There are plenty of puzzle games on the iOS nowadays, so many so that they seem to sprout from the ground. In a genre dying for innovation, emulation and flat out rip-offs is what you get instead most of the time. While Scurvy Scallawags in The Voyage to Discover the Ultimate Sea Shanty isn’t exactly original, its charming graphics and cool attempt at a pirate storyline make it just want you want from a puzzle title.
If Scurvy Scallawags in The Voyage to Discover the Ultimate Sea Shanty feels like Puzzle Quest meets Candy Crush Saga, there’s a good reason. With battles a plenty and the simple match three, four or five objects formula, gamers will feel quickly at home. Things change real fast however as the difficulty puts those games to shame. With multiple enemies, goals and quest items to find in each level, each move matters. veteran puzzle players will find the multi-tasking objectives intriguing, while casual iPad and iPhone games will find it cool to kill a few hours before being turned off by the difficulty.
It this game was to be judged by the gameplay alone, it would be a winner, but the lackluster storyline fails. While the graphics and customization options are cute and the dialogue often silly, how they all connect to the gameplay is a tough stretch. Pirates are cool as well as theatrical productions, but it feels off that they’d work together here. more often than not, you’ll fast forward through the story in order to get your puzzle on.
Powered by fun, frenetic puzzle action, don’t let the sub-par plot of Scurvy Scallawags in The Voyage to Discover the Ultimate Sea Shanty get ya down. it’ll give your thumbs a workout.
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports.
Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders.
His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023.
Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief.
Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale.
Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.
There are plenty of puzzle games on the iOS nowadays, so many so that they seem to sprout from the ground. In a genre dying for innovation, emulation and flat out rip-offs is what you get instead most of the time. While Scurvy Scallawags in The Voyage to Discover the Ultimate Sea Shanty isn’t exactly original, its charming graphics and cool attempt at a pirate storyline make it just want you want from a puzzle title.
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