Its better than that...

User Rating: 8.1 | The Guild 2: Pirates Of The European Seas PC
This game, and The Guild 2, have been bashed hard here on Gamespot and I do not feel it is justified. I've never had the pathfinding problems or other bugs listed in the GS review.

There is a whole lot of content to this game. Professions have enough variety between them to keep the player interested, and there is a lot of growth in searching for ways to improve your business and expand your wealth. Including making life hard for your competition.

Politics is a totally different aspect to aim for success that can take up a lot of your character's time once you start to develop a successful business.