Would you like to see Britannia rule again?
The Brits (merccs) have landed. The Sea Reapers are cheesed off and Kabuto is running amuck all because of your servants’ smarties are the next best thing since sliced pineapples. Smarties can do all your biddings like create weapons (merccs); invoke spells (reapers) and a steady source of food supply (Kabuto). Of course you can also party with all of them butt-naked in technicolour graphics. Very nice.
As expected you can play either characters online (i.e The Mercc, Sea Reaper or Kabuto however there can only be one Kabuto) yet single-player you need to play all three in three (3) separate stories and each story has five (5) chapters! Think of it like an educational experience before jumping online for the ultimate mayhem!
More do I hear?
The game can either play as 3rd person or 1st person view and on top of that there is that groovy front-on cam view for that personal touch. Not only that, if you are playing the merccs or sea reaper you can build bases in a RTS mode. Even idiots like me can work the RTS portion in a snap.
And it does not stop there!
The length of the game is quite long and considering the maps are huge, go knock yourself out and explore. Beware though that the sea shows no mercy for merccs and Kabuto; and no, Kabuto cannot drink the sea dry. However if you are the sea reaper (Delphi) swim…swim your little heart away…swim like the dolphins.
And wait, there's more!
The sounds for this game is simply divine! Environmental sounds like the waves lapping on the shore, birds chirping and and even the creaks of the boats how can you resist not playing? It's like being on a virtual holiday! Even the voice acting of all the main characters are to melt for. The Merccs sounds remarkably like the Brits, Delphi (sea reaper) like a Russian, Kabuto like Chewbacca on heat and of course the evil reapers sounds like the Germans. What a great blend of nationalities. In addition the musical scores are very nice indeed as it suits the mood however I wished there was a little more.
You probably are saying now ‘What’s the catch?’
Well you cannot snag a piranha and the game controls are a little awkward. Most of the controls are keyboard commands. Another words if you can do the fingers twister on the keyboard, you’re gonna love this game. Also the game is a PC resource hogger. Considering the game is made in Oct 2000 your P4 will still be a little punished.
Don’t let that stop you at all. The holiday Isles and the smarties await you! If you get this far in reading this review and if you want to recommend this review I can give you the code for that topless Delphi – wouldn’t you like that?