Hades' Star for Android
I've updated my review to 5 stars. I've been playing for a few months and can honestly say that it's a truly wonderful mobile game. It doesn't demand hours upon hours of your time to be competitive. The F2P model is balanced well in my opinion. There is no need to spend up big (or at all) in order to enjoy the full features. Most importantly the devs are passionate about the player experience.
This game is fantastic. Peak mobile gaming. It's P2W, but the developer keeps it decent. No random pulls. Sleek interface. Simple but elegant visuals. Good music. Microtransactions are never pushed. There's a slight learning curve, but the game is easy once you figure it out. Yet there's depth to the space battles. Not at first, but as you progress. This game is worth your time.
Really solid little freemium 4X-style game. UI could use a few tweaks for streamlining here and there, but pretty impressed after only about 2 hours of play. Only major complaint is that it's a heavy battery drain, even with the music disabled and the battery save mode on.
I was a little hasty with my first review. Since growing a few levels and figuring some things out about the game, I have found it to be well paced and extremely addictive. A must play for any space strategy enthusiast.
Okay, I'm hooked. I usually don't play mobile phone games, but this one is fun. If I were asked to describe it in one sentence, I'd say "A cross between EVE Online and Age of Empires."
Well balanced and well paced, although I do wish waiting times could be shorter be about 20% in general. For some reason it lags my phone slightly even when I'm just acrolling through shipments, and the reason I'm only giving 4 stars is really because it drains batt really fast, which I do not expect of a slow paced, graphics unintensive game like this.
This game is amazing. Finally a resource managing space-themed game on the play store without ridiculous p2w (no ads either!) and no struggling to stay alive from other players. Co-op is awesome and the community is cool and friendly.. It's paced very well and this is the exact sort of game I've been hoping would pop up on the play store. Hope this game gets some good recognition becauase it really deserves it. You can tell the devs care too, and I can't wait for future updates (: One thing I would LOVE to see is more Co-op events/activites and customizable ships (Different designs, colors etc). That would give players a lil more individuality and creativity for their fleets, don't you think?
Overall it's great. I rated it only 3 stars. I like the logistics and easy controls. Tutorial was solid and stream lined. Not another space sim like the hundreds out there. I fully understand the need to have a pay in game system, however, the achievements to gain the special crystals are kind of insulting to a player given the pace of the game. For example. 80 artifacts researched nets 5 crystals. That's 160 hours of research. I think it would benefit the developer and the player if the reward for committing was higher. The pace of the game is very casual, and that can change over time, but I feel like it can be too slow at times. Even with 5-10 minutes available, not enough time to setup app my mining, do transport runs and hunt artifacts. Future patches might look to speed up the game just slightly.. just enough that you feel like you were accomplished in the short amount of play time. That's the key to mobile games, people play in bursts, and you need to make sure they have fulfillment each time they play for a short amount of time. Looking forward to see where this one goes!
Good game, except frequent crash and not loading, takes forever to enter the game. Hope it gonna fix so I can rate it back to 5 stars
Awsome game with good co operative play and no pvp. So no resource pinching or my armies being destroyed.
While there is the availability of purchasing credits to speed up the process, if you're patient, the game is very well balanced in getting you to advance without frustrating wait times, or impossible goals. Thoroughly enjoy it still.
Interesting and unique game. Can't wait to see what they do with it. More interesting than all the other cookie cutter sci fi base games out there. Solid active play that rewards good thinking and planning. Early stages, but well worth a look.
I like this game, can't put it down! As long as this game has support, I see this game being played for a long time.
great start! fun n balanced pve. needs pvp, discord overlay, corp forums in game.
This game seems like it could be good. But the tutorial for a simple game is too long and boring. I can't play this.
INCREDIBLE GAME loved it and there is so much posibility my number 1 recommendation I would personally put in different types of battleships and a storage station to put your artifacts on PLEASE ADD THESE AND MORE!!!!!
Im impressed... nice little go to game, while on breaks, Doesnt need to much time invested
Co-operative play, a gradual learning curve, variable gameplay options, and no PvP distractions. This game has a lot of good points.
Superb micro manager of your space empire game. Functional and sleek UI, believable energy cooldown, very little incentive to pay for casual plaxers. Hope this gets more popular!
If you like patient RTS logistic sci-fi games, get this. Fun and different to almost anything else I've played. Still hooked.
Great game but wish the times where a bit smaller on researching and and getting new sectors and it would be cool if you could name your ships and a few more types of ships
Hope you don't have any plans for the rest of your life!
Hit a pay-wall on 10th minute.
It's a good game to play in short bursts. Really simple but still pretty interesting.
The game is nice but whenever my transport ship travels to another planet or moon, my game crashes. Help please.
I enjoy the game but have to dedicate more time per sitting due to the speed at which the shops travel. Would love this to be accelerated.
Super fun, slow paced, no PVP. A great exploring/building space game!
Perfect for short intervals of free time. Fun pure and simple
I love the casual slow pace co-operative nature of the game
Bit slow but great sci-fi game
I'm gonna like this game
I'm enjoying it so far, keep up the good work!
Been playing for 4 months now. Still the best!
Excellent game! This is what I need in my life.
Addictive and innovative. Highly recommend for the old Ogame and Eve fans.
Great game since update can't upgrade Miners
Patches have been improving my gameplay experience.
Fun game, I like the design
Great game! Addicting at times.
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I'm not usually one for mobile games. I have however taken a liking to this one. Probably because I love SciFi. There are microtransactions (which I hate as a thing in general) you don't need them to advance as long as you have a little patience. The time to complete things scale nicely. Being able to earn credits faster would be nice, but overall it's a great little time killer that I'm thoroughly enjoying.