I do love me some big sailing games and am a massive fan of total war empire and Napoleon, but this really sucked to play. There's very little information, no chance to really learn the mechanics hands on and the actual visuals are pretty lackluster. I can't even see my cannonball go through the ship, let alone do the damage the game is telling me it does.
There's no interactive overworld other than a small interface that lets you chance very small, inconsequential things, making these battles pretty much worthless, except by way of gaining ships.
I did manage to get through the campaign, but the enemy has every advantage you don't, making it a horrible slog where you have to pause every two seconds to check you're doing the right thing.

At the very least, the ships sail. 2/10.

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