An Addicted Preview!

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Ever heard about an old game called Pirates! (note the exclamation mark!)? The old, unsinkable classic that even today, almost two decades later, is played by thousands of gamers all over the world.

Well, to sum up short – it was a groundbreaking game at that time (1987), introducing a free, wide open world in a real time setting, an open-ended multi-genre game with roleplaying, action and even strategy elements. You started out by taking control of a ship and a few men, and that was it! The rest was up to you… Swordfighting, ship-battles, land-battles, digging for treasures, finding lost relatives… Ah, those days.

When my eyes heard (as much as eyes can hear) that a remake of one of the greatest games of all times was in development, my heart jumped. My eyes sharpened. My first thought was “YAY!” – my second thought was “I hope it will be as good as the original”. So far, it seems like we are getting more than I hoped for…

But hold on a minute… Did I say unsinkable? Let's find out! It looks like we better prepare for battle, because the remake is firing at us, loaded with 48 cannons!

So, what does this remake have to offer besides some new 3D-graphics? The short answer is: A lot! The long answer: Well, that's gonna take a while, so bottle up – we're going to the Caribbean!