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Extremely Fun!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Sid Meier's Pirates captures all of the excitment of captaining a ship in the 1800 and 1900 centeries. During the game, you live the life of an upcoming pirate leader in the caribean. conquering and plundering enemy ships are just a miniscule sample of what you'll get to do throughout the course of Sid Meier's Pirates. You can siege towns, find buired treasure and move up the rankings of the top ten pirates on the seas. There are also many little stories or missions in this game but none of which are timed. Overall Sid Meier's Pirates is a fascinating, Fun and Injoyable game for many mouths on end. I strongly recomend Sid Meier's Pirates for the PSP.

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.

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.

Completely Satisfied

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Came quickly and in perfectly new condition as was stated in the description. thanks!

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.

Arrrgh, shiver me timbers!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Although I have slight issue with the specific store through which I ordered this game, I am assured by the beauty for whom it was purchased that it is indeed quite a cute game and well worth the effort.

Buy it.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game provides countless hours of mind-numbing bliss. You will not want to put it down.

Simple Easy Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I am not great at video games like the Mario group. If it requires a lot of hand eye coordination it is no fun for me. I loved this game. It is all about the shooting and the logic not how good your eyes are. I can play this one to the end. I can enjoy this one to the end. That makes it fun. The fact that it is something that interests me greatly (Pirates) makes it even better.

The design of the game is cute. There are ports. You travel around in your ship. Find ports or other ships. Kill the other ships. Take them over. Basically do pirate stuff.

The Perfect RPG

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

this is still one of the greatest RPGs ever made. completely open eneded you really choose the fate of the character. i remember playing the very first version on commodore 64 but when they came out with new versions for PC and PSP i was amazed, and playing them made me fall in love with this game all over again, and its improved so much its actually a form of crack. still good classic fun and now its on handheld so it makes those long flights a lot more enjoyable.

Sids Pirates Rock!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: October 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

When I saw this had quietly come out to retail stores I was curious as to how well it was made and I am shocked to tell you its a Blast!
you are a pirate and you start with a small ship in the home port of your choice *pirate, dutch, french, english, or spanish* then it begins.
you get quests via the tavern and also the governor AND if you are suave like me heh heh The Governers Daughter has Nifty items AND Invaluable info on hidden cities, buried treasure, and even dreaded pirates themselves!
but you must dance via a mini game sequence with timed directional presses determine if you have danced horribly or if you gained the eye of the lady! after the info gathering you repair the ships (up to 6)
upgrade them and hire crew and buy supplies. trade goods are in this game as well, but seem to feel like an afterthought since I never needed to trade any goods, spices or sugar. but still a nice touch.
you are fully capable of defeating the game without taking many missions at all. with a BIG exception:
Your Family! thats right they have been taken and you have to rescue them requiring you to complete many of the quests and do some things that might seem unsavory after you just befrended the governor of tortuga and now you must bring in the natives or pirates to sack the city
*this is a really fun part*
attacking cities requires little more then a few small boats of pirates or natives and head to the town and Begin Firing cannons! then enter port and decide if you want to sneak in via a stealth mode mini game or outright fight to the last man!
this game lets you also sink friends via adhoc wireless multiplayer modes ctf kill etc. its not any one feature in this game that shines but combine them all to get the BEST PIRATE EXPERIENCE I have had the pleasure of playing on a console system.
the sailing aspects will remind many gamers of tradewinds 2 raising and lowering sails taking damage as you sail or worse having the crew mutiny! the difficulty setting really ramps up enemy A.I. and also makes the game quite a bit more difficult.
to those that thought all this sounds easy, it's because it was Easy Mode! glorious fun to be had here folks!
the satisfaction of having made it past lions guarding a buried treasure you want without losing a man *versus the last time where your whole party was eaten and You Ran!*

Graphics: 4 star not god of war here but this game does not require that high res level of top end graphics for ship battles minor swordfights and the like.

Sound: 4 star lost a point for the weird grunts most people make while talking to them. its minor but, I know how some of my friends are and noises effect everyone different so there ya go. thought you should know. otherwise all the sounds are very good and perfect for Pirates!

Overall: as I previously stated, This game is Brilliant when all mixed together and has all the fun elements without the tedium that usually comes with these kind of games I'd recommend this to anyone into pirates, real time strategy, or just sailing sims *light simulation though* it's simply the best pirate console game and I have played both Potc black pearl and at worlds end (ps2) also black buccaneer (ps2 se my review) and Pirates: Legend of black kat (my Favorite on PS2) is easily beaten by Sid Meier's Pirates!
5 Stars Overall!
buy it now by clicking the link below.
Sid Meier's Pirates! Live the Life
PSP VERSION and PSP Review.

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