Critical Mass - war in space 9+

Could be excellent. Few issues.

This game is enjoyable. It’s fun. It’s addictive. There is ample scope for this game to have 4 or 5 stars.
The game has been around forever (I had it twenty years ago on PC) so at £3.99 it’s a bit pricey - but it’s not obscene - and the game has been upgraded.
However, it’s missing several things it really needs. There’s no quit function, so if you lose a mission sometimes you can be just stuck there while the enemy roams around trying to do stuff. Yes, there’s hyperspace, that also sometimes takes a while to end things (or is irrelevant if you’re dead). Then there’s a few functions missing. The PC version allows you to design your own craft (frankly, the only way of building a plane to suit your play style and racking up big scores). Second, you can’t see inside your ship. The original version allowed you to pull up the inside of your ship - which allows you to judge better damage levels and whether to continue or abort missions. While you’re on a mission, you should be able to look up what the mission is again.

Such a shame.

Make it into a duplicate of the original game, it almost seems like the developer had given up half way through. We don’t need to wait for the mission to finish when we are dead. We need more features like the original game.

Developer Response ,

I guess you mean like designing your own ships and missions? The problem is squeezing the user interface for things like that onto small phone screens.

Utterly addictive and re-playable

Been playing this on Windows for 20 years and loving this iOS version. It's one of those "just one more go" types of games. Very unique synchronous turn-based game (where you and the enemy both plot out your next one second's flight path and choice of missiles). Great enemy AI too. Patience is key. Greed is not.