Pirates of Black Cove

What Pirates of Black Cove manages to do is keep the fun in buccaneering, while offering an undemanding combination of ship-to-ship warfare and RTS-style land battles. It tries too hard to be too many things at once - but it may keep some amused....

Aside from its uninspired combat and limited scope, Pirates of Black Cove is an endearing game at times. I wanted to love it, and kept diving back in hoping that something would click. It didn’t. The hokey character dialogue and D-list voice...

Packed with ideas and charm but saddled with lousy land battles, ropey voicework and pointless linearity, Pirates of Black Cove falls just short of being hidden treasure....

Despite simply being better than ninjas, pirates have not gotten as much appreciation in video games. We've seen two incarnations of Sid Meier's Pirates!, the Monkey Island games, and the Akella pirate games (Pirates of the Caribbean, Sea Dogs,...

It's better to walk the plank than to sail the seas of the boring and buggy Pirates of Black Cove....

Arr, Jim-Lad! I spy the almighty Ship Paradox off the port bow. Thar be tales of a brand new pirate game hidden behind its thick-timbered hull. Splice the mainbrace and whey anchor! Let’s find out if their precious cargo is a trove of treasure and...

Pirates seem like such an obvious fit for video games. They sail the seas in search of treasure and adventure, get into epic swordfights, battle mythological creatures, and rank in popularity somewhere between robots and ninjas. It's strange then,...