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A love letter to the 80's
I'm really loving this game. There are little references to early arcade and 8-bit games everywhere, the soundtrack is fantastic, the story adds the right amount of "cheesy" one would come to expect from a wholly retro universe, and the difficulty can be quite challenging. You *will* lose coins, except that there are no coins to lose. People in their late 20's or early 30's will love Radiant passionately, but I'm afraid teenagers won't get it.
My only criticism is that powerups are quite scarce, wildly inconsistent between plays, and it will take one a lot of luck to collect and upgrade even a single weapon to the maximum.
Giving it a five in any case because as it stands the game is already that good; improving it as described above would be rather welcome, though!Show lessMr. Thoughtcriminal
Gameplay is nice, but a few new featrues would be welcome
This is a nice game, although it would be nice to be able to move forward and backward. I find having to touch left and right to move in those directions a little weird when I would think you could simply tilt the iPod Touch in that direction to move there. Having my two thumbs on either side I'm blocking a lot of the screen and hiding it from visual play. If you could simply tilt the iPod Touch in the direction you want to go you would be able to see the entire screen!
Maybe as you go along you could collect bombs and use them as well? Some areas of asteroids there is NO way out of an area and bombs would be nice if you had one.Show lessJeffTNYC
Loved it but the ending...
I loved this game all the way through- great graphics, fun gameplay, and surprisingly witty dialogue gave this game 4.5 stars (rounded to 5; I want to support this game). I just wish the ending was cooler. The final lines came out of nowhere but then... Nothing. Asides from that and making better difficulty scaling, this game was amazing. Worth it at 1 dollar, so don't hesitate while it's free!Show lesspoofy
God, it's slow.
The original Space Invaders absolutely blazes in comparison to the early goings of Radiant. You are at the mercy of auto-fire, which removes the strategy of SI altogether. As I bought new weapons in hopes of getting a speedier shot, each was slower to fire than the last. I can't even give points for originality, as every sprite is either stolen from SI and Pac-Man, or based on enemies from Galaga. Weak. Enjoy beating 60+ levels on one credit, as continues are reserved for easy mode only.
Lesson: Buy SI Infinity Gene for the only real reboot of the classic.Show lessrotstik
Mellow space blasting.
I've had this game for a long time but only recently got into it with the announcement of their HD iPad version. This is a bit like Space Invaders Extreme, but far more relaxed, and with a goofy sense of self-aware humor. The developers clearly understand retro gaming and this is a great example of a remake done right -- beautiful yet simple, addicting but not punishing. Get it!Show lessJindoFox
Classic, Fun, Entertaining, Well-designed!
This app is really cool and is a great reproduction of one the most popular classics of all time! It is very fun! The game characters like Max Blaster and Supercreep are funny, and there are alot of levels following an awesome science fiction storyline! But the Megabrain boss level is difficult becuase it requires alot of strategy and planning and you also have to be alert and what out for the projectile orbs, and dodge lighting fast punches.Show lessMGumabon
No save or level select option?
Like many others have requested, please add a save feature, or a level select feature of the levels you have cleared. Starting all over again has definitely made me want to put this game down. For those who want the challenge of no saves, you could make a "marathon" feature. With both a save mode, and a marathon mode, everyone would be happy.Show lessepic21
Awesome App!!
This is a great app! The only thing that could make it better would be more levels. I got to the end in a few days. If more levels are added it will be five stars. Definatly worth it! If they could add a mode where levels were just randomly generated, even without a story, that would be really cool. So you can just keep playing no matter what!Show lessMatt478426
Pretty Good
I like this game alot and think it definitely deserves five stars however I have some criticisms.
First of all the game is Hella fun but it goes by way too fast. Maybe in the next update you can continue the story line. Also it would be cool to have a freeplay mode in which you can just shoot aliens and upgrade all your guns. You should also make another like ten levels of upgrades for your weapons and maybe even add some new weapons. Also sometimes when I play normal or hardcore the screen suddenly goes blue and it says connecting and I have to go back to the main menu and when I start again it lost all my progress. Alternate control options would be nice and the option to turn autofire on or off although this isn't as important to me. So anyways great job and I hope to see an update soon.Show lessMrDoughnuts
Outstanding 99 cent shooter!
This game is a little challenging, yes, but all that does is add longevity to it. Don't listen to the whiners who think the rate of fire or enemy patterns are unfair... It's called a challenge people! You really can't go wrong if you have liked any of the gradius, rtype, xevious type games. Very good stuff! An update with perhaps some kind of bomb or nuke option (buyable item) would be nice, but isn't necessary. Controls are solid, weapon switching nice and intuitive and never interferes with play. Buy it!Show lessOmaha>holdem
