Pirates: Tides of Fortune vs Total War Battles: Kingdom
Pirates: Tides of Fortune
Pirates: Tides of Fortune , developed by Plarium, is one of the most successful, pirate-themed MMO strategy game on Facebook. In this game, you’ll need to recruit a somewhat reliable motley of pirates, build your island paradise into a pirate stronghold and defend your haven from the Spanish fleet as well as from other obviously-salty pirate captains. Discover new technologies to get ahead of the pack or band together with other pirate captains to take over large parts of the map.Taking up piracy in Plarium’s Pirates: Tides of Fortune is not for the soft-hearted or the weak-willed. If you think you've got the chops, then we want you! Come join your crew and conquer the seven seas today!
Total War Battles: Kingdom
Total War Battles: Kingdom is the free-to-play version of a Total War game that is available on the mobile platform. Set in the medieval times, the game perfectly captures how things were back then - an era filled with almost constant skirmishes and conflicts between lords and fledgling kingdoms. The gameplay mechanics are pretty well-done despite being somewhat restricted - you can only bring a maximum of 9 battalions into battle, for example, and it does retain most of the Total War archetypes like city-building, army training, and battles.Unfortunately, Total War Battles: Kingdom definitely pales in comparison to any of the games in the main series mainly because it fell victim to one of the worst pitfalls in the free-to-play gaming industry: microtransactions. Don’t expect to get far into the game without spending real money first, but if you still choose to persevere, it would probably take you weeks of constant playing to get your kingdom somewhere solid enough for you to hold your own.
That said, the game is still a pretty decent albeit casual installment of the Total War series. Fans of the franchise or of casual MMO strategy games on the mobile platform may want to give the game a try.