Hello, one question. I'm about to buy Patrizier 3 from the GOG store and looked at the reviews and was puzzled by one of them.
QuoteDisplay MoreI recommend you to get Patrician 2 instead of Patrician 3. The difference is pretty big, despite similar 3D graphics.
1. Better and realistically looking map in P2.
2. Ships are different: Crayer is faster and dangerous, Snaikka don't cost 1/5 of Crayer and have less potential to hold cargo as your wharfes get trained, Cog is slower but really useful due to the need to carry bushels of staples . Therefore each ship has it's own role. In P3 I became patrician with only 3 snaikkas.
3. Food is profitable. In P3 fish, meat, bread available everywhere. In fact about 2 years should pass for grain to raise in price. In P2 food is scarce, meat price is high in the early game. Famines are possible. Therefore fish and wheat farms are good productions if you have capacity to transport bushels of course.
4. Events are actually happening. Fires, famine, plague. Therefore building city services matters. In P3 I've seen only sieges. I think I never saw pirate attack on the city in P3. In P2 I've seen raids mentioned in the chronicle.
5. Regionmusic and seachart music plays.
6. Dirt roads are showing in the cities. In P3 dirt roads never appears, ven though they block building. When you pave roads it will just pave over the grass.
7. AI is better in P2. In P3 outsider cities never get visited. In P2 convoys comes even to Riga, Edinburgh and unload tons of cargo. Competition is huge in P2.
8. AI traders with heavy loaded ship may flip flags and attack other ships. Then you can see the same ships but under civilian flag again.
9. Different production capacity, different population balance. At the start of 1300 in P2: 24000 pop, P3: 55000 pop. You'll probably won't even find that much goods to fully load your ship in P2 at the start of the game.
10. In P2, there is only one shipyard in each city, sometimes it is just a repair dock without the ability to build. In P3, each city has 2 upgraded shipyards. I don’t understand if this is a bug or a feature, but it’s like that for everyone. The gameplay aspect of leveling up the shipyard in order to build cooler ships was lost and Holk was opened. At the moment, it is enough to repair it a couple of times for it to open. You can build ships anywhere.
Overall Patrician 2 is more interesting and harder game.
How reliable is this review? Is P2 really better than 3?
This requires a captain with a combat level of 3 or higher (and perhaps a good sailing level). As a result, fewer of our own sailors die.
