Here’s the worst part. The very first time you put to sea, you’re immediately beset by a horde of ships that sink you in about thirty seconds. So instead of giving you a couple of minutes to learn a completely new (and clunky) interface, you’re frantically trying to learn it in the few seconds before you’re sunk. Topping off the horror is that each time you reload, you must sit through the long (and admittedly beautiful) cut scene again – nope, no clicking through it is allowed! It’s enough to make you toss in your captain’s stripes before the game has even begun. Again, I can’t figure out how this kind of bad game design decision made it past any responsible test players. Baffling.