Air Buccaneers

Ahoy there! Got your telescope? Then leap aboard! This is Air Buccaneers; a highly original entry for the UT2004 Make Something Unreal contest, and quite possibly the best game to come out of Finland, ever.
Hop on to a rickety hot air balloon with your fellow pirates and gain some height, this is some of the most innovative multiplayer we’ve seen in years. Load the cannon, aim the cannon, light the cannon; all these actions have to be done separately. Not to mention steering the ship and fending off enemies. The complexity incites team play like no other, and provided your shipmates know what they’re doing, it works remarkably well. You could create minefields for your foes, or simply jump ship for a spot of hijacking. Whatever your tactic, battles are epic and game play is hilarious. Swing on ropes. Smell the gun powder. Make pirate jokes. Y’arr.

Sam Goldwater