Before us is a cooperative project from the company that made the famous "Terraria" - Re-Logic and the creators of another "pixel" toy "Pixel Piracy" - the Quadro Delta team.
The video game is called Pixel Privateers and has elements of two works. But this is not a sandbox in a procedurally generated world. Real action is faster here, RPG platformer in 2D mode with a side view in the universal setting. Fascinating texture. Here gamers expect everything together. And conducting research is quite a huge universe consisting of a large number of planets. And management of a warlike team of 4 space pirates with systematic shooting of opponents, extraction of resources, pumping abilities and individualization of each member. The video game is distributed on PC using the Steam digital distribution platform. Its price is around 14 bucks. And it's worth it to waste them, we'll figure it out in the current review.
Before the start of a video game in the background of a moving galactic distance, the gamer is asked a series of questions with variations of the answer. All of them relate to someone's biography, probably a master pirate gamer. Type questions. “Who was your dad?” or “- What did your first toy galactic ship look like” and so on. Choosing from the alternatives of the answer, the gamer adds up a biography for himself, and taking the opportunity, he collects basic rewards and increases to certain traits. After this, as the questions are passed, it's time to set off on the road.
An interactive assistant in the form of a galactic hare briefly introduces you. The gamer is in charge of a galactic ship with a group of pirates on the saloon. They travel to different planets of the galaxy, collecting resources, fuel for the ship and other valuables. On the global location, you can look at a rough summary of the quests and atmosphere on the planet, and subsequently converge on it, a campaign is started. In the fundamentals, it's naturally ruby in the manner of a two-dimensional action, RPG, but flavored with various quest conversations with NPCs. Often, achieving a goal can be difficult for beginners. First, you need to take a good weapon and prepare your own heroes. The planets have a different setting, image, environment, and their own special features.
Result: if you associate with “Terraria”, then here is the most complete and accurate plot. But all the same, you perceive all this as irony and parody, and Pixel Privateers itself is willingly called an indie video game.
Don't let the title intimidate impressionable players, pixel characters are just the main characters here. Space pirates are made up of simple pixels and differ from each other only due to the pronounced distinctive features of the race, for example. Different ammunition and armor similarly add contrast to their appearance. The territories on the planets are not pixelated in any way. Colorful and unique cards, the situation in which is radically different. One, for example, is exactly like the Earth in winter, somewhere in Maine. Another, a little more exotic, with incomprehensible devices, plants and monsters. But any is full of pitfalls, valuable resources and opponents who want to deal with the characters. Opponents can also be called pixelated. The video game has a soft, cartoonish palette that, again, makes the video game indie feel like a game.
Result: the picture fits perfectly into the plot and idea of the video game. The difference in the rendering of pixel characters and territory somehow even looks out of place. The video game process of Pixel Privateers is typical for action, RPG. Pumping working heroes, there are four of them, clearing maps, collecting loot, fighting with oncoming enemies, searching for the right objects. All this is. Due to the abundance of flora and fauna on various planets, as well as gameplay differences, filling a stage and going through a linear campaign is not boring at all. While flying on the universal ship, the gamer is located in the main interface of preparation and customization in the form of a huge blue panel. Here you can edit the characteristics of team members, use experience points for pumping, take weapons from the market. It's better to sit longer before landing on another planet and think about the priority development of the characters.
The result: a tolerable, addictive and distinct video game experience. The mechanics are of course controversial, the whole battle in the fundamental is to hover the mouse, all the cartridges are endless. But with the problem of keeping the gamer entertained for a long time, Pixel Privateers can handle it admirably.
The video game has a surprisingly high quality and unforgettable music track. It unsurpassedly emphasizes the atmosphere and gives dynamics to action moments. Naturally, there is no Russian voice acting, as well as localization in general. But don't get used to it. A good symbiosis of the ideas of 2 studios, famous for their own extraordinary solutions in the production of video games. The theme of space travel and the abundance of places that will need to be visited are bound to appeal to adherents of action, RPG.
