Red Nova App Reviews

This is a totally great game,kind of reminds me of space invaders or star trek. Id give it 5 stars if there were a campain mode but still, good job red nova creator peeps!

Im updating my review and adding two stars. The easy difficulty is easier, but far from easy. I like the effort and Im happy to see its now far more playable, and I actually enjoy it. The graphics could still use some flare. Power collection is difficult at best, its just tough to locate them often especially when foreign missiles to an off screen enemy. Power ups vanish too fast. These two issue are critical. You cant survive without every single power node and special power ups being collected, and or harvested for energy to repair shields. Using those power ups like speed, or bomb is hopeless. They need to be harvested to repair shields, and if youre really lucky use for missiles. That said, its getting better, but it needs some drastic changes in order to compete in the genre. Missiles should just be a separate, and abundant pick up. Each destroyed enemy should drop at least 2 nodes, and they should just streak right to your ship without having to look for them ever. Ships with high shield ratings should actually be able to really resist more damage. The newest is cool, but its still must a slightly thicker gauge of tin foil for a hull. Not good enough. Power ups should just fly right to your inventory the instant they appear on screen. Easy is still pretty difficult by any standards. Remaining difficulties should just be called hopeless1,2&3 settings. Still I want to like it, and I kinda do, but its pretty bland, and difficult.

This game has potential but the controls are too fd up. Its not like your typical dual stick and I have no idea why the devs DIDNT make it like a typical dual stick. Instead, they made it like an unbalanced dual stick making it impossible for your ship to follow your commands. If the controls were like minigore itd be cool but the controls are instead like minigore on iceskates which makes you lose control and again I have no idea why the devs did this. Itd be a straight up 4-5 star game if the controls werent so goofy. Dont believe me? Waste a dollar and find out. DOIK!!!

One star for the really good graphics. One star to the overall presentation. Game looks good. Play poorly. No fun. Need to be facing enemy to score hit and they can be behind you chasing you firing all the time. Sometimes they have ranged weapons with such a large range the ship is off the screen and all you get is the incoming fire. Not even half a game. Needs a lot of work. Robert9001

This game is incomplete. After reading on touch arcade in the forums I was misled into thinking this game would develop into something great. Clearly it hasnt. The description still says early adopter price lol! I dont get how developers can drop the ball like this! If I could program as well as you, Id be a millionaire already! Half of the success is due to keeping your existing audience involved, their positive reviews and word of mouth will do the rest. Good luck!

This is a polished space shooter. It takes some getting used to and hence the easy setting is highly appreciated as average Joes like me need training wheels. But because the game is challenging does not warrant 1 star reviews. Some one said the controls are like Minigore on ice skates! Well that may be true, and if you dont know how to ice skate you are going to slip and fall! But if you persevere and learn then you are going to love the feeling of speed and freedom once you start skating well. So I implore you, give this game a try. Its challenging but worth it. And the developer seems responsive and invested in continuing to improve it.

Red Nova manages to encapsulate everything that makes epic space battles so awesome, and crafts it into an amazing mobile experience. The massive Episode 2 update furthers the sense of scale as it introduces a new protect & rescue mechanic that has you battling to save the crew members stranded aboard friendly ships and ferry them to safety while fending off the hostile enemy fleet. This fresh new spin on the gameplay is the cherry on top of an already great package.

$$$ well spent. W/new upgrade & level.

I found Red Nova to a fun game to play. Now with Episode 2 - Mercy the game has taken on a new life. I just love the new ship. The weapons fire and the look of the transport are perfect. Game play remains top notch to go along with quality graphics. Episode 2 - Mercy and the chopter lift type game play with a clear objective and means to measure your success make a short or long play session challenging in a very fun way.

What can I say: Rich! Adds a whole new tactical dimension to the space combat, which is still as fast and powerful as in EP1. The very natural controls work great

Wow is all I can say. Its a very nice game!!

Boy, is this disappointing. I can see the threads of potential here, but the beyond goofy controls rob this game of what it might have been. Im pretty sorry I wasted a buck on it. Live and learn.

Two fun missions, I hope my buck goes into making more of them. This had great potential, I look forward to new missions.

No, I dont consider this the basis for a great game. Not even a good time waster. The gameplay itself is boring, the field is too small, and the feel of the ship pales even to Asteroids. Make it free, or keep working on it, thanks!

This game is fun but I want more levels!

Really fun game play, and relatively easy controls.. 99¢ well spent :D only update suggestion is more powerups (cause theyre really rare) and more levels!

Great game, really fun! Cant wait fore episode 3!!!

Love the controls. But the field of view seems too far away. Music is brilliant. There is something if great quality here I cant wait to see how it develops.

The screen shots and description are arguably misleading. The impression is theres some sort of story based game with massive ship battles, HA!. This is a rather by the book dual stick shooter in a space setting with only two "missions". One is a simple endless survival, the other a mission to survive and rescue as many passengers as possible from a fleet of disabled capital ships while surviving a series of timed waves. Thats it, the whole game. The game gets some props for a novel control scheme that works well on the touch screen but otherwise isnt anything special. I bought it as part of the 2011 Holiday Indie charity promotion so no regrets for the $1, but, objectively, there are better and more fun games in this same vein out there (e.g. Space Miner Blash, Alien Space, Alien Space Retro, and Super Cyclone off the top of my head).

Really good just wish there were more levels!