{"id":13497,"date":"2015-05-20T00:01:34","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T00:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=13497"},"modified":"2015-05-08T11:39:27","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T11:39:27","slug":"galactic-nemesis-ipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/20\/galactic-nemesis-ipad\/","title":{"rendered":"Galactic Nemesis (iPad)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GALACTIC_BOX\"<\/a>If you love old-school space shooters like Galaga, Galaxian, or Space Invaders, then you may want to check out Galactic Nemesis.\u00a0 It\u2019s styled after those classics and is available for download on iOS devices (reviewed on iPad here).<\/p>\n

Simply use your finger on the touch screen to drag your spaceship around the screen.\u00a0 You can move anywhere on the screen, so you\u2019re not just limited to the bottom.\u00a0 As long as your finger is on the screen, your ship will automatically fire.\u00a0 Avoid enemy fire and shoot all the ships in formation to progress to the next stage. Watch out for boss gunships that appear later on, too.\u00a0 You only have one life, but you do have an energy bar so you can take several hits before exploding.\u00a0 Also, on the right side of the screen, you can tap and use available power-ups, like a super powerful laser or a handy shield.<\/p>\n

As you play, you\u2019ll earn coins by completing specific objectives.\u00a0 Use these coins to upgrade your ship\u2019s firepower and power-ups, or buy a new ship altogether.\u00a0 It\u2019ll take a while to do this, though.\u00a0 You can also buy extra stock of power-ups before you start playing, too.\u00a0 Stages are broken up in sets of four, and when you beat them, you can continue from the next set.\u00a0 You can also unlock endurance modes where you must finish a set of 12 stages in one go.<\/p>\n

The game has a few minor problems here and there.\u00a0 Enemy ship bullets can sometimes be hard to see and avoid, especially as you reach tougher stages with new baddies.\u00a0 Most aliens take multiple shots to kill, so it\u2019s doesn\u2019t have such a satisfying feel.\u00a0 And while the game is entertaining, it feels a bit bland and made me want to play Galaga instead.\u00a0 Power-ups don\u2019t appear very frequently and there are no cool gimmicks like in Galaga or one of its updates (like Galaga \u201988 or Galaga Arrangement).\u00a0 A rockin\u2019 8-bit chiptune soundtrack could\u2019ve helped, too.\u00a0 But I think it\u2019s still worth a look if you love old school space shooters and are really good at them.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Violence is minimal in Galactic Nemesis.\u00a0 You just shoot at blocky aliens and spaceships that explode when destroyed.\u00a0 The game starts out easy at first, but does get pretty hard later on, so younger gamers might get frustrated.\u00a0 Reading skill isn\u2019t needed to play, but little players may need help in the shop screens.\u00a0 This game may be good to share with your kids so you can show them what kinds of games we played when we were little.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you love old-school space shooters like Galaga, Galaxian, or Space Invaders, then you may want to check out Galactic Nemesis.\u00a0 It\u2019s styled after those classics and is available for download on iOS devices (reviewed on iPad here). Simply use your finger on the touch screen to drag your spaceship around the screen.\u00a0 You can […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13497"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13500,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13497\/revisions\/13500"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}