What Gamespot Users have to say about Sid Meier's Pirates!
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Rating:8.3
Pirates! is a re-make of the old classic and it delivers a solid experience for all treasure-hunting scavengers!
Sid Meier’s Pirates is a very different game than your typical strategy or adventure pastimes. Pirates is set during the colonization of the Gulf of Mexico. This is a time when many sailors, pirates, traders and statesme... Read Full Review
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Rating:7
Who Said Re-Make's Of Old Classic's Would Never Sail?
*** WARNING: YOU COULD GET HOOKED...................FOR LIFE*** That right there pretty much sums up the whole experience. The game as a whole is everything that the classic had, packaged with some good looks, extras ... Read Full Review
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Rating:9
Excellent 'remake' of the original game with a few new interesting and addicted little touches. Arrhh...Says I.
I cannot be bothered writing a review for every game I play, but I usually try to appraise the ones that have actually something good and unique to offer to all of us. Sid Meier's Pirates! game falls under this rule I gu... Read Full Review
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Rating:9.6
Remakes of old games seldom live up to their predecessors--but this one transcends the past, and creates a new standard.
The original Pirates! is among the best computer games of all time - open ended gameplay gave the game great longevity; it had an almost impossible number of things to keep you busy; it challenged the player to come back... Read Full Review
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Rating:8
Simple and Smoth
Pirates! is probably the best remake of a past game ever made to date... Sid Meyer's shows us his genious mind and creates a simple but really fun to play game. The Pirates life is very well achieved in the game and ... Read Full Review
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Rating:7.8
Good concept, and gameplay, just needed more variation.
Yes we all always wanted a great pirate game, contrary to popular belief however this one is just quite not it. First off, you start the game as a young little skipper, your family have been kidnapped and with nothin... Read Full Review
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Rating:9.2
This is a great strategy game everyone must have.
After almost 20 years, the legendary Pirates game of Sid Meier made a triumphant return on the PC. And just like the original game, this game still have the original strategy taste combining with role-playing and a littl... Read Full Review
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Rating:8.6
Easy to pick up and play, and plenty of things to keep you busy, all of which are good fun.
I spent most time in 2004 playing the various FPS's out there, Unreal 2004, Far Cry, Doom 3 etc, and so this was a game I picked up just to remind myself there are other generes out there, more than anything else. In al... Read Full Review
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Rating:7.8
Fun, but repetitive.
Sid Meir is an amazing game make and did a great job with Pirates! The game is fun and intriguing for hours. Though there are some flaws in the game. The game it self is an rpg/stradegy/adventure game. It combines swo... Read Full Review
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Rating:9.4
After 14 years, Sid Meier's remake of Pirates! has been definitely worth the wait and a game everyone should try.
Fourteen years after Sid Meier first released his rendition of a mix of RPG/Strategy/Action in a game known as Sid Meier’s Pirates, he releases a remake of the same name to bring everything that was in the first game to ... Read Full Review
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