King of Seas

"It may not be everyone&s;s flagon of grog but I had an excellent time with King of Seas and will continue to until I dominate the high seas."

"A fresh and entertaining pirate-ish action RPG with nice customization and spectacular naval combat. Too bad that the lack of variety of side quests and other scattered flaws end up to row against."

"Who wouldn’t want to be a pirate? Sailing the seven seas, swashbuckling your way across the open waters. Sinking ships, plundering treasure, and trading stolen goods at various pirate friendly ports."

"Overall, King of Seas is a serviceable action-RPG with a pirates theme that is intended for a more casual audience. Its mechanics are solid, and the title is entertaining enough for short bursts of gameplay, but its grindy and repetitive …"

"Small pirate adventure for modest sailors. Possible for casual and young players."

"King of Seas is a fantastic isometric pirate action game with a good story and plenty of loot to plunder. It’s great for short bursts or long loot hauls as I worked towards the next best ship."

"King of Seas does lots of things well, from its visual presentation to the simplicity of its sailing mechanics. It touches base with many of the things that made classics out of the games that came prior while streamlining the …"

"King of Seas feels like an early-access version of a game that doesn’t want to admit it’s still in early-access. There’s an interesting game waiting to be played beneath a sea of performance issues and incomplete design choices. When everything …"

"King of Seas is an engaging enough game, offering good ship-to-ship combat and a generally fun time to play through when it doesn&s;t weigh you down with excessive amounts of grind. If you stick through the grind, this is the …"

"King of Seas is a quiet and peaceful procedural adventure that will make you love its interesting combat mechanics, but that gives up on proposing any innovation whatsoever."

"In short, King of Seas is a very promising effort, but it is betrayed by the choices of its creators, mainly in the field of history, but also its mechanisms."

"While the cheerful island graphics and pirate themes are fun, King of Seas&s; over reliance on grinding quickly stifles the enjoyment. Exploration is highly enjoyable, but after you&s;ve seen everything, the story is the only thing left to pursue. Artificial …"

"The ship combat and looting might carry King of Seas&s; piratical adventure for some, just beware that there&s;s grinding through a bunch of stretched out story missions to get to the heart of the game. It&s;s a game to break …"

"It has its limits, it does not have huge ambitions, and here and there it brings out ideas that are not bad, especially in combat. And, for the body of a thousand whales, it works. It&s;s very repetitive, but it …"

"Despite some ebb tide in the form of questionable mechanics, King of Seas is a thoroughly enjoyable game. A ton of replayability and very free gameplay make this game enjoyable to binge or in bite-sized sessions alike. If you are …"

"While King of Seas is a slow-burning pirate adventure with some finicky combat, it ultimately makes for a fine journey across the Seven Seas."

"If you can get sufficiently sucked into the gameplay, every other problem seems insignificant. On the other hand, if any part of the moment-to-moment experience starts to drag, it can pull you right out of the game. In other words, …"

"Think of King of Seas as yet another spiritual successor to Sid Meier&s;s Pirates! It has all the tools needed to keep you entertained for many hours. Unfortunately, it&s;s also lacking in certain departments, leading to a more streamlined approach …"

"‎King of Seas is an interesting proposition. Mixing the idea of an overhead view ARPG in true devil style mixed with pirate ships, cannons and a procedural world sounds good. But the execution is half-ted, or at least that&s;s the …"

"Whenever you embark on a journey while raising your Jolly Roger on the high seas, pretty well everyone out there is going to evaluate the experience against the genre-defining Sid Meier’s Pirates..."

"King of Seas has some appealing bits to it like building up your ship and seeking out treasure but it gets repetitious and takes a long time to get anywhere. It looks good and can be fun for a little …"

"King of the Seas is a pirate-themed action RPG that lets you command the high seas with power…or sink to the darkest depths of the ocean."

"In theory, a pleasant and relaxing game. However, king of seas&s; subsequent story events are blocked behind higher levels of experience and gold. So you have to take the time to get them. In addition, there are repetitive side quests, …"

"King of Seas needs better controls and maps."

"King of Seas is akin to a reputably strong pirate now maligned with scurvy. You can easily see how this pirate game could be a great success, but so many deleterious design issues turn it into something cursed."

"There is a long history of both good and bad pirate games across a variety of different consoles and genre styles. From the recent Microsoft hit Sea of Thieves going all the way back to 1987 and the original ‘Sid …"

"Fun, cartoonish pirating, which makes you feel cheeky rather than evil."

"King Of Seas ultimately suffers through a lack of visual polish, some frustrating gameplay mechanics, and dull pacing and sequences, which when all combined together create a thoroughly unremarkable experience that doesn&s;t manage to hold its own against even some …"

"Overall, King of Seas possesses great potential, but its flaws take the wind out of its sails. The core gameplay around a procedurally generated pirate world is exciting, especially given the special abilities and ship customization. However, the game becomes …"

"King of Seas is a good piracy-themed game, but it doesn&s;t seem to have found a perfect balance between a solid management system and engaging, exciting gameplay. It has its aesthetic limitations and merits in an adventurous narrative, but it …"

"King of Seas gets off to a pretty decent start with a promising story and combat mechanics that are initially fun to engage with. However, the repetition isn&s;t long creeping in. This is a game that&s;s seriously lacking in any …"

"King of Seas more than earns its keep given its price-point (it comes in at a very respectable $25 USD on the Xbox/Microsoft store) as it is an enjoyable, casual gaming experience with combat that is easy to grasp, isn’t …"

"King of Seas is a game that knows how to be entertaining right from the start, and that will put your pirate skills to the test. Something more could have been done with regards to dialogues and soundtrack, but these …"

"I can imagine that for some, King of Seas could be a very satisfying and relaxing game if you have patience and interest in a more realistic style of in-game sailing. But for me, it doesn’t have enough gusto to …"

"The RPG elements mean you&s;ll nearly always be making some forward momentum. Finding treasure, sinking ships, and completing missions rewards you with XP, and you can upgrade and customise various parts of your boat to ensure your vessel is ship-shape. …"

"But ultimately, King of Seas succeeds in most of its goals. It offers an enjoyable top-down pirate ship experience, with an engaging battle system, pleasant worlds, an interesting RPG skilltree and a pleasant story. On paper, it doesn’t do anything …"

"King of Seas is a casual seafaring title that doesn&s;t take itself too seriously. However this negatively affects its gameplay, storytelling and mission structure."

"Superficial and dull, King of Seas is more like a "get through the boredom" challenge than fine adventure game."