Those who fail wind up penniless, dead or in prison. Players who amass enough wealth and escape enemy swords can retire as nobility. The aim is to accumulate as much treasure. Otherwise, the player should expect a mutiny and a long walk off a short plank. Action/strategy/resource management game featuring 17th Century pirate ships. No matter which option a player chooses, a good captain will remember to keep his or her crew supplied with plenty of gold and rum. Although piracy is an option in Cutthroats, players can also choose to seek a Letter of Marquee and fight for the crown as a privateer. The men in the boats blast ships entering the harbor while other members of the crew sack the town and beat up the landlubbers.Ĭutthroats features six million miles of ocean waters, 70 ports and towns and hundreds of ships to attack or avoid. The game's real-time strategy engine allows players to fight simultaneous battles on land and sea. It is the golden age of piracy and a pirate ship will become entangled with merchants, soldiers, rival pirates and other parties to engage.
The setting for Cutthroats is the Caribbean Sea region during the 17th century. Players can choose to sink ships or capture them, kill enemies or kidnap them, raid towns or look for work within them.
