Tempest for Pc

Definitely the best pirate-themed game for the iPad (by a large margin). Picture it as a very polished Sid Meier’s Pirates! but with 25x the missions, stronger graphics, a fantastic score and 100% less redundant ballroom dancing. So why only 4 stars instead of 5? In a word: land. This game has about a half dozen land quest types (they rotate randomly). And its during these quests where the polish is tarnished. A prime example: on a mission to save an Emperor’s daughter, you run to a pirate haven to save her. Often, the haven doesn’t render until you’re in the middle of town where you promptly get blown apart or trapped in geography. Likewise, some trees don’t render and you’ll get stuck on them. Perhaps the most common issue is the camera panning 180 degrees in the opposite direction of a fight because of some object behind you that you’re stuck on. Additionally, your pirate will move a bit oddly through the land missions as if on rails (randomly). If the developers could fix the issues with land quests (giving them the same polish as the vibrant sea battles), this game would be an easy 5 star winner and one of the best games on the iPad.

UPDATE: With the newest update, my expectations have, indeed, been exceeded! 3rd person boarding and land missions are absolutely bonkers! Been on since day 1 and I hope this game NEVER dies! ORIGINAL: Supremely bummed to see my original review missing :( . Anywho- this awesome pirate game is the best all-round free-roam pirate action RPG on the App Store! At first glance, simple mechanics and mission chasing are abound! However, what most fail to see is the actual depth of the game. For starters, it's a social game that allows you to play with other people cooperatively or anonymously. You can also upgrade your crew AND captain. There are mysteriously powerful artifacts to find, mythical sea monsters, and a budget for all of it..so venture wisely. Otherwise, the graphics and camera angles matched with the realistic sounds give this game movie-like qualities...just zoom in on deck and sail for a while with your friends, it's a blast! Then cooperate in pirate battles...it's a literal blast! Sixth Star!!! The 6th star goes to this game because the developers have gone above and beyond providing excellent customer service. They have responded to requests at lightning speeds and NEVER have I felt so appreciated as a customer and now a big fan! THANK YOU Herocraft!

This game was very addicting for a while, there’s a lot to do and many storylines to play. I’ve been playing this game for a couple months now, and just recently I got an iPhone 8 and with the most recent update the buttons don’t align with the screen. The buttons look larger than normal and I can’t even hit the ones on top or bottom of my screen. I noticed some other people had problems button sizing/UI with the iPhone X, and supposedly the new update fixed it. However, I have the most recent update but my iPhone 8 still has button sizing/UI issues. Please fix this soon, the game is already amazing! Update: The issue has been fixed, I really appreciate that the developers actually respond to reviews and fix problems!

I am tempted to give a lower score, bing currently annoyed by the DLCs, but that would not be fair. It is a very good base game, and. Have gotten hours of enjoyment out of it. Sadly, the DLCs do not really seem very well-thought-out and are not similar to the base game. The land quests are just a bad idea. Melee combat is not very deep, already, and the DLCs add a LOT of melee, land combat. I don’t want to spend 5 minutes running through boring, procedurally generated jungle, doing nothing but running, only to then die in combat with a camp of 20 enemies shooting at me (especially since mobile controls are imprecise and clunky). Why would a pirate captain with a giant battleship full of battle-hardened crew be trying to heroically take out camps of enemies all by himself anyway? If the DLC had added more quests like the lengthy “legend” quests in the main game, a new faction, and basically just a new map with quests comparable to the other maps, it would have been perfect. PS. Also, who thought it was a good idea to make all of the artifacts and high level items you spent hours acquiring easily buyable in the new DLC? After I spend hours following a long chain of missions to get a fancy artifact, I don’t want to roll up into the DLC towns and see it just sitting there, for sale.