When it works the best Pirate game
And when it doesn't it can be infuriating. On windows 10 I couldn't get boarding/city fights to work, on windows 11 those work fine, but there is still some occasional jank, but not a ton.
There is a wide variety of ships on the ocean, hell, some even fly or go submarine(sadly no you cannot steal these from their races/factions. Also a wide variety of personal/crew weapons. There is a good variety of ship customization, personal clothing.
As far as gameplay, each city contains the same interactable buildings but not the same layout. Clothing merchant, weapon merchant, goods merchant, tavern(crew hiring, captain hiring, news), watch tower(faction quests, faction crew, pennant rewards), shipwright(upgrades, ship/fleet management), and notice board(other quests). You can search shiprwrecks, hidden treasure, and hunt sea monsters.
I've been looking for a truly great pirate game and this one is only quite good (a shame, the devs were very responsive to issues on steam, but the studio ran out of time/funding), if you think you know something not universally known that is the best one(don't bother telling me about Assassin's Creed, Port Royale, Windrose, Sid Meir's Pirates, Rebel Galaxy) let me know
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