Ship of Fools is a rogue-lite from Team 17 Software, and they were kind enough to send me this after they sent me Nice Day For Fishing Steam Review, which I appreciate both. They make some great games, so please go check them out.

The game starts out simple enough: you are stranded on an island thanks to some calamity, given a boat and some cannons, and you must go fight evil creatures in an attempt to collect power-ups, save new crew members, and stop the forces of evil.

I think that’s the story anyway, I wasn’t paying attention, I was killing flies, trying to sink my ship, and smacking stuff with a boat oar. It takes effort to run around loading cannons, collecting wood to fix my ship by firing harpoons, and all that jazz that keeps the game exciting. Make no mistake, playing solo, the game is fast-paced and exciting. Do not be fooled, though, while there is a trophy for playing solo, most people don’t have it for good reason. This game is made for two players, either online or couch.

With fluid controls and cute graphics, and multiple crew members known as Fools to choose from, each with different abilities that make them better at certain things, the replay value is pretty high. Even the process of unlocking them will take more than a few runs.

Which Fool to use isn’t the only choice to make; which cannon to use is also a decision. Do you want two cannons that fire slower but will auto-target enemies when you aren’t using them? Do you want one that can be charged up to unload all of its ammo? Speaking of ammo, different ships have different ammo, and different ammo can be found during a run. Some freeze enemies occasionally, for example.

Ship of Fools is an amazing game if you like multiplayer games, but it does lose something when playing alone. It is still an 8/10 game, but it is absolutely made for 2. Best wishes, and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Windward Horizon, over on Steam, was sent to me by the people over at Tasharen Entertainment, which I am always grateful for.

The game itself is technically just a sailing game. Your captain dies, and you are somehow voted the new captain by the crew. You return him home, the crew gives you some recommendations on what to do as sort of a tutorial, and away you go. You start off by getting some new sails and are told that a new ship would be smart. How you get there is pretty much up to you.

If you want to spend some time fishing and sell it for profit, feel free to do so. You want to hunt down pirates or work on a quest, that’s up to you. With a small sloop at your disposal, trading isn’t easy at this stage, but it can be done.

This is kind of what I enjoyed about the game the most, sure it looks nice and it plays well, the controls function great. But it is rare that a game says play it how you want and then doesn’t force you into doing what it wants you to anyway. I was never forced into fighting pirates, really, outside of certain world events, and even those, if I didn’t want to do them, I just stayed away or left that part of the map, no harm, no foul.

My only real issue with the game I came across is that once, during a sea battle, my ship and an allied ship got stuck together. It worked out well because our cannons still worked, and he kept healing me as I kept killing people. We did eventually separate, and it was a one-time occurrence. It is something to be aware of during battles that it can happen.

The game cost $20, however, and it is well worth every penny of it. It is an 8/10 experience, and it will be something I play for a long time to come. Best wishes, and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

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Stunt Flyer on Xbox Series S/X and on PS5 (PlayStation version available June 12th) were both sent to me by the people over at Ultimate Publishing. I always like working with these guys and appreciate when they send me games to check out.

Stunt Flyer is a very basic and user-friendly game when compared to its original Nintendo Wii release. The PS5 and Xbox versions have much better graphics and contain a split-screen co-op mode and vastly better controls. The switch version, I am told, also has all this, but I haven’t played that version.

The game does show its age in some ways, the game tosses you straight into a tutorial, then just lets you free fly around. You fly through rings to start missions such as shooting targets with water balloons or flying through rings in a time attack sort of race. There are also about 50 gifts to collect. As an adult, I quickly grew tired of this.

There is a flip side to this; my 8-year-old daughter loved the game. The controls were simple, and the graphics are cute. She crashed the plane just to see the character shake his fist at the screen a few times. Most of the missions are also not very difficult, and the only punishment for taking a long time is that you have an easier time improving on the score later if you want.

This game is honestly not bad, but it very much seems to be for younger kids. If you are a parent looking for something reasonably priced to play alongside your kids, $15 is a small price to pay to see them smile. I would never buy this game for myself, but with my daughter, it was a 9/10 experience. Best wishes, and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

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