Oct 15, 20242 min read

Review: Captain & Company

[originally posted on Aprill 04th 2024]

🏴‍☠️ Find fortune, foes, and friends for life

You load into the game on the docks
From here, you have two main options: either go to the captain's dock with your ship or join a ship as crew.
You can also find a leaderboard on the dock
Once you join the ship, there are several roles
The first is the captain, who controls the direction and speed of the ship. They also have control of the captain's cannons.
Next, you have the gunner - they work the cannons, inflicting damage on the enemy ships.
The gunners need cannon balls, so one job is reloading the cannons from a pile of cannon balls.
Finally, it would be best to repair your ships where you hit the center shield generator.
You can switch between these roles easily
The map is the open sea with a scattering of islands to avoid
Your ship has health and a shield - if your health goes to 0, you sink.
When ships sink, they leave a chest of MBlast
There is also an extraction point to leave the map with your Mblast
If you die, you only take 50% of the Mblast.

Captaining a ship was difficult, so I avoided it for most of my play.
Being in voice chat with the crew and captain is an entirely different game, and it is gratifying to have the captain shout orders.
Controls are simple and easy to pick up.
The graphics are relatively simplistic, yet you feel like a pirate, and the explosions and feedback are engaging.
The competition for chests is intense, and if you don't maneuver correctly, you can easily be surrounded.
The tactical decisions to extract or continue fighting can keep the pressure on, especially the fear of losing 50% of your loot.
The game also hosts regular community events, which turns up the competition.

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