Ahoy, me hearties! Prepare for some supernatural swashbuckling… PETER HOSKIN reviews Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew
Ahoy, my heart! Prepare for Supernatural Recklessness… PETER HOSKIN Discusses Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew
Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew (PlayStation, Xbox, PC, £39.99)
Verdict: Mission: Piractic
The games from the German developers Mimimi are definitely for me, me, me!
You see, I’m the kind of guy who devoured the Commandos and Desperados series in the late 1990s and early 2000s – games where you moved your little agents across vast maps, each with their own distinct abilities in service of a greater purpose. They were Mission: Impossible in Microcosm. A total blast.
And, practically alone, Mimimi continues that tradition. They even made a Desperados III – a cowboy barber that was one of the best games of 2020. Before that, Shadow Tactics: Blades Of The Shogun.
The games from the German developers Mimimi are definitely for me, me, me! You see, I’m the kind of guy who devoured the Commandos and Desperados series in the late 1990s and early 2000s
Strangely enough, however, I didn’t have too high expectations beforehand. The Pirates Of The Caribbean movies would rather have the whole supernatural reckless thing done to, well, death
And now Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew, which does the same thing, but for pirates. Cursed pirates.
With swords sticking out and everything. It is perhaps the perfected form of this particular subgenre.
Strangely enough, however, I didn’t have too high expectations beforehand. The Pirates Of The Caribbean movies have rather done the whole supernatural reckless thing to, well, death.
And I was afraid that Mimimi would have killed these kinds of games too.
Still, it turns out that the new, weirder setting breathes new life into it. Not only does it allow for a greater range of abilities among your agents – in this world, of course, the main character can teleport short distances to pierce the nefarious forces of the Inquisition – but it also unleashes the imagination of the designers.
And now Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew, which does the same thing, but for pirates. Cursed pirates
There is a lot more world and character building in this game than in its predecessors.
The landscapes you wander through are wondrous and beautiful.
So sign me up with this crew forever – featuring skelly-man, plant-lady, and weirdo-monkey. Mimimi? Yo-ho-ho.