Sid Meier s Pirates! 
Features: - Experience the dangerous life of a pirate in this action-adventure game
- Play a Pirate Captain in the 17th century Caribbean, amassing fortune and fame
- Engage in fierce naval battles, battle, overtake, and command 27 ship types
- Explore the high seas and exotic ports in a richly detailed 3-D world
- Multiple quests through non-linear, open life timeline, enhanced sound effects
Product Description: - Sid Meier is an authoritative designer of some of the leading Role-Play games. What does it take to become one of the most feared, successful, and revered pirates of history? Here s an all new version of the classic Pirate role-play scenario that ll shiver your timbers as you yell ahoy! Confront enemies on board ships, in seedy taverns, on the ramparts and even at the Governor s mansion. Wield weapons - or anything within your reach - as you fence against foes. Engage in fierce naval battles fighting single enemies or multiple ships. ESRB = E Everyone
Customer Ratings: - Still a blast after years. Sids Pirates is probably the best application of Sim behavior that he managed to produce. Pirates follows your character, a nameless family member who s entire extended family is captured by a quitessential evil baron, and sent to the Americas. You follow as a member of a various faction (British, Spanish, French, Dutch) in order to resuce them, becoming a privateer in the meantime. As you work for various governments capturing ships and cargo, you garner lands and titles, discover hidden Incan cities, plunder buried prate treasure, and confront famous pirates past. You can also woe and dance your spare hours aware with the governers daughter.
Combat is this game is pathetically easy. Ram ship, dispatch enemy captain, hooray. However, if you re feelnig malicious, you can blast away sails, grapeshot the crew overboard, or sink her with roundshot, even after they run up the white. You also aren t belabored with crippled ships (Your ship, the flagship, sets the pace) This doesn t make it any less fun. Sacking cities is a bit trickier, and can require some significant strategy in order to prevail against greater numbers.
Travel is sometimes annoying. The windlass is a bit misleading, and different ships run into or in front of the wind in ways that sometimes don t make sense, but a through explanation of wind and ship types helps with this. Morale also plummets at odd times, unless theres a steady stream of treasure incoming, which there usually is. Side quests, while repetitive, don t lose their charm for being integral to the progression of the various settlements. Probably my only real infuriating complaint is Simese, which I ve hated since the release of the Sims. As they added enough voices that they re rarely repeated, I d have thought a halfway decent voice acting cast would ve been just as easy to run.
Overall, this game is fanstastic. Fun, engaging, relatively frustrating at times, and it actually manages to convey a sense of adventure. Only a few annoyances with the system and setup prevent it from being perfect. Its also safe for all ages, though younger kids probably won t get some of the theme. And despite its age, its graphics and sound still are good enough to get a thumbs up. Considering its now in bargain bins across the land, go pick it up. - Lot s of fun.... This is a fascinating game, it has a lot of hidden historical treasures behind it. I believe the designers based this game on the journal notes from The Illustrated Pirate Diares, A Remarkable Eyewitness Account of Captain Morgan and the Buccaneers, by Alexander Exquemelin. From the story of François L Olonnais, the Career of Captain Henry Morgan, Rock the Brazilian, to Morgan s capture of Maracaibo, Riohacha, Santa Catalina and the city of Panama.
You can choose from 4 colonial powers , Dutch, English, French and Spanish.
Enjoy it! - sid meiers pirates. This game is a blast to play and I have never been disappointed with any
games from Sid Meiers. I would definitely recommend this game. - Fun, borderline addictive, and even educational!. We gave this game to our teenage son for Christmas a couple of years ago. It s interesting to note that he (and I) still play the game on a regular basis.
Just in case you are not aware of this game, here s the premis:
You are a young man living in the 1600s (you choose whether you play starting in the 1620s, 1640s, 1660s, or 1680s), and members of your family have been kidnapped by the ruthless Spanish Count Montablan. He hauled them off to the new world and you pursue him in an effort to find and free them. Since you have no money you sign on as a crew member of a Dutch, French, English, or Spanish ship to make your way from Europe to the Americas. On the way over the crew mutinies and you are appointed captain. Game play begins just before you arrive at your first home port.
When you arrive in a port you can do one of several things:
1) You can visit the governor. He will give you a letter of marque, direct you to the nearest enemy port, and perhaps introduce you to his daughter. All governors have daughters in this game. Sometimes the daughter will invite you to dance. When you dance well enough she will then give you information, helpful items, and a kiss. When you defeat enemy ships, capture enemy towns, or defeat pirates you earn promotions, land, and prestige...not to mention gold!
2) You can visit the tavern. The tavern is where you recruit crew for your ship(s) and gain additional information.
3) You can visit the town merchant. This is where you can sell the stuff you take from other ships and where you can buy most things you need.
4) You can visit the shipyard. This is where you can repair your ship and buy improvements for it.
There are other things you can do in town, like check your status, divide the plunder you ve collected, etc.
When you leave port you sail in search of family members, enemy ships to capture, hidden treasure cities, buried treasure, etc. Enjoy running gun battles at sea, sword fights when you board an enemy ship, and rescuing family and lovely ladies. You can also direct your crew as you attack enemy towns in land battles. If you win you can capture towns and appoint a governor from the country of your choice. But don t worry too much about allegiances, you can switch from fighting from one country to another at will. Beware, however, because as you fight a country, capture its cities and towns they will post an increasingly large bounty on your head!
This is an open ended game. You may play as long as you like, and end it whenever you choose. The primary goal is up to you, but keep in mind that the longer you play the older and slower your hero becomes. Then when you decide to retire the ranks you have earned, the beauty of your wife, the amount of gold you ve collected, the number of family members you ve rescued, and the overall number of prestige points you ve accumulated determines what you become after you retire from pirating. The highest post-pirate career is governor and the lowest is a pick-pocket.
The game offers several levels of play, so there s a challenge for most anyone, and a level that most anyone can play.
Parents...this game is rated E. There is no blood in the swordfights, and no one appears to die...they mostly get pushed or jump overboard or get knocked out. Even during ship to ship battles ship crew size drops as crew members drop into the water after broadsides hit.
The game is quite fun, and has a surprising amount of staying power. Also, the game is educational. Players can learn about buying and selling, resource management, and the geography of the Caribbean.
All in all, I rate this a 5-star game...playable, fun, interesting and challenging - depending on the level you choose. Give it a try and throw in the occasional Yo, ho, ho! as you play, just for gusto. - Pirates! ROCKS. From playing this game back on the Sega Genesis to the computer version to even now this game rocks. There are too numerous adventures to play. Hours upon hours of cutlass swinging, mast breaking, treasure finding, relative rescuing fun. Can t beat.
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Sid Meier s Pirates! (ID: B000AOIES6)
