Also some settlements are ruled at certain times by independent rulers, e.g. The game world is covered with settlements according to the time period the player picks at the start (and evolves accordingly as the game progresses) and each settlement is ruled by one of the five new world powers, Spain, England, France, The Netherlands and Denmark. About: The game is set in the 17th century in the Caribbean and unlike most pirate games, it is mostly historically accurate.Title: Cutthroats: Terror on the High Seas.The magazine concluded that the game was inferior to Berlyn's Infidel. As the equipment available does not appear in list form or in any other reference within the game, the player requires the price list packaged with the game for a successful dive.Īntic criticized Cutthroats ' use of timed puzzles that "made us feel as though were being overly manipulated", and called others "obscure, illogical and nearly clueless. A "supplemental price list" from Outfitters International featuring a tide table.A dive map indicating the locations and depths of the above four ships.Four Shipwrecks off Hardscrabble Island, a fictional book "published" by the Hardscrabble Harbor Historical Society with information on the wrecks of São Vera, H.M.S.True Tales of Adventure, a fictional magazine catering to self-styled adventurers.Release Įach package of Cutthroats contained the following physical items:
The other two locations contain no treasure and are red herrings. Once the dive begins the player must locate and retrieve the treasure from that wreck to complete the game.Įach time the game is played, either the São Vera or the Leviathan is randomly chosen as the wreck to be explored. Successfully making positive contact with the right characters is the only way the player can advance to the actual shipwrecks. Failure to tell the difference between the two can result in an "untimely accident". Some of them can be trusted and some can not. Naturally, the old sailor is murdered as he practically steps from the doorway someone obviously wants this map quite badly.Īs the player attempts to mount a perilous dive for sunken treasure, several characters offer their help. Flashing between excitement and paranoia, Hevlin abruptly leaves, asking the player to safekeep the map. One night, an old shipmate named Hevlin barges in with a map indicating the locations of two previously undiscovered shipwrecks. The player's character is a skilled diver scraping to make ends meet. Most of the area's remaining population is an assortment of hard-luck types and people of questionable ethics. For centuries, Hardscrabble was a thriving seaport, but the local fishing industry died out in the 1920s. The game takes place in and around the fictional Hardscrabble Island.
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