Quirky premise, strange physics and lots of arcade fun.
Ace of Seafood allows the player to take control of a group of aquatic creatures, from crabs and small fish to sharks and giant squids, and even battleships and submarines. Player controls the leader creature, and every other being - there are six total in one group - is controlled by AI. Quite competently, if I may add, although I wish there were more options for ally orders, other than formations.
You are allowed to customize your group, unlocking new creatures as you fight new enemies, earning experience for creatures that participate in battles, and discovering new locations - reefs, - to increase the maximum complexity of your team. You can also name each one, if you desire to add a touch of personality to them! All in all, the school building is interesting and allows to experiment with different approaches to each battle. It isn't overly complex, but it's a good system for an arcade and provides enough customization to not get bored.
Ace of Seafood is an arcade at its core - you control your unit, shoot at the angry hermit crabs trying to bleed you, swim through the ocean to find new reefs (which also act as a fast travel tool) and hunt new creatures to add to your squad. There are a number of locations to freely explore, both underwater and on the ground, and a variety of sea dwellers with various abilities. Defeat in the game isn't a big setback, as long as you visit the reefs to save, and I don't think I ever got seriously stuck on any of the challenges - although some of them are, indeed, challenging, just not to the point of pure frustration.
The physics in the game are wonky, especially once you acquire the bigger units, but for me it enhanced the experience and wasn't a problem at all - in fact, it often helps to complete the challenges, f you don't mind some messing up of the laws of gravitation. I especially enjoyed having my submarine slowly float straight into the stratosphere, exchanging fire with a school of giant sharks flying right after it. It's amusing to watch how AI deals with the strangeness when it happens.
The controls - at least for mouse and keyboard, - are not exactly intuitive and may take some time to learn, but once you get familiar with them, they work well. The camera can be a little disorienting, primarily in the less spacious locations where it often changes angles and generally is all over the place, but it isn't much of a problem as long as you don't usually get dizzy from camera changes.
Ace of Seafood can and probably will get you stuck via glitches or camera problems at least once but getting destroyed in this game doesn't set you far back and doesn't cause much frustration - unless you were about to win the battle, then it will sting a little. But the battles themselves usually aren't that long, and most of the time you'll have multiple options of which battle to take on next.
In conclusion, it is a great arcade game! As long as you don't mind its occasional disregard of physics and general chaos during the battles, you are likely to have fun exploring this big aquarium filled with laser firing fish. :D
Ace of Seafood allows the player to take control of a group of aquatic creatures, from crabs and small fish to sharks and giant squids, and even battleships and submarines. Player controls the leader creature, and every other being - there are six total in one group - is controlled by AI. Quite competently, if I may add, although I wish there were more options for ally orders, other than formations.
You are allowed to customize your group, unlocking new creatures as you fight new enemies, earning experience for creatures that participate in battles, and discovering new locations - reefs, - to increase the maximum complexity of your team. You can also name each one, if you desire to add a touch of personality to them! All in all, the school building is interesting and allows to experiment with different approaches to each battle. It isn't overly complex, but it's a good system for an arcade and provides enough customization to not get bored.
Ace of Seafood is an arcade at its core - you control your unit, shoot at the angry hermit crabs trying to bleed you, swim through the ocean to find new reefs (which also act as a fast travel tool) and hunt new creatures to add to your squad. There are a number of locations to freely explore, both underwater and on the ground, and a variety of sea dwellers with various abilities. Defeat in the game isn't a big setback, as long as you visit the reefs to save, and I don't think I ever got seriously stuck on any of the challenges - although some of them are, indeed, challenging, just not to the point of pure frustration.
The physics in the game are wonky, especially once you acquire the bigger units, but for me it enhanced the experience and wasn't a problem at all - in fact, it often helps to complete the challenges, f you don't mind some messing up of the laws of gravitation. I especially enjoyed having my submarine slowly float straight into the stratosphere, exchanging fire with a school of giant sharks flying right after it. It's amusing to watch how AI deals with the strangeness when it happens.
The controls - at least for mouse and keyboard, - are not exactly intuitive and may take some time to learn, but once you get familiar with them, they work well. The camera can be a little disorienting, primarily in the less spacious locations where it often changes angles and generally is all over the place, but it isn't much of a problem as long as you don't usually get dizzy from camera changes.
Ace of Seafood can and probably will get you stuck via glitches or camera problems at least once but getting destroyed in this game doesn't set you far back and doesn't cause much frustration - unless you were about to win the battle, then it will sting a little. But the battles themselves usually aren't that long, and most of the time you'll have multiple options of which battle to take on next.
In conclusion, it is a great arcade game! As long as you don't mind its occasional disregard of physics and general chaos during the battles, you are likely to have fun exploring this big aquarium filled with laser firing fish. :D
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