The studio behind the famous Halo game series, Bungie, has released a new game for the iPad. Crimson: Steam Pirates is a free game in the App Store that takes you on a pirate’s adventure of sinking ships while defending your own. Ahoy!
“In Crimson: Steam Pirates, plumes of black smoke fill the blue Caribbean sky as Thomas Blood’s pirate fleet steams ahead—over, above, and below the waves. On the surface, ships bristle with swivel cannons and lightning guns. Above, zeppelins drip with incendiary bombs. And below, silent and deadly, submarines stalk their targets, torpedoes at the ready.
Command your fleet and your Steampunk crew using an elegant action interface. Crimson: Steam Pirates’ turn-based gameplay provides an addicting mixture of strategy and action as you anticipate your enemies’ moves and counter them, luring them into a deadly hail of weapons fire while uncovering the mystery brewing in the Caribbean.”
As you can tell by the screenshots, this game looks pretty sweet. With 8 voyages, multiplayer capability, and all sorts of ships and crew members to enhance gameplay, Crimson: Stream Pirates looks to be a good time.
Bungie certainly has made a name for itself, so this new iPad game is a welcomed addition to the App Store catalog.
Let us know what you think of Crimson: Steam Pirates in the comments!
(via AppAdvice)
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6 responses to “Makers of Halo Release Swashbuckling New iPad Game”
Steampunk, being a visual style, needs to be high detail. Â This game is low detail. Â The top down view limits greatly the eye candy that would assist this in being Steampunk. Â In fact, it’s kind of a stretch to call it Steampunk when we’re talking about the only things theming this game are airships and a title screen.
I may not be an expert in many things, but I’d say this is just a market test to see how popular “Steampunk” is as a buzzword. Â Please try harder to make Steampunk games with greater detail, Bungie.
Yeah I like your theory actually. Maybe its a clue about their new secret project too. A steampunk console game?I am intrigued!Â
Bungie didn’t make it. They publish Indie games with their Aerospace program.Â