Sid Meier''s Pirates ( 2004 )

**Dutch_guy** · 03-20-2005, 16:21

, I know it's out but have any of you guy's played the game?
did you like it ( IGN rated it somewere near the 9.3 ) , is it worth buying ?

**BDC** · 03-20-2005, 18:20

It's great, but a bit shallow. Still, good for healthy, well-built and polished fun.

**Craterus** · 03-20-2005, 19:31

what's it about? i haven't heard/seen anything about this game but i'm surprisingly interested.. any info post here or pm me please

**Dutch_guy** · 03-20-2005, 19:37

This is the latest review from IGN ( november last year )

http://pc.ign.com/articles/567/567694p1.html

**Craterus** · 03-20-2005, 19:47

thanks for the link, doesn't look like my kind of game but if RTW had naval battles like this that would be really cool.

**Sasaki Kojiro** · 03-20-2005, 20:23

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=40299

**Tribesman** · 03-21-2005, 01:30

Pirates Ahoy
If you want to know about Pirates , visit the Pirates

I enjoy the game

**Dorkus** · 03-22-2005, 04:55

This is a surprisingly fun game. I agree with BDC, in that the game play is a bit shallow. But it's very engrossing for the 10 hours or so it takes to beat it.

**Penguin** · 03-28-2005, 09:49

just heard about the new version looks good but havent
played it yet. I liked the first one pirates but cant
realy play it with XP

**Theodoret** · 03-28-2005, 20:29

I've got it. Great game, very addictive. Nothing as satisfiying as building up to a Frigate and then blasting some pirate hunter out of the water in a single salvo. The swordfights are good fun, and this must be the only computer game I've played where ballroom dancing is an essential part of the game.

**Kraellin** · 03-28-2005, 22:53

it's a nice update to the original, but i tend to agree with the 'shallow' remarks. it gets old fairly quickly and the ballroom dancing, whereas in theory a nice new addition, is impossible on my current machine. i think my lagging vid card just cant send me the info quicly enough to make the right moves. so, i suppose that's my computer's fault and not the game itself.

i always liked the sea battles in the original. but, in this re-make they just seem too easy. no matter what i'm 'driving' at the time, i see to be able to beat anything i go up against. a sloop beating a man-o-war or a frigate? just seems a bit silly. and when it's the other way around, MY man-o-war or frigate always beats the opposing sloop. so, it's a bit disappointing in that regard.

i do love the smoother, faster loading and playing. on the old c-64 you'd tend to have to wait half the day for various things to load and run, but it was fun.

the sword fighting is also lacking in depth. i found a routine that makes every sort fight a victory. i basically use only one attack, never defend and always win....*yawn*.

the graphics are great and the game is fun.... for a while. the original game i played for months. this one lasted maybe a week before i put it aside. still, i'd buy it again, though.

K.