This game had amazing curb appeal. Your a pirate trying to survive on an island. Crafting, building, fighting, etc. And for a mobile game, the graphics are outstanding.
BUT, it seems like most of the time developing the game went to the graphics. The controls are super weird, the gameplay is extremely far from fluid, and the WORST WORST WORST part of it all is ads just pop up while you’re playing. Roughly every 2-5 minutes an ad just pops up out of no where. If you’re in the middle of fighting, building, crafting, etc you are interrupted with an ad.
Ads will forever be the downfall for games. Obviously we all know the game has to make money, but throwing ads in the players face is by far the FASTEST way to lose players. After the character customization I loaded in and as I was about to explode an ad just pops up.
There’s multiple ways to successfully have ads on games without the players feeling like they’re forced to watch them, and there’s ways to correct the game to make it easier to play and understand.
You have a fantastic road ahead for this game, but currently I wouldn’t recommend anyone to play it. It needs A LOT of work, and it honestly shouldn’t of been released yet. Rushing a mobile game release is only going to lead to poor reviews. (Like this one but I hope it’s taken as constructive)
It was an extremely painful 30 minutes of gameplay, and with reviews like these I try to at least play for a bit just to get a good understanding of what needs to be done. But honestly after about 5 minutes of gameplay I knew exactly what needed to be changed.
The game just seems rushed and unfinished. But here’s the big things I noticed that need to be fixed;
- Remove the random ads that just pop up during gameplay and figure out ways to intertwine ads with rewards
- A tutorial would be nice as you’re basically throw into the game with no understanding on how to do anything
- FIX THE CONTROLS! It’s extremely awkward and clunky. Maybe look into controller compatibility
Wishing you the best on the game and I would LOVE to play it again IF you fix the game. Thank you!