Last Galaxy Heroes was originally given away back in Dec 06. This excellent game published by Realore Studios received a positive 88% of 144 votes. The numbers were quite low, but that’s because the game giveaway project was quite new at the time.You can check out the comments by following the link below:
http://game.giveawayoftheday.com/last-galaxy-hero/#comments
Installation:
This is a 10.6Mb download that installs to 21.3Mb. It unpacks to a read me file and a combined activation and set up file. During the installation wizards progress you are given the opportunity to select your own download path if you wish (highly recommended, especially if you have a second HDD or a partitioned drive as it will help to keep your system running smoothly) and also a desktop icon which can be deselected. There’s a folder installed into the start up menu that gives you access to the games short cut and an uninstaller shortcut as well as a link to Realores home page (you can delete whatever links you wish from the start menus program list as they wont affect the running of the game).
Introduction & Game info:
Last Galaxy Hero is a 3D space shooter. Once installed you are presented with a hard to see main menu options and help menus, well that is if you are red - green color blind. I can see it okay, but my son who inherited the condition from his maternal grandfather said he couldn’t see the menu very well before he left for school. It doesn’t help that it’s superimposed over a screenshot of an in game image. That said the game is quite enjoyable. At least from my point of view.
The main options menu allows you to change the screen resolution from 640 x 480, 800 x 600, 1024 x 768 and finally 1152 x 864 in both 16 and 32 bit formats, as well as the music and sound effects. The music is okay if turned low and the sound effects are what you would expect of such a game as this. You can also select the difficulty from this window as well as choose to play the game in windowed mode. The second options menu is accessed while in game by using the Esc key, which brings up a menu that allows you to abort the mission and restart, exit the game or enter a second options menu that again allows you to change the music and sound effects volumes and also allows you to change the X and Y axis speeds of the mouse as well as select between two control modes. Both use a combination of Mouse and Keyboard, though with the standard control you can use both mouse and keyboard, though you have to use the arrow keys when using the keyboard. The second option called A D and Mouse utilizes the A and D keys as opposed to the arrow keys for left and right. Both modes have their advantages, which is probably personal to each of us.
The help menu is basic, but that’s all you need. It details the power ups you can collect and bonuses of which there is a limited number, these comprise of weapon upgrades (as you would expect from a space shooter) and armor improvements as well as bonus points of various sizes. Bonuses are gained when you destroy one of the 12 different enemies that you will find in this game. There’s a simple HUD (heads up display) that shows you your weapon and armor strength as well as the number of lives (repair droids) you have at the bottom of the screen (plus a few others detailed in the help menu) as well as the number of bonus points and your score, which are found at the top of the HUD. To progress to a new world you have to attain a specific number of bonus points; for example, to get to the second world you require 15000 bonus points and to get to the third world 20000 bonus points etc. (I’ll let you discover the rest); before you enter a new world though you have to fight one of the five bosses that yo0u’ll meet on your journey to becoming the last galaxy here :lol:. You must move your gun emplacement to capture the bonuses and power ups though. The enemies shoot back at you and only need to hit you a few times to destroy your emplacement unless you’ve collected plenty of armor bonuses. These are easily missed though as they move towards you from the lowest axis of the guns vertical movement, which you are usually pointing at the sky, so watch out for those bonuses. You start with 3 lives on all difficulty settings, but there are power ups in the form of repair droids that you can collect, which give you extra lives. You lose a life when your shields are reduced to zero, see the help pages which are accessible from the main menu when you first start the game up, for details of each power up and bonus There are three difficulty settings Easy, Medium and Suicide. The differences between these are how fast the enemy shoots back at you. :lol:
The game is quite easy for the first few levels, but can then get quite hard thereafter, that is unless you are a seasoned galaxy hero, :lol: especially when playing it on the suicide mode.
The game controls include mouse, keyboard and joystick. You can use a combination of each one or individually, which makes the controls very versatile. There is an option to change the control keys, but this is very basic I’ve detailed the differences in the second paragraph of the ‘intro and game section’ above. There are 5 different worlds to explore (see the Googled images below to get an idea), and at the end of each world you encounter a boss. I've taken about 15+ screen captures, but as the googled images show some excellent in game images, I've concentrated on the menu's.
Screen captures:
All on one page:
http://s109.photobucket.com/albums/n61/Whiterabbit_01/gaotd/Last%20Galaxy%20Hero/
As a Slideshow:
Googled:
http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=Last+Galaxy+Hero&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2
System Requirements:
o CPU………………………………..........Pentium III 700
o Operating System…………….……Win98/2000/XP/Vista
o 3D emulation………………………....DirectX 8.0 or higher ….
o Computer memory…………………128 MB RAM
o Video Card memory………………..32 MB Video RAM
Conclusion:
This is an excellent 3D space shooter, though some may find it a little retro in it’s graphics and design. (It was released about three years ago) I had loads of fun playing this the first time it was given away and a pleased to see it in a rerun s I lost it ages ago. It’s well worth 6.5 out of 10 for it’s game play; though I can’t play it for long periods at a time.
notes:
FreewareFan posted a link to a decent Freeware space shooter calledRealms the other day (I’m going to write a review for it later today), you can find a link by following the one below. I also posted details of another freeware space shooter called Fraxy, which you can download from the following address. It’s a Japanese site, but I’ve had no problems downloading the file, and testing it with my AV software it showed no viruses. The download links ( there’s 3 or 4 mirrors) can be found near the top of the page.
Realms:
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2398?replies=14
Fraxy:
http://mokeron.hp.infoseek.co.jp/zg/fraxy_main.html
Also there are three other space themed shooters that you can get for free from Game top and FreeGamePick. These are called Alien Wars and Galaxy Strike. The latter one is similar to Machine Hell that was given away the other day, but isn’t the same. :lol:
Galaxy Strike Screenshots:
http://www.gametop.com/download-free-games/galaxy-strike/
download link:
http://www.gametop.com/download-free-games/galaxy-strike-download/
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Alien Wars Screenshots:
http://www.gametop.com/download-free-games/alien-wars/
download link:
http://www.gametop.com/download-free-games/alien-wars-download/
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Forbidden Galaxy Screenshots:
http://freegamepick.com/en/screenshots_forbiddengalaxy.html
download link:
http://freegamepick.com/en/games_forbiddengalaxy.html
There was a post from a community member stating that the above sites were CRACK sites which just isn’t true. Follow the link below for an explanation of this; it’s the ninth post on the page. I do hope that the uncalled for statement, that has been repeated several times in the comments section and the forums does not put anyone off downloading the games. They are totally free and legal commercial games. Neiter of the sites as given me any trouble though I’m more familaiar with he game top site, which I’ve been downloading from for about two years. You get no pop ups and the games are free from viruses, though I recommend you check tem yourselves using a decent AV program. (you can get a years subscription of McAfees Anti Virus Plus, just check the post in the forums from K8UndeadFox
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Antivirus program:
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2354?replies=17
Statement about the free games site s GameTop and FreeGamePick:
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2384?replies=11