ASTROSWARM Reviews

OK let's talk. I know the labor that goes into building a game, and the hit to the mood of a dev when you mention issues... so please take this as nothing but constructive criticism. I don't like the difficulty scaling. The missions need to be broken up into more granular segments. The first mission should be more along the lines of just, harvesting a single metal node, fighting a couple of attackers, and then moving out. The second mission you get some metal and build a turret, and fight a couple of waves of attackers. The third mission you have to build multiple turrets and fight 3-4 waves with a couple of shooters. Etc. I realize this takes more effort, but the first mission cannot be completed without dying and restarting, and then getting new weapon and turret types. The idea that you can't move to the next mission without dying is just ugly, and emulates P2W games on Android. Grind grind grind, die, grind more, die more, and eventually you accumulate enough upgrades to progress to the next level. So in order to win you have to lose, over and over. You could scale the game to make it challenging, and also give the player a chance to actually win, without dying over and over. If the grind mechanic is die, it's been done to death. Pun intended. Other than that, it's fun, and a clever take on a First-Person RTS.