

Service began past midnight before developers decided to pull the plug to try to fix sluggish download speeds. Developers tried four times to fix it, shutting down the game four times in a span of six hours and even shutting down the GAMECITY servers briefly during maintenance. The browser game began on March 18, but many users experienced problems downloading it. He coins this model "free-to-win", as choosing to use paid content or not will never take away from whatever pace the player wishes for their playthrough. Paid content is never needed to play any segment of the vanilla game. While he admits that there is paid content available, Takeda stresses that it is only for players who wish to see certain aspects sooner. He clarifies that this is a return to the classic experience seen in other numbered titles and will not share too many similarities with Online. Daikoukai Jidai V was made into a browser game to cater to these fans' needs and to provide easy accessibility to other players interested in Uncharted Waters.

According to his commentary, development for this game started when a large portion of Online's player base wanted an open-ended single player setup to play online. The game has reached two million users globally September 8, 2015. This title's theme is to allow players to create "an ever-changing world".
#RUNNING UNCHARTED WATERS ONLINE IN A VIRTUALMACHINE SERIES#
It is a free-to-play browser game which comes after a fifteen year hiatus to the series – excluding the active nine year run of its online adaptations and expansions. Daikoukai Jidai V (大航海時代Ⅴ) is the fifth numbered installment of the Uncharted Waters series.
