Hello gamers, if you have been following me for a while you may know by now I will sometimes write reviews for old retro games.

So I thought to myself, why not write a review for the blockchain about the games that are connected to it. I do this with hope that more people will see what's available on the platform, and to showcase what is possible with our amazing Steem token.

I hope this review can help people make that decision, to join the Cur8 community. It's a very innovated community on something I think many of us wanted very much "back" on the blockchain. Which is Gaming!.

So my review will be on the "Space Shooter 1" game that can be played on the Cur8 website here: https://games.cur8.fun/#/

When I was first introduced to the Cur8 community website I want to point out that I was able to play it's games "even without" signing-up! I think this is a huge positive in todays world, as typically you have most companies trying to first get hold of your information. But like this we can see the Cur8 Team are putting it's user experience first. Infact it was for this reason that I was glad to have signed-up with them, because I was able to see beforehand what was on offer.

The first game I clicked on to play was the "Space Shooter 1" game. I picked this from the other available games because I thought I might be decent at playing it haha. Since I have played in the past many games of what I presumed would be a similar to this Space Shooter 1 game.

I must admit I was expecting something more similar to Asteroids or a typical space shooter scrolling to the right with incoming enemies.

Well I was wrong, on both those guesses, and I was glad.

What is Space Shooter 1?

Space Shooter 1 is just as the tittle suggests, it's a space shooter type of game... yes, but instead of typically scrolling to the right of the screen you will scroll upwards.
Again nothing alien about that eh.

The enemies will arrive from the top of the screen, they don't come from any other direction. Initially this could be seen as disappointing but playing further into Space Shooter 1 I think it was the right design choice.

What is the Story about?

I don't believe there is an actual story behind it, but I'm sure someone will let me know if I missed out on some lore. But instead Space Shooter 1 is a lot like those old classics where there is no real story. So you can just get in your space ship and start blasting-away aliens quickly.

Nothing wrong with that, but I do think that there are likely to be a small number of players who would like a little background story.
Maybe this is something that can be worked on in future, but for now don't expect an intense back story with most of the games seen from the Cur8 website.
It's just good ol fashioned classic fun with no fluff.
It's a straight into the action type of thing.

Gameplay

We have already discussed that Space Shooter 1 places you "a pilot" inside a space ship that continues to make it's way deeper and higher into space. It's not a continua's scroller... well in one way it is that, but there are levels for you to progress through.

In each level you will very much notice a spike in difficulty. But don't worry the first level is easy enough to give you that opportunity to learn the game.

Unfortunately when it comes to levels and it's design, and environments Space Shooter 1 looks exactly the same as it did when you start at level 1.
But the different enemies and how many appear on screen, plus how they behave will be a good indicator on how far you have progressed.

I believe the enemies also became more difficult to kill requiring more hit's or better upgrades.

Mechanics

For a simple game you would almost not expect for there to be anything more to it.

But that's not the case, there is more. Space Shooter 1 offers both power-ups and ship upgrades.

I will share a few here on what you can get, but first you must kill enemies for the chance that these powers-ups may drop.

So a few examples of power-ups are the orange power-ups, these offer a increase on how many shots you can fire at a time from your ship.

The green power-up will heal some of your life meter.
That's right it's not like your space ship get's instantly shot down and it's game over with one hit.
You do have a health bar to manage.

There is also the red power-up, which will destroy everything on screen, this one can of course be fun to use.

Ship Upgrades

Now let's take a quick look at a example for the ships upgrades. These upgrades can be selected and added to your craft by completing a certain number of levels. You can also start your game with a upgraded ship if your willing to part with your ingame currency.

The ingame currency can be earned by completing various missions on the Cur8 website.
Which involves playing more of the games you enjoy, and even from of course the game we are reviewing right now. Yes Space Shooter 1 will offer you some coins for completing tasks.

Back to the ship, one example of a upgrade that you may wish to add to your ship are the homing missiles. These will of course pursue a enemy until impact.

Another example of a ship upgrade is a stronger shield, this will prevent you from getting killed so easily by those numerous pesky aliens.

All upgrades can be levelled up multiple times, and just like most other games of this nature when it's "Game Over" you will lose all your upgrades.

Your Space Ship's Abilities

It's not just upgrades and power-ups, even your ship as two abilities to add to the mix.
By pressing one of the action buttons you can set off a bomb to eliminate a few enemies.

You also have the repair button, this will thankfully recover some of your health bar at any given moment.

Both these actions are on a cool down, so you cannot use them instantly again, you can't for example keep healing instantly.
But once the cooldown is over you may use the ability at your command.

Music

Honestly I was very shocked by the music quality, typically in these internet based games the music is of poor quality. But the music in Space Shooter 1 is actually really good, and good at getting you fired-up to play and fight the incoming alien threat.

However the negative side of the music is every level it's the same music.
To combat this problem, there are actually 3 music tracks you can select from.
I like all 3 of them surprisingly, but my favourite does remain song 1, followed by song 2.

I only place the 3rd song last because I find the lyrics in the middle of the music kind of ruins the vibe, this is for me, it feels just slightly off. However it's actual music is very fitting, which is why I guess it was selected to be featured in the game.

Perhaps in future more music tracks can be unlocked or even brought with ingame currency.

Is Space Shooter 1 Worth Playing.

Initially there are a few things that can seem unfair, like the enemy difficulty, and your power-ups don't seem to be ever enough to handle the incoming treat. However I wouldn't chance those design choices of the game. I personally enjoy a challenge and I'm sure some of the older gamers do to.

There are even bosses to take on at the end of each level and they are all amazingly slightly different.

I would say that the screen is a little too full in my opinion, but I only say this because the icons seem to get in the way of being able to see your ship, and thus making getting hit by enemy fire easier because you can see your ship too well.

Initially I also noticed a weird hit box with the space ship, the enemy fire was still a small gap away from me but somehow it still registered as a hit.
This was initially one of the most frustrating aspects of the game.

However this as now been improved, or I have just got used to the range and know how to move around better to avoid this problem.

But apart from that, I really enjoy playing Space Shooter 1 and I think most players will have some good fun playing the game. It wins my recommendation, so well done to the designers and developers.

I'm really excited to try other games from the Cur8 team.
Remember to check them out and maybe even earn a few extra Steem tokens a long the way.

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