While the game does take a while with it’s in game tutorials this control is eventually handed over to the player. Players start this pirate themed adventure on the Isla Fortuna which is a barren island haven designed to give players the appropriately freedom to shape the island and make it their own pirate stronghold. In addition to the stronghold upgrades you’ll also find a wealth of enhanced technology options, the ability to attract unique pirates to your crew, adventures undertaken across the seas and an enemy plundering mechanic which works in tandem with resource generating on your own island to build your stock of rum, lumber and gold. Central to your strategy is your band of pirates who have their own claim on an island stronghold which slowly improves and upgrades with gameplay investment.

This makes Pirates: Tides of Fortune ideal for the fan of the genre who is sick of the same old settings and instead looking to travel the high seas while building up a pirate settlement.įrom a gameplay perspective Pirates: Tides of Fortune offers an experience that is reminiscent of the genre and wraps it in a beautifully presented pirate theme complete with some in game voice acting and a pirate themed soundtrack to set the scene appropriately. Despite the saturated genre of massively multiplayer strategy titles Pirates: Tides of Fortune has one key advantage over the vast array of medieval, western and futuristic strategy adventures and that is the pirate theme which has remained relatively untouched by the genre.

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