Uncharted Waters Online

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  1. Cgarater
    Nov 24, 2010
    8
    I found that the game is very amazing, a slow beginning... I got a little problems in finding my whereabouts... such as how to sail properly and how to equip your vessel (Armor, sailors, provisions, cannons). Then I bought some clothing just to find that the student uniform was better than anything I could buy at the moment. Final thoughts... It could use some maneuverability and someI found that the game is very amazing, a slow beginning... I got a little problems in finding my whereabouts... such as how to sail properly and how to equip your vessel (Armor, sailors, provisions, cannons). Then I bought some clothing just to find that the student uniform was better than anything I could buy at the moment. Final thoughts... It could use some maneuverability and some speed up on the teaching process... At the end is a nice game also a F2P (Free to play) who has a lot of details and fair quests.… Expand
  2. I_Am_Turok
    Jul 22, 2013
    7
    Although f2p, I also bought the Premium pack plus the Voyager's Limited Edition pack from Steam, thinking to get started faster in the game. They don't, or if they do, poor f2p-ers. But after days of playing, I'm only getting close to being able to use the new boat in the Voyager's Limited Edition, and no where close to using the cheques (Ducats). I love the openness of the game, sailing,Although f2p, I also bought the Premium pack plus the Voyager's Limited Edition pack from Steam, thinking to get started faster in the game. They don't, or if they do, poor f2p-ers. But after days of playing, I'm only getting close to being able to use the new boat in the Voyager's Limited Edition, and no where close to using the cheques (Ducats). I love the openness of the game, sailing, nice music (will even not complain too much of the basic graphics). But being able to only do one quest at a time is painful (one school quest took me 90 minutes to complete, and just within the local region, not going from Europe to Asia or anything, with meagre returns too). Reading up on crafting and trading is advised, again levelling is slow. School (tutorials I guess) quests are worth doing, but the slight story quests in the game seem like an afterthought and brings nothing to it. Also, unless you pay, you cannot use global chat a serious deterrent to finding help for anything unless you join a company (which in itself is hit and miss). School chat is free, so there's always the option of not finishing the school quests, a bit silly. In the end, it gets the 7/10 because it'sĀ a nice, sit back and relax style of play, at your own pace, but I REALLY wish in early game you could take 3 quests at a time, not just one. I will continue to play one quest at 1-2 hours each week, the sailing is great fun, some towns have fun music. I reckon in about 3 years time my XP/fame should be enough to use the cheques I bought in the packs!… Expand
  3. amckenzie4
    Jul 10, 2013
    9
    This is, as many people have noted, a slow game to get started in. The focus in UWO is on trade, rather than combat, and some people don't like that. Personally, I like it a lot. The crafting system is fairly well developed, and the trade, adventure, and combat skills can be made to dovetail very nicely. For instance: As an adventurer, you can go out and find raw materials. As aThis is, as many people have noted, a slow game to get started in. The focus in UWO is on trade, rather than combat, and some people don't like that. Personally, I like it a lot. The crafting system is fairly well developed, and the trade, adventure, and combat skills can be made to dovetail very nicely. For instance: As an adventurer, you can go out and find raw materials. As a trader, you can use cooking and handicrafts skills to turn them into useful items, which you can use in combat. Since you can learn all of those skills in the same character, you can see how good planning can make life easier.

    That said, no one can have all the skills: the maximum you can have at the moment is something like 60, and there are a lot more skills than that. That's where Companies and other players come in. In some companies, people specialize: one person learns cooking and sewing (which work well together), one learns casting and handicrafts, one learns ship building, and so on. That way each player always has someone they can go to to get a specific item they need.

    In response to some complaints:

    A lot of new players are turned off by the length of the school, which is the tutorial in this game.

    Here's the thing, though: The school is not a requirement. It is the fastest way to learn the game, the fastest way to earn experience at low levels, and the fastest way to get good ships in the beginning of the game. This is a tremendously complex game, and it's not really practical to try to learn everything yourself. But if you really insist on not going through the school, you don't have to: you can try to learn the system on your own, or have your friends try to teach you. It's probably possible, but it wouldn't be easy.

    Overall, I love this game. It has some quirks, and there are some things that were poorly thought out (one of those is the economy, which is currently suffering from some truly spectacular inflation), but overall it's a fun game, with a community that's mostly very good.    … Expand
  4. Xelluse
    Oct 19, 2013
    10
    Šžne of the the best MMORPG, very rich on adventures and interesting game, absolutely free world, your choice evolve of your character and game way to play.
    Can say never play so flexible game before.
    Can't agree when ppl say game not oriented on battle... There are many thing trying to destroy you, Pirates, NPCs, People, what making this game quite hard and cerifull to play, one mistake    Šžne of the the best MMORPG, very rich on adventures and interesting game, absolutely free world, your choice evolve of your character and game way to play.
    Can say never play so flexible game before.
    Can't agree when ppl say game not oriented on battle...
    There are many thing trying to destroy you, Pirates, NPCs, People, what making this game quite hard and cerifull to play, one mistake can easily terminates you, good cooperativecrafttrade option, becoming adventurer gives you lot of land battles, dungeon explorations and quite interesting journeys, if become solder or pirate you are more navi warrior with good strategic battle system, no matter you're pirate or bounty hunter. Game is absolutely free in your choices, do you make rules here and not quests like "go kill 10 X, then go kill 20 X,then go kill 30 X", or like "you're the postman so go take this letter to man who is standing near me" atc...But be ready for long and hard game, here you will not get fast lvls, so you must have much patience and create a strategy before you did something in game and many kids don't like it, so there you see much balanced, stable, with who you will have fun.
    I mean here your choice and you strategy makes your gameplay and not the quests, mobs, NPC, aggressive people or story, here you're writing your story.    … Expand
  5. bittersailor
    Apr 6, 2018
    0
    Uncharted waters is one of the best sailing games produced by koei, however the game commuity itself wasnt as nice as you expected, with scammers , racists etc. ofc there is still minor nice people u can mix friends with. However due to the wipeout by Papaya server, most player is gone. and only few is back. The game is no longer fun for what it is. Because the lack of population in game.Uncharted waters is one of the best sailing games produced by koei, however the game commuity itself wasnt as nice as you expected, with scammers , racists etc. ofc there is still minor nice people u can mix friends with. However due to the wipeout by Papaya server, most player is gone. and only few is back. The game is no longer fun for what it is. Because the lack of population in game. Plus it a real grindy game, if you have the whole life time playing the game and dont mind getting wipe this game is suitable for u. If not better find another game for more interesting pleasure.… Expand
  6. kazerniel
    Aug 11, 2014
    5
    I used to love this game before I realised how morally wrong it feels to reenact the centuries of colonisation, genocide and oppression for fun. I haven't played it since.
  7. Sailorjoe
    Aug 15, 2013
    0
    Let me start off by saying that at one time I would have highly recommended this game. I started the game when it was still in beta and played until just a few months ago. I really enjoyed all aspects of the game up until they moved the server from Korea to California. After the move the game turned to crap! What I had hoped would happen once the game was in America was that the game wouldLet me start off by saying that at one time I would have highly recommended this game. I started the game when it was still in beta and played until just a few months ago. I really enjoyed all aspects of the game up until they moved the server from Korea to California. After the move the game turned to crap! What I had hoped would happen once the game was in America was that the game would be polished and fixed as there were several translation errors and other minor bugs that were not being addressed in Korea. I remember bragging to company members now that the server was in American hands we would all be a lot better off. Boy was I WRONG! Someone in authority seemed as if they went out of their way to ruin what was once a delightful quaint sailing game and reprogramed it into a very poor dash and slash imitation of WOW. The whole concept of the game changed with just one upgrade. When the vast majority of the long time players complained they were met with total disregard. The forums were filled with complaints and petitions all falling on deft ears. People started leaving by the hundreds. The Developers did NOTHING! Companies lost members to the point many went belly up. The whole game changed even more as they introduced more dungeons and lots of over powered gear that could only be bought in their in game store for real money. Most of the players that had started from the begining were outraged. The forums once again were filled with players suggesting that the Dev's go back to the original game concept. Again the player base was ignored. To sum this up... most all of the older player base has quit. The new people that start playing are very quickly turned off by the fact that to really compete they find out it takes lot's of real money to buy the ships and gear that the new game seems to require. The to make matters even worst you have what they call the GM POLICE that lurk around monitoring chat and generally interfering with game play. Banning, suspending accounts, muting players, locking forum posts, making a mess of an already very badly managed game. They all seem to have very small brains with very large egos! Do yourself a big favor and DO NOT get involved with pliĆ© of game crap. You will only end up frustrated at the end.… Expand
  8. GuillermoSantos
    Apr 5, 2018
    10
    Ahoy mates! Come join the new UWO on PapayaPlay - it's better than ever and all cash shop items are fully tradeable in game - you can get cash shop items without paying by buying from other players with in game currency. The new UWO is growing constantly, and there are lots of people playing, including a lot of old timers, but also many newcomers - come join us!

    PS - The GM Coolwind    Ahoy mates! Come join the new UWO on PapayaPlay - it's better than ever and all cash shop items are fully tradeable in game - you can get cash shop items without paying by buying from other players with in game currency. The new UWO is growing constantly, and there are lots of people playing, including a lot of old timers, but also many newcomers - come join us!

    PS - The GM Coolwind problems were resolved long ago even before the server moved. The new server is awesome and GM support is fair and timely.    … Expand
  9. Jantzen
    Mar 15, 2016
    10
    So where should I start of. Mind blowing game constantly have something to do though some are easy others are not. I could write a thousand possible positive perks. The best way to explain how Awesome the game is is just to tell you if your a player that has not ever choose a long term game and are looking for something that is free, most likely you should download it and give it a try. ISo where should I start of. Mind blowing game constantly have something to do though some are easy others are not. I could write a thousand possible positive perks. The best way to explain how Awesome the game is is just to tell you if your a player that has not ever choose a long term game and are looking for something that is free, most likely you should download it and give it a try. I have been Sailing On Gama server 5 years. IGN Jantzen . I have never regretted the day I left port. Yup yup. stated the game as a Simple fisher now I consider myself a fisher with Wanted Traits. Constantly Fighting that Urge to Pirate and take other players Cargo.… Expand
  10. Bobby456
    Oct 7, 2016
    0
    Play this game at your own risk. The management is corrupt and hired a player to be a GM. He is still banning people that his player character is enemies with. The player SaulCaine is GMCoolwind and he will ban you if you sink his character or make fun of him in anyway. He has ruined the game and people are leaving it before they get banned. It's to bad since it was a good game before OGPPlay this game at your own risk. The management is corrupt and hired a player to be a GM. He is still banning people that his player character is enemies with. The player SaulCaine is GMCoolwind and he will ban you if you sink his character or make fun of him in anyway. He has ruined the game and people are leaving it before they get banned. It's to bad since it was a good game before OGP ruined it.… Expand
  11. Ginny1
    Dec 20, 2018
    9
    Love Uncharted Waters, Yes it is a bit grindy, but I like what Papaya Play is doing to improve the game. Adventure, Trade, Battle, UWO has it all. Also a great group of players willing to help the new player.
    Join a company and give UWO a try.
  12. wesmui
    May 7, 2021
    8
    Rich in content, can see their effort on research. This is a slower-paced game. The Japanese version is one of the best MMORPG because monthly subscription is good at maintaining the gaming experience, the free-to-play international version just break the balance and the enjoyment of this game.
  13. unity100
    Aug 29, 2022
    0
    A spectacular game that simulates Age of Exploration sailing, exploration, trade, manufacturing and politics, along with a lot of enjoyable content, screwed by companies that turned it into a pay-to-win game. Who eventually broke even the original, expansive world and its economy that the developer spent so much effort to build. The actual game itself, its trade, and its economy are nowA spectacular game that simulates Age of Exploration sailing, exploration, trade, manufacturing and politics, along with a lot of enjoyable content, screwed by companies that turned it into a pay-to-win game. Who eventually broke even the original, expansive world and its economy that the developer spent so much effort to build. The actual game itself, its trade, and its economy are now worthless. What is called nanban trading is the only worthwhile economic activity to engage in, and that is only after you grind by putting a gigantic amount of time into this game. All those game mechanics and complex setup that simulates the Age of Exploration discovery, trade and manufacturing are shadowed by the player-run in-game economy that has an inflation that skyrockets into high heavens. The player-run economy itself is basically a bunch of resellers buying and selling things and inflating prices, compounded by pvp players inflating the market even more. So much that the game itself and the player economy look like two different games. Even when you stomach that and hit the endgame after a VERY long grind, you still won't be able to make a reasonable amount of money by doing the nanban trading thing in order to sustain your gameplay. Each of these runs take 1 hour and may bring you 600 million ducats. Which will immediately pale in comparison to the collection of in-game items that you actually need to do Nanban itself, which, sell for 100 million ducats to 1.5 billion ducats each because they are premium items. So, if you want to play the endgame, you either spill real-world dollars after so much grinding, or grind even more and lose gigantic amounts of time. And when you do that, some obsessive-compulsive pvp players or pvp players who grinded or bought high-level premium battle ships will jump you and your trade ships in the game, sinking you and plundering your cargo, money, and items, and screwing up your endgame. Because the endgame does NOT have consensual pvp. If you don't want your hours of effort for each of these nanban runs that take one hour to complete to get screwed by some random pvper, you can - surprise - AGAIN pay the game's publisher to buy the in-game no-pvp item. That lasts only one day. So when you need to do nanban next time, pay up again! Or someone will jump you and screw up hours of your effort. Which is very fun. Not for you, obviously. And if you stomach even that and keep on, you will have to do FIVE HUNDRED or so of these nanban runs, each of which take ~1 hour, in order to be able to buy one single, middling in game premium ship, which sell for 300 BILLION DUCATS. You read that right. 300 billion ducats. These are middling cash-shop ships that may be 1-2 years old, by the way. Ships that can do reasonably well in the endgame. You need one of these because the premium ships that the publisher company has been pushing out over the years in order to profit off of the game, have made ALL the other ships in the game obsolete. This includes player-built ships. So you eventually have to get these premium ships to play the endgame in addition to the premium consumables that you regularly need. Note that the game's own currency is no longer used for these item trades between players anymore. Because the in-game toons cant carry more than 200 million ducats in the game and the inflation has gone way beyond what the game software can handle. So the players use the premium item, Captain's Ticket, as the actual currency inside the game. These are lottery tickets that give you various items or a very low probability ship. It's considered to be equal to 1.5 BILLION in-game ducats currently, and you have to get these in order to be able to trade the endgame in-game items. Because nobody can carry and store billions of ducats otherwise. So that's another premium item that you need to be merely able to participate in the endgame. A gaccha, basically. It's amazing how this publisher is able to get away with basically running an online casino that minors can participate in. Possibly because its in a no-regulation jurisdiction. Overall, the game is not worth the effort that it requires at this point. The original game's content that was released back in mid 2000s and what's left of it in the game could take you some way and entertain you to some degree. Even if that part is also a long grind. But at the moment you try to progress further than the first 20-25% of the game, you will hit the long grind, the need for the premium items, gankers who cripple your gameplay, resellers, and pvpers who literally made the actual game itself irrelevant and who seems to have pushed out the former, very helpful and friendly community. Find another Age of Exploration, another sailing game to scratch your sailing itch.… Expand

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  1. GameFocus
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    Certainly there are some similar games out there, but of them all I'd have to say UWO is a diamond among the rest of the common jewels.
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