Amazing game, I really love it.

I've been looking around for a game that's similar to Sid Meier's Pirates- either the 2004 3D version, or the older NES version.
It's a niche that seems to be impossible for developers to fully replicate.
There's an avalanche of "Unity Asset" SM: Pirates clones on Steam, and all of them are half-baked slop.

This game is much more of an Uncharted Waters game than a Sid Meier's Pirates game, but it's close enough for me.
It has the real-time ship combat of Sid Meier's Pirates (a bit more simplistic than that, but it's close), with the relationship aspect of Uncharted Waters, and the economy of something like Tradewinds (if anyone remembers that series. Lol).

I appreciate the option to choose between several protagonists instead of being locked-in to playing one.
I went with Abdulluh to start- seemed like a cool arabic "Sinbad" style pirate.

Translation is hit-or-miss, but I never found it confusing.
Only found some of the grammar and sentence-structure odd.

The character designs are really cool.
Chinese anime style isn't something that I can always appreciate, but here in this context I feel like they did an excellent job.
All of the characters that I've seen so far are brimming with personality, in spite of the strangely-translated dialogue.

The music (at least for the character that I'm currently playing) is awesome.
Very twangy Arabic themes that really immerse you in whatever area you're in.
I'd imagine that it changes depending on either your character or your location? But I have yet to confirm that.

The ship combat is serviceable, but it definitely feels simplistic- even compared to Sid Meier's Pirates.
It's the same "Turn, Shoot, Wait for cannons to Re-Load" gameplay, but there's not options for different types of ammo that I've seen.
Other than that, it's basically the same as SMP.

I don't know if I'll be playing a ton of this, but if you're looking for a good pirate-y simulator, this is one of the best modern ones that I've come across so far.