Gemini Strike: Space Shooter Reviews

It's sad as this game has potential. However, the dev's. set the game up to make money through in app purchases(which are expensive) and a constant barrage of ads. I would spend some money on in-apps upgrades but I can see myself deleting the game because of the ads shortly after. You essentially get 2 lives per level, but you have to watch a 30 second ad to get the second life(or chance, whatever). Some of the higher levels are nearly impossible to complete in 1 chance(or two depending on the strength of your upgrades)so you are constantly watching ads only to fail and have to do it again. You can spend an hour trying to get past a level, but you spend 45 minutes of that hour watching ads so you never get into a rhythm. Offer an ad-free version and I will spend some money on upgrades.

I had this game I think two or three years ago and enjoyed it very much. But sadly once you get any kind of deep into the game you will slowly realize GeminiStrike (like 90% of the rest of the game app market) gears you toward in app purchases. The game becomes so incredibly frustrating dealing with OP enemies while you’re still trying to deal with making your ship any kind of stronger than when you start the game off. If you can make it farther into the game then world 6 then I congratulate you. Major changes to the gem and credit system and nerfs to the black market to make it very less expensive to buy an upgrade would make me re download this game again. Until then this is just another game with EXTREME POTENTIAL that goes to waste with greedy developing.

Very fun once you get a decent ship and some items.

My first suggestion is to make a cores to credits conversion, so that after you buy all of the core ships you can still use the cores for something.
My second suggestion is to add more ships! After you get the core ships, anvindr, and the raikou (core ships plus 35 credit ships), the other ones are underwhelming. In other words add more late game stuff.

Just a general note, regular crates are almost entirely useless, even in very late stages. The only usable accessories in the regular crates are the guns that give a chance for regular bullets to stun, which you then pair with a ship like the Akama for stun locks. It would be cool to make credits and regular crates a little more relevant.

This is one of my favorite games, the pacing is fine, the story still has my attention on sector 61, and despite being so small, the ships are sick.

My only complaint is that this game hasn’t been updated in two years, but does it honestly need it? Refreshing GeminiStrike to get the bounty and cargo missions nets you really quick loot and like every 10th run you get a secret item. Combine them with a ship like the mantis and you’re un-killable.

Reminds me of Sky Force Reloaded, although it's pretty different, and the story's actually pretty engaging. Unfortunately, as thing's get harder, the pacing suffers, but that's not enough to give it a bad score.

EDIT: So I’ve noticed a “bug” perhaps.

When you exit out of the game and come back in, the bounty, cargo, and raid missions are all instantly generated. This definitely makes it easier to accrue things, but...I have to wonder...is it TOO easy...?

People talk about how they have trouble upgrading, getting lives, ads, and micro transactions. If you want to enjoy this I’d recommend doing the cargo and bounty hunt missions. But after doing them change the date ahead a day to do another to keep getting gear. That’s the best way to enjoy this game unless the devs come back and make changes. I’m okay with the ads as a way for them to get money. But without changing the dates to get good gear. The game is just gearing you up for pay to progress.

I’ve played this game off and on for about 3 years. I’m currently on level/world 32. If you can beat the bounty and cargo missions consistently you’ll be ok, But around world 20 is when the gear starts getting harder to get. I’d spend days trying to get better gear of the cargo missions before moving on to the next world.

This is one of this most challenging space shooting game I’ve played. It’s very fast paced, and CHALLENGING. But it has one flaw, the way to get credit is very hard. I know that you are able to watch an ad for extra credit, but those come very rarely. Overall, very amazing game, very challenging too, but credit is hard to come by.

Graphics in this game are amazing and gameplay is really fun too, especially in higher levels, however I didn't really like the story mode or campaign part. Mostly kept going back through levels after I had completed the campaign, as that's what is more fun in my opinion..

Difficulty ramps up significantly within the beginning of the game (20 to 30mins), and as a result you will have to replay levels to grind for in game currency to upgrade your weapons or take the risk of paying for a lootcrate drop with 100 credits and getting a useless weapon/mod anyway. I’ve played this game since the iPhone 4S came out, I enjoy it time to time but the pay to win aspect makes it hard for me to WANT to play for more than a little.

The game is difficult. It’s not an impossible “you lost a mission so it’s game over” but it is difficult. I would love a function where we can keep our “cargo” from mission until we can open them. It’s annoying to survive through one, only to find out I don’t have the credits or cubes to open the cargo. Good game, worth it if you have patience!
-J

This game is fun but it gets repetitive after a while. I like this game because of the story driven characters, but I wish Gemini Strike was way more story driven.

One of the best shoot'em up games available today. It has everything a proper space drama fan could ask for. Modern yet classical UI, nostalgia inducing pixel designs, heart-pumping physics engine, engaging characters and storyline, great variety of ships and upgrades that prevents the game from becoming stale... It's magnificent.

Lots of potential... please keep updating and adding to it. More ships, maybe a screen that allows you to view the current ship with the upgrades on it! More background scenes. More special weapons!!!

But needs updates, along with a ‘restore purchases’ option. And of course: a better chance-no- option for better gear!

Please come back and update GeminiStrike. It needs some lovin and fixes and more content. Been here since day 1 and love this game to death. I can’t bring myself to delete it

Fun game for the first few levels. Then everything seems to hit a paywall with the boss of 3. Enemies far outrank your power and it gets to where you have to be incredibly good with spider sense or pay for upgrades.

Ok so, can you add more levels?
Also fix some bugs.
It’s in the title, Armor Games Dev.

We wish we could give better ratings, but if you dont ever come back on this game, welp the ratings stay the same

There’s a lot that can be added the game seems cut and dry and has been for a while, if they got onto adding different aspects to the game it would be much more interesting

This is one of the best top down shooters for the ios besides space invaders infinity gene. I love the unique style of this game as it combines a shooter with an rpg styled upgrade system. The graphics are nice too look at but can make it hard to tell whats going on at times. The added relative controls offer a better feel to the game and allow you to see the fighter instead of being covered by your thumb. The game can get frustrating at times, mainly at bosses that seem to be a little over powered. The game never manages to get too hard as over time you'll find better items, upgrade those items, and get better at dodging enemy fire. One specific feature I like and hope to be expanded upon is the surprise assistance from other players fighters. This not only makes the game more fun but gives a good reason to play as often as possible especially if you're stuck on a boss or level. I hope that a full multiplayer section will be made sooner or later, that would really make the game fun. The music is decent, I do like how the games music follows a main theme and fades into variations over time, It would be nice to have more themes that the game can use with the main theme during different sections and levels. I'd recommend this game to anyone who is in search of a new top down shooter to play. I know I'm happy with what I found.