Seriously, the player interface is clunky and not intuitive. Very frustrating until you memorize where things are. But if you stick with it, it becomes a fantastic open world sailing/trading/fighting/pirating/adventure. F2 key is your friend to finding most important stuff about your character, ships, crew, etc. As mentioned below, Piratesahoy.net hosts some must-have mods that both fix and add to the stock game. Also note that you don't HAVE to play as a pirate in this game. It's totally free choice on a grand scale. Giving it only 4 stars because of the gawd awful stock interface and lack of a proper tutorial. Sail on.
