This is the first time in forever I've played this game since my old discs stopped working a while ago. As with the other two remakes of SR2, this is just SR2 with a bit of additional stuff. I will agree that the pirates are even more of a pain this time around, but I nerfed them best I could with a custom game...and they're still major pains. But to the credit of this remake, they always were, and the best way for them not to be was to play as a pirate. I will always recommend this really cool and weird game to anyone that likes games that can't be properly defined.