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wahming ,

!piracy

(/jk, because otherwise somebody will take me at face value)

Boxtifer ,

Skull and bones. I’m not even kidding. I played it during a closed alpha and I hated sea of thieves.

Krzd ,
@Krzd@lemmy.world avatar

I second Skull and Bones, also played it during alpha and it was fun as fuck. Also, there’s a public beta coming up soon!

SandLight ,

I had a Fisher Price pirates point and click adventure when I was… 6? I adored it so that I guess. Also there was a Muppets Treasure Island point and click adventure from back in the day. I’m sure that counts and is what you’re looking for.

Ruben ,

Puzzle Pirates was an amazing puzzle MMO. Unfortunately it died out and while you can still play it, the servers are quite abandoned

cyanarchy ,

I miss it so much, it was great in its heyday.

solitaire , (edited )
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Pirates of the Caribbean (2003) is my favourite pirate game. No, it’s nothing like what you think a licensed tie in game from 2003 would be like.

It’s a real oddity. This was made by a Russian studio and originally meant to be a sequel to their previous age of sail game, Sea Dogs. In Russia it was still marketed as a sequel, without the Pirates of the Carribean branding. It has basically nothing to do with the movies in reality. I have no idea how or why this ended up being a tie in.

I don’t really have a short hand for describing the genre. It most reminds me of space sims - where you control a vessel which you can replace, has an economy/trade system, management mechanics, factional reputation systems and an open world. It’s not a simplified as Freelancer, but not a spreadsheet game like the X series.

The sailing is great, a happy medium between completely arcade stuff where you just point your ship where you want to go and sims. Wind and weather play an important role without being tedious or overwhelming.

You also control a character for ship environments, like boarding, and exploring towns and islands (with swashbuckling combat, of course). It’s pretty bare bones but the variety is appreciated. There are lite-RPG dialogue/story mechanics and quests, though I do not want to give the impression this narrative heavy game. It’s an RPG style that used to be relatively common but not so much anymore.

But the real highlight is the New Horizons mod which greatly overhauls the game. It’s been developed for almost 20 years. I don’t recommend playing the vanilla game - I enjoyed it at the time, but it’s just an inferior experience to the mod.

Best yet, it’s free. The game is abandonware.

LunchEnjoyer OP ,
@LunchEnjoyer@lemmy.world avatar

Yet another old hidden gem! Thanks for shedding some light on this one 🌻

yagrum ,

I haven’t played this game in years but spent hours playing it with the old build mods, pretty amazing that people are still working on this

beefcat ,
@beefcat@lemmy.world avatar

I rented PotC from blockbuster once and all i remember are insane loading times and super janky combat

Eggyhead ,
@Eggyhead@kbin.social avatar

This is stretching things a bit, but I’d like to throw in Skies of Arcadia if you like retro games. They’re also fantasy Sky-ships instead of real ones.

MamboGator ,
@MamboGator@lemmy.world avatar

Kind of along the same lines are Air Buccaneers and Guns of Icarus. Both are kind of like Sea of Thieves but with air ships. I don’t know how active the communities are for either these days.

autokludge ,
@autokludge@programming.dev avatar

(Captain) Claw - Monolith Games PC

mwproductions ,

I’ve been playing Sail Forth. It’s very basic, but still fairly fun.

LunchEnjoyer OP ,
@LunchEnjoyer@lemmy.world avatar

It looks quite peaceful, ill check it out :)

hperrin ,

I read that title and thought you were asking where to download cracked versions of games.

LunchEnjoyer OP ,
@LunchEnjoyer@lemmy.world avatar

Nah :P I might be sailing the high seas from time to time, but never when it comes to indie games.

Tedrow ,
@Tedrow@lemmy.world avatar

Age of Booty.

Very different than what others are recommending. It’s a fun arcade game.

circuitfarmer ,
@circuitfarmer@lemmy.world avatar

Windward is pretty fun and under the radar.

Sid Meier’s “Pirates!” is old as hell but still a great game.

HeavyRaptor ,

Pirates! is amazing

  • Capturing ships to make your own fleet
  • Searching for lost treasure
  • Many different ships and upgrades to choose from (go war canoe)
  • Sword fighting
  • Wooing governor’s daughters (somewhat similar in gameplay to sword fighting)
  • (mediocre) stealth and land battles
  • Free your family from the grasp of Baron Raymondo (Evil!)
  • Battle famous pirates and take their ships
Chee_Koala ,

Another one for Sid Meier’s pirates, it was great and aged decently.

Mithre ,

Even the remake of Pirates! is fantastic.

MamboGator ,
@MamboGator@lemmy.world avatar

I played this on Xbox when it came out. It was a lot of fun but once my pirate got too old I couldn’t bring myself to start again.

BarrierWithAshes ,
@BarrierWithAshes@kbin.social avatar

I like Raven's Cry but it is a janky game so be warned.

xkforce ,

Assassains creed black flag has such a good pirating mechanic they tried making an entire game focusing on it.

cyberpunk007 ,

But Ubisoft…right?

XeroxCool ,

The mechanic was developed for AC3 so I’d say they successfully made an entire 4th game revolving around it

Kylamon1 ,

If your looking for a cheap puzzle game, I had fun with Unforgettable Voyage on steam.

Mirodir ,

I sunk a lot of hours into Port Royale 2 many years ago. I’m not sure how well it holds up today or on its sequels. I think 3 was well received and 4 poorly.

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