Peg-legs and parrots at the ready as Pirates sails onto DS
Take on Blackbeard in Pirates: Duels on the High Seas
Everyone likes a pirate. As proof of this we point you in the direction of International Talk Like a Pirate Day, which is an annual event. Of course, perhaps people actually just like an excuse to speak a bit like they're from the west country and get drunk on rum, we're not sure.
Anyway, with regards to gaming, Pirates of the Caribbean on DS has already put a convincing argument forward with regards to pirates making great gaming subject matter. But, in a more substantial manner, so has Sid Meier's Pirates on PSP. Because not only do these sea scoundrels sail about and fight one another with cannonballs and swords, they also engage in the more wholesome activity of trading and selling goods – which gives you a game that incorporates combat and resource management. A double whammy.
Now publisher Oxygen has announced it's having a stab at bringing its own meatier pirate game to DS with Pirates: Duels on the High Seas.
The game sounds a bit more combat-led than Sid Meier's Pirates though, giving you battles to fight with well-known pirate rivals such as the Spanish Navy and Blackbeard. There are also skirmishes against up to three AI opponents available to play and a single- or multi-cart multiplayer mode called Salty Sea Dog that up to four players can fight it out in.
Occasionally giving your cannonballs a rest in single-player are side-quests to find buried treasure, trade cargo for gold and rescue castaways that you then make work on your ship as lookouts and navigators to improve the performance of your ship.
There are 70 levels in the game (35 in single-player and another 35 multiplayer and Skirmish ones) and seven locations from around the globe to visit, including Port Royal in the Caribbean and The Bermuda Triangle.
Sound exciting? Aaarr, you say? Well, Pirates: Duels on the High Seas will be released on DS on June 6th so you should have your fix of high seas sailing and skulduggery then. Unless the game's rubbish and sinks to the bottom of the bargain bins, of course.
