Virus War- Space Shooting Game Reviews

by JSIM11

When you first downloaded the game there aren’t many ads but once you increase in levels there’s more ads than gameplay. Plus the ads get longer and longer and they don’t even give your rewards after you play them. They always say please watch until the end. Some require you to interact with them before it gives you the option to exit them and they still don’t give rewards. Most of the time when you choose the option to select a reward at the end of a game that doesn’t require the watching of an ad, an ad still plays. If I wanted to sit through an ad I would just select that option. If you enjoy sitting through 3-5 minute ads with no reward this game is for you.

UPDATE: The game asks you to leave a star rating every chance it gets. I’ve been leaving 1 star and hitting submit. Today I chose 5 stars to see what would happen and of course it takes me here to leave a review. But anytime I chose 1 star it doesn’t give me the option to leave a review. They only want the good comments and no one to know their game has become pretty crappy.

by Paris Pouya

Started playing this game couple of months ago and it was fun in the beginning. But ONLY IN THE BEGINNING! I totally understand that the game becomes harder as you go to higher levels, but honestly some levels are unbeatably hardddd! I mean sometimes there is absolutely no way you can scape the viruses or shoot at them. Once I actually tried calculating the free space area and compare it to the size of the ship and "mathematically" there is noooo way the ship could survive. On the other hand, the upgrades do not do anything so...
Bouncing viruses are okay as long as they don't have the same color as the background or they are not under your finger so a human eye can SEE them. It gets even WORSE when some viruses are hiding behind the others, making you think that you are almost done with eliminating one virus and free some area to move around, but the virus hiding behind the other one hits the ship right on the head.. am I supposed to use special glasses or lenses????
And of course the delays! The ship does not really follow your finger right away.. so be prepared to have a lot of collisions due to delays..
To wrap up my review, I would like to add that this game is an ad bomb.. if you are going to play this game, expect to have ads exploding every minute.. doesn't matter you lose, you win, you want to collect your coins... you HAVE to watch an ad for 60+ seconds..

by Norickion

I don’t play mobile games often, but when I do I love to find a solid arcade shooter. Let start this off by saying something you didn’t expect to see in a 1 Star review, the gameplay is great, and the progression keeps you interested. From a gameplay standpoint I have 0 issues with this game. I’d rate that 5 stars all day long.

Now for the real issue. The ads. This is a game in which there is legitimately no way to escape ads. You watch ads to get more money per level, you watch ads to collect the prizes you earn, and even if you try and skip and forfeit all that, they will eventually still filp on an ad they make you watch to keep playing. You may think to yourself, “well they put a lot of effort in into this game! Surely I can pay a fee of 5 bucks or so and play the game to my hearts content ad free!!” Well they’ll let you pay 5 bucks sure, but it’s monthly, and get this, YOU STILL HAVE ADS. They even advertise this as a feature! “Gain more coins from ads!” Like seriously... I’ve never been more disappointed. If there is ever proof that mobile gaming is the bottom of the deep, dark, cesspool of the gaming world then look no further to this shining example.

by Tooqewt

It's a fun game. Fun enough I currently pay monthly to play. However, if you run into any issues absolutely do not expect a response or a solution. Currently you should be able to play an ad during gameplay to autocollect bonuses... However it hasn't worked since the last update about a month ago and regardless of the several messages I've sent I have received absolutely 0 response and the issue remains. It puts the later at a disadvantage and forces players to use diamonds, when the option to use them is actually available. What it appears to be is that the ability seems to have been shut off, although the option is provided it will not function... Which to me looks like it's been done in order for them to profit off the sale of diamonds for people who want to use the function when the option is given. While playing an ad is presented as an option to autocollect the bonuses, it doesn't work at all. The ad never pays, never even starts to load. It is a false and deceptively presented option and function. I love the game, but if it isn't fixed soon I will be cancelling my subscription and will be deleting the game. I'm not going to pay for something that doesn't function like it should and deceptive developers who ignore the customers paying for it when presented with an issue.

by B Diddley-Do-Da-Day!

This game has come a long way from the ad hell it was a month ago, but sadly now, there are new ad bugs that need to be fixed. 😑...Don’t get me wrong, there are still ads that are pushed up the wazoo with this game, which is no difference from any other freemium game today. But the 5 & 10 minute vids have been halted with the “X” button working like it should now. But as of NOW the game is freezing up after watching an ad invite to get a fully powered up trial for a selected ship & then 2 error notifications pop up & the game just freezes after closing them out. Watching one of these videos is basically a sure-fire agreement to force-quitting VirusWarSpaceShootingGame & reopening it with no awards given at all after watching one of your ads👎🏼 & not only that, but I came across ANOTHER glitch were I clicked on one of the other videos instead to give 1 free power-up but it didn’t recognize that I had just watched it & so after clicking the frozen menu buttons to get it to respond, another vid played again & I ended up watching a second 30-sec video to get that power-up. Glitchy man! I recommend taking care of these new ad bugs faster than the older one with the close out button not working because these problems with your freemium ads are getting really old.

by 😡😒🤨😩😠😤👎🏻

Ok yes this game is very addicting. I have been playing for one week now and cannot put it down, but that’s only because I am very competitive and do not like to give up until I beat it. Well, the beating it part is why you only get 2 starts. Yes most of you will probably say well maybe you just not good at the game!! Wrong! Once you get around level 100 you will see. The upgrades on the ships doesn’t do anything. The viruses are so hard that it becomes NOT fun at all. They send 1000 viruses out at one time. 100 of those grab on to you and pull you to them, 500 of them chase you, 300 of them come up from the bottom where you can’t see because your hand is in the way, and the other 100 of them get bigger as you shoot them causing your whole screen to be covered with viruses. And to add to that, the only way you can kill them is with the little boosters that only last 1 second lol, but wait!!, you can’t get to the boosters because for one they go up👆🏻towards the viruses and not down, and two, the 1000 viruses are covering them! Lol I will still continue to play because well, I don’t give up. But please make some things a little easier like maybe make the boosters last longer or make them come down. SOMETHING, ANYTHING WILL HELP.

by This Other Guy789567123

The ads on this game are broken. It’s especially annoying because it’s nearly impossible to progress beyond a certain point if you don’t watch the ads. I have no problem helping a game maker make money, but these ads are infuriating. Some are multiple minutes long, then when they finally end and you click the x, it still says you didn’t finish so you don’t get the benefit. Others give no indication of whether you are free to click off or not. Still others will say they’re done, with a check mark to let you know you’re good to go, but then when you click, again, it says you didn’t finish watching and you lose the bonus. For a game with sooooo many ads, it’s pretty crippling to the game experience.

Added: Again, I absolutely love the game itself, but the game makers are completely unresponsive. I’ve sent multiple support requests regarding ads and not getting the bonuses with no response at all, ever. Some of these ads are 5+ minutes. I’ve sat through them a couple of times but I’m not watching 5 minutes of ad for a game that lasts no more than 90 seconds a round.

by Kingmasterdom

This game is really cool. It’s like a more challenging Galaga but with cool upgradeable weapons. The issue I’m having with the game is that it’s very ad intensive. When you die, you have a second chance. You have to watch an ad for this second chance. You have to watch ads if you want to progress at your own speed. Yet, it feels like the enemies start behaving more intense so you’d die immediately. Eventually, you’ll come across enemies that can come at you horizontally and from behind you while you have enemies in front of you coming at you at full speed. I’ve taken screenshots and screen recordings of scenarios where the game wants you to lose in order to have you watch ads. At the last minute of many levels 80+, I had enemies coming from all sides and you can only shoot straight upwards. This game is cool, but it’s trying too hard to make the players watch ads. They SHOULDN’T have enemies that can come up from behind you if you can only shoot forward. The worst part of this is, is that those enemies can also slow you down. So even if there is a small opening, you’re being slowed. A game that doesn’t this isn’t challenging, it’s lackadaisical. An enemy that can one hit you from a side you can’t attack and they can slow you down...

by K-chan33

I have had this game for roughly a week now and found it super fun and interesting to advance through. The concept is simple and the level difficulty increases gradually. I’ve reached level 100+ and it’s fairly difficult now so, of course, I occasionally die. When you die, you can “revive” by watching an ad. The downside is that some ads say you can finish after a certain amount of seconds but once you click the “X” it says, “must complete ad”. Note: the ads that allow you to “exit” within a few seconds are 3min or more. I died and had to watch a 5 MINUTE music video for some completely irrelevant thing only to revive and die again anyways within 15sec. There is also possibly a bug; when I let go of the screen, it pauses as it should but my finger never loses contact with the screen and will glitch my ship across the screen right into a virus AND THEN suddenly play a random ad where the sound overlaps the game music and lasts for 3min. I actually have grown irritated with this game and will most likely stop playing sooner than later.

by Aces40love

The gameplay is great. Ability to advance levels is good. Strategy plays an important part in leveling up your main and secondary weapons. I would give this 5 stars if it weren’t for the bugs on the advertising side. Within the game you have the option to watch ads in order to multiply coin rewards or respawn during the middle of a game. There are several ads that last a significant amount of time (some up to 5 minutes). When these long ads appear, the game states you can claim a reward after watching the ad for 5 seconds; however, regardless of this stated 5 second rule, if you don’t watch the ad in its entirety, you will get a message that says you have to watch the video til the end and you will not get the reward (coin multiplier or respawn). This happens to me the most whenever I have a large coin amount and option to multiply the reward. In summary, the game is fun and A+ however the advertising bug needs to be fixed.

by Assdffhhjlll

I’ve been playing this game for 3 days, I’m already at level 74, I like it a lot but I see one or two issues, so I think the virus is called dart, when you get so far in this game, the viruses start going all over the playing screen, usually I’m pretty good at dodging them though, but the only time I ever die in this game, is because of the dart, it’s really difficult to pay attention to all the viruses while also having to watch the dart virus spin, it’s almost too fast to process honestly, they just come down spin and pop and not only that you have the healers, so you’re paying attention to those and the moment you think you have it, the stupid dart thing pops out 3 more virus and they go different directions and how are you supposed to dodge that when there are other viruses literally all over the place, 95 % of the time, that’s how I die, so I revive myself obviously, and finally when I beat the level and I get another add, reviving yourself requires you to watch an add, it’s really irritating to have to sit there and watch one to save yourself because of the stupid dart, and yet when you beat the level it gives me another add, almost every time, there’s a another review and it says they never get adds, so what’s good virus game?

by QueenVbee

So, this is a pretty good upgradable, multi ship, shooter game. You can actually see the damage that you’re doing by changing the color of the virus. And, the different viruses do different things and eventually shrink and disappear entirely. Pretty cool concept difficult, but not unobtainable to do better.

Now, being an overpaying type convert, I have no intention on spending tons of money on any game ever again. This being said, you are able to normally watch short, 30 second videos to get something to get something you normally have to pay for. Until it is something that you really really want to watch a video for that we give you a greater payoff. Then the videos become like a 5 to 15 minute uncorrelated in any way “Saturday detention.”

I can only appreciate this in the psychological way online and at business is trying to get the most bang for their buck. But, as a consumer it really pisses me off. This game would get a five star rating for me normally except for this annoying pitfall.

by Ryno1000

I am sure this hits differently for each person. Yes the game is very ad intensive. Which game isn’t that is free to play. Yes each level gets harder as they should and yes if you play your cards right you can progress rather quickly. As for your big weapons they all have plus and minuses. You find one that suits ur game okay. Just because one unlocks at level 270 doesn’t mean it is better than the one you started with. I wasted a lot of coins learning that. Downside is. I rage quit daily because of seeing the same ad over and over and over again. Sneaky Sasquatch is a game I have never played and I can tell you I never will simply because I hate it solely because I have watched this 30 second add probably 24 hours worth of my life thus far. The fact that you have to upgrade you main weapon prior to updating you secondary weapon is rather frustrating especially when you update the firepower of you main weapon it only increases the virus strength as well.

by Lit Game Girl

It’s super fun to play and I first got into the game by my sister. She told me about the game and i kind of observed the game and the concept of it is very easy. You basically have to keep upgrading your rocket ship and it’s weapons to defeat more viruses. You get to earn money DAILY and there’s BARELY any ads. And all you have to do is just watch a video to get 5 diamonds. And i also love how you can exchange diamonds for money, just for your upgrades. It’s actually really easy to learn how to play the game and it is ADDICTIVE! I literally played the game for a week and in just a WEEK I got to level 100 which is AWESOME 😎! Plus, while you fight the viruses little circles come towards you that are blue and red. The blue ones help you fight the viruses and the red ones make it easier for the viruses to kill you. I really find the blue circles helpful in defeating the viruses. And aside from all of that, you get to learn about the different viruses too! Which is really helpful! Like for instance, the pufferfish, which blows up when getting attacked, or the healer, which heals other viruses. AND you also get to unlock new ships and upgrade them, AND you have secret challenges EVERYDAY if you press on the skull icon below your daily income of money. OH, and one LAST thing! I really love how you can control how much money you can get so you can earn more money. And the levels are challenging... I mean what more can you ask for? 🤷‍♀️

by Skalia94

The most amazing game to cut time.! I started with cutting time and ended playing all day.! 4 stars coz it needs to be fixed a bit. The best part of the game is the shooting music..! When you hit the virus, the shooting tune plays as if you’re actually hitting the virus and it also helps to focus as how many are killed and how many left.
From the last few weeks, I can’t hear that shooting tune. Music is playing in the background but not that shooting tune that used to play while killing the virus.! I used to play it all day and now, i had to switch to some other game as i can’t get a vibe of playing this game anymore coz of that no hitting tune.! I know its a weird complain, but i really would appreciate if that tune comes back.! I’ll get my vibe back for this game then.!

by Mighty Dark Wolf

This game is awesome! It’s really addictive and fun to play. You get to collect different ships by leveling up. The stronger the ship, the more viruses you destroy. If you touch a virus, you will haft to restart, so you haft to Dodge them. It’s got 210 levels! You get coins after every level that you can use to upgrade you’re ship, or you can use it to get more coins when you play the game different days. There are giant viruses you haft to defeat and smaller viruses too. You have advantage tools that will make you stronger as you play. There are ones such as getting a partner, making you’re guns get more bullets, slowing down the viruses, making everything you shoot give you coins, and making you’re bullets stronger. They only last for a few seasons though. But there are also bad things that give the viruses the advantage. There are things like slowing you down, and speeding up the viruses. You haft to avoid these things. But they only last a few seconds as well as the ones that help you. If you take you’re finger off you’re Device, the whole game will stop, giving you time to plan what you’re going to do to get past the level. The bad thing about that is how the viruses are still moving, just really slowly. But like I had previously said, this game is awesome! You haft to download this!

by TheBigFinch

So the game is great and I easily find myself playing it at multiple times a day. I cant really think of anything that you should change but I do have a suggestion on a addition. The power ups are a game changer and easily one of the main reason that anyone can get carried through a level, however they easily can be buried behind a impossible wall of numbers that you will not be able to push through. So I suggest a shield weapon that lets say every 3 seconds 4 seconds surrounds your craft with a shield that one makes makes your craft indestructible and and a small damage over time to anything in contact with it. The upgrades could be one duration of shield and damage of shield. It’s a total play off of power ups game type but I thinks it’s totally worth when it means you can dive into the crowd and make it out with the power ups. Love the game keep it up.

by Creeperawman7568

How do you get more energy things if you don’t have any diamonds and your mom doesn’t want you to pay for anything? And second when you look at the virus selection and it tells you about the viruses and how they act or whatever it becomes very slow and sometimes freezes. I deleted the game and redownloaded the game and it still is slow. But I highly recommend this game please just make the adds less appropriate for other kids like me and just focus on the second question. I have one more suggestion. Make a generator of energy kind of like the coin generator. It would be a great idea to put in the game. But hey, I really like this game and keep up the good work! Thanks for reading this whoever likes to read reviews and wants this game. Developers please respond to this review and I know this is a long review but it is a great game. Thank you. 🥇

by Temorten

Each level is pretty short with your ship being controlled by your finger. It reminds me of the game Asteroids and Galaga(probably butchered that name). It introduces new types of enemies as you progress slowly not to over whelm you with trying to figure out what they do. And they keep a small index of them too once you defeat one you know for sure what they do. Now the only thing thats kinda a downer is how many ads you have to watch to get more coins from the levels to progress at steady pace instead of lagging behind. Also to get some achievements like prizes like say gems for defeating an enemy or to get you daily rewards watching ads shouldn’t be necessary to claim them. And if you want to remove ads its like $5 a month plus a few extra items thrown in, but the ad blocker should be able to be sold separate for less a month. Or like 5-10 dollars to just remove ads from everything once forever, but to get the extra coins or stuff as thats voluntary so its not too bad.

by Mikaelblue

Ok so this is a great game and I love it so much fun It is getting harder and some of the higher levels are easier than so of the lower levels for some reason and that is weird but everyone has there own speed on the game and the sideweapons are great but question should I upgrade the firerate of the ship or the power of the ship because I don’t have a clue and suggesting you should put more power ups and types of viruses because after you beat all the viruses you (which I have done am on my third time doing) you fight the first virus again but even stronger then before and I like how put timer mode in after levels maybe 50 (I don’t know I am on level 172) and it makes you so much money (and if you add 6,7,8,9 or 10 times to it it’s so about maybe 2,3,4 upgrades worth) it is so easy to get money And only one thing can you make it is you can go unlimited time or you can buy more with diamonds or coins and upgrades the power up and lower the bad one too but otherwise it’s is so fun

by Jejxjansj

It differs from the many other games that include battling things in space with a spaceship. This game doesn’t give you a game over when a virus passes to the end of the screen. Instead, it repeats from the top, allowing us players to not worry about keeping all viruses at bay. It also allows for us to use strategies, as the weapons you unlock are not typically the best; the weapons are for different strategies for the diverse variety of viruses. The only thing I can think of that is rather frustrating is the coin producer. I’m pretty sure that it is there for lower experienced players; when they can’t beat a level, they can simply wait a while to get coins that upgrade their weapons instead of beating the viruses to gain the coins. I might be one of those lower experienced players, as all my coins go to the coin producer, and a game that makes you wait to gain coins is a game that I would uninstall. However, they’ve implemented a way to get coins without waiting or beating levels, as the diamonds can convert to coins. This is a way for us to utilize the coin value button, as it increases the amount it converts to. The only problem I see is if the diamonds run out from the daily prizes. I know you can watch ads to gain diamonds, so I guess things balance out. All in all, this game provides a fun almost retro like experience while implementing strategies that challenge your brain (and patience). 👍