"Piracy is usually something developers try to avoid. They use every means of digital rights management to try and fight torrents of their games. Ye’ old pirate simulator Pixel Piracy’s two man team wouldn’t settle for such anti-user practices, yarr! They intentionally created a safe torrent for people to play the game and have now passed Steam Greenlight as a result, thanks to mountains of support. Despite defying the industry’s orthodox methods of dealing with illegal downloads, they’ve actually come out amazingly successful. I got to sit down with the developers and ask them about their genius twisting of a problem into a solution."
WGTC:
Making and drawing comparisons between games is a double-edged sword when it comes to reviews, in my eye at least. On one hand, comparing and contrasting is one of the more effective tools that one can use to inform and get one’s point across, and when it comes to games, there are plenty of differences and similarities among titles which helps to facilitate this style of writing.
XBLA:
Pixel Piracy is an open-world retro pirate sim. That phrase alone will make Pixel Piracy an instant buy for many. It’s the type of game we dream of: adventuring, plundering, looting, training up a crew of pirates, crafting the best damn pirate ship on the seven seas. To top it off, press releases have name dropped Terraria developers as being part of the project. This was going to be epic. I could hardly wait. Ah, but avast me hearties, epic this is not. Pirates, ye be warned.
ReLogic, the team that brought us hit pixel exploration game Terraria, have now taken to the seas to bring Pixel Piracy. Avast, ye scurvy dogs.
