Nova Island

Such a fun game, and won that has clearly had so much love and care put into it - the design of the characters and skins is so fun innovative and clearly has so much passion and drive behind it!! Super fun, I’m addicted this summer :)))

Nova Island combines all of the worst aspects out of every card game and compiles them into a mess of a game. Before I even started a match, which is just locked on a ranked mode, which is an awful idea if you just downloaded the game (ranked is locked behind level in most games for a reason), the tutorial softlocked itself 3 times by telling me to make a deck when I already had one and kept looping until I uninstalled and reinstalled. The gameplay itself is awful, not only are you relying on the randomness of getting your cards, but the randomness of your cards actually working since every time has a % chance and isn’t reliable at all. The amount of times I’ve lost whilst on 90% and 85% chance tiles and the opponent wins on 10% and 20% is ridiculous. There’s absolutely no skill required since you’re at the mercy of the game’s multiple different RNG points so your decisions can just have no effect. If you want to play a card game, play Magic the Gathering or Legends of Runeterra. DON’T play this.

I love the freeness of this game

This is the first game that isn’t pay to win or play awesome game must try can’t put down, love it !

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I've been playing Nova Island since the start, and it just keeps getting better and better! There's no longer "too much rng" after the energizing update in Jan 2024 which allows strategically taking advantage of the board setup, and in April the 1.0 release brought a ton of new content and progression, filling out the delightful characters and world of the Island. The core of what I love about the game has been the same from the start - the engaging gameplay with lots of exciting moments and strategic back-and-forth, the supremely charming colorful world and incredible music, the adorable animations bringing the characters and creatures to life. It’s clear the game was made with love and playing it never fails to make me happy. I enjoy card games, but I don't like to stress about them, and I find Nova Island's gameplay is very accessible and fun to jump into, while also having plenty of strategic depth to dig into. The way you interact with the board and your opponent changes in interesting ways as you get new cards, and pros' superpowers make each game feel different and exciting. The other games modes like Turbo Draft and Central Circuit are their own fun challenge, too. There's a reason I've been playing Nova Island for years and telling everyone to try it, and recent updates have just made me love it more! I can't wait to see how it grows.

Absolutely love this game! The gameplay is fun and fast with fantastically cute characters that give this game so much unique character! It’s also free to play without all the annoying ads that usually come with that. Such a fun deck building game with great strategy and cute characters! Also the music is great!

Dan Perper’s creative genius at it again. This app is one of the only games I will use cloud space on. Can’t wait for more updates soon!

Can you Guys as customisable characters or at least more characters!!!!!

This game is one of the greatest things you can find on the AppStore. It’s engaging, strategic, and has something for everybody. There are a lot of reasons on why this game is so amazing, which I will now promptly cover. First of all, many of the reviews shown are very outdated, and most of them address the chance element of this game. However, a while back the devs released a huge update where they adapted the chance element to be more strategic, so take many older reviews with a grain of salt. However, one thing that has also not been addressed by these reviews is that the game now contains micro-transactions. Most of these are purely cosmetic while some will allow players to get ahead of the competition. The game is not pay to win though, due to the many rewards that are given by simply playing the game. The best thing about this game is the gameplay itself. It’s something unique that allows players to think strategically while having lots of fun. The animation is great, with a diverse selection of cards and characters to choose from. I recommend this game to any person, no matter what preferences an individual may have, Nova Island is a game made for everyone.