

All the mysterious strangers are the same. Maybe there wasn't enough memory left? But I find that hard to believe as everything else about the game is a duplicate. It would have been much better if they had spoken real English or English with a Spanish or French accent for instance.

All of the characters talk unintelligible gibberish. You challenge an English captain to a duel and he says "Chewbow!" each time. I would add a few more flaws that detracted from gameplay: the worst being that no-one spoke a real language.

I would add a few more flaws that detracted from gameplay: the A lot of fun, but a missed opportunity. … ExpandĪ lot of fun, but a missed opportunity. I really hope one day somone makes a sequel and really blows this game out the way it could, and should be done. you have to capture the same guy 16 times to get a piece of a map, or you're a pirate who collects gold, but gold isn't really used for anything, unless you want buy and sell goods, so basically the game is to stock pile wealth- what fun is that?) I guess I was expecting more strategy like Civilization than a smaller, dated sandbox world. There are also so many reality bending, common sense issues with this game that could have been tweaked (e.g. Granted this is an update on an old classic, but what worked when this game first came out seems like a vintage throwback compared to games of today. The only interesting mini game is the Might and Magic/Risk, storm the castle, strategy game. You do the exact same thing in the beginning of the game that you do until the very end- Attack a ship, have a sword fight, sail to a town, sell what you don't need, and play Simon Says on the dance floor, get a tip to travel to another town. What initially feels like depth, after a few hours playing the game, quickly dissolves into redundancy. Don't get me wrong, this an entertaining game, but considering this is 2005 and Pirates was created by Sid Meier, I'm a bit Don't get me wrong, this an entertaining game, but considering this is 2005 and Pirates was created by Sid Meier, I'm a bit disappointed.
