Port Royale 3: Pirates & Merchants is a simulator developed by Gaming Minds Studios, released 4 May 2012 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Port Royale 3: Pirates & Merchants is
Port Royale 3: Pirates & Merchants is a simulator game developed by Gaming Minds Studios and released in 2012. It was published by Kalypso Media. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Port Royale 3: Pirates & Merchants is the third installment to the business simulation game Port Royale: Gold, Power and Pirates and Port Royale 2. It is set in the Caribbean during the 16th and 17th centuries. Created by Kalypso Media which founded Gaming Minds Studios in 2009 after Ascaron Entertainment went bankrupt, it combines a business simulator with real-time battles and towns that can be owned, built, developed or razed. This is the 1st installment of the Port Royale Series done by Gaming Minds Studios. The first preview of Port Royale 3 took place during the Gamescom trade fair which was held from 17 to 21 August 2011 in Cologne, Germany.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and business. It supports multiplayer for up to 4 players online, and includes co-op. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 64 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Port Royale 3: Pirates & Merchants holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 2,882 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points below the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Dualcore CPU, 2 GB RAM and Shader Model 2.0 PCIe (Geforce 7 Series, Radeon X2000-Series). At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Port Royale 3: Pirates & Merchants launched on 4 May 2012, within three weeks of The Walking Dead: Season 1, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition, The Walking Dead and Max Payne 3. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Walking Dead: Season 1, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition, The Walking Dead, Max Payne 3.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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