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Th e Sh i p: Rem a stered
Written by Oscar Rivera
he Ship: Remastered, a Steam Early Access game released on February 201 6 for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X & Linux, is a remake of The Ship which was originally released on July 2006 on Steam. Originally developed by Outerlight using Valve’s Source Engine, the game is a first-person shooter playable with mouse/keyboard. The original game was later renamed The Ship: Murder Party. The 201 6 remake has been developed and published by Blazing Griffin and, as a Steam
Early Access game, it is still a bit buggy so be advised and play at your own risk. Personally, I’ve only run into a couple of problems and, for the most part, the game has run pretty smooth. The Ship: Remastered is currently being sold for $1 9.99 through the Steam Store and I was lucky enough to buy it for half of that price during a recent Steam sale. This is a fun game to play casually but it can also be embraced by more hard-core gamers. A recent June 201 6 update titled World Leaders has
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added a world politics rat pack of characters which includes Fidel Castro, Tony BlaRiverair, George Bush, Ronald Reagan, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump and even Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. Being a U.S. citizen and having to (unfortunately) put up with the most embarrassing presidential campaign since as long as I can remember, it seemed like playing this game would be a good way for me to blow off some steam. I wasn’t disappointed. There are a number of choices given before you even start the game, such as Arcade, Join Cruise, Create Server (Cruise). You can also select what kind of game you want to play from among Hunt, Eliminate World Leaders, Hunt World Leaders, and many more. You can also choose the ship that you want to ride from about 6 different ones, and this choice will naturally affect the ship’s map. I’ve tried playing the Arcade Mode which is played against the computer and, even on Medium difficulty level, this mode is pretty hard. I’ve joined other players via
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the Join Cruise option which is basically joining someone else’s server. I’ve had mixed results with this mode as might be expected. One time I had the game completely shut-down. Other times I’ve joined servers where I was the only other player besides the host, and I’ve joined other servers in which there were plenty of players which made it more fun, entertaining, and, as a result, it was also harder to win. Prior to beginning you also have the option to choose how long the game will last as well as a few other variables. So, let’s get on to what this game is all about. Although it’s very much a first-person-shooter at its core, it’s also very much of a survival game. There are two goals in this game, the first goal is to eliminate/hunt/kill a very specific opponent. However, on the flipside, you’re also being hunted by someone else (though realistically anyone else can target you), so this means you need to stay alive by any means necessary. With the exception of the World Leaders contents ^