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Pirates! in Q4 2004

[Nov 10, 2003, 11:01 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

When plans for Sid Meier's Pirates!, the upcoming remake of the famed designer's famed high seas game, were announced (story), the only release date indicated at the time was "next year" (2004). Now some posts to the Cutlass Isle Forums indicate that it looks like the upcoming seafaring remake will have a Q4 2004 release. Here's a bit of what Atari's Jeff Foley has to say: "As it is, we aren't doing much PR work or awareness building right now, since it would just get lost in the clutter of holiday season advertising and stories. Look for things to begin to ramp up in the first half of next year, as we head towards an end of 2004 launch date." Thanks Falconer.

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Re: Awesome

Nov 11, 2003, 03:01

Xard

I dunno. I like Port Royale alright, however, I wouldn't consider it better than Pirates by any length. For me, the ship battles were too... weird. Just, not being able to use the keyboard at all to steer seems so strange after becoming a keyboard master with Pirates! Gold and PotC. I'd like to try "Pirate Hunter" to see how that works, the trading was ok in Port Royale, however, it was far too involved for me to get into anything else, and letters of Marque were too hard to get and keep.

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Comment [quote="Xard"Nov 11, 2003, 03:01]I dunno. I like Port Royale alright, however, I wouldn't consider it better than Pirates by any length. For me, the ship battles were too... weird. Just, not being able to use the keyboard at all to steer seems so strange after becoming a keyboard master with Pirates! Gold and PotC. I'd like to try "Pirate Hunter" to see how that works, the trading was ok in Port Royale, however, it was far too involved for me to get into anything else, and letters of Marque were too hard to get and keep. [/quote]

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