Pirate Chronicles Collector's Edition

Being a pirate is no longer as profitable as it used to be back in the day, mainly because everything is tracked so precisely nowadays and it’s easy to find lost containers or individual items. On the other hand, navigation is a lot easier as well, which would have been a godsend to the pirates from two or three centuries ago.

Pirate Chronicles Collector's Edition is a time management game in which your goal is quite simple: gather resources and rebuild your defenses. Naturally, more objectives become available along the way, but the core gameplay remains more or less the same throughout the game. Hence, everyone should be able to enjoy the experience and have some fun with the mechanics.

To begin with, the story is not necessarily important to the gameplay, especially since you can go ahead and finish the game without knowing a thing about the characters or the plot. However, your job is to fight the Black Armada pirates, rescue your love and destroy everything on your way to the end. The Kraken makes an appearance as well, so there’s definitely a lot of classic pirate lore in there.

Since this is a time management game, it’s important that you finish each level in a certain time frame, especially if you want a good score at the end. As you complete missions, more and more upgrades become available, such as faster worker speed and similar bonuses. Certain buildings can be improved during every round, such as the main base, or the port. It usually costs quite a bit, but the improvements are worth it.

There are some annoyances you’ll have to get used to as well, although the greatest of them is the fact that the workers have to return to the main building after every task. While this makes sense if they are gathering resources, there’s no reason for it to happen when the workers are just repairing things. There’s a lot of dead time in the game because of this, especially when you have to travel between islands using the boat.

Even if it has a few issues, Pirate Chronicles Collector's Edition is still very engaging and challenging, not to mention fun. The graphics are colorful and pretty detailed, which makes it easier to imagine yourself in some sort of adventure.

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