Pirates remain incredibly popular. There have been many great books,
movies and games starring these high seas criminals. In Plunder Pirates,
for iOS, you attempt to build your own pirate fleet.
The Good
In Plunder Pirates, you are in charge of building a pirate base to become the scourge of the Caribbean. The game gives you a lot of freedom to build your base how you want as long as you have the resources. You receive gold and other items from the different buildings and from plundering other bases. In addition, the game comes with an exploration mode where you travel the ocean looking for more treasure and enemies to battle. These rivals could be sea monsters or other pirate bases. When you come across a pirate base, you are in charge of deploying troops in the spots you want. You are also able to invade other people's bases online; this allows you to test your might and strategies.
The Bad
Plunder Pirates suffers from many of the same flaws that most base building games have. Depending on the action you perform, it takes a certain amount of time to build, repair or upgrade. Most actions are only a few minutes, but as you level up and build higher-level things, it may take hours or days. You can speed up the process by paying gems, but gems are hard to come by unless you buy them with real money. Moreover, resources are very easy to obtain, but many high level buildings and upgrades cost a lot, so it takes grinding to build a better base, unless you want to pay for more gold.
The Verdict
Base building games have become a mainstay in mobile. There have been many different themes and great titles like Clash of Clans and The Simpsons: Tapped Out. Plunder Pirates doesn't advance the genre, but it is one of the better base builder games and worth a look if you like this sub genre.
The Good
In Plunder Pirates, you are in charge of building a pirate base to become the scourge of the Caribbean. The game gives you a lot of freedom to build your base how you want as long as you have the resources. You receive gold and other items from the different buildings and from plundering other bases. In addition, the game comes with an exploration mode where you travel the ocean looking for more treasure and enemies to battle. These rivals could be sea monsters or other pirate bases. When you come across a pirate base, you are in charge of deploying troops in the spots you want. You are also able to invade other people's bases online; this allows you to test your might and strategies.
The Bad
Plunder Pirates suffers from many of the same flaws that most base building games have. Depending on the action you perform, it takes a certain amount of time to build, repair or upgrade. Most actions are only a few minutes, but as you level up and build higher-level things, it may take hours or days. You can speed up the process by paying gems, but gems are hard to come by unless you buy them with real money. Moreover, resources are very easy to obtain, but many high level buildings and upgrades cost a lot, so it takes grinding to build a better base, unless you want to pay for more gold.
The Verdict
Base building games have become a mainstay in mobile. There have been many different themes and great titles like Clash of Clans and The Simpsons: Tapped Out. Plunder Pirates doesn't advance the genre, but it is one of the better base builder games and worth a look if you like this sub genre.
