What Gamespot Users have to say about Sid Meier's Pirates!

  • Rating:9

    Pirates Upgraded for the Next Generation

    By stackupguitar | Review Date: Apr 21, 2010 | PC

    Though the review title may make this sound like an allusion to space pirates out of some Star Trek episode, the reality of the situation is that Sid Meier has finally upgraded his original smash hit Pirates from 1987 fo... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9

    Addicting, fun, easy, a bit repetitive

    By Porthols | Review Date: Mar 20, 2010 | PC

    It's an awesome game to play! You are able to play the life of a pirate! Plunder ships, become notorious, commandeer other vessels, and even get married. The sword play in it is pretty amazing too - since I'm a fencer... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.5

    Plunder, trade and dance

    By Flaren_Kuldes | Review Date: Dec 22, 2009 | PC

    First when i played this game, i can't stop playing it cause it's really addictive and all i want to do is recruit a lot of crew ,plunder city and ship, kill the famous pirates and make a lot of fortune. They all fun , r... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9

    Awesome Game !

    By Dodo97 | Review Date: Oct 30, 2009 | PC

    You're a rogue Captain during the heyday of Caribbean piracy. You'll have a ship and a crew of your own, and what you do with them is up to you. You could be a peaceful trader, ferrying cargo throughout the colonies -- a... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9

    Reaction minigames get old after a while, but this is a game you'll continually go back to, time and time again.

    By McTock | Review Date: Sep 26, 2009 | XBOX

    Sid Meier's Pirates is a game comprised of reaction time based minigames, and sailing back and forth. It's good overall, however has some basic nessesities left out. Such as sound, there are some good sound effects in th... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.5

    One of the best PC games out there.

    By InnerScribe | Review Date: Aug 21, 2009 | PC

    Hi I'm InnerScribe reviewing Sid Meier's Pirates. It is a fun where you play as a guy who has had his family and their wealth. Your job is to become a pirate and get all of that stuff back. While you are doing so can go ... Read Full Review

    1 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9

    Sid Meier delivered once again

    By tenjhohedgehog9 | Review Date: Aug 14, 2009 | PC

    Everything this in this game is great. The graphics aren't the greatest, but they have a certain cartoonish style, which makes the game look very nice. The Caribbean sea is very big and has a lot of interactivity. The se... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8

    Original.

    By spadeslie | Review Date: Jul 08, 2009 | PC

    Pirates is going to be the best pirate game that you can get except 'At world end' for the Xbox 360. SM Pirates is basic and really fun, because you can level up without feeling you have to reach certain points, you ... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:10

    Plays like the original. A remake done right.

    By Raiden_II | Review Date: Jun 26, 2009 | PC

    Pirates must have been of the number one time killers, next to Defender of the Crown, on the Commodore 64, for me. Remake often succeed in making you very sad while trying to make their rank in the history of horrib... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.5

    Great game. Playing it for years now. Never gets dull.

    By brady | Review Date: Jun 18, 2009 | PC

    I thought it a bit dorky at first, but I just keep playing it and playing it. I even have my mother-in-law hooked on it. It definitely has staying power in that you can approach it several different ways: You can save yo... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful