New Horizons is definitely worth checking out. It is based on POTC but it's just as standalone like the rest of the games (you need the Maelstrom engine but that's it). To install it you need to buy the Maelstrom engine and link the Maelstrom engine to the game. There is a great tutorial on Youtube on how to do it, just search for "Maelstrom Engine installation guide".
Quite a few islands have been added compared to the original POTC and the map is much larger but in terms of nations there are still the four standard ones + Pirates and Sweden (if you activate it in the settings). But only the four standard ones and Pirates have settlements.
Hope this info helps.
So here's the latest update?
https://chezjfrey.itch.io/gentlemen-of-fortune-maelstrom-engine/devlog/734002/ma...
If I bought it once (when I wanted to install AoP2 GOF 2.0), shall I buy it once again?
yeah, thata's the latest update but you can just download it from here: https://chezjfrey.itch.io/gentlemen-of-fortune-maelstrom-engine
It will automatically download the latest version and as long as you are logged in you won't see the buy button but rather the download button on the top of the screen. There is no need to buy it again as all updates are included.
you have to click on the individual things like the ship or character picture to bring up more options. There are a ton of different things to choose from. What you did is basically clicking through the individual storylines there are (which are quite a few + individual prologues for some characters in freeplay). You can check out the wiki for quest walkthroughs and other stuff here: https://www.piratesahoy.net/wiki/new-horizons/
