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Sid Meier's Pirates!: Live the Life

Also known as: Pirates [UK]

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Worth its weight in gold doubloons

Words: Dan Stapleton, GamesRadar US
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There are several other optional minigames, such as dancing with governors' daughters, treasure hunting, port sieges and escaping from prison. You can also trade between ports to build a fortune without firing a shot, or win favor with various European governments to earn bonuses at their ports. Simply put, there are a huge number of things to do in this game, and all of them are worth doing.

If you missed the original game 18 years ago, you should definitely pick this up - it could be another 18 years before they make something this purely fun again.

You'll love
  • Classic cartoon graphics and music
  • You'll never run out of things to do
  • Complex ship-to-ship combat
You'll hate
  • Character ages too quickly
  • Some minigames get monotonous
  • No evil pirates allowed

 
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Sid Meier's Pirates!: Live the Life

Genre: Adventure
Release date: Nov 23, 2004
Published by: 2K Games
Developed by: Firaxis
Designer: Sid Meier
Min system requirements: PIII 1GHz or equivalent, 256MB RAM, 1.2GB HD space, 64MB DirectX 9.0c video card
Recommended system: P4 2GHz or equivalent, 512MB RAM, 1.2GB HD space, 128MB DirectX 9.0c video card
9 AWESOME
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