Ace of Seafood
SERIOUS REVIEW
Ace of Seafood is the supposed successor to ‘Neo Aquarium: The King of Crustaceans’ and this can be seen by a variety of aspects implemented into this newer title ‘Ace of Seafood’.
This game has a surprising amount of aspects to it and they all seemingly work with eachother.
To begin with, the story goes as follows. It’s sometime in the future and the human race has gone extinct, leaving only “seafood” alive. However, while the physical form of humanity has disappeared, they still reside on a subconscious level of existence, presumably taking control of the many forms of marine life alive on Earth. The story isn’t to be taken too seriously as it sounds mostly gimmicky, however I did find myself entranced in the story during some parts of the game.
– Real player with 21.1 hrs in game
This game has made me experience every emotion. I love it. A game for game’s sake. A game that all started from, “I want to make a game where you can fly as a fish”. Wacky, terryfing, inspiring, epic, beautiful, tense. Just a few of the words that describe this game. It’s definitely not a normal game, and if you’re expecting easy controls, perfect english (especially in the trailer, but his voice more than makes up for it), a plot, logic, a glitchless experience, or regular gaming conventions this is not the game for you. But for me, not having these actually adds incredible charm and having them could ruin the experience. The controls and way the game plays really puts emphasis on teamwork, strategy, and manueverability. You’re not pinpoint accurate and the lock on system plain doesnt work on medium to small targets. The “OK, but not perfect” english lends a feeling of otherworldliness to those with a strong suspension of disbelief. The main plot states itself in less than a paragraph and is entirely unnecessary, except the stuff after “The certain thing” that makes it feel really cool and you just proved the worth of all the new “Seafood”. Because the plot should only boil down to “You want take over ocean. Cool stuff happens. Go do it.”. Anything else doesnt matter. The foreign logic results in an interesting new world with new rules that are incredibly fun to figure out. Partner-popping (using co-op’s auto return to put partner in wall and use him to flank enemy while me and rest of team fight head on, then switching to seige formation and forcing them to split up) and melee-flopping/salmon-skipping (what an actual fish does on land in order to pass the dreaded “Radio Channel”/ sprint-swimming over small patches of land in order to escape or surprise enemies). The glitches add to the fun and wacky bits of the game. Me and my friend played through the new-ish Co-op mode and couldnt stop playing. The genuine thrill of coming back to a reef that stomped your tailfin the first few times you tried and managing to overcome it is quite good. So many unique experiences in this game. Seal Team Five. The previously mentioned dreaded Radio Channel. BloodBath at the Bottom of Barrier Reef. The dead Whale. The Canadian outpost (Saury!). King Krab Klubhouse. Simba’s Pride. The College Campus (TriggerFish Reef). The Abyssal Eye. And of course, Space Fish. The single player gives you a sense of total command with you at the helm, while co-op is more working within a team rather than outside of it. Hard to describe the actual gameplay, really. I think it’s supposed to play like a flight sim? The soundtrack’s amazing, too. If you want something different or just something really good and involving, pick it up. OOH (Barracuda), Big Da King (King Crab), Big Boy (Cubera Snapper), He (sort of secret thing), Wate (Tuna), and HIGH VOLTAGE (Electric Catfish) are out there protecting the Ocean from enemies like Seafood Platter No. 2. Why aren’t you?
– Real player with 19.7 hrs in game
Blackwake
Pros:
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frequent updates, always something new (weapons, ships, gamemodes, maps, CANNONS… and AMMO FOR CANNONS)
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fun gameplay
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naval combat is well done
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pvp combat is good, melee is smart, guns will often kill you instantly
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attack/deffend fortresses (if you capture the enemy fortress you win, when you are defending and you know where all the guns are you may survive)
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loadout selection, a lot of muskets (4), pistols (5), melee (6), special (4)
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chat, voice chat (team, faction, global, proximity variants)
– Real player with 387.3 hrs in game
Read More: Best Naval Combat Multiplayer Games.
“I will be damned if I go with another early access game, I will rather eat paper from this notebook”
Ok, now I am chewing on a paper but I’m still satisfied by this game! Yay!
Blackwake is interesting multiplayer naval FPS that lend you feeling of member of Navy or life of a pirate (arrr matey, sorry, i had to). The game basically provide ship and sea and you and your crew (that are players or you are part of the crew under captain) try to get opposition team down the tickets or run out of suplies.
– Real player with 211.2 hrs in game
A pirate quartermaster
Don’t overlook this curious little gem of a game! Do yourself a favor and give it a try. I’ve never played anything quite like it.
As an added bonus the developer is very active and present, and has already provided several bug fixes and added improvements.
Edit 16th of October:
An earlier version of this review mentioned that the game needed some serious rebalancing, as it was very difficult to keep going for any significant amount of watches. The developer has since changed a number of things, and it is now much, much easier to progress in my experience.
– Real player with 92.0 hrs in game
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This game is truly charming.
It has got style and character and a great atmosphere (it does not struggle to create a feel-good one).
You gotta love the music, absolutely enjoyable and this goes for most everything of this game.
It also has very good achievements that are desirable but seldomly quick to get.
They let you know there is more adventure for you in this game sort of in addition to the already
solid watch to watch “routine” of being the quartermaster.
Make smart decisions (one of them is not to think “1 portion” ought to be enough when there is no better reason to skimp there other than saving a few coins when that is not crucial) and you can sail a fearsome, capable pirate ship you will mourn to ever lose. This might even entail mourning the loss of your former captain (I admit that happened to me ;-) ).
– Real player with 54.1 hrs in game
Jolly Battle
This is a really fun little game! I think i got it in a bundle, and it has become one of my go-to games when i only have a few mins available to play. The games are quick, animations are cute, easily worth the couple dollars price tag.
– Real player with 32.5 hrs in game
Cute, funny version of good old Battleship. The little cakes react to what’s happening on the board, and the various avatars (you can pick yours, the opponent gets a random one when playing against the AI) also have their own reaction. Makes me smile. :)
The background screen is also interactive, stuff happens when you click on it. Overall very playful, friendly style. :)
You can play against an AI with 3 difficulty options, and there’s the option to play against someone on Steam, worldwide, or LAN. I just tested the worldwide one so I can finally post this review, and it was fun. :) (I lost.) There’s a 30 sec timer per turn, that resets when you hit a cake. (I wonder where I can enter my name though, it just said ‘Player’, while the other player had a name shown.)
– Real player with 27.3 hrs in game
Blazing Sails
Early acces? It’s already insanely playable, nothing seems to be really missing and no huge bugs.
It’s a 4man team battle royale, it seems to take a lot of inspiration if not downright most of it’s stuff from sea of thieves.
The rounds are 5 - 20 minutes, divided in mostly 2 parts:
Looting and fighting.
during the looting fase you might run into other people on land, so combat ensues.
When sailing to the next island you might run into another ship, ship to ship combat ensues.
The safe area, as with every BR gets smaller and smaller, forcing ships closer and closer, these fights can turn very hectic very quickly.
– Real player with 256.5 hrs in game
–-{Graphics}—
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☒ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS
—{Gameplay}—
☐ Very good
☒ Good
☐ It‘s just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don’t
—{Audio}—
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☒ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I’m now deaf
—{Audience}—
☐ Kids
☒ Teens
☒ Adults
☐ All
—{PC Requirements}—
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☒ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer
—{Difficulity}—
☐ Just press ‘W’
– Real player with 119.5 hrs in game
Furious Seas
Very impressive game so far. I recommend it over many VR games out there.
Pros
-Controls are easy to understand and use.
-No motion-sickness and is a game that can be played standing or sitting.
-Graphics are great, I really like the wave effects and sky
-Cannons load at a perfect speed. Any slower or faster and it might make it too difficult or easy.
-Collect items after defeating enemies, some of which are temporary weapons, gold, and health.
-The constant wind, whichever way you are sailing, is good to keep the game moving. If true wind directions were used, many players would be like sitting ducks in the headwind.
– Real player with 7.7 hrs in game
Highly recommended, even in its current state it’s in. There’s three chapters to the game where it welcomes you into the first, pits you against a fun ‘Demon Sisters’ run on the second, and an interesting third leaving room for more fun chapters and campaign fun. Even if it’s a demo, it’s great fun with many more things planned for the game. When you boot up the game you’re basically standing at a shipwreck with the wheel, bell, and a firing turret which makes this an interactive menu, something I praise highly. To your right you’ll find your objectives sinking three bosses with a funny skeleton posing next to the chest. The game is interesting in that semi-realistic yet arcade manner where you have to jump between steering, firing both side guns, while even (by choice) raising and lowering the sails with the two bells with 1 on either side of the wheel.
– Real player with 4.0 hrs in game
Launched!
Launch missiles!
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Battle against the island in the distance
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Be the first to start hurling nukes at the enemy
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Upgrade your facilities to help with defenses
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Research for huge perks
Master your strategy!
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Balanced gameplay for numerous paths to victory
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Observe your enemy from a distance
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Learn different strategies
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Different AI battle difficulties
Scrap Seas
Scrap Seas is a Vehicle 3rd-Person Shooter Action Rogue-Like. Build your ship and fill it to the brim with every kind of weaponry you can find. Then take it out into the ocean to take part in fast-paced generated sea battles against your Robot Overlords.
FIGHT!
Use your fire power and maneuvering skills to sink ships, robots, and other stuff. Destroy your enemies, and save those you care about. Use your boosters to ram into enemy ships head on or to flee like a coward. Just make sure you don’t DIE, because if you DIE you’ll die forever, and it’s pretty easy to DIE.
BUILD YOUR SHIP
Start with a boat and fight your way to an AWESOME BOAT! Take that boat and fill it with every kind of cannon, laser beam, and whatever the hell else you can find. You can also collect comic book panels which can provide a variety of buffs to your ship. Ah, and don’t forget about melee weapons. Every boat worth piloting needs some buzz saws, or at least some electrified spikes.
PLOT YOUR COURSE
Navigate your way around a generated map. Ensure that you have enough supplies for your journey. Choose your battles wisely…or unwisely, I don’t care. I’m not your dad.
USE YOUR WORDS!
Are you a hero or a coward? An idealist or a pragmatist? A lover or a fighter? Express your character through Scrap Seas comic book panel encounters.
Stowaway
This game is an absolute masterpiece. The graphics are so good I had an eyegasm just watching the trailer. This game play is like sex for your fingers. I cannot stress how amazing this game is, this game is easily game of the year without a second thought. The stowaway is one of the most innovative and original idea’s ever conceived by humans. I bought this game and it was so amazing that I had to buy it for my entire friends list as well. If you haven’t bought this game, make up for your sins buy purchasing it twice! Theres also lots of homie sex, dw we had socks on.
– Real player with 21.3 hrs in game
So, let me start off this review by saying that this game is the literal work of Christ, it is an S tier game. Ever since 2020 has started, everything has been going downhill, nothing good was happening in the world. However, this all changed when this God-given game, Stowaway, came out. This game is very goofy and is really fun, so Ima try to get some goons to play this game together. When I first saw this game and my buddy showed it to me, I laughed at this game and didn’t think much of it. After playing the game for a bit, though, I realized that is game is so much more fun than I could ever have expected.
– Real player with 10.8 hrs in game
Moxie’s Lemon
Moxie’s Lemon is a short cinematic platformer about pettiness and frustration, in the style of 2000s-era Flash games. Using mouse, keyboard, or gamepad, help Moxie get her lemon and achieve ultimate satisfaction! The goal of this game is to surprise you, frustrate you, and make you laugh.
Features
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Constant dumb surprises: Every screen has unique controls and objectives
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Unexpected musical sequences: Action and music blend together in a horrifying blend of cartoon agony
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Frustratingly obtuse controls: Laugh with surprise and cry with frustration as you try to figure out what is happening
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Short and sweet: 15 weird minutes of your life that you’ll never get back