Lightracer Ignition 4+

Skipping past the clichés like “when I first got this game”. This game is different, the story is very unique, and the choices you make go along with the story very well. Usually I just get a game then after 2 days delete it, but this game stuck out to me. It had me hooked. The dialogue is absolutely fantastic, but the best part about this game is the choices. The symbiosis and harvest mechanic is absolutely beautiful. You could watch a planet die or watch it rise back up. Hope gets curbed by common sense, and this game gets really “Hopey” and really “Commony”. If you’re looking for a game that will keep you at the edge of your seat and give you something to think about whilst asleep this game is for you, but if your looking for a crappy “mobile game” this isn’t for you. Also the graphics, they are ABSOLUTELY! beautiful. The devs killed it with the graphics, it makes the game more immersive and enjoyable. For so long have I looked for a game like this, and I finally found it, and if the devs are reading this, thank you. Thank you for creating such a good game.

This game is a decent enough idle game, but it has two major downfalls.
1. It’s wildly inconsistent in tone, mechanics, and balancing. The game will completely reset you on a whim, and you never know which upgrades are going to be permanent and which upgrades are going to be tossed out the airlock in 20 minutes. Even some upgrades that SHOULD be permanent (like adding a multiplier to all of your energy production whenever you tap on your manual energy crank) are reset at regular intervals for no other reason than to take your toys away and make you start from scratch.
2. The writing itself is subpar. The story is portrayed through a series of text messages from your AI companions, and they’re all weird, preachy caricatures of transhuman thought experiments that the writers didn’t fully understand. It’s like a high schooler who read Nietzsche for the first time and tried to write a book based on his philosophy. It’s ham handed, weird, and dull. Eventually I just stopped reading the “story” altogether.
Also, it has to be mentioned that the game is RIFE with ads to the point where they’ll pop up every 90 seconds or so. I’ll tolerate voluntary ads that give gameplay bonuses (to a point) but ones that pop up out of nowhere AND have sound automatically enabled? Hard pass.

I was never into idle games but this game might’ve changed my perspective. Usually I hate grinding, but this game made me want to grind harder for more of the plot. I found myself tapping for hours just so I could squeeze a little more dialogue. It took me a comfortable 4 days to complete the story and I wish it took me longer. This game is a total masterpiece! They have the character development done in such a unique way, and every planet you visit has you on the edge of your seat with each having a very unique story to tell. The interactive defense as your planets get attacked keeps you on the interface watching the defenses and the beautiful visuals make it easier to sit there and watch them. The choices you make out of betrayal, empathy, anger, and hope really moves the plot.