When attacking, you are advised only to select offensive units, while the defensive units of your fleet are best used when being under attack. If you decide to raid another haven, you wait for your fleet to arrive and reap the rewards as it returns (resources, raid ranking, prestige points and more). The combat system is not graphically engaging, and it revolves more around clicking and waiting. As you start developing your haven the costs of upgrading structure rises and that is where your resources will be spent, but at the start the quest rewards will keep your resources healthy, coming to a point where you can’t spend them as fast as you’d like.

This time sink can be shortened by using the game’s paid currency – Rubies. The beginning of the game is not resource intensive, but as you keep expanding the time sink involved increases. The tutorial and daily quests will guide you on how to build your basic structures and upgrade them. The game sets you off on a small island, where you will be given a small piece of land which is later upgradeable.

The written language of Pirates: Tides of Fortune is also in pirate tongue, which can be changed at any time if you have difficulties understanding it. The fool that I was, I learned not long thereafter that she was speaking in Pirate tongue! The “tutorial lady” is fully voiced and will accompany you throughout the game, making sure you know the ropes before setting sail on your own. Right as I entered the game, I was greeted by a gorgeous lady with what I thought was an accent of Scottish descent.

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