Captain!

Unfortunately, the first 20 minutes is not amazingly engaging and has some serious bugs. There is also no autosave, and getting your brains blown out on a dock is very easy to accomplish. There might be a good game later on but after having to restart the game twice, and having the mouse disappear from the menu, I gave up. https://youtu.be/w1hSxQkFYaY

Indie pirate game with some appeal but not much more. Its mechanics are wonky and generally basic. Fair enough, the first hour was utterly absurd and one of the reasons why I gave it a thumb up. When the only two quests on the first island only netted me a pittance, I looked to the most wanted board in search of a nice reward. I got on my raft and headed in the direction of the compass. I finally saw two pirate ships on the horizon after several minutes on the wide blue sea. Once there, I grabbed the gun, killed the helmsman, and stopped the ship from leaving. The rest of the group was just standing there when I took them out one by one. That’s how I got my first ship. You won't be awed by art. Right now, low-poly visuals are all the rage among independent developers, so it's hardly surprising that Captain! conforms to this trend. The fact that it's impossible to determine which assets are unique or generic, if any, is the giant elephant in the room. Given the nonexistent uniqueness of the gameplay and assets, I think the game is overpriced. Everything you need to know about being a pirate is explained in detail in the tutorial. You must first assign crew to positions like the helm or the cannons. Since you only have a limited group of guys at your disposal, you must move them around as necessary. Of course, you can take the helm yourself, but it's far simpler to point and direct the helmsman to sail or engage the closest ship. Firing the guns is controlled with two buttons, one for each side. You just need to wait for it to recharge and then unleash hell upon the enemy. There are no complicated mechanics you need to worry about. Gameplay on land is equally easy. You travel to islands to complete quests, hire locals to join your crew, engage in swordplay, and generally try to avoid problems. You're not permitted to travel anywhere since you're a nasty pirate. If you enter certain areas without a disguise, a bounty will be placed on your head, and you risk being shot on sight. Generally speaking, you receive a bounty for any terrible deed, including punching someone. If no one is nearby, you can get away with pretty much anything, including murder and robbery. Although the stats of clothing and weaponry differ, this is not particularly meaningful. A simple blade can be used to eviscerate anyone, or a pistol or rifle with an endless supply of ammo to shoot them in the head. The fact that you have to fill it with gunpowder like you used to in the ancient days makes for a nice touch. What’s not that great is that enemies can withstand three headshots. So that you don't have to waste time looking, the basic map shows quests. By the way, this map is useless on the sea because you can't zoom out. The compass, though, is equally useless in terms of guiding you in the right way. The red pointer is hardly visible at night. A problem with quests is that someone they don’t disappear from the map. I had an icon up there even after completing a quest. It’s a good thing you can save anywhere at any time because autosave is unreliable. Usually, it saves right before you make a mistake or so far back that you have to restart several tasks.