Shantae and the Pirate's Curse is an adventure developed by WayForward, released 22 October 2014 on PlayStation 5, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Shantae and the Pirate's Curse is
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse is an adventure game developed by WayForward and released in 2014. It was published by Intergrow. It is available on PlayStation 5, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox One, Google Stadia and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Shantae, the half-genie guardian of Sequin Land, has been adjusting to ordinary life since losing her magical powers. Her uneasy peace shatters when the greedy Ammo Baron seizes control of her hometown and, moments later, her old rival, the pirate Risky Boots, turns up demanding to know who stole her crew and equipment. Together they discover a spreading Dark Magic tied to the Pirate Master, a fearsome tyrant and Risky's former captain long ago sealed away, who now schemes to return. Setting aside their rivalry, Shantae and Risky form a reluctant alliance and set sail across a chain of islands to stop his revival.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 44 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 76% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 13 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 81, across 108 votes.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel™ Pentium 4 2.4 ghz with Hyper Threading, 1 GB RAM and Intel® HD Graphics. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB. 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
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse launched on 22 October 2014, within three weeks of The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, Alien: Isolation, Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition and Assassin's Creed Unity. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, Alien: Isolation, Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition, Assassin's Creed Unity.
Cheats and codes
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