Weird Worlds

This game runs smoothly. It’s very impressive, actually. But don’t try to fight any hostile aliens. Unless you are lucky enough to find all the right equipment, any hostile aliens you encounter will blow you to bits. And even if you can find the best weapons and the best shields, you still might be blown to bits. And that’s on the “Less” setting of Enemy Strength! I shudder to think what would happen on any higher setting. Edit: This game easily could have been one of the best games on the App Store. But it’s so unbalanced it’s ridiculous. It’s like playing chess where you have one queen (if you’re lucky) and your opponent always has two or three queens. Edit #2: I must unfortunately reduce my rating down to two stars. If more than two screens pop up at once (and it does happen), the game will freeze. Nothing I could do would unfreeze it. So the game in progress is lost. No fun playing a game when a bug can pop up and erase everything you’ve accomplished so far.

... because I had to buy it on iOS/Apple store twice. Once, in 2014, from ASTRAWARE, and then again a couple of days ago, from Simisen Interactive. I wonder who I'll get to buy it from next? Hey, Steam has it, and its sequel, Infinite Space III: Sea of Stars. I think I'll spend ANOTHER $10 there, on those. It IS a pretty good game, though. Better, if you only had to buy it once.

I’ve been enjoying playing this since my university days back on PC and it’s always been a fun, roguelike game to quickly pass the time (typical round for me is 10 min or less). My one complaint and request to the devs is to please either fix or remove the function to rename planets. Regardless of whether I am using my phone or tablet, the moment I accidentally tap anywhere near a planet it brings up the rename function and that causes the whole game to crash and exit. It’s very frustrating especially when it’s further in the game and your near completion only for it to crash because you tapped on the screen to close to a planet, which on a smaller iPhone like a mini that I have, happens a lot. Minus that one consistent fatal bug, the rest of the game is fantastic and this is such a good port that I enjoy it better then when it was on PC, great job 👍.

A simple game, but fun nonetheless. Go to an unexplored planet, find an item, upgrade your ship, occasionally have a combat encounter, repeat. Sadly, one big issue keeps me from enjoying the game: on an iPhone, the text and buttons are MICROSCOPIC. So much so that it hurts my eyes. I’m sure it would work great on an iPad, but the iPhone version needs some major rescaling.

I’ve been really enjoying this the last day or so; it’s addictive. I’d just like to echo the previous reviewer on the planet naming glitch. It wouldn’t be so bad if there was a save function of some kind, but when this glitch happens you lose that whole game. I know they’re just one-session games, but it can be very frustrating when you’re doing well and then just lose it all over a thing like that. One other suggestion: The engine that teleports your ship to ANYWHERE in the sector is a bit unbalancing, especially since you can pick it up almost right away, or never at all. It wouldn’t hurt to put some limits on it, like only being able to teleport to worlds you’ve already visited. An unexplored world would require a journey at 10x light speed, or something like that. That’s all, but in general I’m very much enjoying this and thanks for listening 🙏