Corsair Cove review

Corsair Cove might be the most exuberant city builder I've ever had the good fortune to play. A fantastical spin on the Golden Age of Piracy, it sees a bunch of ne'er-do-wells escape a prison ship and start a new life on a deserted island dominated by a skull-shaped mountain and imposing sheer cliffs.

This new life largely involves consuming large amounts of booze, dancing with pigs and taking turns going down ziplines. There's no grotty realism here—these pirates are living it up in paradise. But m...