Piratopia

Piratopia sounds like it should be a simple pirate game, and that is roughly the right expectation. By our assessment, it is the kind of title that leans on the basic pleasure of running around as pirates and making a mess of the map, rather than on deep systems or a polished story. The upside of that approach is immediacy: you know what it wants from the first minutes. The downside is that a small, plain idea like this usually lives or dies on how much variety it can keep in motion. In the field of pirate games it sits far below the big, elaborate sea adventures and closer to a lightweight curiosity. The name itself promises more swagger than substance, so it works best when a player wants a quick pirate-flavoured diversion and not a long campaign.