This guy talking about "historically accurate" and all I can think of is one of if not best games at least critically acclaimed games ever made Sid Meyer's Pirates. Not even 10 years apart(SC initial dev launch).

This is the sort of take not even Roberts or whatever the fuck his name is would be willing to follow imo, like goodbye your game ever getting anywhere close to the mainstream, and that is considering it is already a joke within "gamers" circles.