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  • Sid Meier's Pirates! is coming

    The New Sid Meier’s Pirates!

    Now it’s time for Sid Meier and Firaxis Games to bring this exquisitely rich, action-adventure game into the 21st century. An entirely new game engine will deliver updated gameplay, stunning new features, spectacular 3D graphics and enhanced surround sound, so players can fully experience the intrigue, adventure and danger of life as a pirate on the Spanish Main.


    In Pirates! you take the leading role of a Pirate Captain in the 17th century Caribbean amassing fortune and fame in an attempt to seize your rightful place as one of the most revered (and feared!) pirates in history. Test your skills as a sea captain exploring the high seas and exotic ports in a richly detailed 3D world. Overtake the enemy and seize valuable booty. Exchange plank-shattering broadsides in fierce naval battles, and engage in duels with worthy opposing captains.


    As your reputation and skills grow, so will the size and quality of your crew, and your ability to take on larger enemy ships, raid and plunder heavily fortified ports, and locate ancient treasure. There’s a whole cast of interesting and dangerous characters to meet, mysteries to solve, exotic island destinations to discover, and powerful alliances to forge!


    The new Pirates! carries on with the great gameplay and design simplicity tradition of the award-winning original while adding more challenging and exciting battle options, and deeper and more varied role-playing experience, including multiple paths to a wealthy, happy retirement. This and many other features and additions make this gaming classic one of the most highly anticipated releases of this century!
    Sid Meier’s Pirates! is among the most popular and loved titles in gaming history. Originally released in 1987, Pirates! received unprecedented critical acclaim for crossing multiple game genres to offer unique, unrivaled gameplay options. Pirates! set the industry standard for innovative game design with its unique blend of open-ended role-playing, real-time adventures and thrilling action sequences. Read more for details ...


    Don't know if you heard about it already but I didn't find it anywhere else on 'poly.
    If it has been noticed already, well, it'll be another year without any kudos to Zealot for giving a news tip!
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    But yours it the most informative
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    • #4
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      Last edited by Zealot; December 29, 2003, 18:44.
      "BANANA POWAAAAH!!! (exclamation Zopperoni style)" - Mercator, in the OT 'What fruit are you?' thread
      Join the Civ2 Democratic Game! We have a banana option in every poll just for you to vote for!
      Many thanks to Zealot for wasting his time on the jobs section at Gamasutra - MarkG in the article SMAC2 IN FULL 3D? http://apolyton.net/misc/
      Always thought settlers looked like Viking helmets. Took me a while to spot they were supposed to be wagons. - The pirate about Settlers in Civ 1

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      • #5
        Ahhh
        No kudos for me this year then.
        "BANANA POWAAAAH!!! (exclamation Zopperoni style)" - Mercator, in the OT 'What fruit are you?' thread
        Join the Civ2 Democratic Game! We have a banana option in every poll just for you to vote for!
        Many thanks to Zealot for wasting his time on the jobs section at Gamasutra - MarkG in the article SMAC2 IN FULL 3D? http://apolyton.net/misc/
        Always thought settlers looked like Viking helmets. Took me a while to spot they were supposed to be wagons. - The pirate about Settlers in Civ 1

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        • #6
          :yawn:

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          • #7
            Sure I will give you some, but I never played pirates before. Got to support Moo players.

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            • #8
              We've known Pirates was planned for how many months now? 17?
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              • #9
                I doubt my computer will be able to play it...
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                • #10
                  Ack! I didn't think about the system requirements. I hope my computer can handle it.

                  Pirates! was a great game. Frankly, I'd be happy with Pirates 1.5.

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                  • #11
                    I've been meaning to ask...

                    I never played Pirates! What's the game like? I'm not even sure about the genre.
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                    • #12
                      Yeah, let me know too . I've heard it was a great blend of strategy and role playing, but not too much more.

                      I'll still get it though .
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                      • #13
                        Screenshots yet?
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                        • #14
                          I never played Pirates because I condisdered it to be too old ten years ago! Is this the most belated sequel in the history of computer gaming?
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                          • #15
                            Add me to the never-played-Pirates list. It certainly has a reputation, though.

                            Which gets me thinking..... a lot fewer people were playing computer games back in the day, and even fewer were using any sort of internet-like service (BBS and such), so critical public discussion of a game like Pirates was unlikely to occur (unlike today, when immediate public critical comment - and trolling - is available from the instant a game is released). I wonder if the lack of such discussion actually makes us remember a game more fondly than it really deserves?
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