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Caribbean Hideaway Review

Far, far away in the vast ocean waters of the world is an island paradise where you can build your own land. This is the realm of pirates where the taking is the law of the land, and you must control the thievery before you lose all your gold. Caribbean Hideaway will let you develop your own piratedom by earning gold and fame in match 3 or more like items.

Caribbean Hideaway is 2 games in one. The sim play is to use your money you earn from the match 3 games and buy buildings for your island. You start off with 5 unemployed citizens who will steal your gold unless you employ them as soon as possible in one of your buildings. You can also build a jail to control the thefts. In addition to the games you will be playing to improve your rank in life. With each promotion, you get more people on your island. You start from being a deckhand and go up from there.

If you hover the cursor over the bottom of the screen, it will explain the stats listed there. Also before each level you get a piece of the pirate story in the open book at the bottom right. The story will pull the play and tale together in one harmonious fashion.
The match 3 or more like items is straightforward where you swap the item you are holding on your cursor to make a match. When a match is made you pick up the item that you swapped and go to the next area on the board. In every level you have to pay attention to the goals in each chapter. Some of the match games will have you make matches over blue tiles, match pirates to earn an army, the hourglass will give you more time and the hammer will destroy a strategic tile. You must read all the goals and objectives to really understand the strategy of this game. It’s very subtle and the story line will catch up to you.

At first it appeared to be a sim game, but you need the match plays to earn money to build buildings to keep your people employed and happy. This game is more a match 3 game for casual gamers. It starts off slowly but does get addictive for players as you increase in the levels. I didn’t get into the story much so I may have missed any nuances that needed attention, but I liked the match part even though it wasn’t very challenging. The play is similar to Cradle of Rome and Cradle of Persia. Have a go at it and make your pirate paradise in the seas.

Features of Caribbean Hideaway:
-Develop your own Pirate Island
-100 Match 3 Levels
-6 Scenarios

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