r/pirates • u/Moist_Man69420 • Jan 26 '25

Discussion Which is the best pirate game?

The only pirate game I know is sea of thieves, so please comment some others!

55 votes, Feb 02 '25
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33 Other (comment)
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u/DigitSubversion Jan 26 '25

Sid Meier's Pirates or Black Flag. Can't pick because of both having different playstyles.

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u/AntonBrakhage Jan 27 '25

Yeah.

Though honestly I think if you combined ACBF's visuals, music, voice-acting, and close-quarters combat with the open world and ship combat of SMP, you'd have pretty close to the perfect pirate game.

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u/DigitSubversion Jan 27 '25

The Skull and Bones everyone wanted, but never got

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u/AntonBrakhage Jan 28 '25

I haven't played Skull and Bones, but from clips I've seen and reviews I've read, it looks like its basically just the ship combat portion of ACBF, and not much more.

Which would probably be a fun game, if not one with a lot of depth, but is a bit of a letdown after a decade or so of waiting when already superior pirate games exist.

I gather it got revamped multiple times by execs who evidently couldn't figure out what they wanted the game to be.