Number Survival 4+

So this is a fun game. You move around trying to avoid the “numbers” while your ship shoots whatever items you have been able to get. The shooting is automatic so you don’t aim but just avoid getting hit by the enemy.

As you destroy the enemy some will leave behind little items that you collect to gain experience. When you gain enough experience your ship levels up and you can choose an upgrade (some are weapons and some are abilities that help you stay alive longer). As you complete levels you are given crystals to upgrade your starting ship.

There are many mid-game ads as other reviews have said. This can be frustrating as others have mentioned, since timing might get your ship destroyed. This could be easily corrected by having a countdown after the ads are done where you can see your ship and the surroundings so you can plan your move.

My concern is how buggy it is. I am on stage 5 and am able to compete it. The problem is that when I do the game does not end the stage, but does not provide any more enemies to fight. So I am stuck driving my ship with nothing to do but wait for the next mid-game ad.

I would love to give this more stars, but it seems like a game that was rushed out just to get ad revenue and nothing more. Why do I think that? Most of the reviews I just read (going back about 3 months from when I am writing this) all mention the mid-game ads being an issue. Yet here we are stil seeing many of them.

The amount if forced adds is far too frequent considering all of the optional adds for upgrades. The game also straight up breaks after besting the boss on stage 5. I get to wave 13/12 and kill the boss, it leaves behind a husk of the boss that just moves in place and does no damage. No more enemies come and it just never ends. It is an otherwise fun game but the adds and bugs make it unworthy of your time.

I’m giving 3 stars because the game itself it REALLY fun so I’d wanna give 5 stars, but it forces so many ads I’d rate it 1 star. So I chose the middle ground. I’m tempted to lower it to 2 just because in my first game (probably around 8-10 minutes) I saw 4-5 ads, and that’s just forced ads, not the optional ones to get better upgrades. Lower the ads to maybe one between games and I’d go up to 4 stars. It’s also $3 to get no ads, which you think isn’t much, till you realize almost every app charges the same roughly, and most people have multiple apps they’ll constantly switch between, and for me sometimes it’ll change week to week which would mean probably $10-$15 just for some mobile games.