Re: FREE GAME: Caribbean Crashers

On Sun, 13 Jul 2025 11:50:34 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
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On Sun, 13 Jul 2025 12:28:36 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
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I just say that they're free, not that they're any good.
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* Caribbean Crashers
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2921380/Caribbean_Crashers/
   A sort of "Angry Birds" except with pirates. Also, the
   pirates can shoot back in this one so there's a little bit
   of a strategy element to this one. For what it is -a small,
   casual mobile-style game- it doesn't look AWFUL but it's
   not the sort of game I'd rush out to get.

Oh boy! Another mobile port.

Do these people even know what the PC Master Race is? Stick it in the
Microsoft Store guys, with Candy Crush.

I don't know if it's actually a port of a mobile game; just that its
gameplay is reminiscent of a mobile game.

I don't actually have a problem with mobile games (well, not with the
programs designed to be _games_ first and revenue generators second).
I don't think their style of gameplay is suited for PCs, even those
that are -ultimately- primarily used on the go (laptops, steamdecks).
The simplistic gameplay of 'mobile titles' is better suited to devices
with similary simple controls and that you can boot/run in seconds.
Even with the best PC, you aren't going to have the same experience.

(On the flip-side, porting big PC/console games to mobile seems
equally ridiculous to me. You're not playing to the device's
strengths)

Honestly, I could see the appeal of a game like "Caribbean
Crashers"... if it were on my phone. I just can't ever imagine playing
it on a PC. Even the reviewers say, "Yeah, it's fun but you can finish
it in 10 minutes".

I'm guessing, though, that it's somebody's fun Indie project, so I'm
not going to piss on it too much. It's nice they're giving it away for
free rather than trying to monetize it. I just don't have any interest
in playing it.