Captain Pirate: A steady finger can lead you to buried treasure

Captain Pirate

Captain Pirate is an odd little game for your Windows Phone. Odd not so much in a bad style merely call up the one-time board game Operation? Where you had to have a steady hand to excerpt game pieces (body parts of sorts) from a cartoon character? Impact the edge of the game lath every bit you lot extract the game piece and you lose.

Captain Pirate reminds me of that game.... well, in a way.

With Captain Pirate, the goal is to maneuver a pirate'due south hook to buried treasure, avoiding dangers and collecting golden coins forth the way. Touch on/bump into whatsoever of the dangers and you lot lose a life. Lose 3 lives and the game'south over.Captain Pirate is a decent game for your Windows Phone simply probably more appealing to the younger (much younger) crowd.

Game play with Captain Pirate is unproblematic, just tap and hold on the claw and drag it to the treasure chest. The multi-level game gets more than challenging as you lot progress through the levels and it will exam your timing every bit well equally your power to steadily drag the claw effectually the screen.

Captain Pirate

Captain Pirate does have bonus items you can purchase with the gold y'all collect such as bombs to eliminate dangers, an water ice cube to freeze the dangers or a skip level token.

The game also supports a two actor style that you play at the same time. This tin can become kinda cramped, even on the larger screened Windows Phone.

Graphics are decent with Captain Pirate and game play is oddly addictive. It'southward so elementary, when you do striking a jelly fish or crab, you experience compelled to try again only to prove to yourself you tin can get to the treasure. Some may see Helm Pirate not much more than than a children's game (especially when you hear the soundtrack). And that isn't necessarily a bad thing, it's just that Helm Pirate may not appeal to everyone.

There is a free trial version bachelor for Captain Pirate that lets you play enough of the game to become a feel for things. The total version is running $i.99 and you can detect Captain Pirate here at the Windows Phone Store.

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