Pixel Privateers
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| Developer(s) | Quadro Delta |
| Publisher(s) | Re-Logic |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Release | February 22, 2017 |
| Genre(s) | Tactical role-playing game |
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Pixel Privateers is a 2017 tactical role-playing game developed by Quadro Delta and published by Re-Logic. In the game, the player travels with a squad through outer space with the goal to collect loot, complete missions, and defeat various enemies on different planets. Upon exploration, the player can upgrade their spaceship and items and stats of squad members. The game also features a multiplayer mode, with up to four people. The game borrowed elements from Quadro Delta's Pixel Piracy and Re-Logic's Terraria. The game received criticism for its monotonous missions, item management system, and controls, but was praised for its game art and music.
Gameplay
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Pixel Privateers is a roguelike and tactical role-playing game in which the player travels through outer space with a group of adventurers to collect loot and fulfill quests on numerous planets.[1][2][3] The game features a character class system, with classes such as ranged, melee, and engineer, which determines what weapons the player can use throughout the game.[3][4] While exploring the planets, the player discovers buildings and encounters cyborg aliens, Borgs, humans, and tougher versions of enemies known as bosses.[2][3][4] The player can alter the difficulty of each planet, as well as enable the "iron man mode" player difficulty, which enables permadeath for squad members.[2] The player can either choose to control the entire squad at once or command each individual member.[5] Upon exploration, the player can level up, customize their ship and squad members with armor and other upgrades, boosting the team's defensive and offensive stats, and increase the size of the squad up to eight members.[2][3][4] Additionally, the player can clone resources and members of the squad.[3] Its style of gameplay has been compared to Borderlands and Diablo, while the art style includes retro and sci-fi elements.[2][6] The game features a tutorial at the beginning of the game.[2] It has two multiplayer modes, the battle mode and the co-op mode for up to four players.[1][7]
Development and release
[edit]Pixel Privateers was developed by the Finnish-Spanish independent developer team Quadro Delta and published by Re-Logic.[5][7][8] Quadro Delta previously worked with Re-Logic on Pixel Piracy.[7] The game borrowed elements from Re-Logic's Terraria and Quadro Delta's Pixel Piracy.[1] Quadro Delta has described the game as a "tactical loot-'em-up".[2] The game was initially scheduled to be released in the first quarter of 2016,[7] but was ultimately released on February 22, 2017, on Steam for the Windows platform.[3][5]
Reception
[edit]| Publication | Score |
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| Gamereactor | 6/10[4] |
Reviewers have criticized the game's missions for being monotonous or lacking diversity.[3][4][9] Kotaku's Nathan Grayson has, however, lauded the game's variety of enemy factions and story.[2] Alec Meers of Rock Paper Shotgun disliked the combat system since it was "mostly a matter of frantic right-clicking",[3] while Softonic similarly criticized the game's controls.[9]
The item management system has also been criticized.[2][4][9] Meers and Softonic praised the looks of the game's environment,[3][9] while A. R. Teschner of Gamereactor complimented the game's music.[4]
See also
[edit]- Official website (archived)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Saed, Sherif (January 27, 2016). "Terraria Devs Announce Pixel Privateers". VG247. Archived from the original on April 16, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Grayson, Nathan (February 25, 2017). "Pixel Privateers Is Like Squad-Based Borderlands". Kotaku Australia. Archived from the original on August 13, 2024. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Meer, Alec (March 17, 2017). "Wot I Think: Pixel Privateers". Rock Paper Shotgun. Archived from the original on March 18, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g Teschner, A. R. (May 5, 2017). "Pixel Privateers". Gamereactor. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
- ^ a b c "Pixel Privateers". Gry-Online (in Polish). January 29, 2016. Archived from the original on April 18, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
- ^ Kovács-Cohner, Róbert (January 29, 2016). "Pixel Privateers: Íme a Terraria fejlesztőinek új játéka" [Pixel Privateers: Here's The New Game From the Developers of Terraria]. IGN (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on June 12, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
- ^ a b c d Okutani, Kaito (January 28, 2016). "「テラリア」シリーズの流れをくむ新作タイトル「Pixel Privateers」が，2016年第1四半期にリリース" ["Pixel Privateers", A New Title Following the "Terraria" Series, Will Be Released In the First Quarter of 2016]. 4Gamer.net (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 9, 2023. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
- ^ Priestman, Chris (February 7, 2016). "Pixel Piracy Follow-Up Announced As Tactical-RPG Pixel Privateers". Siliconera. Archived from the original on September 23, 2023. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Pixel Privateers". Softonic. Retrieved June 12, 2025.