🔬 VaporLens
Positives:
Excellent pirate experience and nostalgia
Charming, engaging, and rewarding gameplay
Active development and improvements
Engaging story and player freedom
Improved over time, revived series
Negatives:
Numerous bugs, clunky controls, outdated graphics
Bugged, unclear, tedious quests
Illogical, tedious game mechanics
Updates introduce new bugs
Steep learning curve, unwelcoming
Gameplay:
Caribbean sandbox with naval focus
Deep, complex, and unintuitive gameplay
Exploration mode with accessibility options
Reuses old assets and mechanics
Unreliable officer combat and commands
Performance:
Outdated and limiting game engine
Inconsistent, dated graphics
Runs well on Steam Deck
Text readability issue on Steam Deck
High price, especially with DLC
Recommendations:
Strongly recommended for pirate fans
Unpolished; wait for fixes
Mixed opinions; niche appeal
Worth buying on sale
Similar to older 'Sea Dogs'
Miscellaneous:
Remastered older game
Characters/assets disappear or underutilized
Requests for new content
Slow development, newcomer focus
Ships become less useful