Captain Blood Sets Sail After Two Decades

Captain Blood is now available for PC and consoles, and the Windows and macOS edition of this seafaring action game is on the Epic Games Store, GOG.com,* and Steam with a 10% launch discount. This will take players to the Spanish Main of the 17th century to engage in some of the piracy for which the setting is so famous. Traveling the seas by sail is time-consuming, but this news still reflects an extremely long voyage. The game's first mention here was 21 years ago when 1C Company put a product page online, and in 2006 it was delayed until 2007. Somewhere along the way its title became Age of Pirates: Captain Blood, but this has reverted back to just Captain Blood. By 2010, the big news was a new website, which is now only suited to those desperate to find a Filipino Casino. Wikipedia says the project was abandoned somewhere along the way due to legal issues, and at some point it was declared "vaporware." But Captain Blood must have lawyered up at some point, because here he is. 1C Company is out of the picture, and this is developed by Seawolf Studio & General Arcade and published by SNEG. It carries a 10% launch discount, and there's a playable demo on GOG.com and Steam. Here's the Launch Trailer and here are some details:

Captain Blood is a pirate-themed action game set on the Spanish Main in the 17th century, where you step into the boots of a fearsome pirate on a quest for gold and glory. Expect wild adventures with cannon firing, pistol shooting, swashbuckling sword fights, and plenty of pirate shenanigans. This action-packed hack'n'slash features fierce hand-to-hand combat, hordes of enemies, and a classic fighting system with flashy combos and epic finishers. Prepare for intense deck battles where you can fire the ship's cannons and fend off blood-thirsty boarding crews. Collect gold to upgrade your fighting skills, buy new weapons, and become the most feared buccaneer on the high seas. Fight for wealth and glory!
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Bill Borre wrote on May 7, 2025, 12:56:
Just what I came here to post Braden. There must not be that many of us. It only has 13 votes on the GOG Dreamlist.
Everyone who voted for getting the original Captain Blood on GOG will probably have converged on this thread in a day or two...

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May 8, 2025, 02:16
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When did QTEs become a desirable thing to have in games? I remember a time not too long ago when QTEs were the bane of existence, the devil's horns, the beelzebub's hairy balls, the....oh you get the idea.
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May 7, 2025, 23:14
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Braden wrote on May 7, 2025, 12:54:
Whenever I see "Captain Blood" mentioned in a videogame context, my mind always drifts back to the ancient Infogrames title of the same name from 1988 (which - name aside - is wholly unrelated).

I thought it was that game too and was confused at the pirate theme instead of hunting down clones in space.
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May 7, 2025, 17:43
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Downloading the demo now. Reviews seem to say short and flawed, but fun.
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May 7, 2025, 16:31
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Bill Borre wrote on May 7, 2025, 12:56:
Just what I came here to post Braden. There must not be that many of us. It only has 13 votes on the GOG Dreamlist.

Make that 14… I didn’t know it was on there 😂 I had it on the Amiga though…
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May 7, 2025, 15:55
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Errol Flynn will be spinning in his grave - the movie was much better!
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May 7, 2025, 14:58
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Damn, I had the same thought, and.. 1988? man, I feel old...er.
Vaguely recall playing it on a friend's Atari ST, and another friend's Amiga, but don't recall the gameplay at all.
Just the name tbh.
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May 7, 2025, 14:06
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Rush job. I'm sure another decade would have helped it reach true™ greatness.
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May 7, 2025, 14:00
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This game reminds me of 2017's Strafe, where the trailer was so strong at grabbing my attention, but then the game released (or in CB's case a demo released) and the gameplay just simply did not hold up.
I played the demo for this and found it grindy and plodding. It's literally just hallways of shooting galleries with enemies with too much health. The boss battles also took forever. Reviews are sadly on-point, that the gameplay simply doesn't hold up after 20 years. This was their opportunity to modernize some of the gameplay elements, but they don't appear to have done that. Maybe that wasn't in the cards from this publisher.
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May 7, 2025, 13:29
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Well... that's a weird game arc.
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May 7, 2025, 13:07
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hahah, take that all you Star Citizen H8T0R'Z
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Just what I came here to post Braden. There must not be that many of us. It only has 13 votes on the GOG Dreamlist.
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Whenever I see "Captain Blood" mentioned in a videogame context, my mind always drifts back to the ancient Infogrames title of the same name from 1988 (which - name aside - is wholly unrelated).
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