The Caribbean Sail Reviews

I do quite like this game...

This is so much fun!!!

It seemed really charming, so I picked it up when it went on sale. Great soundtrack, I liked the visuals and theme, so let's go. Start out with a small fishing ship. Buy a couple cannons so I can defend myself from any pirates. I fish near the shores of England, but when I want to go sell them in port for better stuff, I can't. Well, whatever. I set sail to Portugal. On the way there I find a friendly English war ship, I play a game of Liar's Dice and somehow win after not understanding the rules for the first few rounds. I set sail once more, but oh no, a Spanish war ship on the horizon. No way to avoid encountering them -- it is a 2d game after all, and ships don't jump -- and they open fire. With no credible amount of defenses I surrender. Which results in my captain and crew being hanged for the trouble. The thing that crushed all motivation I'd had to try and give them what for, I get an achievement titled "Get **** on". *Sixteen minutes* into the game and the dev is telling me to piss off and do something else. There's no "you can actually take them on if you try" or "buy more cannons if you can", no, it's "fuck off and die". I'm not sure I want to continue. Maybe I will, maybe I won't. It seems charming though. But I can't in good conscience recommend a game that doesn't want to be played.

I just recently had the privilege to speak to one of the people behind the game through email and can only say that not only does the game deserve praise but as do the developers! This game, though simple in concept, is still so novel and scratches just the right itch and I can't wait to see more from these people!

It's great! You're not allowed to have fun until you get good at the fishing minigame, but the adventure snowballs after that. Both the realistic and fantasy mode are engaging. The game's not too difficult, but you'll still get screwed over once in a while, in the genre's true fashion.