Galaxy Defense: Fortress TD

So I’ve spent a small chunk of time on this game and thought it best to leave a review. So far I’ve been leveling, upgrading, collecting cards and learning strategies on how to clear levels with a perfect rating because I = completionist. I have to say it’s been a while since I saw a good TD game come out that I actually felt was rewarding enough o hold my interest. I’m an unpaid reviewer here so hear me out real quick; this is a good TD game for many reasons. Mobile games these days rely on the players addiction to achievement and upgrade progress to generate more ad views and time spent on the game with little to no reward. But at what cost to the player? We spend so much time playing and only see a small fraction of reward for our time, unless we spent money to get there faster and at that point I’ve already deleted it and moved on to something else. Galaxy Defense has made me feel like the time I spend playing is worth it, and there’s a struggle involved that makes me want to play more. Congratulations to the devs for constructing something with balance that can be felt and not paid for, I implore you to keep it this way so that this game becomes something I play as regularly as my other games. I won’t dive too deep into the minutia of the game details because, well…you should try this for yourself and see if you agree with me. It’s rewarding, it’s challenging, it’s many systems make sense and the time spent on it feels relative to the expectations of what it should deliver once you’ve gotten so far. I really enjoy this and I’ll be playing this every day for quite some time!

I enjoy this game, it’s fun and has addictive properties. However, I don’t think it’s card system is as “random” as it makes you think. For example, when you enter a “Stage”, it gives you cards, but more times than I can count, it refuses to give certain ones, including it’s combo cards. It’s happened so much that I know certain cards are going to have a higher spawn rate that others. It seems like certain cards have a spawn rate of (exaggerated numbers for context) 30% while others have 10% spawn rate. I don’t mind the luck factor at all, but I don’t believe I’m that unlucky. The LAST frustrating thing is after watching an add to reshuffle my cards, they don’t always change. I really do enjoy this game. It’s generous in why it allows you to do. But the things mentioned above aren’t so nice.

I enjoyed this app and felt comfortable spending 20-30 bucks a week when I started playing. You learn VERY quickly that if you’re not spending several hundreds on a weekly basis then you have zero chance of winning any of the constant tournaments going on. I wish that I was overreacting or being unreasonable, but all of this on top of (of course) never ending ads (unless you spend $40 to permanently remove) is a new level of greed and points to how far apart these companies are getting from their consumer base and instead of trying to polish and better balance, they just move right on to the next one, never giving a moments thought about customer service, quality assurance, or customer LOYALTY. If you’re comfortable spending a couple hundred bucks a week, every week, just to have an iota of a chance at “fairness”, then this very mid game is for you. If you’re tired of the greed and lack of customer care and don’t wish to continue rewarding and supporting developers and companies such as this, congrats you’re a good person who chooses to not contribute towards burning our world down just so the very few at the top are able to appease shareholders and/or investors, so that they’re able to add another zero to their “worth”. They don’t care about you or balancing any game, just your money, so if you aren’t able to afford that, they’re letting you know that you don’t matter to them. I would say do better, but none of these clowns possess an ounce of self-awareness nor morality. !!!PLAYER BEWARE!!!