Announced back in the summer of last year, Captain Blood now has a 6th May release date on PS5 and PS4.
There's a mad story behind this one. Originally, Captain Blood was meant to be an Xbox title — as in the first Xbox — but an especially rough development cycle pushed it to the Xbox 360. The bad luck didn't stop there, however, as the release was cancelled when its publisher went bankrupt.
Throughout all this time, Captain Blood was always going to be a pirate-themed, hack and slash action game, complete with cartoonish characters, linear levels, and good old quick time events.
Here we are over 15 years later, and developer SeaWolf Studio has reworked the entire thing for modern consoles.
"Captain Blood is a pirate-themed action game set on the Spanish Main in the 17th century, where you step into the boots of a fearsome pirate on a quest for gold and glory," reads the trailer's official description.
It continues: "Expect wild adventures with cannon firing, pistol shooting, swashbuckling sword fights, and plenty of pirate shenanigans. This action-packed hack'n'slash features fierce hand-to-hand combat, hordes of enemies, and a classic fighting system with flashy combos and epic finishers." What's not to like?
Are you up for some PS2-era madness? Hit the high seas in the comments section below.
Is Captain Blood on your radar? (287 votes)
- Yes, it's exactly my kind of game
- Yeah, it does look fun
- Hmmm, I need to see more
- No, it's just not for me
Comments 14
£15 and ill take a chance... maybe
Game of the year!
Would have preferred Captain Blood (1988) - now that would be a remaster!
Been checking over the past few weeks for updates on this seeing as they missed their 2024 deadline without much of an update, so very pleased to see this today.
It really is exactly my kind of game (PS2 era God of War-like with a Pirate setting, based on an Errol-Flynn-adapted novel - there aren't many of them).
Now I'm just hoping there's a UK retailer offering physical pre-orders.
I was wondering what happened to this game.
Looks like it could be a lot of fun. I think a game with that tongue in cheek humour is something that could be a nice remedy to all the crap going on in the world.
Yes, more of this kinda stuff please 👍
I miss QTE-heavy games so this is a must.
I hope I'm not getting Ride to Hell: Retribution vibes.
Very much "on board" with this... I'll see myself out
There's a demo available on Steam and GOG if anybody's on the fence.
I mean.... It's cool it's releasing cancelled, (even if never heard of it and I think other cancelled games are more exciting then this game was but can't control that) but I mean.
Humour could be fine, different from these days too. But I like Journey to the Savage Planet's humour as much as Ratchet humour so I don't mind some humour in there of a particular type to stand out.
This looks kind of bland even for PS2 standards, better B grades came out that era I still enjoyed.
The trailer makes it look even worse, too much trying to be flashy with nothing and it just comes off wrong.
There is probably a good game there no doubt, it's probably pretty solid, it's just the marketing is so bad.
I'm ready for good ’ol pirate action.
Looks like it could be entertaining.
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