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Video Games : Sid Meier's Pirates! (PC DVD)
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Sid Meier's Pirates! (PC DVD) from: Mastertronic Ltd List Price: £9.99 Childrens Toy Shop Price: £8.50 You Save: £1.49 (15%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Video Game Brand: Mastertronic Ltd EAN: 5050740021624 ESRB Age Rating: Everyone Label: Mastertronic Ltd Manufacturer: Mastertronic Ltd Platform: Windows XP Publisher: Mastertronic Ltd Release Date: June 28, 2007 Studio: Mastertronic Ltd Sales Rank: 572 MPN: PIRATES Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Manufacturer's Description: In Pirates you take the leading role of a Pirate Captain in the 17th century Caribbean amassing fortune and fame in an attempt to seize your rightful place as one of the most revered and feared pirates in history. Test your skills as a sea captain exploring the high seas and exotic ports in a richly detailed 3D world. Overtake the enemy and seize valuable booty. Exchange plank-shattering broadsides in fierce naval battles, and engage in duels with worthy opposing captains. As your reputation and skills grow, so will the size and quality of your crew, and your ability to take on larger enemy ships, raid and plunder heavily fortified ports, and locate ancient treasure. There's a whole cast of interesting and dangerous characters to meet, mysteries to solve, exotic island destinations to discover, and powerful alliances to forge. The new Pirates carries on with the great gameplay and design simplicity tradition of the award-winning original while adding more challenging and exciting battle options, and deeper and more varied role-playing experience, including multiple paths to a wealthy, happy retirement. Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Oh...pirates...In the interests of Science I decided to see how long it would take me, on the highest difficulty setting to go from the starting ship, to one of the most powerful base ship - the type used by the famous pirates. 8:49 minutes. Well, that was easy, now just to upgrade it a bit and away I go. But I can't, because the nearest shipward which sells the upgrade I want is to the North-East, and the perpetual westerly winds make sailing in that direction a time consuming and mind numbing chore. Well at least I can pick up some more crew members at a more convenient dock...oh wait, no I can't, because at this difficulty level my crew get so frustrated if they spend more than a day without landing or taking another ship that half of them run away as ... Read More: Rating:  - Enjoyable open-ended adventure from a gaming legendSid Meier is a man who understands what makes a good game. A look at his list of credits will reveal many games that have now been labelled as classics - Civilization, Colonization, Gettysburg, Alpha Centauri, Railroad Tycoon and, of course, Pirates! The joy of Pirates is that it is a really simple gaming concept executed well. There gameplay is unpretentious, the graphics are attractive and the storyline is there for those who want it and can be ignored by those who do not. There are multiple measures for you to assess your success - whether it is the number of family members found, the amount of wealth accumulated or simply enemy pirates or ships defeated or scuttled. The mechanics of the gameplay are well-designed; ... Read More: Rating:  - "Okay, except for the iceberg..."A passenger report of their voyage on the Titanic... Very like the 16 bit/ 8 bit originals with improved graphics. It's relatively easy to pick up the few necessary skills and get into playing the game. Both the swordplay and the ship to ship combat easy to master with the bigger ships dealing out more damage and being able to take more punishment. There is a minor problem with repetitiveness but certainly romancing offers a chance for onwards progress with the dancing being easier at beginning levels or with the special items that can be purchased during the game. The later battles with the Spanish forts are good fun with far better tactical options than in the original. ... Read More: Rating: - Good Game Ahoy Me Hearties!Having played, and loved, Microprose's Pirates for the Commodore 64 many moons ago I got this Sid Meier version for the PSP as its basically the same. It's a good game on the PSP, it's an even better one on the good old C64 due to the fact that the game came with maps of the caribbean and a manuel that filled you in on the historical background of the period of the game. Hopefully the PC version should include this, if it does get this game. It'll have you cruising around the high seas all day long guranteed! Rating: - Shiver me timbers....!If you're like me and thought...'you know what, I wouldn't mind having my own Pirate ship fleet and make other pirates and nations fear my every move, plus I like pirates ever since I saw Jack Sparrow on the big screen' then you may be inclined to buy this game....and I wouldn't blame you - that is what I did. However, after playing a few hours I thought that maybe my money would have been better spent elsewhere. The game is okay, but I put the game away long before I got to complete it simply because I lost the motivation. It just simply didn't have the appeal to waste a number of more hours on it. There are a number of reasons why this game isn't that great. Firstly, the ship battles...the one thing I would have liked to be good, ... Read More: |
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