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This is the fourth game in the Uncharted Waters / DaikÅkai Jidai series about sailing and trading, themed around the Age of Discovery, mixing simulation with role-playing elements. This entry deepens the elements of the European colonial expansion and colonial trade at that time such as signing contracts, exclusive trading ports, establishing trade routes, exploring and discovering treasure products etc. and they all reflect the special historical background of that era. Players choose from four different characters from four countries to begin their adventures, interacting with various characters giving the game a more RPG-like feel. Porto Estado simplifies the adventure and discovery aspect, with only a few major cities having monuments, and auto-navigation greatly increases the pace of the game. On the other hand ships, seamen and battles are more complicated and refined. To travel all over the world with confidence, players need to hire NPC sailors and put them into different post on the ship in order to make fully use of their abilities. A vessel physician can reduce disease consumption, a gunner can increase the hit ratio, and a captain can do hand-to-hand combat with captain of enemy fleet to avoid dangerous sea battles. In 2000, a Power-Up Kit (PK) was released. In addition to incorporating the changes from the PlayStation version, PK also adds three new protagonists. The new protagonist's scenario is set to go back in time compared to the standard version's scenario, and the method of obtaining items, the location of allies, and the powers in each sea area have been changed. Other changes include the following: You can now take on jobs at the guild; Every year in January, first-class items in the city where your faction has a market share are selected as branded items that can be used for presentations. The selling price of branded products is higher, and if you succeed in promoting your products using branded products, you can gain market share; If you choose a PK-only protagonist, you'll have to play a lot of puzzle- type mini-games; If you clear the game with data that was never reloaded during play (fair data), you can view the bonus graphics; You can also see the profile of each character. A HD Version was later released in 2021 for Koei's 30th Anniversary that included the Power-Up Kit and ported work for portable game consoles "Age of Discovery IV ROTA NOVA". Among the event scenes, those that were requested to be revised by the CG staff and those that were difficult to meet by modern standards were revised. |
