[h1]🎬Gameplay Video🎬[/h1]
https://youtu.be/1tE2xbVH20Q
Plunder Islands is a 2D platformer modeled around the old arcade games of the past. Game play involves avoiding enemies whilst climbing and descending ladders and jumping on moving platforms, collecting all the coins, and escaping by plundering the treasure chest.
Each enemy has a set pattern and speed as they patrol their areas, and some smaller enemies, like crabs, can be jumped over whilst taller enemies, like the officers, cannot. The levels where you can jump over enemies are a lot easier than levels with officers, as you have to wait for officers to move out of the way, whilst also timing runs very carefully, and it can be very tight. There's also usually a parrot flying around which seems to know exactly where you are going, or going to be, and because you are waiting for officers to leave a gap so you can climb a ladder, the stupid parrot turns up just at the wrong time and ruins your escape route!
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The game is quite difficult because of these factors, and the furthest I managed to get was level ten out of a possible twenty. There is a measly three lives, with no continues, so it is going to be very challenging to see any of the later levels. Personally, I would have liked a continue option as I would have enjoyed playing all the levels, or at least award us an extra life every ten thousand points to give us a fighting chance. There are a couple of bonus levels which will award an extra life but they rely on precision jumping and are quite difficult to complete. When I got to level ten and finally died, the game must be restarted and that leaves you with a sense of disappointment.
There are no leader boards, which would have increased the replayability factor, only your own personal high score to beat.
To achieve a decent score you need to complete levels as fast as possible as the bonus points decreases, and this makes it quite frantic, but because you cannot jump over some of the enemies, it proves to be a case of waiting it out, and often you will end the level with a zero bonus.
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The game occasionally suffers from annoying things like not being able to go up ladders unless you are perfectly placed, or going up and then going straight back down again, and the level design on some levels could be improved. I don't think any levels should have dead ends. There should always be an escape route. The most addictive thing about these games is that you can weave intricate escape routes with near misses, but if you get to the end of a platform and you can't jump or escape, that just feels like bad design. Some of the early levels suffer from this, and the later levels are actually much easier because there is always somewhere to go.
The aesthetics and sound are great with colourful and quite detailed pixel graphics and a jaunty nautical theme tune which fits the game perfectly.
[h1]🍳Conclusion🍳[/h1]
[quote][h2][b] [i]Plunder Islands[/i] is a challenging 2D platformer, mainly due to the fact that you only have three lives, no continues, and difficult bonus levels. It does a decent job of emulating arcade games of the past, and is a fun experience for an hour or two.
I think an online and friends leader board would be a great addition, as currently you only have your own high score to beat, but overall I would certainly recommend this to lovers of old school arcade games.
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