Good game!
Sometimes, there’s a little bug when trying to move or click a character. I have to click multiple times at the same place before it highlights.
Hope it get fixed. But still a good game.
Good game bad port
Crashing, Cannot Start First Mission
9/26 The last update did not seem to change anything. However, I deleted the game and reinstalled it and it works fine now. The game mechanics are a little funky. Switching from one character to another typically frustrates me as I try to move one after the other. The turn for the aliens takes a really long time to respond (we’re not talking minutes, just more seconds then are comfortable to sit and stare at the screen). Also, the only character with a sword is way to fragile. Seeing as she has to be up close to attack, her armor and hp should be stacked. A tank if you will. But Each time I play the first mission, she dies the moment she goes in to fight, getting killed in one hit each time. Perhaps it’s just been bad luck every time, but it makes me just want to keep her out if the fight since she can’t do anything other than fight up close. The dynamics of all other characters are great though and overall, I’ve been enjoying the game a lot.
Response from developer
Thanks for the feedback. The characters do get a lot better as the level up. The game is tilted towards giving the aliens the advantage in close combat so the melee fighter is meant to be a last line of defense. That being said, she should be quite capable once she gets to level 3 and above. For the alien game turn, you can press the game speed button to speed it up.
Good, not Great
1. More level selection. Other games Wavelight has made have had a 30+ level main campaign and 20+ side missions. This game only has a 12 mission campaign.
2. Team selection. I really enjoyed mixing and matching characters in pervious games, and having a team assigned to you just feels bad.
3. Ability redundancy. A lot of characters share the same abilities. This wasn’t a problem in previous games because there were so many characters to choose from. However, this game has only 6, so this problem is more pronounced.
4. I know this is a small gripe, but what happened to the hexagons? The square grid feels awkward and clunky.
That being said, there are improvements in this game over previous Wavelight games too. The UI is improved and the characters that are in the game (I wish there were more!) are very well designed - better than in previous Wavelight games.
Overall, this is a good, not great game. I really love Wavelight, but I feel this is their weakest title. I really enjoy the sci-fi setting, and with some improvements this game could be great too. You guys are incredible developers, and I have faith that you will make this game better. For now, I feel it is only worthy of 3 stars, but if there are updates I will adjust my rating.
Response from developer
Thanks for the feedback. This game is just meant to be a small game to let people that aren't willing to jump into the bigger games. I will be adding more content in the next few Hyena Squad games but games in this series will be smaller by design. However, please don't be concerned ... future games, including Strike Team Gladius, will be ported to iOS. The plan is to go through a full Early Access period for those games to get the games as polished as possible before porting to mobile so there may be a delay but they will eventually be ported.
Another hit
Response from developer
Thanks ... glad you liked it.
Awesome game. It’s bite sized WaveLight.
I see a lot of people complaining about crashes, but I’m on an iPhone 11 and an iPad Mini 5 and it cruises along crash free for me.
Anyway, but this game for me if nothing else, so the Dev can make enough money to do a sequel to Shieldwall.
Response from developer
Thanks ... appreciate the support. A new Shieldwall game is definitely on the horizon. Hopefully mid 2021
Still doesn’t work after update.
Response from developer
Hi, this appears to be an issue with the Dynamic Shadows option in graphics. Please disable it and the game should work fine. The upcoming patch will fix this automatically.
Still crashing
Response from developer
Can you please send me an email with the graphics settings you have enabled in the game options? Also, can you try turning off all options and selecting graphics detail to "Fastest" to see if that addresses the crash issue?
Still crashing after a week
Response from developer
Can you please send me an email with your graphics options and device that you are running on?
Crashing on two IPads
Response from developer
Glad the patch worked.
Huge fan of wave light games, but...
Normally, the downside of a small studio game ( for example like some bugs, some reused or sub par assets, some graphics wonkiness ) are more than made up for by the large scope, the huge number of classes, a nice story and great game mechanics that allow you to replay a bunch of times.
Here, though, everything is half baked, so you get all the downsides (soooo many bugs, and clear faults like things in the shop that no character can equip- really?!? Did you even play your own game!) but you cannot choose your team, and there are only 12 very similar levels, not 30.
My advice is to get demon’s rise 2, or the other space game, or ANY other wave light game. This is just so much worse than everything else they have done. It makes me sad.
Works fine now.
Response from developer
Thanks, glad it worked out. Will have some improvements in upcoming patches.
Fun....
Game won’t start
Response from developer
Please try with the latest version. The crash issue has been fixed.
Crashing
To Wave Light Games - it is a 6th gen iPad. All software is up to date, I’ve deleted and reinstalled. Still not able to actually start a game.
Response from developer
Please try with the latest version as it addressed the crash issue.
Pretty poor
And definitely nowhere near being a “premium” game.
Crashing
Response from developer
Please try with the latest version as it addressed the crash issue.
Crashing
Response from developer
Please try with the latest version as it addressed the crash issue.
Love this developer
Response from developer
Thanks ... yes, definitely planning out the next Shieldwall game currently.
