Sid Meier's Pirates!: Live the Life

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Description

Sid Meier returns to his roots with this remake of Sid Meier's Pirates!, his 1987 game about sailing the high seas in search of treasure. As in the original, you will plunder cities, sink enemy ships, and more. A plethora of different styles of gameplay will have you sneaking out of prison, dancing with the governor's daughter, engaging in real-time strategic combat, and a slew of others.

Sid Meier's Pirates! features a new 3D engine, but its style of stringing several minigames together to make a congruent game remains true to the original.

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Trailer

Alternate Titles

• "大海盜" -- Traditional Chinese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Console Generation Exclusives: Xbox
• Enhanced remakes
• Feral Legends label
• Games with nobility titles
• Game with creator's name
• Green Pepper releases
• Merchant / Trade-oriented games
• Middleware: Gamebryo/Lightspeed/NetImmerse
• PC Gamer Presents Games
• Pirates! series
• Setting: Age of Discovery / Enlightenment
• Setting: Ship / Boat
• Sid Meier's licensees
• Sound engine: AIL/Miles Sound System
• Theme: Sea Pirates

User Reviews

I for one look forward to more games like this...har...har...har	Windows	Indra was here (20862)
Excellent remake of a memorable classic	Windows	Cadorna (222)
Memorable, addictive, fun.. I love it	Windows	Arejarn (7073)
SET FULL SAIL!!	Windows	James Kirk (168)

Critic Reviews

GameWatcher / Strategy Informer	Windows	Dec 20, 2004	9 out of 10	90
GameSpot (Belgium/Netherlands)	Windows	Dec 03, 2004	86 out of 100	86
Jolt (UK)	Xbox	Jul 26, 2005	8.5 out of 10	85
Game Informer Magazine	Windows	Jan, 2005	8.5 out of 10	85
Netjak	Xbox	Sep 05, 2005	8.3 out of 10	83
4Players.de	Windows	Dec 08, 2004	83 out of 100	83
4Players.de	iPad	Jul 29, 2011	68 out of 100	68
Worth Playing	Wii	Oct 06, 2010	6.5 out of 10	65
Cubed3	Wii	Feb 15, 2011		50
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	Xbox	Mar 19, 2006	4 out of 10	40

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Title	13	vedder (57223) Apr 04, 2015

Trivia

Sound

Some sound-effects/video in Sid Meier's Pirates were re-used from previous Civilization games., One example includes when your character swings on a rope aboard a ship. The yell he makes is actually the yell an Archer makes in Civ III when he gets promoted. Another example is one of the ballroom dancing pieces that's played. It happens to also be a track used in Civilization III: Conquests.

Awards

• Computer Games Magazine
  • March 2005 - #2 Game of the Year
• Computer Gaming World
  • March 2005 (Issue #249) – Arcade Classic of the Year
• GameSpy
  • 2004 – #10 PC Game of the Year
  • 2004 - Old Skool Award (PC)

Information also contributed by PCGamer77

Related Web Sites

• Sid Meier's Pirates!: Live the Life (official website)
• Addicted to Pirates! (A fansite containing various information about Sid Meier's Pirates!)
• Hooked on Pirates! (A fansite containing many mods for Sid Meier's Pirates!)
• Official Webpage (Mac) (The official product page for the Mac version of Pirates! on the publisher's website, which provides trailers, an overview of the various ships and skills within the game itself, desktop wallpapers, and purchasing information, among other such details.)
• Plunder the High Seas in Sid Meier's Pirates! (An Apple Games article about the Mac version of Sid Meier's Pirates!, with commentary provided by Executive Producer Barry Caudill (October, 2008).)
• Sid Meier's Pirates! (Official website)
• Sid Meier's Pirates! (Firaxis' Official Site)