Choice of the Pirate Reviews

This game is beyond short. Don't let my hours fool you I left it open last night but finished it in a single sitting. It is so incredibly short and seeks to cram its entire arc into a that blink of an experience. The result is everything is just thrown at you, a few minutes in you inherit a captaincy. A few minutes after getting your first ship, you've built a small fleet. Everything progresses as lighting speed and all of the major goals require no investment or effort, they just happen in your favor because there's no time for anything else. A very confused storytelling experience.

Fun game but it is pretty short. Get it during a sale.

I think that I've been spoiled when it comes to Choice games. This game isn't bad on it's own, but when compared to other options it simply falls flat. I often felt a bit railroaded, and that my choices only barely mattered. When the game ended I thought I was only halfway through it, and the ending scene was entirely underwhelming. All in all, kind of a disappointing game.

Its a cool story, and though the chapters are short it does help the game feel like it always moved quickly and never drags. I did sometimes think there was an option or two missing from certain parts- whether because i hadn't done the preconditions or they werent included i don't know. While the choices do seem to customize the story, in my experience they don't seem to change it drastically, which i dont mind too much. Also i would have liked to be able to spend a bit more time allocating my funds when i returned to port, as i only finished the game with 12 ships, though i had over 5000 gold (in one part two ships cost 200 gold so i could have apparently had Quite the fleet). All in all good fun, a lot of choices, and a quick experience that feels solid throughout, though ends somewhat abruptly.

Fun, clever little story with a lot of options and different directions you can go in. Very enjoyable. I very much enjoyed being able to choose my character and their romantic interests with at least some degree of precision, then have the story respect that choice (instead of just swapping out character names and pronouns to approximate it). That said, $4 is about the right price for this game; that's about what I'd expect to pay for a short novel, and it's good for the 2-3 times I'll probably actually end up reading it. Much more expensive than that would be silly.

A terrific little game with a fun and very well-designed branching narrative, delightful characters, and an intriguing overarching plot. There's an admirable commitment to diversity throughout, as well. Best of all, it's short, which means seeing all the branches isn't some eighty-hour commitment. I do wish there was more of it, but for the price and the likely minuscule development budget, it's quite impressive. I've beaten it twice so far, and I'll be coming back for more. Highly recommended.

I have played 100 minutes of this game so far, just starting chapter 6. This is the first time i'm playing a text-based adventure game and I must say I'm hooked. So far, I've been reading an awesome story filled with posibilities and a slight flair of humor. You feel like most decisions you make really changes some aspects of the game. For the amount of money this game costs, I'd say you shouldn't be afraid of getting ripped of if you're new to these types of titles. If you've played games like these before, then definitely don't hesitate! Will be buying more of these titles from the developers.

I am glad this game is so cheap as I would have been much more salty about how short it was. I'd advise anyone from purchasing unless they were looking for something different to play. Choice of the Pirate is a game centered around your choices you make in the storyline that ultimately effects the plot in the end... I had a lot of fun choosing and reminding myself to be wary of what I choose... but I gotta say that some of the choices I made didn't really seem to bite me in the ass in the end at all. I never heard that character at all ever again after that choice I had made, and I was really expecting them to come back later on and try to stab me in the back for it. It didn't happen though, which was disappointing. I liked being able to pick out my signature clothing as a pirate, however that "choice" seemed to be purely asthetic... I created my own piece of clothing and I expected the game to sorta "substitute" my choice within the conversation when it came to that point but it never happened. A lot of the characters in the game are meaningless and you won't really need to remember their names since you'll only interact with them two different times out of the whole playthrough. The "love interest" really isn't interesting. After hooking up the relationship really isn't brought back up in the story at all until the epilogue in the ending. Another thing, the whole "pirate king" title barer is a mystery.... but.... it's not... the story makes it painfully obvious from the very beginning who the pirate king really is..

Aside from generic high fantasy and superheroes, pirates seems to be a popular genre for CYOA works from Choice of Games. Several of their offerings already explore life and on the high seas. Not to disparage the other fine offerings already on hand but I hold the opinion that Choice of the Pirate is the best one of them yet. For one, it presents a wide scope in the narrative with a meaningful choice between civilization and freedom. Neither side is shown to be an absolute good but rather present different views on what people value in life. It also has a strong Carribean feel with native magic being intrinsically tied to nature. The set pieces are fun, especially as you meet creatures like merfolk, sea monsters and ghost ships. Overall it is well-written and a fun romp. Each playthrough takes approximately 40 minutes which is decent for a CoG title so no fear of a truncated game either. I won't lie, the previous two offerings from CoG did not impress me much. Heroes: Redemption was basically the author strongarming the reader into listening and playing along with the author's political views while Sea Eternal was kinda meh. Choice of Pirates on the other hand is a strong offering that ranks alongside some of their best works.

This is my first Choice of Games text adventure game I have played. After spending many hours in this game, I decided to recommend this game mainly because the publisher provided a contact e-mail on its website and after I tried for many hours trying to get an achievement, I gave up and e-mailed the publisher for help in contacting the author Alana for hints in obtaining an achievement. Both the publisher and author were very friendly and helpful and helped me obtain the achievement which I have added in on a published community guide and the game is relatively easy to finish and get all achievements within less than 10 hours.