The Spanish Privateer
Story
Set in early 17th century, just before the Pirate Golden Age, The Spanish Privateer places you in the shoes of Isabel Carlota de Castilla (but you can just call her Carlota). Carlota is an 18-year-old runaway escaping a marriage forced upon her by her parents. Not able to afford passage on a ship, Carlota offers to work for her voyage aboard Captain Rico’s ship, La Aguja. Captain Rico is a privateer, a pirate with a letter of marque allowing him to attack and capture the enemies of Spain. Carlota soon falls in love with the sea, and challenges herself to become a valuable member of the ship.
Amidst sword fights, balls, and drunken nights at the tavern, Carlota learns more about her fellow crew members and the world outside Spain. Visits to the archipelago of Azores, cities in the Caribbean and Veracruz, New Spain, teach Carlota about the effects of colonization and make her question her contribution and power aboard the Spanish ship.
No matter which route you travel down, Carlota must overcome her male crew members' prejudices, earning their respect with her hard work, determination, and intelligence.
Love Interests
Lark
Half Scottish, half Spanish, and entirely charming. Lark is a hired bard whose job is to entertain the men—and he takes liberty to entertain the women, as well. His specialty is playing the lute.
Flint
Flint is the ship’s quartermaster and protector. Fiercely loyal to the captain, Flint is equally distrustful of women. His specialty is gunnery.
Rico
Hailing from Puerto Rico, Captain Rico is no stranger to the sea. His kind and forgiving persona hides the past which granted him his scar. His specialty is swordfighting.
Features
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227K+ words
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100+ menu choices
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Three Good Endings
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Seven Bad Endings
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Six ‘Alternate’ Endings
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Love, Friendship, and Personality Meters
Trailer Music by Alexander Nakarada @ SerpentSound Studios
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
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East India Company
Lots of seafaring fun with all of it’s parts. Like a lot of games it can be exasperating at times especially when your maxed out fleet loses to a wimpy faction. Not a whole lot of differences no matter what level you play at except on Easy you don’t have to worry that a port won’t buy your cargo or that your homeport won’t like any of their cargo.
There are 2 methods of combat. You can control all your ships in a high resolution graphic war or use Autoresolve that determines the winner. At first I used the graphic option but found that controling 5 warships was a problem, especially since more often than not your surrounded by islands that will rip ships apart and the ships are not capable of sharp turns. The enemy of course is on the seaward side of the islands. Additionally your ships will not fire near as often as the enemy. If you put all the ships on auto except the flagship they will run right into an island and sink.
– Real player with 64.1 hrs in game
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Let me state that I enjoy the game, but find many problems with it.
-For example, I’ve found that war with other companies isn’t worth it because the ships are far too expensive to just pump out a bunch of expendible warships.
-You really don’t buy anything but the big ticket items and sell them at your home port. Less of a commerce simulator, more of an importation simulator.
-The voices are okay, somewhat amusing at times.
-As stated in the first point, combat is rare as pirates don’t actually attack that much. This is a bummer as the naval combat is basically only rivaled by Napoleon: Total War in quality, so it’s a huge waste.
– Real player with 31.4 hrs in game
Port Royale 2
i started the game with high expectation, because many veteran reviewers commented favorlably.
I’m a senior old gamer, so retro graphic is ok, merchant part is repetive? it’s no problem.Rather, it’s fun.
Buy low and sell high and build facilities to produce goods…….all fun.
But one thing i can’t put up with……WHY MUST I FIGHT ENEMY FLEET WITH ONLY ONE SHIP?
i can build a fleet up to ten ships.
But when battle begins, only JUST ONE of my ships fights while enemy fleet attacks with 5 ships.
– Real player with 348.1 hrs in game
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There is no better economic simulator that exists that I know of. There are many good City Sims and Tycoon style games that wish they had the economic engine behind this game. Every one of the 65+ cities in this game have unique features and needs based on a complex mix of random events and your ability to supply them. I could go on and on about the complex yet easier to comprehend industry and economic simulation in this game, it is that engrossing and one of a kind. I am actually upset PR3 was so terrible compared to this gem.
– Real player with 110.7 hrs in game
Sid Meier’s Pirates!
Facts:
One time I played this game instead of studying for midterms. I never did better on midterms in my life.
Opinions:
This game is minigame-based-game-making done right. Sailing, naval battles, land battles, swordfights, dancing, sneaking into and out of town, and searching for treasure are each done in distinct minigames which are (except for sneaking and searching) engaging enough that I never think, “Aww, dang, THIS again. If only I could skip this.” (and sneaking and searching are only needed rarely enough to be a nice change of pace 90% of the times).
– Real player with 227.4 hrs in game
“SAIL HO!
The lookout reports a sail on the horizon.
Shall we?”
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I don’t know how many times I saw that phrase in the past. I must tell you, that I’m in an easy, yet really hard position to share my view about this game. Because how could I write a subjective review, while being an ultimate fan of “PIRATES!” C64 version? Just look at my avatar here… :)
Some reviewers here already shared some really useful and detailed information about certain parts of the game… “pros and cons” are known for now… so for this time, let me please share my feelings, impressions, and express my passion for the game with you instead. Hence this won’t be a “generic” game review.
– Real player with 76.2 hrs in game
VROOM: Galleon
Who does not want to be a pirate?
pro - ship gently bobs in the water and it quite realistic.
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there is enough interaction on the ship to amuse. especially in the cabins and hull
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getting eaten by a shark gets you an achievement
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the island is quite large and well done, with two old settlements
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if the select the seagull, you become the sea gull and can fly. awesome but got a bit of travel sickness during flight.
con - the teleport is a pain in the arse. for each hop you need to wait about 9 seconds before you can hop again. so often if you are impatient when the green circle comes up again you seem to skip two ahead.
– Real player with 5.4 hrs in game
I found this a really great experience in VR. The ship is beautifully modelled and the overall level of graphics impressive, but above all the sense of scale is amazing. Climbing the rigging to reach the top of the masts as the ship glides through the ocean waves is an awesome experience, with the sound of the sails flapping in the wind and the dizzying views down to the wooden decks below. That alone was worth the purchase price!
Add to this plenty of interaction and fun elements to experience on the ship, a tropical island to find and explore and the opportunity to view this all from a bird’s eye point of view as you become a seagull with free flight. What’s not to like, thoroughly recommended!
– Real player with 5.3 hrs in game
Corsairs Legacy - Pirate Action RPG
The year 1689. Captain Blood’s Odyssey has reached its end – a legendary corsair took over as governor of Jamaica. The Caribbean needs new heroes – notorious adventurers who would set sail under the black flag for a hazardous journey and Spanish gold, becoming the scourge of the tropical islands!
Jack Rackham wasn’t planning on becoming a pirate, the life of a smuggler was good enough for him. Unfortunately, during another cargo delivery, he got into a series of events that would change his life forever.
Dive into the historical pirate life simulator in the carefully recreated environment of the Caribbean region at the end of the XVII century. The project is based on a ground-based RPG mode where you control the main character and a mode where you control a sailing boat. Stand at the wheel and see what adventures await.
Take part in an exciting story that connects historical facts with the world of the book «Captain Blood: His Odyssey». The game’s story is set on an island named Barbados shortly after the events of the original books.
A wide range of blades and guns were created on the basis of well-preserved historical samples, museum pieces, and their replicas. The real prototypes also formed the basis of ships, fortifications, and cannons.
During the careful study of all models the development team was responsible for, we were consulting with historians. The project also tries to come as close as possible to the economy of that time while keeping the game balanced.
Features:
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Fascinating role-playing game;
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Full freedom of developing the main character;
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Different ways to resolve conflicts;
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Complete immersion into the mysterious world of pirates;
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Land and sea gameplay;
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Choices have an impact on the fates of the characters.
Sea Dogs
Yes it’s old, but it places its emphasis in sea battles on sailing and strategy. You can’t just load guns in 3 seconds and then switch from solid balls to grapeshot without going through another reload. Turn rate and speed are crucial to monitor. And the story line is fun, too.
– Real player with 94.4 hrs in game
Fascinating game. It was great years ago, and I finished it again with great pleasure nowadays. And that’s not a call of nostalgia. There are many old games which didn’t age well, but I can’t say such a thing about this one. Yes, it’s graphics will not impress you these days and some gameplay mechanics are rather old. But the game brings an enthralling non linear story, great music and atmosphere as well as interesting albeit little clunky gameplay.
The game is 20 years old, but it has unique walkthrough for 4 different nations and unique dialogs for all characters, not just secondary ones, but even unimportant ones. For example, there is no copy-cat tavern keepers or store owners with standard phrases. Each one has his own character, story or even quest. And a word about quests. There is no copy-paste quests as well. Each one is unique and there is a lot of them. Believe or not, but it is the only game where I still remember the names of most of the characters after so many years.
– Real player with 41.5 hrs in game
Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™
Easily the best AC game in the franchise! sailing around on your own ship, plundering treasure and boarding enemy ships, while upgrading your ship to fight forts, and become the greatest pirate… so much fun! I could play this over and over again. 10/10 would recommend :)
– Real player with 86.7 hrs in game
O I thought I heard the old man say
Leave her, Johnny, leave her!
Tomorrow you will get your pay
And it’s time for us to leave her!
Leave her, Johnny, leave her!
Oh, leave her, Johnny, leave her!
For the voyage is long and the winds don’t blow
And it’s time for us to leave her!
Oh the wind was foul and the sea ran high
Leave her, Johnny, leave her!
She shipped it green and none went by
And it’s time for us to leave her!
Leave her, Johnny, leave her!
Oh, leave her, Johnny, leave her!
– Real player with 79.8 hrs in game
Rum & Gun
Hi!
Here is yet another game review after playing this game for a while i truly got into it and i am enjoying it.
This is a pirate game without any ships a rowing boat yes but no ships so if you are looking for a pirate game with ships to sail the high seas and sink ships and steal their plunder then this game is not for you.
This game is based around YOU a pirate on land killing monsters and other fellow pirates you will have various maps to unlock spread over various (ACTS) i am on Act 2 but i think there will be 3 Acts or more to unlock.
– Real player with 79.7 hrs in game
I’ve been following this game’s development for some time, and I instantly bought it.
What really surprised me is that just for 4 euros, I expected much less content. Only one act is playable currently, but it contained 6 hours of gameplay to me. So the first big issue of the game, is that it’s too cheap :D
I would say that it’s base is similar to Diablo II, but with interesting twists on the mechanics, and the combat got a good, Doom-like, situation based weapon arsenal, which I enjoyed mastering. In the early stages the builds are flexible as well, but by the end of the game, I started dying, so I had to use most of my toolkit, changing my weapons nearly from enemy to enemy. Which was a good feeling, because I could master my skills for a long time.
– Real player with 12.3 hrs in game
Sea Dogs: To Each His Own - Pirate Open World RPG
Heads up, this review is LONG. There will be a TL;DR at the bottom.
This game is a gem, covered in a pile of shit. If you’ve read negative reviews for the game I hate to say that most of them are very much accurate. This game is very unwieldy, hard to learn, harder to master, and really doesn’t teach you anything. The closest this game has to a tutorial is essentially a few hours of being stuck on one island doing small quests to make enough money to buy a small ship. Unfortunately, this means you likely won’t know if you want to keep the game or not until after the refund period has passed.
– Real player with 663.4 hrs in game
Very OLD Akella Pirates game player here when “dinosaurs ruled the earth”.
I basically played the entire game in Russian (no DLC) before it was released in English offline.
I recently went back and have been playing the DLCs online, and my immediate review is still valid in any case.
The game series has been around since 2000. Published by Akella, and eveloped by various studios. This is actually the SIXTH game in the series. Sea Dogs, POTC (Sea Dogs Modification, SD2, the bad disney production), Age of Pirates (AoP) , Tortuga - Two Treasures, AoP2:COAS (City of Abandoned Ships) , and POTEHO (SDTEHO). Black Mark Studios has most of the original modders and designs from the original games. SDTEHO has MANY of the same landmarks as COAS and similar quests. Personally, I am partial to COAS for many reasons, but predominantly the freedom to do whatever the hell you want very early.
– Real player with 504.8 hrs in game