Galaxy on fire 2
Prologue
Ah yes, another spaceship shooter. But unlike most of them, this one is more of an adventure style spaceship shooter game. And as already mentioned in my Starlink: Battle for Atlas review, both games are similar. But Galaxy on fire 2 surpasses Starlink in almost every way.
Story
Before I talk about the main storyline, you have to know there are 4 races. Terran, Vossk, Nivelian, and Midorian. And Terrans are friendly to Nivelians but are rivals against Vossk, Nivelians are rivals against Midorians.
The story is mainly divided into 3 parts.
NOTE: Valkyrie and Supernova are only available through DLC.
1: The original campaign
Keith T. Maxwell(the main character and the character you control throughout the entire game) accidentally travels through time and ends up 40 years after where he left off. He learns that while he was missing, an unknown race called the Void have been invading the entire galaxy. So Keith goes to Deep Science(a science research facility) to learn about the Voids and find out how to stop them from invading. And well basically it becomes a happy ending.
2: Valkyrie
Keith receives a call from Cornelius Tenner who tells him that his boss wants to hire Keith to do some of her missions. Also, Deep Science contacts Keith to help them on their new ships. But turns out the boss, Alice Paolini wants the technology of the ships made by deep Science. So a dogfight happens in Deep Science and Alice ends up in the middle of the Void world.
3: Supernova
A supernova happened at Ginoya system, a Midorian territory. So Keith and the Deep Science crew once again try to fix the problem. But there are unknown ships attacking the area as well as other places(including Kaamo, a DLC which is basically your own space station). Turns out, the Nivelians were the cause of the supernova(to be exact the Black Guard were) and so Keith helps stopping the supernova and kills the leader of the Black Guard, Trunt Harval.
NOTE: If you wanna know the whole story then you might as well play Galaxy on fire 1,2, and 3.
So with a big and great storyline like this, there’s no cons about it. It’s just simply awesome! When it comes to game storylines, we can conclude that Germans are more better than Japanese. And I hardly suggest playing the whole trilogy.(although Galaxy on fire 3 sucks)
Gameplay
You mostly fly around, but sometimes you can go to space stations and buy stuff, get missions to earn credits. Once you do all the main campaign you might think there’s nothing left. But you can do freelance missions and buy whatever you like. For me, I like to collect shit. I collect ships, weapons, equipment, and even commodities. But to explain it better, I’ll go deeper with everything.
Outside
Pirates
If you’re like me, then Vossks and Midorians can be enemies, but pirates are your most primary enemies you can encounter. They’re not that strong, and some drop things. If you use a tractor beam to collect whatever loot they shit out, you can keep it. It’s finders keepers in fucking space! And some can drop expensive things so later on this will be your primary means of earning credits.
Mining
The first method of earning credits that you learn. All you need is a drill and a scanner and you’re all set! Of course better equipment make it easier to mine(this is the same with everything else) but even the cheapest drill can make a few hundred credits per astroid. But it is hard to steer the drill and can take time to get used to it.
Jumpgate
These are what they are literally called: Jumpgates. If you get on one, you can travel to the nearest system. But once you get a hyperdrive you won’t be using this much.
Inside
Hanger
Here you can buy, sell, equip, and build stuff.
Shop
everything here is divided into Ships, Primary weapons, Secondary weapons, Turrets, Equipment, and Commodities. Ships are… Well… Ships! If you don’t have one, you can’t leave. But of course the game gives you one for free(by taking away your 2 million credit Phantom and giving you a 15000 credit Betty) so you don’t have to worry about being “shipless”. And Primary weapons are your main weapons. They are unlimited ammunition. Even machine guns have infinite ammo
. Speaking of machine guns, there are a variety of weapons to choose from so find one you like! And when you pick a ship, this is the primary condition you have to check. 4 Primary weapon slots is necessary. Secondary weapons are like missiles. These have limited ammo depending on how many of the same weapon you bought. Also, there are missiles, nukes, rockets, mines, and turret guns. Turrets are kind of rare. Not that the turrets themselves are rare but the situation of equipping a turret is rare. Not many ships in this game have slots for turrets, and as you get stronger, turret damage is nothing. Equipment… Now when it comes to equipment there’s way too many things. There’s drills, scanners, shields, armor, boosters, thrusters, tractor beams, cargo spacers… And so on. All I can say is, there’s plenty of things to find and it’s best if you played the game yourself and check them all out. And last the Commodities. These are practically useless unless you’re doing a mission or if you’re building something with blueprints. So when it comes to selling, these are your 99% export items. And some of them are expensive like rare plants, implants, and the most famous Vossk organs. Especially with Vossk organs, these things cost 25000 EACH! You can buy a Betty and still you have 10000 left. If you killed a pirate and he drops this, it’s your lucky day.
Blueprints
You can find people who sell blueprints in the space lounge. And if you find one, I’d recommend buying it. Even if you don’t have enough credits just remember where they were. Because they don’t change locations. These blueprints range from Weapons to Shields. But basically, the stuff made from these blueprints are the best ones of their own kind. So it’s best to build these and equip them. Like I already mentioned, you use Commodities as material, but sometimes it can need weapons and other equipment. But no blueprint requires ships so don’t you worry.
Space Lounge
This is the main hub for freelance missions. And they sure have a heck ton of them. Also, as I mentioned already, some sell blueprints, or just something. But the price could be cheap, or expensive. So you have to go to a lot of places to learn the price range of a particular item.
Missions
Junk Removal
Clear out all the junk. It’s pretty self explanatory. Sometimes pirates can come out and bother you but just kill those fuckers.
Escort
Escort freighters. Another self explanatory mission. But these can take about 2~7 minutes depending on when the pirates show up. And I like to do missions that end quickly so if you’re like me than I don’t recommend it.
Intercept
The opposite concept of Escort. Now you ARE like the pirates who intercepted your escort freighters. And just what a pirate would be like, your loyalty will decrease but if you’re like me(gaining full loyalty to one side and doing their missions only) then it doesn’t matter. Just kill those damn Vossks.
Wanted
Just kill some asshole who happens to have a bounty on his head. Probably one of the… No, the EASIEST mission(except for Purchase but that depends on what you have or what the current space station has).
Defence
Kill all pirates on sight. It’s similar to Wanted, but just a little more pirates thats all.
Protection
Another similar mission to Wanted, just kill every pirate on site. The minor difference is that in this mission, you’re also protecting miners. Another easy mission.
Challenge
Kill more pirates than the other challenger. Again, if you’re strong enough, this is pretty simple. But it can get longer depending on the wage. But still, it’s fun to get a score of 7:0 and just laugh at the opponents face. HAHUHAHAHUHAHAHUHA!!!
Purchase
Just have whatever the buyer wants. If you accept the mission WITH the item then it will be done as soon as you accept. This is the reason why it’s the EASIEST and FASTEST mission. But it depends on your cargo.
Stolen Files
Similar to Purchase, the NPC will tell you that a sensitive file has been stolen and is now in a particular system. This mission requires a lot of luck because you might find this file right away, or you might search everywhere until you realize the last planet had it. Trust me, if this happens, it pisses you off. So I don’t really recommend it but if you wanna window shop then it’s kind of ok? Also, you can buy the file(or Documents) and quit the mission and you can KEEP the file. So if you’re setting up a huge collection in Kaamo then this is worth collecting.
Courier
Deliver a random amount of cargo to another planet. If you have a lot of space, it’s pretty easy. They don’t explode so just hyperdrive to your destination and you’re all set!
Passenger
Similar to Courier, instead of cargo you’re transporting PEOPLE! But they don’t fit inside your cargo space NO!!! Instead you need CABINS. And these are equipment so equipping these aren’t efficient and carrying them and equip whenever executing this mission is not pleasant. A highly recommended TO REJECT mission. Seriously, it sucks.
Informer
Well I saved the most complicated for last. First of all, you need an EMP weapon to do this mission. Also, you need good scanners as well. Now, what you wanna do is find the INFORMER. If you scan a pack of pirates, on of them will be this informer. Whatever you do, DON’T KILL THIS GUY! The second that bastard bites to dust the mission fails. You need to use your EMP on him, and steal his cargo. Once you do that, now you’re free to kill. And just send the retrieved goods and done. It’s a pretty complicated mission and if there’s like 7 pirates out there it’s also hard to find the informer. But once you know how it’s done… It’s STILL FUCKING ANNOYING! But not AS annoying as the Passenger mission so if you can do it, then I recommend it.
Kaamo/Kaamo Club
Ah yes. The first DLC I ever bought. Now I know all these years I hated the idea of DLC but that doesn’t mean I don’t buy it. It’s just that I hate the concept of it, but still buy it cause I need it. Anyway, this DLC gives you a space station of your own! There’s nothing in the shop but that’s because it’s NOT a shop. If you look closely it’s called a STORE, which means that you can STORE things you got. And the most fascinating feature is the ability to store SHIPS! That’s right, you can own more than 1 ship with this thing. And for collectors like me, this is some major shit I need. Oh and 1 thing about this DLC is that you can buy it with in-game credits. But it costs 50,000,000 credits+50 Buskat(this is a rare commodity)! WTF! If you’re gonna play nasty shit like that I’d rather just buy it jeez. They just wanted that extra dollar.
You might be wondering, if the shop is replaced with a store, then what does the space lounge do? The space lounge is now a black market with guys who upgrade your ship or guys who sell high technology weapons, equipment, and ships. But they’re not gonna get away with this that easily. The prices are DOUBLE. But if you happened to buy the Kaamo Club membership then it gives you a discount. WOW! SO where can I get this membership? Why of course DLC……… MY…FUCKING…GOD!!!!!!! First of all, I don’t know why I’m getting charged the extra fee! It’s MY FUCKING SPACE STATION! If you’re gonna do that to the land owner then I’d kick them all out! It’s MY PLACE GOD DAMN IT! GET OUT OF MY PROPERTY!!!!
Music
For a NON Nintendo game it sure has some magnificent music! If you go to their site you can download it so if you’re interested check it out!
Pros
It has some impressive graphics(at least for HD standards) and music. The storyline is well done and as with Starlink, the voice actors did a good job, although for voice acting I’d admit Starlink is better. The map is big, there are a lot of things to explore, and overall if not for the overly expensive price and DLC this would have been rated one of the best games the app store had.
Cons
As already mentioned, with all the DLC bullshit its overly expensive. And once you did everything, the freelance missions can get boring. Even for me if not for collecting literally everything I’d be bored as well.
Phew, that was a mouthful. I finally got past the red devil in Ghosts'n Goblins so dat'l do.
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