You could hire crews for your ships that would also fight at your side as you explored the islands and at sea. They gave you skill points as you leveled up to put into things that would help you become the character you wanted to be.
You could choose what kind of pirate you wanted to be based on your actions, like you could be a smuggler, a trader, a bloodthirsty swordsman, etc. Basically it was a pretty large world full of islands that you could explore as this guy named Nathaniel Hawk. Back in 2003 Bethesda came out with a game called 'Pirates of the Caribbean.' The game is not at all connected with the film series, aside from a few names here and there.
