I didn't find this game to even be worth its low price. I found it frustratingly difficult in an annoying rather than challenging way. This was largely a result of it being a ship-style game with the movement controlled by a combination of increasing and decreasing speed and turning left or right--perhaps someone that is more a fan of such games than I am would enjoy this, but I had a hard time getting the ship to sail like I wanted (perhaps I am simply terrible at this style of control, but the throttle control seemed somewhat suspect, as the speed seemed to more-or-less alternate between full-sail-ahead and not-moving-at-all) which made picking up the all important power-ups dropped by destroyed enemies a chore. Furthermore, whenever you run into an object you seem to "bounce" off it a great distance, possibly turning as you do (the unmarked edges of the playing area also abruptly turn your ship around in highly annoying fashion) which made steering the ship an even more unpleasant task. As with many ship-shooters the shooting came in the form of choosing to fire your cannons on one side or the other; however, while I may have been missing some accuracy based high-score mechanic, there seemed to me little reason to not just keep both guns firing at all times which made me wish they had just made it auto-fire.

While the cartoonish graphics and the silly pirate story are "charming" they didn't offer enough enjoyment for me to recommend the game to anyone other than those who love this kind of "steering boats, firing cannons" game-play done in an arcade (ie, in this case, "fast and jerky) style.

Terrible game. The time lag is so bad the ship is uncontrolable and you are more likely to crash into the island than engage an enemy. Impressively its worth less than the price. Maybee I dont have a super high end machine but for a game of this level I shouldnt need one. One more try, and then I delete from my harddrive.

I dug the overall presentation of the game, the music fits and the sound effects were competent. While the graphics won\'t exactly give your machine a workout, the water and flaming ships looked well done as did the explosions. I would\'ve liked a windowed option though, and maybe some mouse control; the keyboard works just fine, but the 360 controller I used offered a more comfortable experience.

So there you have it, an enjoyable arcade shooter that\'s both easy to pick up and play, easy on the system requirements, and easy on the wallet. There\'s a demo out if this sounds like the game for you, and at $5, it\'s a bargain if you\'re looking for a simple gift. For those in the market for a more meatier game in the vein of what Woody Two-Legs offers, I would suggest checking out the recent Sid Meier\'s Pirates title.

This game does exactly what it says on the tin. It's simple, pure, FUN. Just like PC games of old - except with some very smooth and eye pleasing graphics to compliment your high-end machine. You shoot some pirate ships, you sail over power-ups, rinse and repeat. For a bit of really pleasing time passing you simply cannot go wrong with this game - especially at less than a fiver. Watch the video - it tells you everything you need to know. Despite being 'just' a little indie game it still detected an update for itself from the start menu ! This was a little fiddly for me to actually sort out - until I discovered that all I really had to do was say "Yes" to deleting the temporary files after installing the main game - it then updated itself with no hitch.

You want a little fun for a little price ? Try it out.