So I’ll start off by stating the obvious. It’s basically Sky Force but a roguelike version of it. While it pales in comparison it makes up for it in other areas such as customization and other game mechanics. Now, for glaring cons, if you want to play it for free be prepared to watch an ungodly amount of ads. To disable the adds you have to buy it for $30 and it doesn’t include anything else. The premium currency isn’t obtainable except for stage progression, leveling up, and an event you can play that gets harder. They should have a steady influx of diamonds for dailies but dailies actually give you items you get through normal gameplay. They basically force you to buy them in order to redeem the “10x draw with guaranteed fighter” which brings me to my next point. You can get keys that take the place of the 300 diamond crate but what if you save 10 keys? Nope, you can’t use them on the “10x draw with guaranteed fighter”. It’s really bad. The devs are more money grubbing than many others in this regard. They don’t give you enough diamonds to get that pack and don’t allow you to save up keys for it. Overall I love this game. If you loved Sky Force this game will scratch that itch. Just be forewarned about the things I mentioned.

Warning: DO NOT play this game unless you are financially secure and able to spend some real money!!!! To do most anything in this game for free, you will have to watch ads ad nauseum…. A real pain believe me!!! In the end, you really cannot advance much in this game without paying real money because ads make it tedious to play long term. I am lucky enough to have a great job and don’t really spend money on anything else (don’t eat out, house is paid off, and only spend on bills) so I have not minded spending the $30 to be ad free forever and buying occasional diamond packs, etc. If you do not spend money in this game, it will take forever to make any meaningful advances and I am sure you will get tired of the ads and move on; trust me!!!! (Perhaps try Lightning Fighter 2 which is more reasonable and you can get by without spending your rent on in-game purchases to advance and level up) All that said, the game is entertaining so I give it five stars….

You cannot just buy what you need or want. You have to spend money for a random chance to possibly maybe get what you need to upgrade and advance. And that’s the problem. Everything related to upgrading in this game is randomized. Everything. Meaning you will have to spend a ton of money and buy a bunch of things you never wanted. In this game, the primary method of leveling up is through your gear. You could maybe upgrade through playing but you can only play so many times per day because you have to use a currency to play one round and you are only allowed so much currency per day. And even then, that only gets you a random upgrade which could be some useless upgrade. Oh and their idea of an upgrade is: “increase health recovery by 1%”… umm ok bud. Anyway, upgrading your gear requires money and again you can’t even buy exactly what you want. So you’ll end up like me on level 16 of 100 something levels, where one enemy bullet is a one-hit kill. And there are times the entire screen is filled with enemy bullets. Good luck. I am uninstalling the game.