Talk:Sid Meier's Pirates! (2004)
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I wrote a short summary of the introduction (didn't mention the "freedom" of the game, though), but I'm not sure it was right to use the word "you", as in, for example, "a Spanish nobleman kidnaps your family". Perhaps "the player's" would have been better? --Dkd3 11:51, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, we try not to address the reader. "The player's" or "hero's" would be appropriate here. — Frecklefoot | Talk 16:44, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
A small question that I have no idea where to find anywhere but here: What is the name of the song that plays during the land battles? I thought it was made up for this game, but I recently heard it in the beginning of Iron Maiden's The Pilgrim, and it really is a catchy tune. Thank you in advance. -24.8.212.239 02:41, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] "State of the Art"
This article uses some strange over-the-top statements that make it sound like marketing. Ex.: "Sid Meier's Pirates! features a state of the art graphics engine," and other such lines about the graphics. Really, even for 2004, the graphics were not that revolutionary, and were not considered so by the vast majority of the industry. Why is the article written this way? --Mattthemutt 04:15, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
- Because some fan wrote it that way. You're free to change it to make it sound more balanced. — Frecklefσσt | Talk 11:06, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Serious Cleanup Needed
This article needs some editing. There are some confusing statements at some places, such as the article makes it sound like there is only Grape Shot and Chain Shot, the "normal" one isn't mentioned at all?
Furthermore, I think that the list of cities/countries needs some editing. Which country a city belongs to is determined by the starting era, and so the list needs to go or atleast specify what era it is referring to.
It also refers to captians without names, but does not tell why they have no names, or what makes them different from named ones.
I also note the absence of the Ship Of The Line?
[edit] Plot Summary too long?
Anyone know why that was put on this article? All I'm seeing is a single paragraph on the story. Analog line 15:57, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Sequel?
Anyone know if they're gonna make a sequel? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wobblies (talk • contribs)
- I heard they are currently making a sequel. — Frecklefoot | Talk 13:50, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Edited
I edited this, There IS in fact a Pirate hunter possibility for a ship of the line
[edit] Spurious bug comment
I removed this comment from the article:
- Some users appear to be getting an error where the game fails to load and keeps asking for disc 2. One workaround for this bug, which has worked for some users, is to change the computer's date back to October 2007. (This error appears to be related to the current date and, to date, most reported incidents of the error have been within November 2007).
There is no cite for it and is possibly just one user's experience. Without a cite, it doesn't even belong in the article. Actually, it probably doesn't belong in the article at all since we don't usually discuss bugs in game articles, unless they are highly publicized or make the game unplayable. — Frecklefσσt | Talk 14:35, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] "Notes and Trivia" breakup
The majority of these bullets look like fun inclusions by the game developers. Perhaps there should be a section that talks about these, rather than lists them. I'm not sure what it should be called--not exactly "easter eggs," but just some background as to why characters are named and look a certain way. Another small section near the bottom could be labelled "Historical Inaccuracies," and I'm sure this will be easy to expand. If this is deemed unnecessary or irrelevant, then the same goes for that Trivia bullet. NinjaSkitch 23:24, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
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