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Scarlet Sails – Books Game Review
Scarlet Sails is a Books/Roleplaying/Adventure game from Hosted Games LLC, first launched in 10th March 2016.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 18+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Scarlet Sails Stand Out
Hoist the Jolly Roger and set sail to find the legendary Titan’s Treasure! Do you fight with a cutlass, or with magic? Are you biding your time until you can shoot your captain in the back, or are you the reason the rum is gone?
"Scarlet Sails" is an 80,000-word interactive novel by Felicity Banks, author of "Attack of the Clockwork Army". Your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based–without graphics or sound effects–and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
• Enjoy an 80,000 word adventure on the high seas.
• One of the top ten games in the 2015 Interactive Fiction Competition.
• Choose your personality, fighting style, and magical skill.
• Choose who to love, including options for singlehood or polyamory.
• Face the horrors of your past, and of the deep.
• Find treasure, treachery, and maybe even true love.
• Play as male or female, gay or straight.
This Books game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Scarlet Sails is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 28th June 2023
Recent improvements include:
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Download & Availability
Scarlet Sails is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Scarlet Sails on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
A thrilling adventure with plenty of options that hadn't even occurred to us.
Story felt rushed, and a bit heavy handed. Still, we like the characters and a bit of the humor.
This story could have so much more. Somehow the writer got off track and game play mechanics in your choices started to not only be silly but also have little to no effect on the game. We did enjoy the pirate mentality, the pirate talk and the history of the story. If this writer took more time and a bit more effort this story could be almost as good as the hero project series.
This game had the makings for a great story… We mean, who doesn't like pirates! But the execution of the story left a lot to be desired. The experiences started out great and the first few scenes were really fun and had a lot of color, but the rest of the story after that felt rushed and linear. Your decisions seemed to lack impact which made us wonder what the point of it all was. And the character development went south really quickly about mid story. Overall, we loved the idea and the concepts that were introduced, and the characters could have been really exciting, but in the end it none of it really came together and it all seemed to fall apart. Sadly, not worth the purchase.
It starts off well but ends up just feeling random and forced. Plus it's REALLY short. We were excited for this because…well.. PIRATES! But this just turned out not to be worth buying. Plus your choices didn't really matter all that much expect towards the very end. Where you either die or don't.
Short response: This game is an uninteresting bore, don't buy it. Long response: The only reason this gets 2 stars instead of 1 is that we can see the potential for a great game here. The ideas for the magic are interesting, and pirates are awesome. That said, we can't reccomend this gane. The characters are flat, the choices uninspired, and the scenarios dull. We pushed through, hoping desperately that there would be something great, but there wasn't. The game ends in a rushed climax which left us feeling hollow. This was not the pirate adventure we signed up for.
We feel kinda cheated paying for such a short story. Also would have liked more details and scenes regarding romance.
Not worth the money. We finished the story in a couple of hours and was not very satisfying story wise.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.0.5
- Size: 22.71 MB
- iOS: 11.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes, Infrequent/Mild Sexual Content and Nudity, Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence, Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References
- Developer: Hosted Games LLC
Last updated: 28th June 2023 | Genre: Books, Roleplaying | Developer: Hosted Games LLC