

You also can not just build an army of turrets and stand back, as there is a countdown in seconds until you can build a new one. You can’t just run through the stages with guns blazing non-stop, as your weapon will overheat, and the cool down period could see you without firepower in a crucial moment. With this tactic I find it easy to take little to no damage while firing almost continuously on the boss. Circle continuously in an anti-clock wise direction to avoid all the moving orbs and attacks. The boss fights are not too hard, I find the Dark Souls (two references in back to back reviews, could it be my all time favorite game just got remastered?) approach works well. The graphics are pretty sweet and have a Metroid vibe, taking me back to the days of my Nintendo DS.

You may need to be a rocket scientist in order to get to outer space, but you sure don’t need to be one to control your little bounty hunter. Your left thumb moves a circle which acts like a joystick, while your right thumb holds down buttons to shoot, heal, build a turret, or throw a grenade. The touch controls are some of the easiest I have used, and the first I have come across to not cause any issues with the iPhone X’s swipe functionality. The planets have a variety of terrains and the enemies you encounter on each planet differ depending on the environment.

There are mini boss fights as you chase Xeldar, the ultra-boss across the universe. Vivid Games assures players that alongside an endless universe with countless galaxies to conquer, Space Pioneer has infinite missions with new objectives and enemies every time you play.
#SPACE PIONEER DISCORD FREE#
I will probably make a small purchase though, just so I can fly through ad free space. Personally, I am a patient person and having to wait for buildings to finish, save up resources, or restart a level because I died doesn’t bother me. You can also choose to watch videos to receive double coins, bonus chests and revive your avatar if you die. You can also choose to watch videos to double rewards and get free gems if you watch a few videos I am sure your gems will start adding (hehe) up. Involuntary ads are turned off with any purchase, so there is a little bit of incentive there.
#SPACE PIONEER DISCORD UPGRADE#
Your in-app purchases can be for better equipment (why bother when you can upgrade for free?) or gems to help instantly build things (why bother when with patience they build over time?). There are free loot crates to collect on timers and occasionally free gems and coins to collect as well. Even though it is a freemium game with in-app purchases, the coins and crystals seem to be easily attainable and you get pretty good loot after each mission. The money is used to buy skill and equipment upgrades while the crystals are needed to build and upgrade your space station. Under the main missions is another list, this is your bonus tasks to help you get extra coins and crystals. For instance, you may need to find fuel and a ship battery, and after you succeed you are told to find and repair the ship. When you finish your first list of assignments on a planet, another related quest often pops up. It’s got a kind of Star Wars meets Star Trek feel you play a bounty hunter, with a robot companion who beams down onto the planet, finishes their mission, and then beams off the world again. As you move from world to world you find yourself doing everything from collecting crystals or data files, to shooting enemies and destroying your adversary’s buildings. You are given main objectives as well as bonus goals to achieve in your missions. A top down shooter where you travel through space colonizing hostile galaxies.

Nothing could be further from the truth, it is quite honestly brilliant. Don’t think for one second I’m cracking awful jokes because there is something wrong with the game. The challenge with Space Pioneer (Free) by Vivid Games is going to be not taking up too much space (pewpew) with bad puns. Hopefully, you are finding the not so hidden puns in my reviews as amusing as I do, and if you don’t then this review is probably not something you want in your reading orbit (oh yeah baby, first paragraph). Let’s take just a moment to appreciate the horrendous dad joke which is my review title.
