Posted on: February 24, 2017
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Do yourself a favour
This is an excellent remake/update to the original Pirates!, which I used to play endlessly on Commodore 64 as a kid. Read this review with that in mind, especially if you're like me and somehow spent the last 13 or so years under a rock and failed to get this game. Often what happens with remakes that are separated from the original by decades is that while the graphics are shiny, the soul is lost. Fortunately, this is not the case with Pirates!. The back story and the way to move up and ahead remain unchanged, which is good news. There are some added features, like special items, specialist crew members, which make the game better. Personally, I really like the addition of the dancing mini-game - although I must say I had a hard time mastering it and would have evaluated it quite differently, had I been writing this review much earlier. It really fleshes out this aspect of the game. One thing I really loved in the game is the introduction of health. In the C64 version, the game simply ended after about ten years on the seas. When one had played it through the 20th time, one basically knew when this would come of course. In this version your character ages, suffers wounds and deprivation if in gaol or stranded on deserted island, and his health deteriorates as a result. Thus, if you play really well, avoid being struck or defeated in combat, buy the herbs that keep the sickness away, you may extend the game but sooner or later age will catch up with you and force you to retire. All in all, this is an outstanding game, which I replayed many-many times. Go, get it, and make the Caribbean tremble!
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