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Pirates are fun, portable
Somehow I missed “Sid Meier’s Pirates!” when it came out on the PC, then I missed it again when it hit the Xbox. The PSP version hit my desk, and I could resist the siren call of the sea no longer.
I spent a few hours playing it Sunday, and now it’s hard to put the thing down before I go to bed at night. I can’t really compare the game with its likely beefier PC counterpart, but the gameplay on the PSP is outstanding, with sharp graphics, very fun gameplay, pretty decent music and more pirate parlance than you can shake a sword at.
While I’m not sure I’m playing the game right (most of my adventuring involves randomly attacking ships at sea, talking to lots of governors and trading spices and food haphazardly), I’m having a lot of fun. I’m not sure if my career choice of a sword-slinging privateer is making the duels a little too easy on me, but other than a few minor quibbles, this one’s definitely a keeper. I’ve been bearish on the Sony PSP, but with this game and Rockstar’s shipment of “The Warriors” for Sony’s black portable console, it looks like happy times for the PSP.
Avast!
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