons improves MASSIVELY upon everything the original did. It looks and sounds much better, fixes the flaws of the original and brings in a lot of new stuff for a much more complete experience with a ton of replay value.
You choose from six characters each from a different nation, one of which is the son of the original main character, each one of them has it's own story, objectives and qualities. There are many new ships, goods to trade, weapons, itens, ports around the world, treasures, secrets and a lot of stuff to do.

If you find the original difficult to get into, play New Horizons, it is an incredible game and nails what a sequel should be, it's a fun, comfy aventure with neverending possibilities.
I'd say SNES version for both games is the best.

Are you the dude that asked for boat games here a few weeks ago? If so, It's good to see that you liked my recommendation, it's indeed an amazing game. I've beaten Otto and Ali's story modes, Otto definitely has the most difficult campaign.

Play the original, it's inferior but since you already played New Horizons, you'll not have much trouble figuring out how the mechanics work, which seems to a major problem for people that begin with the original, also it's still interesting to see the roots of the series, it has a lot of charm and like II you can play at your own pace and go on about the jorney however you want.

I like NES version the most for that 8-bit charm and because it doesn't have those NPCs hanging around the port that can block your way, Genesis version is a close second, it still has those NPCs but the town map is slightly bigger and sailing is faster which goes a long way if you just want to beat the story, SNES has polished graphics and better sound than the previous two, as expected, but it's not as fast as Genesis version while also having the NPCs hanging in the port and a smaller town map. If those things don't bother you and you want to play the version that looks and sounds better, go for SNES.
Never played PC versions of Uncharted Waters I and II since the only differences are looks and interface and I like the charm of the simple graphics in the console versions and their user interfaces are also good enough as well.

This is town map in SNES version.