I’ve played a lot of games with pirates in them over the years. Some have been fun (Sid Meier’s Pirates!), and some have been terrible (looking at you Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End).  Buccaneer: Pursuit of Infamy may not be the first game to put you in control of a pirate ship, but it is definitely among the most fun to play. Sometimes a simple “take this ship and blow stuff up” setup is all you really need.

Find out all about Buccaneer: The Pursuit of Infamy after the jump!

In Buccaneer, infamy is the name of the game. As you play through the campaign you will earn Infamy points, which reflect just how great you are at being a scourge of the high seas. Once the campaign has been completed your Infamy score will be added to The Pirate Hall of Infamy. The tricky thing is, your Infamy points trickle away over time, so the longer you take to complete a mission or the more times you fail at a mission, the lower your Infamy points will fall. The rate at which you lose Infamy is tied directly to your crew’s morale. Complete a mission and your morale and Infamy will go up, fail too many times and expect to see a plank walk in your future. Of course you can always buy rum, or share plunder to increase morale, they are pirates after all.

The single player campaign is centered around your home port of Cutlass Bay. While in port a player can repair, re-arm and modify their ship or buy a new one if they have enough gold. You can check how much Infamy, Gold and Morale you have as well as save your progress. Infamy does not slip away while in port, but it does cost Infamy points to save your game. The less often you save, the higher your Infamy score will be in the end. Which is a nice way to add some difficulty to the game and allow the hardcore to show off.

You start the campaign with only 300 gold, 1000 Infamy points and poor morale. Your ship, the Grey Goose, is one step away from being a raft with a cannon.  Once you have completed a few missions and “acquire” some more gold you can improve the Grey Goose’s firepower, speed and durability at the Cutlass Bay Dockyards. The three improvement categories have three levels of quality: bronze, silver and gold.

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