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By Christy Matte
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Campy sibling fight frustrates, pleases with juvenile humor.
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Captain Forever Remix
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What's It About?
It's Saturday morning, and Kevin challenges his sister to a game of Captain Forever. She agrees to CAPTAIN FOREVER REMIX -- but only if she gets to be the hero. You play as the sister, designing a ship from a variety of parts and then setting out to destroy other ships, which seem to be largely captained by the household pets. If you destroy a ship, you can pick through the debris to replace or upgrade parts on your own ship while still defending yourself. Your goal is to get through 10 levels of increasing difficulty (with some extra time to rebuild your ship between levels) to defeat King Kevin. If you lose, you're back to square one, possibly having unlocked a new kit of parts. There's also a sandbox mode where you can play with any of the ships you built (including those that were altered mid-game) in a free-play space.
Is It Any Good?
This is a sibling video game battle at its most challenging, most silly, and most absurd. Expect to be frustrated and annoyed on a regular basis as another ship sneaks up behind you and blows you to smithereens, just as you were about to make it to the next level. Despite (or because of) that, Captain Forever Remix is strangely addictive. It requires some strategy; building a ship that steers well, can defend itself from multiple sides, and has the firepower to take on stronger enemies is no simple feat. Plus, it requires some fast finger action and the ability to think on your feet.
Where will you attach the swanky new weapon on your ship? Will you replace or repair damaged parts? You don't have a lot of time to decide. The game has the general feeling of an early '90s arcade game with matching juvenile humor. It can be very difficult to get past later levels and requires quite a bit of patience to destroy enough low-level ships to get the parts to defeat higher-level ships, which is probably the biggest con. Some kids may lose patience and become frustrated. But if you like a challenge, Captain Forever Remix always has you feeling like you were this close to making it to the next round, which will keep you coming back for more.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about "trash talking" during games. What are things you've said to others or have been said to you while playing a game? When is it fun, and when does it feel mean? How does trash talking fit into the concept of being a good sport?
Discuss ship design. What are some things you learned about design? Does it matter where the thrusters are or if you have thrusters of different levels? Where's the best place to put weapons? How does your ship design affect your gameplay? What's the best design you've used so far? What makes it the best?
Game Details
- Platforms : Mac , Windows
- Pricing structure : Paid
- Available online? : Available online
- Publisher : Pixelsaurus Games
- Release date : August 14, 2015
- Genre : Action/Adventure
- Topics : Adventures , Family Stories ( Siblings )
- ESRB rating :
- Last updated : October 1, 2025
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