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Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

  • Summary: Renowned writers Wolfgang Walk, Mark L. Barrett and Bob Bates tell the tale of Thomas "Hawk" Blythe and his powerful adversary, Edward Teach, better known as the dreaded Blackbeard. It is as much a pirate tale as ever there was, and this is one to make the blood boil with love and honor, conspiracy and theft, violence and murder. Features include: Blackbeard! The most feared and notorious pirate to sail the seas; Pirate story of voodoo, treasure, treachery and love; Battles at sea and on land, close combat, sneaking and climbing; 8 ship types, with diverse configurations and ammunition; Traditional collection of close combat weapons with some less conventional bonus weapons; Wide range of sword fight maneuvers, combo attacks and special moves. [CDV Software] Expand
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 17
  2. Negative: 8 out of 17
  1. This is a game where the sum of the parts make a fairly satisfying whole.
  2. Tortuga has only one shining stone in the chest: sea battles. Unfortunately the rest of the game pulls it down.
  3. It's just that not enough of the missions stand out, and the majority feel like sleepwalks through pirate lore that would bore a pre-teen. [June 2007, p.60]
  4. Ship-to-ship combat is somewhat exciting due to some fresh options to set and trim sails, but everything else is tedious, poorly designed, or both.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 2 out of 2
  1. GuybrushT.
    4
    I returned this game the day after I bought it stating that it was damaged. It wasn't damaged. It was however a mundane, non-linear, badly coded attempt to cash in on Johnny Depp's latest movies. Combat at sea is unpredictable and luck based as your cannons range varies from being able to fire upto half a mile away and not firing at all when you are practically on top of an enemy ship. Combat on land is dependant on hammering your left mouse button whilst trying to shepherd the 6+ enemies that attack you at once into a corner before they mob you. There has been a mass of pirate-based games of recent catalysed by the Pirates of the Caribbean movies with this and the official PotC games being the worst and Sid Meier's Pirates and Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales being the cream of the crop. And I should know, I'm a mighty pirate! *strokes beard* Expand
  2. Loki
    2
    When you start skipping the terrible cutscenes from the second one, you just know it's not going to be roses. Ascaron was the first with a pirates theme (way before Sid n Co) but they've managed to take a fun game and make it dull and irritating. Button mashing deluxe. About 15 minutes of marginal entertainment. What a pity. Expand