This was one of the few KOEI titles (along with Gemfire) that I didn't generally care for when it appeared. The writing was forced; the casual expressions intended to be "pirate-y" sounded like they were written by someone who had never read any fiction set on the Bounding Main. (I found out later, that was actually the case.) Gameplay felt like a reduced version of the old KOEI military engine, without much that was new.
It's been years, though, so I may try it again.
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