Sid Meier’s Pirates! a remake of the 1987 original game will place the player in the boots 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. The game will Test the player’s 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. In this review will take a look at the game’s graphics, sounds, multiplayer and gameplay.

Graphics:

The graphics are nicely done with lively colors and cartoon-like characters. Every nationality has a different overall look in their clothes and character models appearance. In addition, Ships animation is wonderfully assembled and the world map is properly drawn and detailed in full 3D.

Score: 9/10

Sounds:

The sounds and music is top-quality. The sound of the firing cannon or the ships affected by winds and sea while sailing provide a true life-like battles. In addition, the waves and the rumble of distant storms truly offer a sense of the sea. Furthermore; the music wonderfully fit the gameplay.

Score: 9/10

Multiplayer:

The Multiplayer feature is not available.

Score: N/A

Gameplay:

Sid Meier’s Pirates carries on with the great gameplay and design simplicity tradition of the award-winning original, while adding more challenging and exciting battle options. Moreover, the game’s holds plenty of new features. The players will be able to overtake and command 27 different ship types, enhanced them with assorted ammo, cannon and other upgrades, Engage in fierce naval battles, Confront enemies on board ships, collect items (such as swords, arms) that improves skills, sneak into towns, Dispatch landing parties of buccaneers in strategic battles to take over entire cities and sail for a treasure quest.

Score: 9.5/10

Conclusion:

Sid Meier’s Pirates turned out to be an excellent game. The simplicity, the rich graphics plus loads of features truthfully provide an enjoyable atmosphere and gaming experience. Sid Meier’s Pirates is a must for the original game fans and for the Sim genre fans.

Overall Score: 9.2/10

System Requirement:

Processor: Pentium® III or AMD Athlon™ 1 GHz or higher Memory: 256 MB RAM Video Card: 64 MB Windows® 98/Me/2000/XP Hardware T&L-compatible SVGA video