Sid Meier's Pirates!
Sid Meier's Pirates! is a video game that consists of 3 releases
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From this point on, the hero's future is entirely in the player's hands in an open-ended campaign. The story itself evolves in whatever manner the player chooses, and optimally ends with the player gaining enough fame points by completing various achievements to retire into a wealthy position in the Caribbean community.
If this battle is lost, the player is either picked up by another one of his ships or, if he has no other ship, is sent to jail where the player can choose to wait and serve his time or attempt to escape. If the battle is won, the player can keep the ship. The player can command up to nine other ships.
Remake of the original Sid Meier's pirates, placing you in the role of a pirate searching for his kidnapped family. Battle rival pirates on the high seas and command an ever-growing crew of pirates as you work towards becoming a legendary pirate.
Overview
Sid Meier's Pirates! is an action adventure game that was released in 2004 for the PC. Developed by Firaxis and published by Atari, the game puts the player in the role of a pirate in the Caribbean during the 1600's and 1700's. An xbox port was released in 2005, followed by a PSP version in 2007. Sid Meier's Pirates! is a remake of the 1987 game of the same name.Story
The game starts off with a cutscene showing the main character as a child enjoying a feast with his family in a large, luxurious house. The meal is suddenly intereupted, however, when a man by the name of Marquis Montalban barges in and seizes the families property for failing to pay off their debt. The money was on a ship on route to Montalban, but the ship became lost at sea. Mantalban enslaves the family, but the boy manages to escape. Flashforward ten years later and the boy, now an adult, yearns for revenge. The hero signs up to serve on a ship, but when their crew is treated harshly by the captain, the crew rebels and names the main character as the captain.From this point on, the hero's future is entirely in the player's hands in an open-ended campaign. The story itself evolves in whatever manner the player chooses, and optimally ends with the player gaining enough fame points by completing various achievements to retire into a wealthy position in the Caribbean community.
Gameplay
The gameplay is in many ways similar to that of the original Sid Meier's Pirates!. The player sails around the Carribean in a ship that he / she is the captain of. It is an entirely open ended experience with numerous things a player can do to keep entertained, such as:Visiting towns and outposts
The player can visit numerous towns and outposts looking to recruit more crewmen, buy and sell cargo, repair or upgrade his / her ship as well as speaking to the governor. The governor may provide the player with a mission, promote the player on a job well done or invite the player to dance with his daughter.Naval Warfare
The player can attack any ship in the game. When initiated, the player and the opposing ship square off, firing cannons and attempting to outmanuever one another in a real time minigame. The player can simply outright sink the opposing ship or attempt to capture it. Attempting to capture it involves colliding with the opposing ship which triggers yet another mini game, this time a sword fight vs the opposing ships captian. The mechanics of this sword fight can be compared to DDR - The player has three attacks and three dodges at his disposal. The player can do a high attack, middle attack or low attack as well as a high dodge, middle dodge and low dodge. For example, if the player attacks the opposing captain with a high attack and the opposing captain fails to do a high dodge, the opposing captain will be hit.If this battle is lost, the player is either picked up by another one of his ships or, if he has no other ship, is sent to jail where the player can choose to wait and serve his time or attempt to escape. If the battle is won, the player can keep the ship. The player can command up to nine other ships.
Treasure Hunting
The player can buy treasure maps and go hunting for burried treasure.Sacking Cities
If the player annoys a particular city enough (which can be done by repeatedly attacking ships that leave the cities ports), the option to sack said city becomes availible. This triggers a turn based strategy mini game in which your pirates become pitted against the cities militia in a land battle. Winning this minigame is achieved by either defeating the militia or outmanuevering them and reaching the city.Pirate Hunting
The player can track and hunt down the other 9 most infamous pirates in the Carribean. Often, these pirates have excellent ships and a lot of money.Completing the main quest
The main quest involves rescuing enslaved family members and ultimately, hunting down and enacting revenge upon Montalban, the man who enslaved them.System Requirements
- Operating System: Windows 98,SE,ME,2000,XP
- Processor: 1 GHz or higher
- Memory: 256MB RAM
- Hard Disk: 1.4 GB free space available
- Video Card: ATI Radeon 8500 or GeForce 3 or higher
- CD rom Drive: 8x speed or faster
- Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
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Nov. 22, 2004
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