Sid Meier's Pirates!
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Sid Meier’s Pirates is an action-adventure strategy game, a remake of 1987 game of the same name. It’s set in an open world around the Caribbean islands. The game features numerous activities, including sailing and exploration, ship battles, trading and diplomacy.
The core gameplay of the game is sailing among the islands, cities and colonies. Every tip on the map provides great opportunities for both economic issues and fights, as you can attack ships and capture cities; some battles include sword fighting mini-game. Completing different quests, you will gain diplomacy points of one of the in-game factions. This will reveal additional options, such as dancing with a governor's daughter at a ball. The game also features AI historical pirates, such as Henry Morgan and Blackbeard.
While the story aspect is not in focus of this game, there’s a little background of the hero you play as. After customizing your character, you start as a sailor under the command of a very harsh captain. One day the riot begins, and you become the new captain. Since then you can explore the world and do everything you want together with your crew.
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* Indicates device should be compatible with DirectX® version 9.0b or higher.
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Sid Meier, in his part, brought the pirate gaming experience to a whole new level. Pirates! had moderate graphics even for those times, for sure, but at the same time it offered endless freedom in a vast open world. And as each Sid Meier's game, this one tricked you into doing just one more turn, conquer just one more city, dig out just one more chest with gold.
By this day, I think that Pirates! is still an unsurpassed example of sea adventure games. If you enjoy Sea of Thieves or AC IV: Black Flag, then you must have a look how great pirate games started.