Top Ten Things to Do in Sid Meier's Pirates
Sid Meier's Pirates! is a fun game with a lot of pirate-y stuff to do. It's a guilty pleasure to play as well. The game has several mini games and is fun throughout.The main quest of the game has you chasing Marquis Montalban who imprisoned your family. It's a very hard quest
Other named pirates exist in this game, and they get mad when you dig up their treasure. But they are all beatable in a swordfight.
The most common thing the in-game pirates do! They draw swords and exchange blows. Very fast-paced. It is actually really tough on later difficulty settings
Fire the cannons to weaken the enemy and either sink or capture the vessel.
This is one of the harder things to do, impressing the lasses who like the dashing pirates. Eventually it is possible to marry one of the daughters.
The game offers a tactical land-based combat. A really successful land battle can change the nationality of a port.
Of course, they need to be well fed. Crew gets unhappy as the game progresses.
This is actually important, because it resets your status in case the game decides to make crew morale mutinous.
Not very much seen, there's not much to it really. Land combat is more fun.
Works like lost relative or treasure maps, but the reward is a ton of gold!