Product details

Abstract

The classic Pirates! returns! An entirely new game engine delivers updated gameplay, stunning new features, spectacular 3D graphics and enhanced sound effects as you live the life as a pirate on the Spanish Main.

ESRB rating

Mild Violence

Full description

Pirates! offers players the chance to take on the role of a privateer the Caribbean. From here, the game is pretty much up to you. You can get involved in trading, treasure hunting, ship fights, town assaults, duels and all manner of other activities. The game is wonderfully episodic and presents a variety of opportunities to the player based on context. You pick your nationality from Spanish, English, French and Dutch, a starting date, and a special talent, such as sword fighting or ship handling. Once you've created a captain, you're given a ship and a few men and tasked with charting your own course through the waters of the Caribbean and the sometimes stormier sea of European politics. Based on Sid Meier's 1987 classic of the same name.

Special features

Experience an all-new story built upon the most fun and compelling features of the original Pirates! game

Live out multiple quests through a non-linear, open life timeline where every decision poses distinct challenges and possibilities

Witness the consequences of you're actions in current events throughout the Pirates! world

Battle, overtake and command 27 different ship types, enhanced with assorted ammo, cannon and other upgrades

Take on various foes including merchant and military captains, ferocious pirates, evil gentry and even rival suitors each with different skills and abilities

Confront enemies on board ships, in seedy taverns, on the ramparts and even at the governor's mansion

Wield weapons or anything within your reach as you fence against foes

Engage in fierce naval battles fighting single enemies or multiple ships

Sneak into towns, escape out of prisons, navigate around adversaries and surprise unsuspecting vessels

Dispatch landing parties of buccaneers in strategic battles to take over entire cities

Increase your riches and impress the governor's daughter with your charm, fame, heroism even your dancing abilities

Collect items that improve skills or provide other new benefits and view them in a new inventory system

Enhance your gameplay experience with downloadable content including flags, sail emblems, character skins and more