Sink Again
If you want light-weight pirate-y fare with a primitive economic model coupled with a bunch of turn-based mini dungeon crawls and disconnected scenarios that have you starting from scratch after each mission, then this game is for you!
If you’re not looking for all that, you might still get your money’s worth out of the game. I’ve only completed a few of the scenarios and yet there is enough meat here that I’ve got over 20 hours in, and the rewards for each scenario are interesting enough that I want to see what the next batch will add to my arsenal.
– Real player with 52.6 hrs in game
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Nice little game. Not very complicated as turn-based / strategy game, and it tends toward grinding, but it manages to keep me busy and interested. Also, the silly slapstick jokes make me smile. If you ever wanted to play as a gorilla bashing pirates with an anchor…
The game comes with a good number of “scenarios”. Start a scenario, you get a (very) small ship and 2000 gp, and a selection of 3 to 5 pirates to hire in the nearby tavern. First hire is free, and is usually the one you pick as the captain of your crew - at start, anyway, you can change your captain later.
– Real player with 39.0 hrs in game
Horizon’s Gate
It’s a unique game, I’ll give it that. Definitely a big improvement from Alvora and Voidspire. Not really my game, though. I still think Voidspire is the best of the series and Alvora is a close second.
Gameplay is the usual turn-based combat with added ship combat. Ship combat, however, you can’t attack and then move, you have to move before you attack or your turns ends. This makes ship combat difficult as enemy ships will easily gang up on a single ship. Sure, make sense and you can do the same to the other ships, but it makes ships very expendable, and that’s bad when even the mediocre lower-tier ships cost like 8000 per, which is a lot. You can also board other ships to try and capture/disable them(by killing all of the crew) but you have limited ### of turns do so per boarding, which personally makes no sense to me, even balancing-wise. When you board, your turn ends too, so you’ll be at a disadvantage if you fail the boarding. Ship attacks hurt both ship hull and crew health.
– Real player with 194.7 hrs in game
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Since I wasn’t aware there was a Character Limit to Steam Reviews, I’ve put my full thoughts overall here. Sorry if it’s awkward as a result.
Now. I’m going to preface this entire review with four things, since I find them very important to mention.
Outside of me not exactly conforming to normal review/recommendation formats since I rarely do them. Sorry, really not good at this. Either way!
– Real player with 177.5 hrs in game
Aye Aye, Captain
This game needs a tutorial or something. I have no clue what to do. I moved my crew around by right clicking and then clicked the cannonball to shoot, and that’s pretty much it. I never actually won a combat because it felt like it was going to take a half hour of simply clicking one button. So I surrendered. Then on the world map I had no idea what to do but a few seconds later I was in another combat and lost my cannon. So I lose?
Then in another battle both my crew died, but I was able to surrender and sail around again until I got into combat and could do nothing.
– Real player with 0.3 hrs in game
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Braveland Pirate
Braveland Pirate is the third and last game of the Braveland trilogy. The three storylines aren’t related, so you can play them in any order. However, I would recommend to play them as they are supposed to be ( Braveland = Wizard = Pirate ). Keep the best for the end : Pirate is, in my opinion, the most entertaining and enjoyable game of the series.
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– Real player with 30.7 hrs in game
I really enjoyed the first braveland, I skipped the second one after hearing it sucked and then I decided to give the third one a chance seeing how it got positive receiption here on Steam.
You should take this recommendation as somewhere between a half recommend and a full recommend.
So here we go for the pros and cons.
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Pro
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The new pirate units you get all have different abilities from the units from the first game, giving the combat a new coat of paint from the first game.
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Open world. Instead of having to play battles in a certain order you’re more open to choose a different battle instead.
– Real player with 23.7 hrs in game
Man of the World
It is possible to become a famous musician, take part in medieval battles, earn a fortune from trade, become a thief of women’s hearts or an avid duelist. The game allows you to do all this.
Table of Tales: The Crooked Crown
Having a narrator for a game can go so wrong …
But this game does it well! Charming narrator, music, and table-full of scenery and figures.
Excellent, excellent game if you worry about motion sickness (VR sickness). No chance of that at all.
This is not a full-body participation game. But as a game laid out in front of you to sit at and control – I find it one of the best! I forgot I was in VR, and the index controls are intuitive (close your hand to grab; open hand to let go). This is like playing a pirate-themed D&D game, moving figures, rolling dice, but it all happens beautifully and automatically in front of you. Pieces get knocked over – sometimes by other pieces taking their turn. But everything rights itself moments later. Even that part is funny and charming to watch.
– Real player with 25.7 hrs in game
Great and charming D&D tabletop RPG.
Could be compared with Demeo, as this is also 3rd person, turn based, grid movement, with cards to use on each turn… but its plenty different with ToT being clearly superior in a lot of ways, but also not without its drawbacks.
Table of Tales is a bit different, a bit more in depth story and mechanics wise…. its Narrator tells a story, and voices different characters, there is a bigger story than “big bad lives there, kill it because reasons”.
A full playthrough took me ~4hrs listening to all the dialogue (that can be advanced by pressing grip) and it has some replayeability, as there are a bunch of choices during the adventure that change the storyline.
– Real player with 16.2 hrs in game
Sailing Wizard
Sailing Wizard is a real-time action role-playing game with the theme of navigation. You can freely choose spells upgrade routes, recruit various team members, build your exclusive ships. Trade, fight and explore with different factions on a journey full of adventurous spirit. Go looking for the legendary dragon’s lair with mysterious treasures and infinite magic power.
Game dev progress:
Demo is under beta test. Welcome to the community to discuss and raise your ideas! Discord:https://discord.gg/TJmj3aSVJ4
Game features:
1. Freely combinable magic system:
Different magic affixes can be combined to form more powerful magic and effects (such as flames, arrows, seas, etc.), and at the same time can combine more characteristic magic words (such as: range +2, cooldown -1.5, burning effect +50%, etc.), freely build your favorite magical combination to fight.
2. A wide variety of skilled crew members:
You can meet all kinds of recruitable members during the adventure, recruit them into your command! Each team member has an independent level and skills, which can be upgraded. In sailing and fighting, they can perform their respective duties to help you smooth sailing and invincible. The quick command system allows you to easily command a large team.
3. Highly customizable ships:
There are many types of ships in the game. Various types of ships with different characteristics can be obtained through purchase, port battles, dock construction. The appearance of the ships can be decorated with different colors, patterns, and objects. In addition, every deck and cabin of the ship can build the modules (life, navigation, defense, attack, etc) needed for navigation. Experience an instant and seamless sailing journey on your unique ship! All land and islands can be docked and landed!
4. Sea life and status system:
In addition to combat and adventure, you also need to pay attention to the hunger, sleepiness, and thirst of your crew members. Poor status will affect the corresponding attributes. Make sure you are fully prepared before sailing. Using part of the resources to maintain a good life status can also make you do more with less.
#### Other systems:
1. Equipment and inventory system
2. Level-up and talent skill system for players and team members
3. Almost all buildings and ships that can be explored or destroyed
4. Alternate day and night, dynamic weather system
5. Rich task system
#### Game background:
In the Monduz world, the magic power used to flow continuously, and the various races continued to grow from it. However, it is far worse than before. In order to compete for the increasingly scarce magic stone resources, the peace and stability of the entire world has gradually become the past.
In the southeast of the Central Continent, the Magic Principality was occupied due to the loss of the remaining large magic stone. As an apprentice of a wizard, the player pursues the clues left by the teacher, and constantly explores the depths of the ocean, looking for the legendary dragon’s lair with mysterious treasures and infinite magic…
#### About us:
We are a group of veteran players with independent game dreams. Since 2011, we have been building Monduz worldview and related games. We have written two dessert games,which are Monduz Battlezone and Monduz CityGuardian. With the help of the mature Unreal 4 engine and the support of more professional companions, we hope to bring you a more expressive game experience and show you the grand Monduz world better.