Pirates Deck

In Brief

Pirates Deck is a 'simple' tower defense game; however, the game was originally a 3D space shooter, that garnered massive negative comments from the Steam community the developer decided to replaced the original game files and retained the name with this Tower Defense game. If like me you are curious as to what the original was like you can see the original Pirates Deck HERE.

Pirates Deck is a tower defense game with a modern day pirate theme. The pirates attacking the coastal emplacements have been aided by aliens. There are only three weapons to choose from, Machine Guns (cost 50), Lasers (cost 70) and Rockets (cost 100). I found I could buy the most expensive defenses to fill all emplacements for the first three levels. You get 500 gold to start and the first two levels only have four emplacements to fill.

There is an upgrade button, that you drag to whichever emplacement you wish to upgrade. There is no indication of how much each upgrade costs, but you can work that out by seeing how much is deducted from the total amount of money you have, which is displayed in the top right of the game arena.

There is no speed up button and there's no true full screen. You can expand the games window by clicking on the button in the top right hand corner of the window. There appears to be a total of 12 levels.

Pirates Deck is one of those cheap £0.79 games that is on sale at the moment for £0.39 ($0.49) over on Steam HERE . The game has mainly negative reviews, which you can see HERE. You can also see a couple of videos of game play HERE and HERE. Today's version is free standing and does not include a Steam key.

There are some graphical glitches such as the remains of rocket trails that don't disappear immediately and when I rebooted the game it looked like all my progress had been lost, so I started from level 1 again, but once completed, all the previous levels I'd completed appeared again. If you are a seasoned tower defense aficionado, then this game will be far too easy; for those not as familiar with tower defense games, this would be an ideal starter game as it is relatively easy to beat once you know the mechanics of the game, which for Pirates Deck, it's basic.

Useful Information not related to today's game giveaway:

If Pirates Deck doesn't interest you, but you still hanker for something new to play, you'll find details of some game deals whether they be sale items, indie bundles or games being given away for free HERE (I've not updated the thread in a while, but most of the links still take you to the latest deals).

From now until Half-Life : Alyx is released sometime in March, every Half-life game is free to play on Steam HERE. They include, Half-Life, Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Half-Life: Opposing Force, Half-Life: Blue Shift and Team Fortress Classic

Indie Gala has some new games added to their free section; these include Deep Space Anomaly - an intensive, fascinating and mad game which is sweeping away all borders where the main objective - to kill enemies and to have fun! Also, Affliction - which is set in the fictional Eastern European country of Ghulovka, amidst a terrible civil war, Affliction allows players to take on the role of Vasya, a patient plagued by nightmares and fractured memories, who awakes inside of a cell in a bizarre research facility where grim human experiments are taking place; and Disgraced - a game based in Feudal Japan, Disgraced allows you to assume the role of a soldier who was reluctantly conscripted into the newly proclaimed Shogun's army. Serving a corrupt and tyrannical government, you're expected to follow orders and commit terrible atrocities. Torn between duty and justice, you must choose your own path, and forge your own destiny

Don't forget to check out the Epic game store for the latest freebie on offer HERE. It's an excellent physics based game called 'The Bridge'; a logic puzzle game that forces the player to re-evaluate their preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M.C. Escher combo where you manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures. Next week it's the excellent Farming Simulator 19

There are more free games over at Indie Gala HERE.

The Eden Rising base game is also free on Steam. It's an open world, SP/Coop/MP Sci Fi tower defense third person RPG with crafting and survival elements. Finally, check out Delenns thread over in the Game Discussion forums for details of other free games and offers HERE