It is exactly what it looks like, alien blasting, with ads. Ads to recharge, ads for another life, ads after mission is over. But, given the cost (free) I don’t mind the ads terribly. Good variety weapons, and fun alien blasting.An update in early March 2018, however, completely nerfed the game. There are now “gems” for some unexplained purpose - no explanations - they just appeared. And ship powers and upgrades were dramatically downgraded for regular gameplay, and upgraded for “endless” levels. So if you play “endless” mode, you are close to invincible - before the update my best endless was about lvl 125 and I worked hard to get there. After the March update, the game crashed when I was like level 723 and I was never really challenged. Meanwhile, in the main game, my ships which had been previously upgraded a lot, were way way weaker, or the enemies were way way stronger - like the weakest enemies I could kill in 1 shot previously took 3 and 4hits to kill after the update. And, the enemies move WAY faster than before - not just like twice as fast, but more like 10x. The update makes it feel like I lost a huge amount of the progress/upgrades I had received and just completely changes gameplay from before. Now, the game is free, so I didn’t lose any $$, but I definitely lost progress. Before the update I would have rated the game a 4, with the update, I feel so much further behind I cannot rate it higher than a 2 and will likely delete it.

I’ve played this game for a couple of years, I spent thousands of dollars the first year. I have spent $40 this past year. Unless you spend you can’t find momentum to grow and build your ships. For the beginners, it’s an affordable game, once you get more ships, that’s what changes. The insane amount of cost to level up and merge mini ships is unattainable. In my two years I have only been able to merge a mini ships once to a F2 level. And that mini ship is only halfway to max. I have enjoyed the game in the past, but now its appeal is much less. The amount of cheating from hackers is a constant issue. If only the game allowed for better star, hero badge and puzzle rewards within the game at scale, you could actually build and see your ships skills progress. You can only go so far in the game until you have to merge ships. Biggest complaint is that it takes forever to collect puzzle pieces of any consistency that really matters to have opportunities to progress mini ships to higher levels. Unless you spend $300 -$500 during the 4X sales to buy enough puzzle pieces to barely advance. I would give this a higher rating, but the shear cost, is way too high. Better places to spend your hard earned money. I could have purchased a nice used car for what I’ve spent.

This is not a skill based or fair game. It’s a pretty light show that makes you believe if only your ship was a little more powerful you could win. That’s not how this game works. Every winner of a pvp game is pre-determined. There is no “chance” to it. You will be allowed to win here and there, but don’t get confused. It’s not about skill. It was built to manipulate and deceive in an effort to get you to pay just a couple dollars here or there. I’ve done it myself, and now I’ve played it long enough to see the reality. The developers will respond to this review by saying “it is possible to finish the game without using real money.” It might be. My guess is that it would take about 10 years if you are dedicated and played daily, but that doesn’t change the pvp program. It’s fake! Winners are picked by the program and the amount of money spent. I have been on both sides (winner/loser). I’ve won ease by getting the best drops in the first few levels and finished 1st unimpeded. I’ve also played my best barely getting anything worthwhile. If you’re not in the front of the pack, (5th or better) by level 10, you might as well die because your chances of winning at that point are basically void. Do yourself a favor and don’t play this game. It’s engineered to be addictive. The worst part is people hack this game and play for free while non-hackers pay the bills. I remember a time game developers use to want to share their creation with the world more than anything else. That’s not the case anymore, especially with this game. It’s all about the money. Good luck

This game is a pay to win game. Yes, you can earn gems and money and some other ships without paying BUT the rewards for missions and events are so small it will take you forever to gather enough to get items. In order to evolve your ships you need parts but you rarely ever get parts and then you get 2-6 pieces per mission and you need 80 the first time and 160 the next time, etc so you will need to spend days grinding OR you can just give them money and all your ships and mini ships can be upgraded in a few seconds. In PVP if you haven’t paid to upgrade or bought the best ships, you’re not gonna rank much higher than silver. Everyone with high ranks pay for things. This game is highly influenced by micro transactions, it has nothing to do with skill of the player because if you pay, the game is easy. They allow you to watch REALLY LONG ADS to double your coin but the coin is the LEAST valuable currency. They’ll give you 1 gem for beating a mission but you need 10, 35, 50 gems to respawn if you die so the scale in which you can earn them is greatly defeated by how much things cost (in gems) in the game. The wheel never gives you the better selections. I’ve never gotten the 20 gem selection and almost every time you’ll land on 1500 coins, I’ve gotten the 10,000 coin option just twice. In essence things in this game cost waaaay too much in comparison to how much they allow you to earn so you’re kinda forced to buy things with real cash, don’t be swayed by their responses saying you can earn things in events and missions because what you earn is VERY VERY small compared to what you can just buy for $20.On a positive note, the game passes time and can be fun until you have to pay to progress.