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Pirates of Teelonians, also developed by Teelos Games, makes a number of changes to the PvZ formula. The most significant change is that, in addition to selecting units, you can also choose from one of three different pirate captains and interact directly with the map as a 'super' unit. As the captain, you can move from row to row to temporarily shore up offensive and defensive weaknesses like a combination movable wall/canon. Each of the captains also has additional weapons and abilities, like the ability to throw dynamite or summon undead champions, making your choice of captain a strategic decision. (Captain Bakuba, the voodoo pirate was my favorite.)

Energy generating units have also been removed from PoT, relieving you of the responsibility of deploying and defending units that take up precious space on the battlefield. The trade off is that all units now take time to set up: they don't begin working immediately, which forces you to think a little further ahead when preparing for onslaughts while your units are being built. In place of energy, you collect coins from fallen enemies, which can be frustratingly slow at times. Any coins that you don't spend during a battle may be carried over from one level to the next, so there is a definite advantage in conserving them and only using as much as you need to beat the level.

Perhaps in compensation for the slow rate of coin accumulation, enemies drop a number of different power ups which you can use to upgrade your units. Burning, poisoning, stunning or otherwise incapacitating your enemies can make the difference between winning and losing a battle and is an easy way to temporarily shore up a weak line of defense.


Like PvZ, Pirates of Teelonians also has alternate mini-games between some of the levels. These 'canon defense' levels require you to destroy on-rushing hordes with canon-fire. Many enemies fly overhead in air balloons and can't be seen except in the radar widget at the bottom of the screen. As long as you keep your eye on your radar and try to hit all the red dots with your canon, you should be okay.

Like Clan Wars, Pirates suffers at times from serious framerate lag which sometimes costs you the battle, and the hud sometimes interfered with the gameplay area: on several occasions I found my game obscured by a new window which I had opened accidentally by clicking on the PlayHub button when trying to move my captain to the bottom of the map or found my game interrupted by opening the options menu when I meant to fire at an enemy flying overhead during the canon mini-game. These are relatively minor issues, however, and for a free game the experience was, on the whole, very enjoyable.


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