Comments on: 'Rogue Planet' – A Deep Turn Based Strategy Game

By: Jayson

Jayson — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:36:21 +0000

It's true. I got so bored by round 50 on Mexico City that I just didn't want to play any more.

I'm surprised they would put such amateur level design in, especially so early in the game.

By: Jayson

Jayson — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:28:52 +0000

The jrpg-style story is pretty frustrating – I don't feel like tapping through 40 lines of dialog every time I want to play a level. As the reviewer stated, far too much manual attention is required for mundane tasks.

The killer, though, is Mexico City. After 50 rounds of stalemate over the ludicrous bottleneck map, I jus got boooooored.

I've deleted the game, and don't plan to buy from these guys again.

By: Joel

Joel — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:47:55 +0000

The graphics are pretty and all, but this is just a remix of Uniwar in my eyes.

For the record, I thought Reign of Swords was a better turn-based strategy, and of course Civilization rules the genre.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:52:04 +0000

I'm enjoying the game but I'd like to echo some of the complaints already made.
1: it's way too easy to make a mistake by hitting the wrong command. There should be an undo button.
2: The AI is horrible! The chicago level was the worst. The Enemy would spend turn after turn moving the exact same units around with 100 health. And never fire a shot at me!

Nevertheless, I'm still playing. I think multiplayer would be really fun.

By: Bird59

Bird59 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:09:29 +0000

what about hot seat multiplayer? Is it in the game?

By: akira01

akira01 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:02:54 +0000

How can you say that ?
you haven't even play at Rogue Planet…
I play this game since 2 days and really, it's a great game, not perfect, by far, but great.
The story, the gameplay, the art. All is at very high level not only for an iphone game but for a console game.

By: Bex

Bex — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:18:13 +0000

I'm not disagreeing with you about single player, but I am saying it turns people off who would otherwise play multiplayer. Meaning there's a smaller community than if the single player aspect was more engaging. Most people don't just jump into multiplayer when they don't know how to play the game, after all, so they go through the campaign first, and when the campaign is flawed they lose interest and move on.

As far as maps go, I playing a LOT over the summer and into September, I was very active in the community and on the forums, and I learned all the "tricks." There really isn't a single map where one side and one race doesn't have a significant advantage, if not a guaranteed win. All of this is pretty common knowledge as well amongst those who play a lot. While the game can still be fun, you pretty much have to agree with the other player NOT to use the tried-and-true winning strategy (or race/map combo) ahead of time to make it a challenge once you figure all the tricks out.

I still have high hopes for the game and I know they're making a sequel so maybe they'll work out the kinks. It is a great game, especially considering it's on the iphone, but but you ask why the community is small and these are the reasons why I think people get either turned off in the beginning or bored in the end.

By: anthonyafterwit

anthonyafterwit — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:06:46 +0000

I'm a fan of Uniwar. Yes, there are a few maps that might give an advantage to a certain race, but you can always choose not to play such a map – and there are a LOT of maps in Uniwar. As for the single player campaign, I played through it once and never looked back. I've since played hundreds of online mulitiplayer games which are so good that no other iphone game has been able to hold my attention for more than a day – and I've spent hundreds on iphone games. Some may look better, some may have a better pedigree, but none have been able to touch Uniwar multiplayer. And when Uniwar updated with push notification it just put the nail in the coffin to all other tbs games. Single player games are a dime a dozen… there's nothing like playing vs. a cunning human.

By: Munkie!

Munkie! — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:01:28 +0000

I see this as quite the bias review. Not up to the normal quality of TA.

By: Ak56

Ak56 — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:27:58 +0000

Are you for real? What do you think Civ Revolutions is, chopped liver? It's the granddaddy and big kahuna of all turn based strategy games, for crying out loud.