[HN Gopher] Sid Meier's Pirates - In-depth (2017)
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       Sid Meier's Pirates - In-depth (2017)
        
       Author : benbreen
       Score  : 25 points
       Date   : 2025-05-31 06:43 UTC (16 hours ago)
        
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       | cosmicgadget wrote:
       | I didn't play the original, but the 2004 remake was amazing.
       | Particularly in an fps-saturated market.
        
         | Spastche wrote:
         | the mini-games (dancing, the land battle strategy game) kind of
         | ruin that version. it needs a modern version.
        
           | cosmicgadget wrote:
           | I liked the land battles at the time, though they were
           | definitely limited compared to its contemporaries. Dancing
           | and sword fighting were unfun for sure. A modernization would
           | be awesome, the closest experiences for me have been AC Black
           | Flag and Rebel Galaxy.
           | 
           | What's the Civ VII dev team doing these days?
        
             | goosedragons wrote:
             | Trying to finish Civ VII.
        
             | SPACE_LAWYER wrote:
             | AC Black Flag remains the most fun I ever had playing a
             | video game
        
           | somenameforme wrote:
           | I can't help but wonder if those parts of the game kind of
           | work as a dirty bit, a fat friend, that makes the rest of the
           | game feel that much better.
           | 
           | Port Royale (and many other games) kind of take the core
           | aspects of Pirates (open world, combat, trade, pinnace to
           | ship of the line, retirement, piracy/privateering, and so on)
           | and then try to expand on it allowing one to operate multiple
           | fleets, developing cities, and many other such things - with
           | no particularly annoying aspect. And they're enjoyable, but
           | somehow don't come anywhere near Pirates, and I can't think
           | of any particular reason why not.
           | 
           | Actually come to think of it, most of every great game I can
           | think of also had some really really terrible aspects. For a
           | more popular example, the combat in Skyrim is some of the
           | worst in any RPG. But perhaps these failings make the rest of
           | the game shine that much more.
        
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