anyone played sid meier's pirates?

[thelastmccabe]

Wow, civ 4 looks totally amazing, they are fixing so many things that need fixing and getting rid of rioting!!! And that got me wondering if anybody's played sid meier's pirates and if it is a cool game. I've seen some good reviews of it, but I haven't heard much about it.

 

[dug777]

w00t i hated rioting sooo much

 

[dighn]

civ3 is my first civ and i loved it

but the corruption = :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown:

and what's the deal with pikesmen destroying modern armor?!

 

[effee]

i liked civ2 better than 3...when is 4 planned for release?

 

[Baked]

CivII stole thousands of my precious hours way back when. AC was cool too. CivIII didn't do it for me.

 

[dc]

civ2 <3

 

[KillyKillall]

Pirates is fun if you play it in 20 minute doses...that's about it. It loses its appeal pretty fast unless you can entertain yourself going.."ARG MATEY!" to your screen over and over for weeks.

 

[thelastmccabe]

I think the site I saw said november this year, there is a long thing on it at www.civfanatic.com (i think that's the right address). They are really planning a whole lot of changes, adding a ton more resources, religions and holy cities, combat system to encourage combined arms rather than stack of 1 unit type (better bombardment) and doing the governments like the social engineering in AC instead of having set govts. Getting mostly rid of pollution, making culture and happiness one combined slider, multiple tech paths (u can skip whole branches), etc......sounds awesome, i don't have the exact link but u should check it out.

 

[Apathetic]

If you liked the old Pirates! game, you'll love the new one. Biggest thing about the game is that is is COMPLETELY open ended. You can do whatever you want whenever you want.

Dave

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: Apathetic
If you liked the old Pirates! game, you'll love the new one. Biggest thing about the game is that is is COMPLETELY open ended. You can do whatever you want whenever you want.

Dave

Awesome!

*fires up Pirates & searches for some hawt pirate babes*

 

[AU Tiger]

Played the original Pirates and enjoyed it. It was entertaining for a week or two. PC Gamer has a CIV4 feature this month and the game does look good.

 

[iamwiz82]

I keep trying to get into Civ. 2 & 3 again, but nothing can get me going like Civ 1.

 

[mundane]

Yes, four of the expected improvements in CivIV have gotten my attention:

-Social Engineering, a la Alpha Centauri. That system kicked some serious ass.
-Religion. About time they integrated this into their game model; it played a central role in the majority of human history
-Requiring resource investment into culture.
-User Customization through Python