Red Conquest Reviews

Stupid idea terrible NO IPDATE IN YEARS
WHY DID I BUST A DOLLAR FOR THIS

The game has a very nice look to it, and granted, the controls do take a bit of getting used to, but I'm not really seeing much depth in actual strategy in battle. All military units have about the same range, and you can't choose which unit is attacking which enemy. Therefore, battle comes down to throwing as many troops into an area as possible, and rebuilding fighters as they die, and moving fighters to your other ships that can't produce their own. That's all I'm really seeing. If I'm missing something, please enlighten me, because I was really looking forward to a deep game, but frankly I'm about to give up on it.

Uniwar has the level of depth and competition that I enjoy. That one is 5 stars easy.

I think there is potential to this game. The graphics are great and the selection of units, while limited, seems to cover most of the essential roles necessary to RTS strategies.

My big problem with the game is the cumbersome and overly complex control system. Even such simple tasks as moving a unit require multiple touches through a series of cascading menus. I was frustrated time and time again when I went to move a unit and found that it scrolled the screen instead because I hadn't first clicked on the "Move" icon to enter the magic "Move mode". A suggestion to the developer for future games: common and easy tasks should be quick and easy to accomplish. It's ok if more complicated tasks require more work of the user.

My other criticism is the lack of single-player content. You only get 5 single-player missions, plus two extremely confusing and not-terribly-helpful tutorials, plus 4 "challenge" levels. I was expecting a lot more of a single-player campaign experience when I bought the game.

So on the whole, if you have been dying to play RTS games on your iPhone it may be worth a look, but for now you might be better off checking out one of the other RTS offerings until the control system gets worked out completely.

Can you fix local multiplayer?
I'm also curious what happened to the green campaign. I was never able to play it and it just disappeared. Hopefully you can add it back in. I might even pay for it if you do. Thanks for the support.

This game is fun but its EXTREMELY hard to figure out the controls. A tip is don't bother with the advanced controls they are way to hard to use. If you developers are reading this review, then please make the controls easier to use and make a better tutorial (and make it so that you can get more ships). Overall very fun and strategic and check out these other games (Pew Pew, Pew Pew 2, impossible quiz) and read my reviews!!!! -Kader98

I am a huge fan of Blue Defense and Blue Attack, so when I saw John Kooistra's third and more complex title in the Red/Blue universe had finally been approved I instantly had to pick this up. The learning curve is definitely more steep than his previous games, which may scare away some people, but if you are a fan of strategy games you have to try this out. The controls and interface may take some getting used to, but once you get the hang of things, you'll see that this is probably the best strategy game for the iPhone right now.

The interface is definitely not the easiest to learn, but once you get used to it, it's really a cool real time strategy game. most of the battle strategy seems to involve ship formations which is kind of cool. And the developer keeps adding new content (for FREE) including new campaign levels (with an interesting sort of anime style story) and a new online multiplayer mode. The only problem with multiplayer is there often aren't enough people online to play with, but the multiplayer game itself is pretty sweet.

Overall, a top notch real time strategy game.

Red Conquest is an amazingly simple RTS, that gives you hours of play. The graphics are mind-blowing, the control is one of the best I've seen for an RTS, and the art style used in the cut scenes looks very modern. The only concern for me is the price. This is my first Red/Blue game so I don't know if they all start off with the price being $4, but $4 is a pricey game. That being said I would still say buy it! If you call yourself a fan of simulation/strategy then you can't go without this. Everything is great and once you get used to the controls, you'll be blowing up planets in no time.

The game is brilliant. If you like checkers and Starcraft, this is the ipod app for you! The engine is amazing, although there is one crash that happens 50% of the time I start the game using my ipod4.
The balance, however, wasn't that great, if speaking from a tactician's point of view. In multiplayer, spamming tough units is really the only thing you need to do. No amount of tactics can help against a horde of green healers or red destroyers. If you're a hardcore tactician, then this game's balance will fall short a bit, but probably not enough to ruin the awesome gameplay it provides. Keep it up, Cat in the Box!

This is such an impressive game. I agree with other reviewers, the learning curve is steep, but only because the game has so much depth. The challenge is part of the fun. No half-baked phone version of a game here. Very well thought out and polished. I'm not even a huge gamer... I pickec tjis up because i love the developer's other games so much...but I've gotten very into this one. Endless options and beautiful style. If you're looking for a quick game to pick up and play in a few minutes, there are thousands of other options for you out there...but if you want a well crafted game with some substance...definitely check this out.

This game is unique among iPhone RTS games in that it was clearly designed from the ground up with the iPhone in mind. Other games try to put a PC RTS on the small screen with very little success. In this game, you are far more efficient on your iPhone than you would be on the computer.

The game is among a small group of RTS games for any platform in that it eschews base-building altogether, focusing on tactics as well as strategy.

A very complete game with excellent multiplayer due to the balance and infinite tactical possibilities. Lacks only a greater variety of units, perhaps, although it's so good that More units could detract from the tactical aspect for all I know. I trust Kooistra's judgement.

Been playing this game for YEARS! Glad to see that it keeps getting updates, I hope to play this game for a long time! If you haven’t played it yet you are really missing out!

This game has always been in my top 5 games on RedConquest Store. I can’t believe I haven’t reviewed it yet, if you enjoy the RTS Genre or strategy in general you’ll love this game! 3 different factions, one fun story. I hope this developer makes more games!

I bought this game on recommendation of a friend. It looked fun so i went and played it. This game is amazing! I originally had problems with starting it up but with the help of one of the CatInABox devs i got it fixed. If your ipod is stuck on a loading screen forever, try restarting your ipod (press power until "slide to turn off" appears, then start back up again). This game has the basics of a great rts so that un "hardcore" players like myself can play it, but it still delivers enough depth so that the hardcore players of the genre are satisfied. Im happily revising my older review to this new 5 star review and hope that CatInABox does more games this good.
P.S. if you have problems with this game, go to the CatInABox website to get help. it worked for me. :D

Starting off with the only con: the short campaign that was extremely short, quite vague, and didn't entirely explain what was happening to the main character. But the game doesn't end AT ALL with just the campaign. The game is stock full of mini games in which you gain score and rank, and for me the highlight of the game was it's exciting and sometimes chaotic skirmishes in which you can choose either side of your choosing.

This game is exceptionaly deep with so few unit variety. All races have their own major advantages and disadvantages giving each side a play style of their own. The gameplay is simply briliant giving you many tactics and techniques through skillful micromanagment with a variety of only 5-7 different, yet completely unique, units.

The interface may take some getting used to for most people, but once you do you will realize how well built it is for the iPhone/iPod touch. And the game holds it's last state so that you can turn it on, play a bit, close it to do something important (act like you're still working), than get right back into the game making it something you can play anywhere, easily.

I enjoy the highlighted style graphics as much as I did in the earlier installments of this one in a kind franchise, and I hope to see another spinoff of red vs blue in the future from you Cat in a Box Games.

Best game they have ever created! Excellent and polished game

I’ve played this game for years. It’s a fun little strategy game with decent balance. Thanks to the developer for providing continued support to keep the game going for a few more years.

I played this many years ago when I was younger and I just replayed through it and it’s still the best RTS to grace the iOS platform. I wish more people knew about this game!!!

I’ve played this incredible strategy game off and on for several years now. It never gets old. Truly this one of those secret gems of RedConquest Store. So deep, artful, and satisfying. My only request is an update for the resolution of larger-screened iPhones. Thank you!!!

I'm giving it 5 stars for now. If the constant crashing doesn't stop I'm going to knock it down to 1 star.

Despite the developer having no idea how to explain any of the UI simply and plainly, I have a feeling that the UI is pretty slick. It's complicated but I think once I figure out what everything does it'll be well worth it. The thing is, it's really hard to figure out how work the controls when the thing crashes on you and you have to watch that stupid logo and then try to figure out what you where doing every few minutes.

So I gave it 5 stars to encourage and help the developer to fix the crashing. If they don't I will come back and change it to a 1.