Point and click adventure titles are always a blast to play. They have been around for ages and have not changed one bit. You are given a story and an objective and in order to do complete your mission you almost always need to do something interesting. Tortuga uses this premise all the way.
At the start of the game you are on a pirate ship, held up in the brig and you need to find your way off the ship with all of your booty. You start with the chest right in your view and now you need to figure out how to get out. Puzzles and tons of trial and error gameplay are soon to follow just a few minutes after loading this title up. That is pretty much it for the story aspect and with the easy to use point and click controls, there's nothing too difficult here.
Tortuga uses a comic book style similar to Penny Arcade, which means some effort was put into this and it wasn't done overnight. It has all things you would find on a ship from a parrot to a poop deck. As for the audio presentation there isn't any music, just sound effects. But what it does have is the sense of being on a ship, complete with the sway of the ocean and the comic mischief of certain pirates.
This is part one in the series and Tortuga is off to an impressive start. Once you get about ten minutes, the game hooks you in and you won't stop playing for a good hour. Unfortunately, that's about all it takes to finish this chapter but it will certainly whet your appetite for the next installment. Check this title out, you will not regret it.
You can find Tortuga and other free games here at GamePro.com
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