


There's a whole system for launching stealth attacks, but I can barely even see how or why that matters. I get a tutorial that has me learn how to intercept transmissions, for instance, but once I start intercepting those transmissions on my own I have no idea what they do or mean. The core problem with HighFleet is that every mini-game has astrolabe-like obstacles. It was terrible-so it got removed from the version of Pirates! you've probably seen. No, that version of Pirates! had an astrolabe mini-game, where you'd use the historical device to figure out your longitude and latitude, and then look at a map in the manual. These mini-games were fun! With one exception: In the original 1987 version, if you were lost in the Caribbean, you didn't just pull up an in-game map. Will it be as narratively rich (and silly) as I want it to be? I suppose I could go find out: there's a demo for download right now on Steam.Just as HighFleet is bursting with systems, Pirates! was packed with mini-games that, tied together, created a story of swashbuckling pirates swinging across galleon decks to duel evil Spaniards and woo governors' daughters. If Townseek has even a bit of that surrounded by some relaxing farming and fishing and trading, rather than wasteland death, then I am fully ready to board its adorable airships. I'm the sort of person who liked Flotilla, or FTL, or Nowhere Prophet, or Highfleet, for the places you could visit and the (sometimes unfulfilled) promise of surprising, delicious story events awaiting inside. That's presumably how you can switch out your dirigible balloon for a shark, or a bunny, or whatever else. While travelling, you'll discover new towns, trade with the local sharkfolk, cats and slimes, and then go fishing or farm fruits.Įach town you find will offer quests to complete which will improve your reputation with the locals and unlock new upgrades and cosmetics. You'll be flying your ship around the world of Explora in order to discover "the lost legacy of Sir Reginald Sharkingston," says the press release about Townseek signing with publisher Super Rare.
