Pirateers

• Genre: Shooter
• Developer: Labu Games
• Publisher: Armor Games
• Producer: Labu Games
• Music: Josie Lemmings, Peter Satera
• Yarr!!! We is back with another plundering pirate game! Yarr!!! Okay seriously, for all you wannabe pirates, thieves, looters, and action junkies, you’ve just stumbled upon that elusive treasure chest, except it’s full of fun instead of gold. Welcome, Pirateer! Lead your ship and crew on an adventure of a lifetime with Labu Games’ engaging action packed shooter, Pirateers. From looting merchant ships and fighting off other pirates, to then selling your cargo and upgrading your ship and weapons, this game offers a complete pirate experience.
  The gameplay of Pirateers is much fun, it’ll almost make you wish you were born in Somalia. The game begins and seems easy at first. You have to go around completing quests, chosen from the top of the game screen using the z-x-c-v keys, collect loot and continue upgrading your vessel. Occasionally, you have to go after pieces of the Neptune’s Eye, collecting them till you have them all. Once activated, the Eye brings out the super-boss, the Kraken, a frustratingly difficult one. The key is to continue playing till your ship is upgraded enough to destroy it.
  
  
  
  The upgrades are expensive, and can sometimes make the game seem too slow, but the awesome fun fighting other pirates and merchants makes up for it. The shooting bit will take a little getting used to, with your cannons located at the side of your ship, like in the good old days. Here’s a little tip: get the enemy to chase you, slow down, turn sideways and let em have it.
  Your cannons reload slowly, with 2.25 seconds being the fastest time after maxing out the upgrade, making this game not only about brute force, but also a little strategic sailing. Sometimes, you’ll stumble upon a treasure map, or eventually even select it as a quest, leading you to a different mini game screen that plays out just like minesweeper, where you got to use your head to find the buried treasure.
  The weapons in Pirateers are epic. You have a primary Cannonball that you start the game with. As you move along, you can buy and upgrade a Fireball that sets your enemy ships afire, a Gigaball that inflicts some serious damage, and the best one, a Pirate Launcher that sends some of your crew flying onto an enemy ship to disengage their cannons and lower their defenses for a limited time. Besides these, there’s also a turret gun of sorts, a shield to protect your six, and a Dragon Ram that lets you speed into ships head first and rip them to pieces. Put together, these weapons make for one hell of an action packed day on the high seas.
  The sounds in the game are beautifully done, except could get a little monotonous. The soundtrack should have been featured on Pirates of the Caribbean. With an authentic feel of what it must be like to get by as one of them; Pirateers will not fail to have you reconsider your career choice. So batten down them hatches, ready them guns, and prepare thyself for a wonderful day of plundering pirate fun!