Corsairs: Conquest at Sea, also known as simply Corsairs, is a 1999
strategy/
action/
adventure game for the
PC, developed and published by
Microïds (known for Syberia and its continuation Syberia II). The game is a simulation of the life of a
privateer employed by either
England,
France,
The Netherlands or
Spain in, most likely, the 17th century. The player can take part in either the campaign, which consists of several scenarios with a specific goal, or adventure mode, where the goal is simply to capture all the ports on the map for their
nation.
Corsairs generally received mixed reviews according to the
review aggregation website
GameRankings.[1] It was often deemed as being
buggy and having outdated
sound and
graphics, but praised for having a decent storyline and being creative.[6] The game has limited ability to run on
Windows 2000 and newer
Windows operating systems, even with compatibility modes.[citation needed] Adam Pavlacka of NextGen said of the game, "If a little more work had gone into polishing the gameplay, this could have been a real gem. As it is, it's a lump of coal."[8]