Battle Pirates is a multiplayer Facebook game created by
Kixeye that involves real-time strategy, resource gathering, and base building in
order to become the strongest pirate on the high seas.
What it solves:
Battle pirate’s is designed to keep people entertained. This solves the problem of pure boredom. If you have time on your hands then
you should definitely give it a try.
Scenario:
Battle pirate’s takes place in the future after all the
icecaps have melted. The old world is totally
underwater and each player is given an island fortress to start with. bwatson@ncsu.eduOne must design their island to
minimize their vulnerability to enemy attacks.
When an enemy does attack, they have the capability of taking up to 500%
of what their ships cargos can hold in resources, depending on how much you
have. You can never lose all your
resources just a percentage. Should your
island get destroyed, you are provided a 2 day bubble in which no one can
attack you. This allows the player to
repair their buildings and get back the resources they lost. However, you can lose this bubble if you
attack someone else’s base.
Players also have several different buildings they can build
on their island. Some of these can be
upgraded and do research. For each
upgrade, the building provides new research capabilities. Each research gives the player different
bonuses such as stronger weapons, bigger cargos on their ships, and more land
for your base. The time for research and
upgrades increases as you level up. So
higher players have longer research and upgrade times.
Why I like this app:
I enjoy this application because it is challenging and you
get to play against other people in a social environment. I enjoy competition and being able to play against
people provides this without limit.
Playing games against a computer, one can usually figure out the pattern
that the computer uses to play and exploit it.
People on the other hand are adaptive and provide alterations to their
strategies when needed. This keeps the
game interesting. Also, it’s a good way
to meet people who enjoy the same type of games you do. This application has a chat box where
everyone in a localized area can chat and share strategies.
Why it is better:
I find Battle Pirates to be one of the better games on Facebook
because of its graphics and constant upgrades.
Similar games usually have really cheap looking graphics. You can tell that they do not put as much
time into their application, Kixeye is constantly adding functionality and new
features to keep the game interesting.
They also have a monthly event where you can win prizes such as
specialty ships or weapons that can’t be researched.
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