Booya!
Did it in 36 days! woo-hoo!
Reviews for "Pirate Launch"
OMG!!!
great game, great music, great everything. O even reached the island but i like hit a bird over the island and didnt land too well >.< again, great game
Fun for a while
Good:
-Music > Fit the theme of the game and wasn't annoying even after playing for a while.
-Upgrades > Decent selection. Perhaps could have added "rudders" to widen the angle you can land at, "nets" to help catch gold coins, or "cannons" to shoot 1 shark per upgrade level.
-Graphics > Simple and clean, easy to see how your ship changes as you get upgrades.
Not so good:
-Luck > The game plays suffers since all you really have to do or even can do is rotate your ship to land bottom down. I sank several times when I simply ran out of things to collide with which was annoying to me.
-Cannon = pretty pointless > Sure the final upgrade of the cannon launches you the furthest, but when it still only launches you only a fraction of the distance to the island, what's the point?
Overall:
This game is an interesting twist on the "Hedgehog Launch", "Shopping Cart Hero", and "Learn to Fly" theme, but suffers from using less skill and more luck then any of those. It really comes down to an overall lack of control over your character since if you are going to hit a shark, you are going to hit a shark and you can only watch as it happens (albeit making sure you hit him level.) That being said, I enjoyed killing some time with this game and I think with some tweaks it could be a great one, but for now it is simply average.
6/10
3/5
Graeme responds:
I appreciate the thorough review. I really love reading through a well thought out one, and with a sequel in production I'll do my best to alleviate some of those stresses of luck/control.
Thanks!
cool
i can't get to the treasure. what distance is it?
Worth playing
This game is really worth playing. I like the catchy music, the power-ups, the ability to do tricks (backfilps and frontflips), and the whales and the birds, and that kinda stuff! This game is really addicting and fun at the same time! You oughtta try playing this, or at least fave the music, and while you're at it, fave the game too! This game is just excellent!