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| Sid Meier's Pirates! | 
 enlarge | From: 2K Games
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $11.05
You Save: $8.94 (45%)
New (11) Used (8) from $8.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  58 reviews
Sales Rank: 1902
Platform: Windows Xp
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0.1 x 0.1
MPN: 710425218392
Model: 710425218392
UPC: 710425218392
EAN: 0710425218392
ASIN: B000AOIES6
Release Date: July 25, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 A Great Game for Kids and Adults June 19, 2007
19 out of 21 found this review helpful
Recently I bought Pirates for my son who is now at the age where he can enjoy computer games more and who has shown great interest in anything pertaining to pirates. Originally, I was going to play the game myself without high expectations of enjoying the game and then show him how to play. However, I've enjoyed the game a great deal!
There are five levels of difficulty, ranging from Apprentice to Swashbuckler and certain skills (fencing, medicine, romance, etc.) your pirate can possess.
Your pirate is able to earn "fame" scores through: promotions, wealth attained, pirates defeated, enemies avenged, pirate treasures recovered, and perhaps other means too.
The graphics are great and another good thing about the game is that your strategy is open-ended based on what you want to be (a romantic, plunderer, wealth accumulator, etc.).
Highly recommeded for both kids and adults (sometimes as in my case it may be hard to differentiate which one I may be when it comes to fun games!). The game manual is extremely well-written and very helpful!!!
Play and enjoy yet another great title by Sid Meier.
By the way Sid, when will you make some other Civil War real time games and make your Gettysburg game compatible with Windows Vista?
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! June 1, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This game is so much fun! Whether it's cappturing ships with a frigate, or trading with a merchant, Sid has it all. It has a few bugs thow...
The Havana Curse-you can't leave the town of Havana
Warp Pool-You sometimes just get moved some where else
Fun-Throw all your other games away, you'll have no need for them anymore.
 Might be nice, but I wouldn't know... May 28, 2007
1 out of 16 found this review helpful
Someone at Firaxis apparently decided to release this game while it was still in beta. It wouldn't run at all on my computer. I installed it on a friend's PC, and it runs for about 2-3 minutes before crashing. Gameplay looks intriguing, but it's way too unstable to play. After spending over an hour installing the latest patch and doing some basic troubleshooting, I'm giving up. It's hard to believe this comes from the same people as the venerable Civilization franchise. I feel ripped off.
A comparison. Where Pirates! went wrong May 25, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've been playing this game for a while now and think it's just wonderful. and why shouldn't it be? it's open ended, never crashes or has any problems, you can get nice swords or pistols, search for buried treasure, conquer towns, and even flirt with the governers daughter BUT!!!! it doesnt live up to all it's expectations. first of all realism is at a shameful low, like when you fire a broadside you're litterally lobbing cannonballs at enemy ships and you just ram the enemy with you're ship and instantly board. in another game called Age of Pirates Caribbean Tales(which has so many problems it isn't funny but hey you can fix em with a patch)realism is at an awesome high, cannonsballs fly fast, holes are made in sails and the hull. get to the enemy ship close and then throw a grappling hook to board. once boarded in Pirates! the enemy captain will surrender or fight. if he chooses to fight you will battle him in an unreal game of real-time rock paper scissors. you can slash, chop, or thrust to get your enemy to the end of the ship were he falls off the edge. in age of pirates you run around on deck in first person and help your crew cut the opposition's crew to pieces and then duel the captain(until he dies not fall off the edge of a ship!) fire yor pistol even and let it reload and then fire again! in pirates! you don't fire your pistol the computer does in a short movie and then you can't use it again. when you aproach a port on the world map of pirates! you sail into it and it brings up a menu of where you can go(the tavern, governer's mansion, etc. etc.) in age of pirates when you come up to a port in the world map you sail near to it then go to sea mode and then press a button to moor. once moored you may walk around chat to people minding they're everday business even accept missions from the governer or other people. Pirates! is a great game for people you enjoy fast, easy gameplay age of pirates is a great game for those who like to be in a more complex universe. buy either one and you mon't be disapointed(except for age of pirates, be sure to get as many patches as possible and save frequently).
very fast game May 16, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
great game.graphics,interplay is great.we have the Primus strategy guide which has helped a lot.the only drawback we saw is you can't adjust the speed.it plays fast.so save at least a couple of times thru the game in case you want to go back and try a different strategy,use this especially in the higher difficulty levels.
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