Party Pirates

Trailer looked veeery fun! Me and my cousin had a blast playing Overcooked, and we LOVE pirate-ish themes. We thought this game will be a perfect mix of both. The first levels were fun. They had a nice learning curve and we enjoyed it. Aaaand then the game started throwing EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE at us. Repetitive enemies, reaaally weird level design, all obstacles are often based on being annoying, like the goo making you EXTREMELY slow and unable to dash, holes STOPPING you from moving altogether. Add really unintuitive cannon aiming, buggy enemies (one actually couldn't climb the ship and we had to restart the level) and you have a weird mess of a game. I can see devs being passionate about the game - it's a really fun concept to mix Overcooked and SoT in a way, but the execution is janky and honestly I can't recommend the product at this time. Also maybe it's a me problem, but I'd swap throw and dash buttons, I dunno it'd make more sense.

Party Pirates on the outside looks like a fun game to play with friends on a sleepover but when you actually get around to do it, you start to see many flaws this title posseses. The game tries to be Overcooked but with pirates, which is a very fun concept that could work, the issue, however, lies in execution. I've played the first 30 levels and would like to share my thoughts. Before jumping into the bad aspects, I want to highlight some positives about the game: [list] [*] I like the game's artstyle. The models are simple but pleasant to look at. [*] I actually tested the game with friends prior and enjoyed playing the first few levels even though the gameplay was simple. [*] As I said, I really love the concept of Overcooked with pirates. I enjoyed my time playing Overcooked 2 with friends and felt hyped to try this one out. [/list] Now onto the negatives: [list] [*] Party Pirates has a linear campaign similar to Overcooked games with the only RNG being positions where enemies shoot their projectiles. This decision, in my opinion, is already a mistake for a title trying to be a fully couch co-op game you play with friends, as restricting the game to a campaign without at least…

Fun little game! Easy to play and I love that it features remote play! You can hook up with your friends easily and controller support worked flawlessly. UPDATED AFTER DEVELOPER FIXED PREVIOUS ISSUE WITH LEVEL PROGRESSION.

Great fun game! Very similar to Overcooked. Nice progression through the game (starts of simple and gets harder as you go along). The only downside is I wish it was longer!

Was gifted a copy of the game to play with some friends, but the experience was very short lived. One friend could not connect to the lobby because they didn't own a controller, even though keyboard controls are displayed also. When we did get into the first level, the lag was too much to be playable, and we quickly gave up. Why a multiplayer game doesn't have online multiplayer is beyond me. Remote play just caused too many hassles. Shame, because the game itself seems like a fun, pirate version of Overcooked.

Fun overcooked like pirate game, that starts simple but offers quite a bit of challenge by the last levels, short but definitely worth it if you like chaotic co-op party games