Last updated on June 4th, 2023 at 03:00 am
The Captain is Dead
The Captain is Dead is one of the best $9.99 to play game in the App Store.
Developed by Thunderbox Entertainment Ltd., The Captain is Dead is a Strategy game with a content rating of 9+.
It was released on 31st January 2021 with the latest update 2nd February 2022
Whether you are a fan of Strategy, Board, or Entertainment games, you will find this game interesting and will absolutely like it.
Rating
47 people have rated 1.52
You can download the game The Captain is Dead from APP STORE.
Description
It’s the last 10 minutes of your favorite sci-fi TV show… except that this time things have gone seriously wrong and The Captain Is Dead!
Based on the frantic and fun board game, this turn-based, survival/strategy puts YOU in the Captain’s chair…
You must co-ordinate the crew to repair critical systems and fend off hostile aliens, or you’ll share the captain’s fate. From the Chief Engineer, Weapons Officer, and visiting Admiral, all the way down to the Ensign and the ship’s Janitor, you must combine your unique talents to avoid utter annihilation in the cold depths of space!
YOU HAVE THE CONN!
Step into the Captain’s chair and command the crew! Each team member has a very particular set of skills that you’ll need to leverage to the full if you want to survive, including…
ADMIRAL – A master of plans and evasion.
CYBORG – Immune to the mysterious forces of deep space.
CREWMAN – Gets killed very easily… good thing there is an infinite supply!
COUNSELOR – Can manipulate skills for the best chance of success.
ENSIGN – A fast learner, and even faster runner.
CHIEF ENGINEER – Can fix the ship real quick.
SOLDIER – An expert at taking out aliens.
…with more on the way!
RESISTANCE IS FUTILE!
Defend the ship against an unknown alien nemesis that will do everything they can to blast you to atoms! Fortunately you have state-of-the-art systems to help you out…
BRIDGE – Scan for threats, repair shields and communicate with your crew.
WAR ROOM – The Captain planned ahead, and left emergency dossiers to help you out.
ARMORY – Destroy alien ships with torpedoes, and activate auto-turrets to repel boarders.
CPU CORE – Power-up your crew with skills.
CARGO HOLD – Bust open the cargo pods to grab lasers, scanners, and other helpful gear.
INFIRMARY – He’s dead, Jim! Oh wait… no… it’s just a flesh wound. That can be fixed here.
SCIENCE LAB – Upgrade the ship, and research spooky, sub-space anomalies.
ENGINEERING – Fix the Jump Core to get the heck outta there!
JUMP TO HYPERSPACE!
If you can stay cool, repel the aliens, protect the crew, and keep the systems operational long enough to repair the Jump Core, then you can activate the engines and escape to Hyperspace!
Or is it Warp Speed? I can never remember…
Updated on 2nd February 2022
New in this update…
- 1st Officer: the logical choice to save the ship, with his ability to divine the perfect plan at will.
- Janitor: fixes stuff with duct tape… a regular space MacGuyver.
- Maximum crew incresed to 7.
- Tactical HUD, for those of you with big, high-def screens.
- Leaderboards … are you the top commander?
- Eco Mode: less graphics… more battery.
- Rule tweaks, bug fixes and more!
The Captain is Dead Reviews
We heard JT Smith in an interview with Gabe Barrett describing the development of this game. We were afraid the frantic nature of the alerts would drive us crazy, but after playing several games we found that the whole game really fits together well (the characters and their abilities, the systems, the ways to try to keep ahead of the alerts). And it is very satisfying to feel that you understand your options, have a strategy, and are able to move in the direction you want, despite the alerts. We played the IOS game which is really a gem with very polished graphics and controls. The IOS version wasnt clicking for us the first time through (even with its tutorial), but after reading the board game rule book, everything started to make sense, and we found myself playing game after game with harder difficulty levels.
The game is very challenging which is fine. We have a lot of trouble with the interface. Many accidental teleports when Im just trying to look at a room. With the margin of error so small in this game the accidental teleports usually mean we have to restart the game.
Dont expect to win every time you play!
How are you supposed to play a game when the tutorial Is broken? Trying to learn in a quick game is worthless. Its like it was dumped on the App Store and not touched since. No follow up. Stay away. Follow up. Switched from phone to iPad. Game works much better. Control is better. Todays games are getting too advanced for the small screens. Maybe time to do a sub-rating on which platforms the games are optimized on.
So we try to start the tutorial and every time it gets stuck at the part where the alien ship comes out and we dont know what to do. We tried just starting a normal game, that works but our goodness we have no idea whats going on. It looks fun and we think Id have a great time if we knew what we were doing. Im running it on a XR. We really want to try this and for 7 bucks we get an app where we cant enjoy it. It looks fun would be great if we could actually play it.
We had not played or had even heard the original board game until we came across the AppStore port. We’ve only played a few games so far, and but we think its very solid. We havent encountered any bugs yet, the animations, graphics, and voice acting capture the original art style and tone of the game very well. The tutorial is good for teaching you the base mechanics of the game but it leaves the exact specifics and team synergies for you to figure out, which is something we really like. We think its very good game, but Moving onto that little heads up notice: there currently only seven crew members available, with devs planning to add more in the coming months. The currently available crew members are: the Admiral, the Chief Engineer, the Crew Member, the Soldier, the Cyborg, the Ensign, and the Councilor. This limited choice was actually helpful for us, as it didnt have the overwhelming selection of the full crew. Just a heads up. All in all, we think its a good game.
Great app version of the classic board game. Yes, we would like to see more players. We think the scholar before the teleporter chief would be preferable.
Saw this game on a Reddit post. Going in, we were unaware that this game was previously a board game. As such, the rules and strategy were unfamiliar to us. We do profess to enjoy the action-based games similar to this, so we decided to give it a go. Unfortunately, the tutorial could best be described as inadequate. After the brief tutorial, you are quickly thrusted into regular gameplay and are immediately required to understand certain logic and functions within the game not mentioned or explained during the tutorial. Once we looked up the board game and rules, we better understood why certain actions occurred each turn. The graphics during gameplay are excellent. Each toggle on every screen has a purpose and is well placed. Although we have yet to beat the game on its easiest setting (coward) we have enjoyed playing it. Recommended for those who enjoy action-based games and want a challenge.
The art style and gameplay caught our eye and enjoyed playing up until the tutorial ended. It gives you just a quick once over on simple rules and then the game has it turned up a few notches making things significantly harder. We feel like this game suffers a little from not having a more in depth guide or a longer tutorial.
Really, you didnt release the game with all the characters? Ugh.