Sid Meier's Pirates! (PC) Reviews

Ever since I first saw The Princess Bride I was fascinated with all things swashbuckling. Pirates! is a really fun game, and very slightly addictive. The story is as a young boy, an Evil Pirate called Marquis Montalban kidnaps your family, and the your wealth. You escape and swear to avenge your family. 10 years ...  Read the complete review

There are not enough pirate games out there. The mystery and lure of the pirate's life has an allure that I find absolutely enthralling. To sail endless seas, the thrills of battle, the euphoric rush of gains or soul crushing crunch for a failure which entails your death. Either immediate or by hanging later. Sid Meier's tries to ...  Read the complete review

Ahoy there shipmates and splice the main brace, we set off for treasure and adventure on the high seas at sunrise, once I have.. ahem.. installed and configured this here piece of eight... Sorry to get carried away but the welcome return of Sid Meier's Pirates to the PC has really got me caught up both in nostalgia for previous Pirate ...  Read the complete review

Note: I'm aware this is a long review, but there’s so much to this game it’s the only way to do it justice. To help you out, I’ve split the review into the following sections: The Game, Morale, Locations, Swordfighting, Attacking Towns, Treasure Maps, Escort Missions, Family, Dancing Subgame, Graphics, Music, Controls, Gameplay, Lastability and ...  Read the complete review

Pirates! by Sid Meiers was one of the defining computer games of the 8 / 16-bit era and is still one of my favourite games of all time. As the years went by, other pirate sims came and went - but none could match the deceptively simple yet completely compelling open-ended gameplay of the original MPS Labs game. Pirates Gold failed to really ...  Read the complete review