Nice remake - but flawed
I generally love the 'pirates!' genre, but as nicely as it was presented, it is far from finished.
As pointed out several times - the battles need a minimap or something to get to know where the enemies are.
The camera does not center on your ship correctly, so you find yourself navigating blindly many times.
Enemies do not slow down after beeing hit by chain shots. It only takes two solid broadsides to bring you to a full stop, but an enemy is running fast even if he lost half his sails.
Range is omnipotent. If you upgrade your range and get a steady hand, you can take down ANYTHING with enough bombs. No need for any other rounds as you only get something from sinking their ships.
Better sail without sailors - they only cost money. If you don't intend on capturing ships, you don't need em and you can ignore grape shots.
Why board ships ? You need sailors, weapons and grape shot- but you would lose your cannon upgrade changing to a bigger ship. Sink another ship and you gain money. Simple choice.
Why conquer cities ? You spend fortunes for each conquest, to watch a statistic battle you have no influence over, and gain nothing from it.
While the music and sound is good - an option to turn both off would be apreciated.
Add some more functionality and options to the game (like lvling your captain and crew) more depth to the sea combat (wind, accuracy, damage to the ship etc.) and the conquest of cities/ships. Have the player GAIN something from capturing stuff (the ability to manage the city, collect tax or produce stuff) and a goal to reach (titles, fame, etc.)