i played this when it came out and was pretty solid but i didn't like that many things were locked behind a paywall, plus i was young so didn't even have the money to like even try this properly

but now i go back to it every now and then with the rerelease of this game made by fans and its all FREE i can definitely recommend trying it

Thar she blew.

When I was 6 years old, this game caused my PC to never turn on again.

Fond memories of the naval gameplay, still a perfect melding of Sid Meier's Pirates and the later singleplayer-focused Black Flag mechanics to come some years later. A shame it was taken offline. It crashed my friend's juiced up mac once.

Still the best multiplayer pirate game to ever hit the 'net.
There's a community rerelease btw, you should check it out.

Another game shutdown... Then revived. Now simply "Pirates Online"

A very simple game, and yet it triggered a sense of adventure in many.