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Pirates of the Burning Sea Guide Comes with Free (Virtual) Parrot
Posted by Flynn De Marco at 12:45 PM on January 28, 2008
Prima, the purveyors of game guides everywhere has announced that their latest guide for Flying Lab Software's new MMO Pirates of the Burning Sea will come with some freebies. The guide, which can be purchased at stores ($US 19.99) or downloaded digitally ($US 14.99) will include an exclusive code for an in-game red parrot and the chance to win a limited edition 8"x10" high gloss ship print signed by the Flying Lab development team. Prima promises an in-depth guide that features details of every ship, a career guide, tables of all skills and recipes, and tips on taking advantage of the user-based economy and trading systems. The print version will also include a pull out map to help pave your way to massive pillaging and booty on the high seas. If you head over to the Prima Games website now, you can download a $US 10 off coupon for purchase of the guide at Best Buy.
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Saith17(xbl)
Posted 5:13 PM 26/1/08
Yeah and the guy on the far right looks like Norrington
Saith17(xbl)
VoldtaEngler
Posted 5:13 PM 26/1/08
@Moonshadow101: This isn't a new thing. WoW has a 400+ page huge guide, maps and everything as well.
VoldtaEngler
Covert_Knight
Posted 5:07 PM 26/1/08
They're just going to nerf all the suggestions they make anyway. It's basically them charging you $15 for a virtual parrot...which if I got the game I'd consider...because you NEED a parrot if you want to consider yourself a real pirate!!
Covert_Knight
Cruz
Posted 4:52 PM 26/1/08
Great game, sure to be soon obsolete guide.
Cruz
Stormrider (XBL: Lilarcor)
Posted 4:34 PM 26/1/08
This reminds me of the little bonuses that Gamestop throws in for preorders, like the exclusive sidequest and in-game weapon for Lost Odyssey they're giving out soon.
Stormrider (XBL: Lilarcor)
Moonshadow101
Posted 4:33 PM 26/1/08
A strategy guide for an MMO? Are they serious?
Moonshadow101
THORAX
Posted 4:20 PM 26/1/08
Remove the virtual and consider this guide bought.
THORAX
VipingViper
Posted 4:18 PM 26/1/08
When I first read this, I thought it was being bundled with Bonzi Buddy.
I was about to boycott the game.
VipingViper
rdj
Posted 4:18 PM 26/1/08
Well, if you're into real time naval combat.....*cricket*
rdj
cskozmo
Posted 4:14 PM 26/1/08
What the fuck is this? This reads like an advertisement! Since when is a guide news? Prices? Not one, but two links and a plug for best buy as well. This is journalism at its finest.
cskozmo
Bissrok
Posted 4:05 PM 26/1/08
Hmm... A parrot. Maybe that'll make the game less God-fucking-awful.
Bissrok
amusedtoe
Posted 4:05 PM 26/1/08
Ah yes, the strategy guide for the MMO also commonly known as the most worthless thing ever.
amusedtoe
Sabre_Justice
Posted 4:04 PM 26/1/08
@NeoAkira: Not so much the guy, but the girl, yeah. Not that it'd be a coincidence, what else is synonymous with pirates these days?
Lol, parrot. Eh, I'd rather a cat as my ship's mascot animal. I'll call him Trim.
Sabre_Justice
stoptheoncoming
Posted 4:04 PM 26/1/08
@NeoAkira: Yes.
stoptheoncoming
NeoAkira
Posted 4:03 PM 26/1/08
Am I the only one who thinks the Middle guy and Chick on the left look a little like Johnny Depp and Kira Knightley?
NeoAkira
2K Ghede
Posted 6:12 PM 26/1/08
Anybody know if they ever fixed the non-ship-combat-being-about-as-fun-as-powerpoint bug?
I got bored and thought it wasn't worth what I was spending during the open beta. It may have been free, but the time:fun ratio was skewed towards time.
Eh, maybe I should just give up on MMORPG's. The more I try them, the more I hate them. Soon I will be frothing at the mouth. "MMORPG? ARRRGH THE VERY CONCEPT FILLS ME WITH RAGE." shall be my standard response to all articles about an MMORPG.
2K Ghede
wild_world_girl
Posted 5:59 PM 26/1/08
@ CSKOZMO
Agreed.
wild_world_girl
Ottergame
Posted 5:46 PM 26/1/08
I got this guide. It's ok. I wish I had purchased the actual book for $10 as opposed to the digital $15, since they don't seem to be at all interested in updating the information the digital guide has.
But now I have 2 parrots! The red one from the prima guide and the blue one from the preorder.
Ottergame
DarknessMyOldFriend
Posted 7:43 PM 26/1/08
@NeoAkira:
The girl has breasts, she can't be Kiera Knightly. And the guy doesn't look anything like Johnny Depp.
No my friend, these do not look like characters from Pirates of the Caribbean, but rather like characters from Pirates.
That is a very important distinction.
DarknessMyOldFriend
Komrade_Kayce
Posted 10:25 PM 26/1/08
@Stormrider (XBL: Lilarcor):
I've got my lost oddessy preorder bonus right here. Now im just waiting till feb whatever to activate it. It says its an 'exclusive dream' and weapon/accessory.
Komrade_Kayce
Norsehawk
Posted 9:53 PM 26/1/08
can't find the 10 buck coupon for bestbuy, any chance of a direct link to it?
Norsehawk
Onizuka-GTO
Posted 9:18 PM 26/1/08
ARRRRRRRRRRR!
SCURVY DOGS!!!
...
sorry.
had to be said.
D:
Onizuka-GTO
Ariata
Posted 6:50 PM 27/1/08
The guy on the right looks like Kurt Angle. He's the only pirate to sail the seven sea with a "broken freakin' neck," after all.
Ariata
Eothein
Posted 3:33 AM 27/1/08
@Ariata:
[www.primagames.com]
You'd think with having two links Kotaku could at least get the relevant links in the story. Nice advert by the way guys.....
I had no idea there was a strategy to playing an MMO......I always thought you just stayed up till 3 in the morning every day grinding away in your underpants while people slowly leave your life and you slowly crawl towards the ultimately empty goal of hitting the level cap before then wondering was it really worth it…. *cough*
Eothein
Odin
Posted 7:14 AM 27/1/08
Yeah strategy guides for MMO's are largely worthless. They become stupidly out of date rather quickly (the same can be said for manuals, it's always fun to flick through the manual from my launch copy of WoW and laugh at some of the things in there) and most of the information in them is available for free online anyway. Wowhead pretty much serves all the referencing needs I could ever need for WoW and it's pretty much always up to date. Plus there's also WoWwiki for more specific things like boss strategies.
Odin
Mico Mico Nurse
Posted 8:18 AM 27/1/08
That seemed like a long advertisement. D=
Mico Mico Nurse
diablodevil2
Posted 9:11 AM 27/1/08
Is it just me, or does Prima always, ALWAYS screw at best, a few things, at most, a sht ton up in their guides? Not once have I bought one and not run into a WTF moment when the game and the guide didn't match up. Especially with Ninja Gaiden Black. It kept saying there were cat demons all over, when I didn't see a damn one all game until I replayed it on hard or whatnot.
diablodevil2
PurpleSfinx
Posted 6:21 AM 28/1/08
Is this an ad????
PurpleSfinx