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Not an excellence, but definitely a keeper

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: March 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Okay, lets me start with the things I hate in the game. I really hate the land searching (finding treasures, lost cities, relatives), kind of a weak excuse for a minigame. And the land battles system sucks, they tried to make a TBS (Turn-Based Strategy) mini game but it doesnt work. Sword fights are okay, but gets pretty boring unless you choose the toughest difficulty (Swashbuckler), which I do not recommend for your first game, takes alot of practice to master swordfighting. What I love about the game is that it actually have quest to complete following the storyline, but sometimes unrelevant. The game itself is pretty educational, lots of geographic detail and names of ships. Play it as many times as you want, its a sandbox, but you will eventually realise that you are playing a repetitive game. For a $30 value, it is definitely worth keeping.

I gave it a good 4 star on the fun scale, because it is a great deal of fun packed into the life of a pirate. But still, no game is perfect, at least for me.

Sid Meier's Pirates! Live the Life

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Very fun game, the graphics are pretty good too, basically the same gameplay throughout the game, but still a great game.

At least it's only thirty bucks

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 12
Date: February 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game based on all the good reviews it received, so after playing it I felt obliged to write one of my own, so other people like me don't make the same mistake.

The graphics and music are fine. Not mind blowing, but still respectable for a psp.

My serious problem with this game is how little there is of it. After about an hour or two to learn the ropes I quickly amped the game all the way up to its hardest level.

The ship to ship combat is remarkably shallow and easy. You basically sail in circles and shoot at the other ship. You give and take little enough damage that conventional sailing ship tactics really play no part, excepting that you want to try and broadside the other ship while keeping away from their sides.

The dueling mode is, if anything, even easier and an easy out to actually having to fight ship to ship battles. I fought around 30 duels, most of them on the hardest difficulty, and only lost twice. If you win the duel, you get their ship, period.

Treasure hunting mode is mind numbingly easy as well, look at the map, navigate there while retaining at least one digger. Once you understand what you're supposed to do, this is impossible to fail at.

The only mode even slightly engaging is the land combat, which is basically an extremely dumbed down version of Field Commander. The only reason it's more entertaining than the rest of the game is that you often face far greater numbers who have more firearms than yourself.

Overall, this game is a complete waste of money. I played for ten hours and felt I had done everything there was to do in the game. The fact that it seems promising when you first start playing doesn't take away from the disappointment that is soon to follow as you wonder to yourself, "Is this it?"

Not the game for me.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: August 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I am pretty obsessive about game buying. Before I bought Pirates!, I read just about every review I could find, and everyone (generally) seemed to like it. I was surprised, however, when i took this game home and got bored with it pretty rapidly. But this is not a bad game. It is a slow game. There is a lot to do, but none of it was compelling enough for me to really want to do it. The virtual world is huge, you can do a ton of things, but the mini games and the game in general is not that interesting. Because you'll be doing the same task over and over again, it starts to lose its meaning. But i come from the generation whose games are very ADD. If you have a little bit of patience (which I don't), and a bit of imagination, then this game might be the game for you. However, it certainly wasn't the game for me.

Okay for the PSP but not great

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 28, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The game looks fun but follow through is mediocre. I guess you can't expect computer strategy on a handheld. It will keep you attention for a while but the game gets a little monotonous after two hours of play. Nice try but no cigar.

Brief Fun

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The game is instantly addicting, but after staying up all night to play it, it gets pretty monotonous fast. Especially the dancing.

WITH THIS GAME, WHO NEEDS A BATTLESHIP?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 20
Date: January 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

THIS GAME IS SIMPLY AWESOME. THE MUSIC IS GREAT, THE GRAPHICS ARE BRILLIANT, AND I'D BE WILLING TO SHOOT SOMEONE TO GET A COPY OF THIS GAME IF I LOST IT. I'M SERIOUS. THE ONLY FLAWS OF THIS GAME IS THAT IT CAN SOMETIMES GET A LITTLE GLITCHED AND THAT YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE NATIONALITY OF THE SAILS OF A CAPTURED SHIP. IF YOU DON'T BUY THIS GAME AFTER READING THIS REVIEW, YOU SUCK! I WILL TRACK YOU DOWN, FOLLOW YOU, AND HIDE COPIES OF THIS GAME IN YOUR
FRIDGE, DISHWASHER, AND BODILY ORFICES!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!!?
...YEAH, BUY THIS GAME.

Become Jack Sparrow!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: March 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game takes place in Carribean where the gamer becomes a pirate and do various quests to find his long lost family. This game has tones of minigames and good battle system to keep you addicted for at least 20 hours.

This is a must buy at $30!.

Great Graphics

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: February 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

PSP Daxter Entertainment Pack - Ice Silver The game was a lot of fun for my 14 year old, who said that while the graphics aren't as detailed as the console version, they still did a very good job of porting the game to the PSP. He said they still maintained all the elements that made the console game entertaining and he would recommend it highly.

Highly addictive

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: September 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I remembered playing this game years ago on my old cable company's "Sega Channel" so I just had to pick it up for the PSP.
It is hard for me to put it down, I love it.

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