Sid Meier's Pirates!/YMMV


 * Crowning Moment of Awesome: The barmaid's Grievous Bottley Harm when you defeat the Annoying Captain.
 * Demonic Spiders: The Cavalry in the old games' land battles. Whereas they can be manageable in the 2004 version, as long as you have plenty of forests to cover you, they have no real weaknesses in the earlier titles, and can easily rip your units to shreds once they get in range.
 * Goddamned Bats: Pirate Hunters. Any Spanish ship you take out will likely trigger one or more of these ships, usually consisting of a fast Sloop. Ignore it and it will hound your fleet, pummeling it with endless cannon fire and damaging every ship you have. Engage it, and you'll likely take at least a few hits with chainshot or grapeshot before you bring the bastard down. Its never enough to actually stop you, but the damage to crew numbers and your sails is usually enough to be severely annoying.
 * And if you do opt to fight it, which is never a profitable venture as they are heavily armed and have few valuables in their holds, chances are the closest enemy town to you will immediately sic another hunter on your tail, and he might have an even bigger ship!
 * Most Annoying Sound: BONGLE BONGLE BONGLE BONG. (This is the sound of the alarm if you get sighted while sneaking in and out of cities. Not so bad on its own, but if you play on the highest difficulty setting and try sneaking around, you will likely hear this a lot.)