Sidius Nova

[TouchArcade Bot]

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[DannyTheElite]

Originally Posted by TouchArcade Bot

Fake?

[Greyskull]

Yeah...noticed rhis game and started the thread...has anyone tried this? What with my limited device space, I haven't had a chance; I figure someone will TOFTT considering the price

[tops2]

Saw this on Kotaku and the app reviews looks good. Sounds like its a 4x lite. :-)
Haven't tried it yet..but I'll try it later tonight...

[smegly]

It's a combination of a sort of board game for moving units around and making new ones from the resources you get from the planets you've claimed and the actual battles are basically like Plants vs Zombies.

I'm not really sure what verdict to give it yet. I definitely wouldn't call it a 4x though, lite or otherwise. It's based around explicit missions and the research you do is done from the main menu and is just a matter of unlocking features that you'd always have access to later rather than something you have to budget on the fly.

I do like the fact that it adds another layer on top of the often-tread battle system.

[HLW]

I'm finding this quite fun so far.
The AI needs improving though - the enemy just attacked a group of my units (which only contained a fighter) with their mothership (which cannot attack). It was quite a wait, watching the fighter slowly chip away at the mothership's health, but unsurprisingly the fighter won...
In battles with normal amounts of ships the AI behaves sensibly though.

[bemusedbear]

This game is amazing and addictive. Amazing soundtrack. Easy to pick up gameplay that becomes more complex as you unlock more ship options.

You could call it a 4x lite because it definetly has the explore expand exploit exterminate. But simplified for portable play. Resource gathering and production is consolidated into a single mobile unit (but later in the game your mother ship can be in more than one place at once with the use of warp gates). You are also limited to 3 moves a turn which adds some tough decisions to the grand strategy.

The actual battles are a lane RTS where you deploy your various ships in one of five lanes. Each ship type is on a timer a la PvZ. At first you only have 3 ship types that are in a rock paper scissors interaction. But more ship types can be unlocked that break out of this chain.

The visual style, sound effects, and interface are all well polished. But the real standout is the soundtrack - it's worth playing just for the soundtrack. Haunting and epic. Reminds me of inception a bit.