00:00Drop sails!
00:10Captain, we rescued this poor soul.
00:13While searching him, we found some suspicious coordinates.
00:17Smells like hidden treasure to me.
00:20Three bold pirates had their gold
00:23When they divide, the fight takes hold.
00:27Hum-a-da, hum-a-da, hum-a-da, hum-a-da, hum-a-da
00:30The second mate saw a spider near
00:33He slipped and broke his neck in fear
00:36Two bold pirates had their gold
00:39When they divide, the fight takes hold.
00:43Hum-a-da, hum-a-da, hum-a-da, hum-a-da, hum-a-da
00:46This is the Pirate Republic of Nassau by the developers HomeNet Games
00:50and it was released on the 11th of July, 2025.
00:53You Pirates of the Caribbean fans are gonna love this game.
00:56I actually loved the TV series Black Sails
00:59So when I saw this, I just had to buy it immediately.
01:02About the game
01:03Your purpose is to build Nassau into a city that will be recognised by all the great empires
01:09Sail the seas, fight the top pirates to earn their respect and have them join you
01:13Build structures on your island and attract people to come and live
01:17Levels and size
01:18You will need to explore the seas, finding new locations around the world
01:23Diving for treasures and cargo among sunken ships and looking for lost treasures in caves
01:28Buy supplies for cheap at one port and then sell them at a higher price in another port
01:33Collect resources such as wood, cloth and rock to repair your ships after damage
01:38And to build structures on your island
01:40Keep an eye out for stranded people on the sea
01:42As they will normally know the location of a huge treasure pile in a cave somewhere
01:46The world feels huge, so many ports
01:49The seas look amazing, your ship looks amazing
01:52And diving for treasures looks amazing
01:54You also have different times of day
01:56So that really lends to the game
01:58When you hit a port
01:59Which by the way
02:00Is you just select it on the map
02:02And then you will just fast travel there
02:04Then you will go into your ship
02:05Where you are faced with a 2D menu
02:07For a tavern and a shop
02:09In most places
02:10But occasionally
02:11You will also have a shipyard
02:13Merchants guild
02:14Or a governor
02:15The tavern is where you can pay a small fee
02:17To get info on new locations
02:19New ports
02:20Any ships in the area
02:22Or hire new crew
02:23Then the shop
02:24Then the shop is where you will buy cannonballs
02:26Wood and other stuff
02:27There is a statistic page
02:29That will tell you your progress
02:31For wrecks found
02:32Treasures
02:33Outcast camps
02:34British ports
02:35Spanish ports
02:36French ports
02:37Danish ports
02:38Netherlands ports
02:39And shanties
02:40I've played 7 hours so far
02:42And this is as far as I've got so far
02:44So plenty to get on with
02:45Enemies and bosses
02:47There are plenty of enemies out there
02:49From pirates
02:50The coast guard
02:51And different armies
02:52I mean they're all in ships
02:54So they all look the same
02:55Apart from the flags
02:56They are not hard to beat
02:57If you are careful
02:58And clever about it though
02:59I do wish there was some more
03:01Face to face type combat though
03:02Like being able to board their ship
03:04And have some sword fights
03:05Or something
03:06Weapons
03:07Weapons pretty much only come in the way
03:09Of cannonballs at the moment
03:11And two other choices
03:12But I never really used them
03:13To be honest
03:14Also you can dump barrels of oil
03:16And set fire
03:17So if any ships are given chase
03:19They will set fire
03:20It gives huge damage
03:21If you manage to execute it
03:23Or you can lay barrels of explosives into the sea
03:26Leveling up options
03:27So you can level up your buildings
03:29Like storage to store more
03:31A tavern to earn more coins
03:33Then you have a lighthouse
03:35Fort
03:36Church
03:37Shipyard
03:38Distillery
03:39Forge
03:40Quarry
03:41And mill
03:42And then you can also upgrade your ships
03:43On things like
03:44More rooms to have more sailors
03:45Storage to carry more
03:47Make the cannons deadlier
03:49Or faster reloading time
03:50A tougher battering ram at the front of your ship
03:53Sails to make them tougher
03:54Or so that you can sail faster
03:56Get a tougher hull
03:57Larger rudder for faster turning
03:59And get yourself some cannons at the stern
04:02Everything will cost coin
04:03So best get out there
04:04And do some pirate things
04:05Customisation options
04:07If you can find a shipyard
04:09You can rename your ships
04:10Upgrade them
04:11And repaint their looks with choices for
04:13The hull
04:14Rails
04:15Side
04:16Deck
04:17Addons
04:18Rigs
04:19And sails
04:20There's choices of a few colours
04:21Some plain colours
04:22And some wood effects
04:23It could do with some more choices in colour
04:25And maybe a choice to buy your own flag
04:27Might be a pretty cool idea
04:29Mechanics
04:30I mean the game looks great
04:31I didn't encounter any bugs or crashing
04:33In the 7 hours I've played for so far
04:35Sailing is great
04:36The diving is great
04:37Fighting is great
04:38Though the only fault I would have here
04:40Is when I want to turn the ship
04:42And adjust my shooting aim bar
04:44Sometimes it moves the camera around the ship
04:47Because the controls are all so close
04:49It's not that bad
04:50But it's the only small annoyance I can find
04:52Also all the menus works just fine
04:55Controls
04:56Controls are well laid out and thought of
04:58But might be a little tricky to remember for a while
05:01The button I didn't discover until 5 hours in
05:04Was the Y button
05:05Which speeds up sail time
05:07Then you can either view the ship from above
05:09Or down on deck
05:10You will also switch from sail mode to battle mode
05:13Online playability
05:15There is a multiplayer option
05:17But I'll be honest I didn't play this option
05:19But it says you can play player vs player
05:21Or join your friends in a co-op mode
05:23Game menus
05:24The menus look great and fit in perfectly
05:27With the games theme in the way of a book on your desk
05:30In your quarters
05:31Offering you options for
05:32Start game
05:33Multiplayer
05:34Cloud storage
05:35Settings
05:36And exit
05:37The setting menu offers you audio settings
05:39With sliders for music, shanties, voice, battle, nature, interface and comfort mode
05:45Then check boxes for target arrow and wind direction
05:49Smooth rotation on ship
05:50Smooth rotation in diving
05:51Smooth rotation whilst walking
05:53My thoughts
05:54Now I've been to the island of Nassau many times
05:57And I never once saw any pirates
05:59My only memory of it is actually chilling out on the beach
06:02Or looking for a McDonalds to get wifi
06:04As the wifi on ships at the time was super expensive
06:07But this game is so addictive
06:09I loved every moment of being in this game
06:11And when I wasn't in the game
06:13I found myself thinking about the next time I was going to be in the game
06:17It really doesn't disappoint
06:19It makes you want to discover new ports
06:21Find more of the large hidden treasures
06:23And build up your town
06:25There is so much that could be added to this game
06:27So much potential
06:28But watch here is really good and works just great
06:31I did think
06:32I wish that they would make it so you could visit towns in VR
06:35Rather than the 2D menus
06:37But then I thought
06:38Well that might get a bit too repetitive and time consuming after a while
06:42As it's pretty much the same thing each time
06:44Maybe make it so you can visit your own town at least
06:47Just to add that extra immersion
06:49Be great if you could have an arena
06:51Where maybe you could bet on fights to earn some more money
06:54And watch 2 pirates battle it out
06:56Or maybe for extra cash
06:57You could get an arena and fight
06:59Again, even if it's only your own town
07:01But it just helps to break up the game
07:03Guys, for $10
07:05Don't pass this one up if it slightly interests you
07:08Now if you've made it to the end of this video
07:10I thank you for giving me your time
07:11Now go ahead and touch that like button
07:13Hit subscribe if you haven't already
07:15And happy gaming
07:16Thanks guys
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