Game Focus: Age of Booty Review

Game Focus writes: "The RTS genre suffers from the intimidation that many gamers have about the often all-too complex game-play. Age of Booty is a lighthearted pirate romp that brings the genre to Xbox Live Arcade and is a good way to bring the RTS genre to gamers who typically avoided the genre on purpose."

Pros

+ Simple to control

+ Easy to learn

+ Ships and Towns are upgradable

+ Resources are available to all parties

+ Power-ups give special abilities

+ Multiplayer is truly exciting and engaging

+ Lots of maps between single-player and Multiplayer modes

+ Map Editor lets you create new levels

Cons

– AI allies are frustratingly stupid

– AI enemies are sometimes overpowered

– Resources in Multiplayer can only be used by one ship at a time