Everyone who is anyone has always dreamed about being a pirate. Not the kind that illegally downloands movies and such, but a true pirate on the high seas, keel hulling and skallywagging about, peg leg, eyepatch - the whole nine yards. Windward kind of lets you be a pirate, or at least a pirate ship. It's a weird mix of Diablo-like loot gathering and Civilization-like city building, but with the depth of neither. Still, Windward is fun in short spurts with friends, if only it had a story to go along with it, it would be a lot better off.
Presentation: At least the game gets things right in this department. The ships look good, the water looks good, the landscapes look good - it's not exactly photo realistic quality here, but for a simple titles run on the Unity Engine, it sets itself a... |
Rating of 3.5/5 |