Sid Meier's Pirates! (Live the Life)
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Video Game Reviews of Sid Meier's Pirates! (Live the Life)
Customer Review: Just like old times...
Summary: 4 Stars
Just like the Pirates game I remember. Thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining.
First, a tip about the crashing: I had the same problems that other people experienced with the game crashing...almost every minute. It was bad enough that the game was unplayable. However, through trial and error, I found that with the right video settings within the game, the crashing goes away. I think the setting that helped the most was Object Detail, but I'm not sure on that. I haven't played around with it to figure out what fixed it (and I'm hesitant to fool with it now). The only drawback is that I had to turn the detail UP, which slowed things down on my system (not a top-of-the-line machine).
Misc thoughts/comments:
- Excellent recreation of the original game, but better with improved graphics and some new features.
- Easy to learn gameplay, but still challenging. Strikes a good balance in my opinion.
- Repetitive, as others have pointed out. However, as addictive as games can be these days, I need something that's easy to turn off.
- Despite some repetitive aspects there is a decent variety of things you can do and freedom to pick the direction you want to go in.
- A bit on the buggy side, which is disappointing. The crashing flat out shouldn't happen, and I've noticed some other bugs here and there.
All in all, it met my expectations!
Customer Review: Don't Buy This
Summary: 1 Stars
Like others, I could not install this on a relatively new computer (XP)which meets all system requirmts. Kept crashing computer, even after repeatedly uninstalling and reinstalling. Downloaded patch, that did nothing. In reading the old reviews, it seems like this problem has been around forever, and they still have not fixed it. Could not get through to tech support line, and they have never returned email. Save your money on this and try Age of Mythology or Age of Empires. They load and play without any problem, with wonderful graphics and no repetition.Customer Review: Doesn't work on many systems
Summary: 1 Stars
This does not work on any of my systems. There is absolutely Zero customer support for this item. They will not answer their help line or their emails. Be Very Careful if you plan to buy this as a gift. It seems like it would be fun if it only worked.Customer Review: most crashing game
Summary: 1 Stars
I have had this game 2 weeks. It played great for about 3 hours then crashed. I have uninstalled/reinstalled, tried to patch it with available online patch, just keeps crashing every 3-8 minutes. I think class action lawsuit may be in order as the online gaming sites are full of people like me that would love to play the game but can't keep it running long enough. Have tried to contact Firaxis but their website is also completely messed up, SQL errors... I want my money back!Customer Review: SAD
Summary: 1 Stars
I have a new computer 2+ GHz Processor, 512 MB Ram 160 GB hd space well over the minimum requirements for the game. I downloaded corrective patch 1.02 for this game from Sid Meiers website. I started playing this game. It seemed like an interesting and fun game, I just started to get the gist of it then WHOOPS crash. Crash retry crash, crash again. wow I'll try to save it every few seconds. crash crash crash. Not fun.