It's amazing that this pirate-themed game has lived on long after its initial release in 1987 on the Commodore 64 and is now offered for iPad . It sounds like it's open-world nature has kept it alive!
Oddly enough, the best part of Pirates is that what really makes the game is the part that existed since the C64. It really was ahead of its time. The core gameplay is diverse. The game runs an entire economic simulation underneath, running in real time with your gameplay. Towns rise and fall in profitability. Other pirates raid, and the non-allied countries attack each other. All the while, you are allowed to directly influence things across this Spanish Main. Want to dry up the resources and the protection of a particular town? Why attack it directly while it is strong? Just put an embargo around that place and take on any ship willing to keep trade lines with the town. Watch as it loses men, profits, etc. Want to get the big money quick? Try keeping in touch with the movements of the Silver Train and such.
The idea is that the game runs with or without you, and things keep in motion to show fluctuations in the well-being of various cities in the game. Which country is on top of who? You can even affect the landscape of it by capturing cities for your chosen country, and if you rout them bad enough, you get to put a new governor there. Change the entire climate, over time. It is the epitamy of free-roam adventure, and it's a smarter one than you have to be. Glad this makes it onto the iPad. With today's technology, who should be without Pirates?
Sid Meier's Pirates! for iPad
5 Comments
It's amazing that this pirate-themed game has lived on long after its initial release in 1987 on the Commodore 64 and is now offered for iPad . It sounds like it's open-world nature has kept it alive!
Just bought it :D
Oh boy - yet another platform that I can waste my time playing Pirates! on.....
Oddly enough, the best part of Pirates is that what really makes the game is the part that existed since the C64. It really was ahead of its time. The core gameplay is diverse. The game runs an entire economic simulation underneath, running in real time with your gameplay. Towns rise and fall in profitability. Other pirates raid, and the non-allied countries attack each other. All the while, you are allowed to directly influence things across this Spanish Main. Want to dry up the resources and the protection of a particular town? Why attack it directly while it is strong? Just put an embargo around that place and take on any ship willing to keep trade lines with the town. Watch as it loses men, profits, etc. Want to get the big money quick? Try keeping in touch with the movements of the Silver Train and such.
The idea is that the game runs with or without you, and things keep in motion to show fluctuations in the well-being of various cities in the game. Which country is on top of who? You can even affect the landscape of it by capturing cities for your chosen country, and if you rout them bad enough, you get to put a new governor there. Change the entire climate, over time. It is the epitamy of free-roam adventure, and it's a smarter one than you have to be. Glad this makes it onto the iPad. With today's technology, who should be without Pirates?
oh! good
Add a Comment