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Many of you may be familiar with Firemint’s “Flight Control”, a $1.19 application that has topped the paid applications list for weeks at a time. Well, if you enjoyed Flight Control, you’ll most likely enjoy Harbor Master, seeing as it’s a blatant rip-off. It should be called “Boat Control”. Despite the similarity in gameplay, I must admit that it is a pretty decent game.

The main screen gives you 5 options; Play, Instructions, More Games (By Imangi Studios, LLC), Options and Credits. The options menu simply allows you to change the sound effects and music volume, while the instructions menu shows you a hand-drawn, blueprint-style set of instructions.

Quite similar to Flight Control, in fact, almost identical, the aim of the game is to get as many boats into the loading bay as possible, without crashing. The main difference, disregarding the vehicle type, between HM and FC is that in this, not only do you have to get a ship to dock, after unloading your cargo, you also have to get your ship out of the dock, to allow others in.

Something else that sets this apart from Flight Control is the sheer amount of levels. At the time of writing, FC has 3 levels, while HC has 5. Imangi are releasing updates on a regular basis, that include new levels, the most recent of which is named “Smuggler’s Reef”.

 
Overall, I’d give this game a 6/10, simply because it isn’t very original. If you already own Flight Control, and you’re happy with it, just stick with it. Maybe in the future, when this game has far more features and levels, it’d be worth buying, but for now, you’re better off wasting your $1.19 on a can of Coke.
 
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