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Digitally DownloadedReview: Port Royale 4 (Nintendo Switch)
Published 7/13/2021
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90
+23 vs critic avg
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Series X|S / PS4 / PC / PS5 / XONE / Switch - 9/25/2020
Port Royale 4
Set sail and join the colonial powers of Spain, England, France and the Netherlands in their fight for supremacy of the Caribbean in the 17th century.
- Developer
- Gaming Minds Studios
- Publisher
- Kalypso Media Digital
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Critic avg
67
16 scored reviews
Total coverage
16
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Score range
50–90
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Score range is 31+ points
Critic landscape
The critic average is 67 across 16 scored reviews, with a 40-point spread. Critics are far apart on this one.
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Most scored reviews currently sit in the Below 70 band.
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16 included scored reviews
90–1002 reviews · 13%
80–893 reviews · 19%
70–792 reviews · 13%
Below 709 reviews · 56%
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Jason Faulkner
Game RevolutionPort Royale 4 Review | ‘not bad, just unambituous’
Published 10/12/2020
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70
+3 vs critic avg
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Read originalLise Leitner
Checkpoint GamingPort Royale 4 Review – Not quite smooth sailing
Published 10/4/2020
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Score
50
-17 vs critic avg
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Read originalGareth Chadwick
TheSixthAxisPort Royale 4 Review – TheSixthAxis
Published 9/29/2020
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50
-17 vs critic avg
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Read originalMarcello Perricone
PCGamesNPort Royale 4 review – it’s a trader’s life for me
Published 9/29/2020
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80
+13 vs critic avg
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Read originalRon Burke
GamingTrendGamingTrend Port Royale 4 Review
Published 9/28/2020
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70
+3 vs critic avg
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Read originalCatherine Daro
GameSpacePort Royale 4 PC
Published 9/28/2020
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Score
65
-2 vs critic avg
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Read originalRebecca Smith
PlayStation LifeStylePort Royale 4 Review – Sailing the Seven Seas (PS4)
Published 9/28/2020
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80
+13 vs critic avg
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Read originalChris Wray
WccftechPort Royale 4 Review – A Caribbean Corsair’s Calling
Published 9/27/2020
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65
-2 vs critic avg
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Read originalHaley Perry
COGconnectedPort Royale 4 Review – Yo Ho Ho, and a Brig of Rum
Published 9/25/2020
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68
+1 vs critic avg
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