Let’s take just a moment to appreciate the horrendous dad joke which is my review title. 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). The challenge with Space Pioneer (Free) by Vivid Games is going to be not taking up too much space (pewpew) with bad puns. Don’t think for one second I’m cracking awful jokes because there is something wrong with the game. Nothing could be further from the truth, it is quite honestly brilliant. A top down shooter where you travel through space colonizing hostile galaxies. You are given main objectives as well as bonus goals to achieve in your missions. 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.
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. When you finish your first list of assignments on a planet, another related quest often pops up. 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. Under the main missions is another list, this is your bonus tasks to help you get extra coins and crystals. The money is us...