Pocket Gamer:
Best described as a puzzle version of Bomberman meets pirates, Big Fish Game's first freemium release Plunder! is set up in a grid, which contains one pirate ship per row, and is filled with mines, merchant ships and Royal Navy frigates.
STP: Plunder is a paid game that plays like a freemium game. The basic joy you get at the beginning goes away fast, as you’re left doing the same thing over and over again with little pay off.
Mike writes, "Shiver me timbers, I have a pirate dilemma! Namely, I'm torn about what I should do. I recently started playing Plunder!, a great puzzle game with a pirate theme, but I quickly realized it's got a scummy side that will pillage your wallet at the first opportunity. Not only that, but a frustrating DRM-like service makes it unplayable at times. "
UGO writes: "Yeeaaarrrrgh! Grab me some rum! I need to upgrade my cannons! Huh?
Who would've thought that rum was a valuable resource for upgrading pirate ships? Apparently someone over at Certain Affinity, the studio behind XBLA and PSN game Plunder thinks it does. Plunder is a real-time strategy game that puts you in control of a pirate ship as it captures towns and resources, all in an effort to spread your pirate-y ways and… make money?
Hell, I don't actually know the motivation for all the events in Plunder, but I can suspect that the story will be bare bones, at best. Of course, that's probably not the reason you'll be playing the game if you manage to give it a download later this summer. You'll be playing to dominate all your friends."
