Reviews

• markusstrauss

  May 21, 2023

  I'm enjoying this game a lot for its original story, great voiceover work and solid graphics. The music is a perfect fit for the scenario as well. The non-skippable dialogue is a drawback, especially when you are stuck and have to keep trying around to solve tricky puzzles. But overall, I highly recommend it for those who enjoy a good mix of adventure and humor with a few supernatural twists.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 3, 2015

  About the game. As a big fan of the Monkey Island series I can't really say it belongs in the same group. Ghost Pirates has the exact same controls as Curse of Monkey Island, the same art style and it's about pirates. But it lacks a bit in the humour department. Some puzzles aren't really logical and after much trial and error I just looked up the answers. Most of the time the order of things was incorrect or some small thing just popped up in a place where I just looked before. Encountered numerous problems starting the game, looking at the discussions I'm not the only one. Eventually I got it running by forcing it to use my onboard graphics. Using a video card just wouldn't work. However problems left asside I did enjoy the game and would recommend it when it's on sale. Looking at my play time I've finished it in about 10 to 12 hours.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 3, 2015

  Can't play it. Says I have over an hour of play time. When I go to launch nothing happens no loading screen or anything. The game says it's running but yet it's not listed even in my applications. Wish I could write an actual review. Maybe it's my hardware? Either way, I'm guessing if you have a modern PC this game will not work.
• gamedeal user

  Oct 14, 2015

  Played it on Windows 8.1 x64 (latest nvidia drivers) and I had no problems starting the game, played it in the 16:10 setting with 4x antialiasing (there were sometimes graphical glitches during the game (like characters walking through the backgroundplate or animations playing at the wrong position), and it did quit once when I tried to go to another location, so be sure to save your game every now and then).. The game itself is quite fun if you like these point and click adventures (at least I thought it was quite fun).. There are 3 acts and every act has you playing as the 3 main characters on their own mission. But there are some stuff I find not well done, like not explaining you could use objects on the characters in your inventory (I was stuck on papa when I just switched characters and there it was said you should ask another character about the object (or something like that), only then I knew I needed to use the character icons sometimes). There are 2 'puzzles' which are extremely annoying as it kinda needs you to just guess the correct images in a specific order.. and especially with the second 'image' puzzle it seems if you don't get it right the first time you can't seem to finish it, so be sure to save when you're jane and entering the temple to defeat greenbeard.. Most of the puzzles are straight forward if you look around and just use object together or ask the other characters about it. I bought it in a pack of more games with the pack costing about 3 euro's, so I definitly think it's worth the price, but the regular 10 euro it is on steam in the glitchie state it is, I would not recommend it, anything below 5 euro's I can..
• gamedeal user

  May 9, 2016

  Meh story, meh graphics, meh gameplay, meh music, meh puzzles. If you really love Monkey Island and played those to death, or point and click adventure games with really loose logic, then consider this. *Note: I'm reviewing from modern perspective, I did not play this game at original launch and have no nostalgia for it.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 30, 2016

  Just plain, boring game. Story, animations, voice acting, everything is just bad. If you want pirate adventure game, play Monkey Island games all over again! 1/5
• gamedeal user

  Feb 7, 2017

  It was a good time pass.... Try it if it is cheap and you like point and click games :)
• gamedeal user

  Mar 5, 2017

  I gave up on this one. I was really looking forward to somethiing similar to Monkey Island series, but have found the mechanics to be clunky and the puzzles not really intuitive. Maybe I'll give it another go down the road, as I want to like this game.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 13, 2017

  The first 20 minutes is a cinematic cutscene and then it puts you into a 2d click to move puzzle with no instructions at all.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 11, 2018

  great game - funny pirates ghosts and puzzles.