Eggs

Well, damn, it turns out I've been wasting my time on a Russophobe all this time.
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Корсары_(серия_игр)

I played them, specifically the third part. Completely different gameplay => not comparable. I'm not saying they're bad or good, just a different game that can't replace Pirates.

Only if you take a very unpleasant modern game, and only if the time gap between the games isn't too large.

If you take a regular, not masterpiece-level modern game and almost any masterpiece-level old game (except for those that are extremely pixelated).

That's the fate of aesthetic degenerates who risk poisoning themselves and dying for dubious pleasure.

To put it mildly, that's an exaggeration.