The crab or bug bosses you cant damage and are not fun to just dodge bullets. They ruin an otherwise good game. I doubt i will continue.

Not 5yr olds

I was a huge fan of Galaga in the video arcade. It ate rolls of quarters probably best spent elsewhere. This version stays true to its origins keeping me always grasping for that next level, maple leaf or farming coins for upgrades. I haven’t even beat level one of the Cosmic Challenge, yet. Level 10 and 108 are my highest regular levels. So there remains a great deal to challenge and entertain me. For newcomers, it’s mechanics are like chess. Easy to learn, difficult to master. Sometimes, the graphics will propel me into sensory overload with all the explosions, ricocheting missiles and laser beams. Good thing I can pause simply by removing my finger from the screen. Nice touch. The one thing that confuses me is the level warp scenes. There are what appear to be power up balls to consume, but their purpose is a mystery to me. Other than that, only the rare minor bug that doesn’t detract much from the game. Update: A couple months of playing and now the game’s boring. After acquiring all the ships and reaching Level 11, coins and credits are pointless. The challenge levels are ridiculously difficult for the few tokens you receive for completing a task. Time to move on.

I have spent a decent amount of time in this. That’s a good sign, the game hook is good. Subtracting a star for the issues though. In particular two come to mind. 1. If you die while fighting a boss, the boss fight might reset. For example, if you defeat one of the eyes of the bug queen, then die, the eyes return. Not much of a problem at the lower levels, but a real pain in the higher ones. What are the point of lives for boss fights if progress resets are in place? 2. Boss fight deaths can lead to broken gameplay. I died during a bug queen swam cycle going right to left. Suddenly bugs came from top to bottom and a simultaneous wave went right to left. As the wave started to end, my ship did the “end of level flip” and flew into enemies. This killed me again. I’m pretty sure this is the first time I’ve ever lost a life in a loading screen in any game, ever. QA team, spend some time writing up reports on playtests from boss fights. Devs address those reports.

Probably the best version of Galaga. It’s probably the best you’ll see. I did get to play a board of Galaga but it might have been another game.

This was my favorite game until they added the new boss. It’s the worst and it takes the fun and skill out of the game.

This a fun and addictive game!

The Good: Solid and immersive gameplay. Graphics. Progression system with ships from other games and abilities. Relative touch/Classic control styles. The Bad: Easily the biggest things holding this game back are two-fold; 1) Relative touch is the most efficient control scheme but iPad/iPhone constantly tries to swipe UP and minimize the game. Need a way to disable the swipe bar. Also having finger on screen/ship blocks view and gets you killed in higher levels. 2) Progression for ships is insanely slow and monotonous. Single mechanic for unlocking ships via destroying the satellites is tiring and, well, SLOW. Game needs alternate method for new ships and higher ship levels. Add flexibility to the game and you have 5 Stars.

It’s all fun until you get to the challenges only one shot then you die wow soooooo great

This game used to be great. Just hard enough. Now there’s this stupid giant purple thing that comes around behind you and you can’t attack it… not to mention it’s just another effort in dodging, except now, you can’t see half the things you need to dodge because they’re under your thumb/hand. I really hate when games make changes like this for no reason. I didn’t ask for a more challenging game. It’s not on elite mode, there isn’t an option to ignore updates. Take my one-star review until you fix the stupid. It’s bad enough that minor bug STILL EXIST. Inconsistencies and annoyances that have been around for years, but let’s add new stuff…