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    Sid Meier's Pirates!: Live the Life

    Game » consists of 9 releases. Released Nov 22, 2004

    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.

    Great game!

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    #1  Edited By PitifullPete

    Just picked this one up. After my first session: Great Game. Did Sid Meier ever make a bad game? It's a little bit shallow from it's concepts, but since there are so many little diversions it's quite worthwile. The only thing sucks is that I need to find a way to remap the keys, since  I'm playing on a laptop. 

    In the beginning it is laughably easy, but the diffculty ramps up quite quickly. The first time I didn't get the glowing signs in the dancing mini game I was helplessly lost. Anyone else still playing this, or just begun? 
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    #2  Edited By Suby

    It's a good game, but it gets old after a while.

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    #3  Edited By TheGreatGuero

    I love it. I actually downloaded it as an Xbox Original because I was slow in picking up the Xbox version and then later it became rare and I could only find it with pretty steep prices. When you're playing on the hardest difficulty, the game gets pretty ridiculously hard. I'm actually still playing it. I was ranked #5 overall on Xbox Live many years ago in this game, and now I'm planning on getting back up there. Great game. It's definitely much deeper than it initially seems.

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    #4  Edited By Gunner

    Its been on my computer for years and i still come back to it every now and then.

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    #5  Edited By Brym

    For me, this is a great one to return to every few months and do a quick career.  It's always a good time.

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    #6  Edited By DJ_Lae

    Great game. There's not a whole lot to do in it, and it does grow old after a while (especially if you play it in huge chunks like me), but occasionally I get an urge to go back and a single playthrough doesn't take too long.

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    #7  Edited By TheGreatGuero

    This reminds me. I need to get back on my quest of Sid Meier's Pirates Xbox Live domination!

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    #8  Edited By Rowr

    Despite them trying to kill my enjoyment for it with its stupid style and lack of depth and decent gameplay in areas (xbox version), i still love it.

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    #9  Edited By oldschool

    I really want to love this game, but I still can't get into my PSP version.  Funny thing is, I am still looking seriously at a PC version.

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    #10  Edited By turbomonkey138

    Got this on steam today ... great game

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    #11  Edited By Jedted

    I bought this on Xbox live games-on-demand and i love it!  It's simple and does get old after a while but it's fun sail around capturing ships, climbing to the top of the "Most Notorias Pirates" list, and ofcorse finding burried treasure. 
     
    I hope they make a new one with more variaty and more rewards for doing pirate like activities. 

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