bit-tech Shopping: Take 2 Interactive Sid Meier's Pirates! (PSP)

Rating: 10

Time with product: 3 Months

Strengths: One of the best games for PSP

Weaknesses: Few

Summary: Sid Meier's Pirates is an amazing port for the PSP. It's probably one of the best games so far. Due to its aged origin, graphics is a mixed bag. However, this doesn't take away from the gameplay. It works so well on the PSP that you don't feel like playing an old game. You command your ship and your crew and free to do whatever you want in the game. There are just so many ways to play it.This game has so many things thrown in there that if you like strategy, mini games or are a pirate fan, you will like it!

Rating: 10

Time with product: 3

Strengths: Great port of the PC game, graphics, control

Weaknesses: Repetitive

Summary: Sid Meier's Pirates is an excellent port of the PC game for the portable PSP. In Pirates you play a pirate captain to seek fortune and fame on the high seas, and to avenge your family. There is a high degree of freedom in the game in which you are free to explore, trade, treasure hunt, etc to achieve your goals.I'm impressed with the graphics and sound of the game, considering its age and lineage from the PC version. Controls are fluid and load time is minimal. All in all, it is an excellent and affordable game to have.

Rating: 8

Time with product: 3 Weeks

Strengths: amazing, and addicting storyline

Weaknesses: It is a bit repetitive.

Summary: At the beginning of the game you choose which country you will serve. You choose between the French, Spanish, England, and the Dutch. You level up the from each country till you become a Duke. The crew can fight & capture various types of ships, like Pirates, Merchants, and many more. On the game you will go find hidden cities and treasures. On a scale from one to ten I would give it a eight. I reccommend this fun, adventerous, and addicting game to all.

Rating: 8

Time with product: 2

Strengths: Plenty of things to do, nonlinear

Weaknesses: Graphics sort of spartan

Summary: The supposed goal of this game has you as a Pirate, fighting to avenge yourself against a Spanish nobleman, but the game is far more freeform than that. It's up to you to decide how you want to attain the fame and fortune that you will need whether that be through exploring, trading, treasure hunting, or full blown piracy. Right off the bat you get to pick yourself a pirate who excels in one of several areas (navigation, swashbuckling, dancing) and then to pick a nation to whom you pledge your initial allegiance. After that, it's all up to you what sort of quests or missions you want to persue to complete your ultimate goals.

Rating: 10

Time with product: 11 Days

Strengths: 1. Has the same great gameplay of the original PC game.2. controls are easy to use and were perfect match of psp.

Weaknesses: 1. sometimes during the ship sword fighting sequence, the characters are off the screen.2. the music are abrupt and missing at times

Summary: The same great game of the original and now can play on the road. The greatest fun of this game is that you can do whatever you want, you can follow the quests ?Path to Revenge? by saving your family, track down the Marquis, or you can go on your own and keep attacking ships to get wealthy, or fight for specific country and become Duke, or take over cities or you can romance the governors daughters but no matter what you do, it will be entertaining and have lots of fun.