As far as RTS games go, I’m mostly familiar with Age of Empires, but while there are maybe a couple of apps that have similar mechanics, most of them nickel-and-dime you to death just so you can play them. I’ll admit I occasionally get into FTP games with IAP if they’re halfway decent (I look at it as like, my parents used to spend hundreds of dollars in quarters at arcades, so ain’t nothing’s changed) but the bottom line is, most, nearly all, are NOT anywhere near “good”. So this is a bit simpler of a game, then (no resource grabbing except in the most extremely abstract sense) but it’s a solid entry point for someone who wants to get at RTS games and doesn’t know where to start. I also really respect Amir, the developer, for just being himself and having principles he sticks to, while making good games at a fair price. Maybe I’m not as strict in my interpretation of what plagues mobile games, but I strongly encourage anyone on the fence about this game, or anyone who isn’t yet but does have strong opinions about micro transactions, to pick this one up and play it a lot. I think you’ll like it a lot.

Yes. Full disclosure: I *do* have all of Amir’s games, and they’re all fantastic. (I’ve even listened to the Dark Room commentary more than once!) To be fair, though, my hopes were low for this one. There’s lots of “own the spot, grow the troops, take another spot” games and I’ve only ever enjoyed them for a short while. What makes MIRTS different is the way you end up biting your nails constantly. “Will my troops get there before my poor injured guy is crushed?” “Will he send troops back at me and just swap spots with me?” “Has it really ONLY been 15 seconds? I need that nuke!” This is a huge success over needing fast reflexes. Instead, you need fast decisions, and you have to commit quickly and follow through. I love it, and can’t wait to see what might happen next with it. It’s the first time I’ve had one of his games and said, “wait ‘til you see this!” to somebody. It’s fantastic.

This game is awesome. One of my favorite things is that there’s no in app currency. Like, come on, those other games with stuff like “bucket “ of gems!” “Mountain of coins!” “Planet of DIAMONDZ” only want the money. Gameplay gets so hard on those games, and you stop having fun. But this game is way different. Everything’s balanced (there’s only one unit) and it’s challenging. What would be cool is if you added a difficulty meter to set the difficulty up or down, because the AI has lightning fast reflexes while I have to jumble my mind between four different nodes. You should also add a map maker to make custom maps(I know there is random maps but they’re random.) Overall this game is awesome and I enjoy it a lot!Oh yeah uhh I can’t find any money in or on my couch so does that mean that the Veteran Content is free? lol

This is a idea for a power up, I hope this gets added, please consider it.“Fortification” select a circle and make all friendly nodes in it invincible for 2 seconds, this can give your nodes a bit more time to attack, give you time to send in other nodes to help out, or to allow your nodes to escape, I know this is very strong, but it would add so much more to the already deep strategy of the gameEdit: I will also explain how this game stands out: in the normal mobile rts, you go: take this! (plays skillfully all game and saved up a massive army to attack) then the opponent goes: okay you play well, but it doesn’t matter, I paid, so my troops get a 25% damage bonus and I have a ability to boost all that by double, so my troops get 2.5x more damage, I win! This game: I saved up all game long and got 10 nodes to deploy to attack you, opponent: um I don’t have anything to counter... fine, take that circleSo no unfair advantages here (I mean, sure, the AI has supernatural levels of reflexes and take no time to think, but you can still outplay it as it knows no strategy but ruthless aggression)