Swashbucklers: Blue vs. Grey

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 7 expert reviews

Excellent:

0
Good:

0
Average:

0
Bad:

7

Pros:

Sticks pretty closely to the Pirates! recipe for piratical goodness.

Cons:

Secondrate copy of a vastly superior game, Little depth to captaining ships and trading, let alone the arcade action and character development, Repetitive Fed Ex quests, Washedout visuals and embarrassingly cheap dialogue sound effects.

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Last revision on January 5, 2012

Reviewers Liked

Sticks pretty closely to the Pirates! recipe for piratical goodness

Reviewers Didn't Like

Secondrate copy of a vastly superior game, Little depth to captaining ships and trading, let alone the arcade action and character development, Repetitive Fed Ex quests, Washedout visuals and embarrassingly cheap dialogue sound effects

Expert reviews and ratings

As a kid, my favorite time of the school year was when history class turned to cover the American Civil War. It's probably the most interesting period in American history, even more so than the American Revolution. The military, scientific, and...

By Armchair Empire on March 18, 2008

An inferior copy of a classic, Swashbucklers isnt worth your time....

By GameSpot on December 18, 2007

I had moderately high hopes for Atari's Swashbucklers Blue vs. Grey. I mean after all, the description on the box says “Get ready to take on the role of Abraham Gray, the schizophrenic and morally lacking Captain in his smuggling adventures...

By Gaming Nexus on December 12, 2007

del.icio.us | Digg This | Glink It Over the past couple of years, anything involving pirates has been experiencing a new influx in popularity, be it through T-Shirts, Halloween costumes or feature films. However, the “cool factor” of...

By GameZone on December 10, 2007

All in all, Swashbucklers: Blue vs. Grey is a decent game. It has several features and modes that I enjoyed. I particularly liked the soundtrack and the sound effects. I did like the Shipyard the most out of the entire game. Sadly the voice acting...

By Game Chronicles Magazine on December 06, 2007

The back of the Swashbucklers: Blue vs. Grey box states that Abraham Gray (the games main character) is a schizophrenic, partially unethical Captain during the American Civil War. The reason hes been diagnosed with schizophrenia is because,...

By IGN Gear on November 28, 2007

Where Sid Meier's Pirates! title was a no-frills RPG, Swashbucklers: Blue vs. Grey adds elements of action in the mix, with somewhat of a GTA feel and animation style.You play as Captain Abraham Grey, a sailor who is accidentally involved in a...

By Cheat Code Central on November 07, 2007