Xeno Swarm Reviews

This would have been a five star review, however today I attempted to access XenoSwarm and had to delete it for the third time in three days due to either being stuck on the leaderboard screen if it opened, or because it simply crashed. I had enjoyed this from much earlier on, but since the update I have had little luck with accessing XenoSwarm . I couldn’t even access support from XenoSwarm itself and didn’t know what else to do to get the information to the developer. Ordinarily I prefer dealing with developers rather than leaving reviews such as this, but I couldn’t find any other way to handle my issue. A response from your team will be greatly appreciated.

This new update made game less time of playing and everything got nerf up so bad that it only took a few minutes of playing then you ran out of energy. The monster mobs run 3x time faster than your own hero could escape and it have a blast radius against little space to avoid from which is ridiculous.

Before this nerf up boost to enemies, I can play for almost a whole day without running out of energy. Still less coins earn in game...

I was about to give this game a full 5* but now it’s so frustratingly dying faster than you can blink. Don’t get me wrong, it fine the it’s hard to advance but this isn’t hard, it’s a god-level hard! Gets in less than five minutes then death, revive to 30 second later with death again.

Basically this update is nothing fun nor useful at all. You run more than shooting anything in game really... for this the game will get one star.

FYI vip system give lame rewards.

Seriously. This is a failed clone of Archerio

Evidence:
Enemies share remarkable similarities to enemies in Archerio (sometimes just re-skinned). They move and attack in the same ways
Examples:
Spider enemy that doesn’t directly attack the player, but instead moves fast and erratically? A higher-leveled version of this enemy that, when it dies, splits into two?

Large, golem-like enemy that fires a spread of three projectiles? Higher-leveled version that fire five projectiles?

The gameplay is exactly the same, except worse.

In-game upgrade system is exactly the same.
Out of game upgrade system is the same (remember the universal upgrades? They’re in this game.)

I’ve also been able to consistently bug the controls (which are exactly like Archerio’s). Often, sharp movements on the controls (like the movements required to dodge or change direction) send the player’s character in the opposite direction, sideways, or anywhere that isn’t helpful, useful, or not filled with enemy attacks.

If you want to play this game. Don’t. You’ll save yourself some frustration (just a little bit. this game barely made me feel anything besides disbelief at how obvious they were being in their rip-off, and amusement at how easy it was to break the controls.)

Projectiles are 2x bigger than appear. Many rooms give no room to dodge enemies or projectiles and cause you to take unavoidable damage. Bouncing projectiles have nonsensical pathing and are far too abundant. Position of movement pad and ability makes to where if you use your thumb majority of the screen is taken up to where you can’t see half the room your in. Forces you to sit through pointless animations when completing worlds. Forces you through tutorial matters far past where it should with base functions.

This game is a lot of fun and thankfully you don't really need to watch ads to enjoy. But its marred with an overly difficult start that pits you against bosses way before you're leveled up enough, a long and confusing map layout, and an unstable game that when you will walk into a room and you load only half the room and look like you are shooting but u don't and you cant do anything but give up the progress you just made. I guess as the developers say, they should try again.

Prior to the 1.4.4 update I would have given this game 4 or 5 stars. As other reviews point out, it's a fun arch hero clone. I'm writing this 2-star Review to express my dissatisfaction with the new forced ads after every play. This is a nuisance and I hope the developers reconsider going back to the old model of watching an ad only by choice in exchange for a continue or opening loot crates. If the forced ads persist, I'll move on to a different game and delete this one.

Frequent ads (ard 30 seconds) popup which is quite annoying. And sometimes when ads starts, i see a blank screen which i need to exit the game then go back in again.

Generally the game concept is ok. The developers need to reduce the frequency and time of the ads. I would give an additional 1 star if this happens

Really have been enjoying this game but he new update ruins the experience. They revamped the skills selection during the levels and they appear without warning right under your movement thumb and you accidentally select whichever one happens to be in that spot. Either go back to the old selection system or make us confirm choices. Thanks

This is exactly what I look for in a Mobile game, it reminds me of an Archero/ Mr autofire mashup. And that’s a good thing, it’s a well done mobile game with a lot of polish and systems that bring it to the next era of gaming. However you guys over there at try again studios have to fix your servers. Most times after I watch an add for double rewards, the game disconnects me. In fact most things that have to do with adds cause a problem. Hey look, you guys came out with a really decent game over there, i would hate to see it be a turnoff for some people because of server problems. All in all tho, you guys definitely deserve 4 stars… fix the disconnect issues and it would be a 5 . Update: I had to drop you guys down to 3 stars and it’s a crying shame, really it is. Apparently anytime you make changes to your city / character, the server has a chance of disconnecting you. And here’s the kicker, sometimes you can’t get back in. I got kicked tried to log back in and now it won’t go past 53%. I don’t know if it’s a server wide crash, or just individual clients, but it doesn’t matter.
Funny little side note, on the loading screen you get stuck at has a support button in the upper right of the screen. If you tap it it force kicks you.
I want to spend a bit on this game, but I’m scared to death of something going wrong.

It’s so similar to all the other shooters of this genre. Only issues are, there is no signal or marker showing where attacks are going, some attacks are too quick and there’s absolutely no time to move away. A lot of the boosts you can choose from are just dumb and have hardly any effect and are just a waste. Gear is hard to come by. Archero at least shows you where attacks are going to go before they attack so you have a chance to move.

Version 1.4.3 made Ads play almost after every planet you exit and sometimes just by clicking at the rewards. The previous version of the game didn’t even force me to watch Ads like that. I WAS enjoying the game until it FORCED me to watch Ads. I watch the Ads when I’m asked to cos it’s a way to support the devs but the newest update made me sad. Great game overall, but the way they started playing Ads made me not want to keep playing.

I’ve been playing this game for a minute now and really liked it. It’s the perfect game when you got 5-10 min to waste. Cool retro style game. The new update includes a uniform system. This is the stupidest add on I’ve ever seen in a game. It makes it nearly impossible to actually get a uniform. I put a little extra time into the game since the uniform update to try to get one and yeah. Even with having 100 tiers to start there’s no way to earn one unless you got hella luck. This ruins the vibe of the game for me.
If it wasn’t for the uniform crap system it would be a 5 star review.

So I really enjoy this game but the only issue I’m having atm is I don’t play for a good handle of hours when I try to reopen XenoSwarm it straight up just shows a gray screen for a few seconds and then it closes and I have to delete the game and download it again to play it, glad you keep your progress

The positives:
Lots of upgrades, equipment, and rpg elements.
I really like how there’s a map to flesh out instead of just ushering you to the next room.
Cool sci-fi theme.
Not too heavy handed with ads/IAP.

The not so positives:
I wish character upgrades weren’t a random roll. Give me at least some control, other than choice of equipment, of how I shape my character to my play style.
More info is need on certain elements in the game, like for example, how long does a season last.

Overall a really fun single-stick-shooter that is getting closer to the mobile-RPG-shooter game I’ve always wanted to play.

Implement a “fuse all” option instead of having to do each item one at a time. Quality of life improvement that could be a quick fix. Solid game tho. Fun to check in and play throughout the day.

Why the challenge mode at expedition, when going it stuck then one more time is still stuck, not all the time, most of time, it problem

I love this game so far. It’s very detailed and gives a great amount of opportunities to get strong and progress. It has many nice and fun evens and activities to do. I love collecting materials and equipment to get strong and upgrade.

Keep up the good work!

I’ve played Archero for over a year and at level 16, so I’ve played that game a great deal. Spacelanders does a good job of retaining many of the Archero qualities while adding enough variety and unique attributes to make it very enjoyable.

Space Landers is the best mobile game I’ve played. I love “Archero” type games and Spacelanders took all the best parts and then added cool features. It’s a must play.

The game is great at making situations very uncomfortable. But the more and more you play eventually you’ll get the hang of it game play.