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Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates

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9.4 User Score:

Generally favorable reviews

Based on 10 critic reviews
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Game Info

Publisher: Three Rings Design, Inc. / Ubisoft

Developer: Three Rings Design, Inc.

Genre(s): Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game, Puzzle

Players: Thousands

ESRB Rating: T (Teen)

Release Date: May 5, 2005

Summary

Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates is an online game in which you play a Pirate character in an ocean world. Hundreds of your fellow player Pirates swarm these Isles and Sea-lanes. For Pirates who love acronyms, Puzzle Pirates is an massively multi-player online roleplaying game, or mmoarrrrpg. Pirates can wander around on land and sail the thirty-seven seas with their crew. When your Pirate sails, or swordfights, or navigates, the appropriate Puzzle game is launched. Good Puzzling thereby brings victories and accrues great fortunes to you and your fellow Pirates. Thus Yohoho! brings you Puzzling fun in a social Piratical setting, where every Puzzle game contributes to the greater story of your Pirate, her Crew, and the Ocean world. [Three Rings]

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What The Critics Said

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Worth Playing

Puzzle Pirates takes several well-established internet games, mixes in some excellent new ideas, and ties them all together with a friendly, simple theme that's interesting, fun, and certainly inoffensive.

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GameZone

The puzzle variety is large enough to keep you from getting bored, and with room for your character to expand you’ll be surprised at how much you actually play.

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IGN

The puzzles are very interesting and there is a form of leveling, albeit abstract. A pretty deep player economy is built in as well. The entire game is well put together, even if the graphics and sounds aren't of Galaxies caliber.

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Warcry

The graphics were an absolute delight, blatantly cartoon-y and so bright and colorful that my first sight of the game always made me smile.

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GameSpot

For big-time puzzle fans who like the idea of competitive and cooperative puzzling online, Puzzle Pirates may be just what you're looking for.

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1UP

Stands out in a sea of competitors not because of an enormous budget, years of hype or an expensive movie license, but because it's simply unique and fun.

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PC Gamer

Adds a chatty, entertaining social angle to the addictive stable of PopCap-type games that otherwise lead to loneliness, depression, and suicide instead of glory on the lawless oceans. [Aug 2005, p.76]

Computer Games Magazine

While it's true that none of the individual puzzles glue you to the screen like the latest quest in "Star Wars Galaxies" or "Guild Wars" might, it's still frighteningly easy to sink several hours into this ocean before realizing it. [Oct 2005, p.82]

Cheat Code Central

The atmosphere more than makes up for any shortcomings in the visual department. Communication with other players is easy and the sense of community is quite refreshing.

Boomtown

It may not be the worlds greatest game but it still brings a lot of funny perspectives into the world of massive multiplayer online games.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 9.4 (out of 10) based on 52 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Lauren K. gave it a10:
I LOVE this game. It is definitely a multiplayer game, and it's easy to make friends. All the puzzles are great, even if they are a bit plain. Almost everyone is in their own crew, which encourages teamwork, as well as individual work as you strive to move up the ranks. You might even become a Captain yourself! Whether you like sailing, sea monster hunting, expeditions, having your own business, shopping, buying clothes and houses, or just going to the bar to play a few puzzles with your hearties, it's a great game!

Tyler T gave it a10:
Great game. Great admin staff. Most unique puzzle game you will ever find.

Zach L gave it a0:
It think this is the worst game because most of the Oceanmasters do not pay attention to what you say and some of them are to lazy to do their work and Ban you right away, Like my friend who wasted 20 bucks on this stupid game, got banned for saying bad words and did he apologize??? Yes he did, did the oceanmasters accept? no they didn't they were too lazy to, my friend wasted so much time on that useless game and later regretted he played it, he was permamently banned ofcourse and the worst Oceanmaster of Puzzle Pirates is... EURYDICE!

Cristian C gave it a10:
Very addictive to play especially with friends, teaming up and co-operating with other players to beat people is fun.

mauricio p gave it an8:
veryu good game but in a short time you will be bored but donth cry....if this game be you bored wait some months and play again

gave it a10:
absolutely brilliant. simple but brilliant graphics, addicting puzzles and a great community. im not gonna keep it long, but this game is great

Daniel gave it a10:
Puzzle Pirates is a fun game. I like it becose you can have a crew, flag ,play puzzles.

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