App Profile: Once Upon a Galaxy

chazzay

Rating: 5/5

I’ve been trying to only play actual games on my phone (not gacha slot machines), and Once Upon a Galaxy is the perfect sweet spot— yes, I can play MTGA on my phone, but I’d rather sit at the computer. This one is a serious game but optimized for phone first, and perfect for playing a round or two when I have downtime. Storybook Brawl was the best auto-battler and it was taken from us too soon 😔😔 but OUAG has the same treasure mechanic, which enables unique strategies and one-off combos you’ll never see twice.

2amlullaby

Rating: 4/5

I got to play the game when they launched at GenCon and have been playing since. I have enjoyed it a lot, and loved to watch it as it developed, however I’m incredibly disappointed at the cash grab turn it took once they launched officially. Giving those of us who had been around since the beginning gems was nice, but locking one of the most popular Captains under a paywall feels greedy. “Thanks for the data, here’s how we’re going to take advantage of people with it.” Everything else checks out as a free to play, with option to spend money to progress faster game. It’s fun, though with the amount of time it takes to unlock new cards and no ability to earn gems, only buy them, it gets repetitive.

Reviewing_Stuff4U

Rating: 3/5

Biggest issues is that it’s not actually multiplayer. You’re just playing against “ghosts” of other players’ previous runs. So the game excitement of playing against a human isn’t there. It’s basically 100% solo against bots. Other issues: Tutorial needs a lot of work. I had to google the keywords - like what the “hunt” mechanic does. The metagame also needs much better explanation. There’s also zero explanation of spells. Kinda easy to figure out if you’ve played games like this. But I wonder how many people delete this game after realizing the tutorial is useless Artwork and cards/characters are great. But tutorial and lack of human opponents make it meh. If you have no autobattle experience, this game is not the place to start.