Pirates of the Caribbean

Designed as a thrilling blend of role-playing and action Pirates of the Caribbean takes place in a large group of Caribbean islands during the golden age of piracy and high seas adventure. You will take command of a ship and its crew, swordfight with other captains, accept and complete daring quests, chase rumors of dangers and riches, and change allegiances amongst the colonial powers in the game. Through skill and daring, you will have the ability to obtain more power than the toughest captains in history ever dreamed possible.

You will be able to customize your captain, crew, skills, and attributes to their individual liking. During shore leave on the many fanciful islands, players can interact with townspeople and shopkeepers to replenish stores of ammo and crew, and explore the wilderness in search of adventure and treasure!
A party-based system on land and at sea allows you to hire friendly captains to form small fleets of ships for trade or battle, and your own band of adventurers when on land. Ultimately, you will be able to control your destiny by following the game story or sailing off in a search of pirate loot.

Pirates of the Caribbean features advanced AI, incredibly detailed characters and vessels, breath taking views at sea, and lush, exotic environments. Enhancing the game\'s realism, wind and water conditions will affect how ships sail and fight. Day and night lighting and jaw-dropping water effects make the game come alive.

- An epic role-playing game on land and at sea
- Gorgeous graphics and realistic weather effects
- Open-ended gameplay set in exotic locales
- Exciting high seas battles and thrilling duels
- Inspired by the feature film coming July 9th

I\'ve been looking forward to this game for a while now(since it was Sea Dogs 2). I was just wondering if anyone had heard anything bad about this game. I already have this game pre-ordered because it is the closest thing to a remake of one of my all-time favorites (Pirates: Gold! for Genesis). Its made by Bethesda so it should be a pretty good RPG(I really enjoyed Morrowind despite its Xbox bugginess). Any thoughts on this game?

Pirates: Gold! rox0rs your box0rs.. lovely game. I never played Sid Meier\'s original, but Gold is just sweet.

Kinda off topic, did anybody else here think that Landstalker was one of Genesis\' best games? Man.. so good.

It might be the only "Zelda killer" in existance that actually challenges Zelda!

Atari and Firaxis Announce Sid Meier\'s Pirates!
At an E3 press conference today, Atari and Firaxis announced that the developer will create a new game: Sid Meier\'s Pirates! Firaxis\' decision to revisit the classic game was inspired by, as Meier put it, "the many requests we\'ve gotten from game players." According to Meier, Firaxis has received more requests to revisit Pirates! than for any of his other previous games in the more than 15 years since the original game\'s release.

According to Meier, Pirates! helped players feel as though they were undertaking buccaneering as "a career"--many players wrote in and explained how they enjoyed the classic game\'s unique combination of action, role-playing, and strategy elements. "We\'re at a point where it makes sense to reimagine the game for the 21st century," said Meier, who suggested parallels between the open-ended exploration of games like Grand Theft Auto III and the original Pirates!, since the original game encouraged players to explore the high seas in search of adventure. However, according to Firaxis president Jeff Briggs, the new game may put more emphasis on role-playing elements. Specifically, players will be able to truly decide to be noble sea captains in service to the king, or dastardly, scurvy pirates in search of innocent vessels to plunder.

Sid Meier\'s Pirates! will be released next year. According to Meier and Briggs, the game will be made available to members of the press "sometime before the game is released next year." We\'ll have more information on the game as soon as we can possibly get it.