Sid Meier's Pirates!

November 22, 2004 Firaxis Games 2K Games, Feral Interactive, Atari, Inc.
Real Time Strategy (RTS) Role-playing (RPG) Simulator Strategy Adventure
Win Phone PC iOS Mac
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Based on Sid Meier's original masterpiece, Pirates!, Sid Meier's Pirates! has you facing countless dogged enemies, wooing fair maidens and raising the Jolly Roger on the high seas in pursuit of riches. Discover what it takes to become one of the most famous pirates in history!

Firaxis' long-awaited Sid Meier's Pirates! carries on with the great game play tradition and design simplicity of the award-winning original while adding more challenging and exciting battle options, eye-popping 3D graphics, fantastic new audio, and loads of new game play features!
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User Score
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Critic Score
82.1
Total Score
121
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Game Info

Release Date November 22, 2004
Developer Firaxis Games
Publisher 2K Games, Feral Interactive, Atari, Inc.
Game Modes Single player
Perspective Bird view / Isometric, Side view
Themes Action, Historical, Open world
Sid Meier's Pirates!

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