Best Game Yet!
I can’t believe it exists for so long and I’m just discovering it now, it’s really fun and doesn’t feel like it’s rushing you to pay to win, the art style is awesome and very appealing, just an overall great game that really makes you think…hope it will get the exposure it deserves ✌🏼
Lovely and fair
Love this game, so unique , unlike any other card game have played, very fair and based on skill not on other factors
Offline Version
Will there be an offline version of this game in the future? I enjoy it a lot and would like an offline, paid, and full version of this game in case it ever gets taken off from the App Store in the future.
Why
I am the player named unique I love it because most cards I like Joe the bear
Unbalanced?
SUPER FUN GAME. I’ve played over 80 hours got all the classes unlocked. I’ve noticed that the cyber and distortion is highly abused (ranked matches just ppl spamming the specials not even creative decks just copy and paste) also let’s say I’m not good at the game I’ve made other decks & play all the classes if I’m not using the later cards or the later characters the starting three main characters can’t keep up. Also it maybe that I’m just running into alot of those players they seem to be the two main classes everyone uses.
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Not talked about enough
I’ve been playing this game on and off over a few years on my iPad and it always took a while for me to get the hang of it, but I could tell there was something special about it. I recently started again and am surprised at how good it’s gotten. Great art, music, friendly style and gameplay- unique enough to standout as its own full bodied game to enjoy before bed or commuting .. and there are only 224 reviews??? This game is criminally underrated and I can only hope it gets bigger and better so more people can enjoy it. The tutorial levels are super helpful and I am finally getting into deck building. The UI is great, but could be a little easier to navigate. I would totally put nova island stickers on my laptop and water bottle.
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Cool game! But…
I love playing this a little but I do make kooky sketches of that. One problem is that the people who play this may be threatened because of Executioner the Bird (Parrot?) and Mega Joe the Moxie Teddy holding a knife. Could you please remove the knife on the two? It may make us have some safe and peaceful gameplay without them having that.
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My favorite PvP card game of all time
You're probably reading this because of some of the new sponsorships for this game, like FryEmUp. Let me tell you, this game is incredibly fun and consumer friendly. I've bounced around so many other card games (Pokemon Duel, Hearthstone, Soul of Eden, PvZH, South Park PD, Marvel Snap) and this hooked me in the fastest out of all of them.
First off, despite the low player counts, the game still receives regular and major updates! New cards, balance changes, etc. It's made by a small indie team that still continues even though the game has had little attention for 3 years.
Second, there's almost no gambling, lootbox, card pack, rarities, or dupe card mechanics. Once you reach enough player level, you directly buy a card with a plentiful currency. The only random aspect are occasional one time bundles of several different cards that become availible to buy at a level, with the bonus of one of those cards randomly given to you for free.
Also, while reading these reviews you see many complaints from years ago. They actually addressed a lot of these in a big rework update in April 2024. For example, they added an entire story campaign with event battles!
On a final note, the artstyle, soundtrack, and personality of this game is incredible. Nothing ever feels half-hearted or passionless, which is such a nice change compared to big cashgrabs from big companies.
So what are you waiting for? I guarantee that just trying this for a few days will be a great time.
First off, despite the low player counts, the game still receives regular and major updates! New cards, balance changes, etc. It's made by a small indie team that still continues even though the game has had little attention for 3 years.
Second, there's almost no gambling, lootbox, card pack, rarities, or dupe card mechanics. Once you reach enough player level, you directly buy a card with a plentiful currency. The only random aspect are occasional one time bundles of several different cards that become availible to buy at a level, with the bonus of one of those cards randomly given to you for free.
Also, while reading these reviews you see many complaints from years ago. They actually addressed a lot of these in a big rework update in April 2024. For example, they added an entire story campaign with event battles!
On a final note, the artstyle, soundtrack, and personality of this game is incredible. Nothing ever feels half-hearted or passionless, which is such a nice change compared to big cashgrabs from big companies.
So what are you waiting for? I guarantee that just trying this for a few days will be a great time.
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Suggestion for Aster/Cosmic balancing
Right now cosmic's combination of draw, coins, and zap can make matches draw out unbearably long with little progress after the 10 round mark where everyone's just cycling through their decks.
Zap is especially a problem since there is little counterplay against zap powers.
I have a suggestion to lessen extreme cases of zap stalling out matches: the maximum amount of zap a player can use each round starts at 10. Each round they zap, that limit lowers by 1 for the rest of the match. So for example, in round 8 where one player zapped in 5 rounds before, their 9 health boosted brainwave can only zap 5 nova.
This should limit stalling especially in Aster mirror matches without hampering normal uses of zap. hope this suggestion reaches the team instead of being given an automated response.
Zap is especially a problem since there is little counterplay against zap powers.
I have a suggestion to lessen extreme cases of zap stalling out matches: the maximum amount of zap a player can use each round starts at 10. Each round they zap, that limit lowers by 1 for the rest of the match. So for example, in round 8 where one player zapped in 5 rounds before, their 9 health boosted brainwave can only zap 5 nova.
This should limit stalling especially in Aster mirror matches without hampering normal uses of zap. hope this suggestion reaches the team instead of being given an automated response.
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Great for awhile
The game is great until you reach a particular level. To start the game was enjoyable and the grind was alright to get the skins and stuff but nothing. I have even enjoyed the challenges and side challenges.
But ranked is really the problem once you get high enough. I played and was winning 60% to 70% in ranked and have made it to the four star level. Suddenly I haven’t won a match in over 15 matches. I rebuilt my deck using new cards but I can not even get close. I noticed that some of the people (if they are people and not just bots) they seem to get loads of free cards whenever they run out. I was set up ready to win a match, my opponent had one card in hand I had 8 friends on the field and suddenly they played five cards to ensure they got more novas than me. Where did they come from?
Oddly I had bloom the whole way through 7 rounds a friend they were still at 1 health at the 9th round. Never got hit once and still never increased.
Every deck I have been playing against seems to have ALOT more than the ten cards available to them and gets the perfect card to make sure they can win.
The random level to be energised obviously favours one player over another as quite often one player gets theirs chosen for et and over again.
Fixed this and I feel it could be great but currently going to probably remove the game sooner rather than later. Do not waste your time until they do something about this or not afraid to lose all the time once you get to a particular level.
Could be a 5 star though.
But ranked is really the problem once you get high enough. I played and was winning 60% to 70% in ranked and have made it to the four star level. Suddenly I haven’t won a match in over 15 matches. I rebuilt my deck using new cards but I can not even get close. I noticed that some of the people (if they are people and not just bots) they seem to get loads of free cards whenever they run out. I was set up ready to win a match, my opponent had one card in hand I had 8 friends on the field and suddenly they played five cards to ensure they got more novas than me. Where did they come from?
Oddly I had bloom the whole way through 7 rounds a friend they were still at 1 health at the 9th round. Never got hit once and still never increased.
Every deck I have been playing against seems to have ALOT more than the ten cards available to them and gets the perfect card to make sure they can win.
The random level to be energised obviously favours one player over another as quite often one player gets theirs chosen for et and over again.
Fixed this and I feel it could be great but currently going to probably remove the game sooner rather than later. Do not waste your time until they do something about this or not afraid to lose all the time once you get to a particular level.
Could be a 5 star though.
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30 fps
Old game without 120 fps option, looks cheap
Card design
All the monster? Looks so similar and character are not attractive to me
This game is really solid and underrated (with issues)
I love this game, got it from a friend and fell in love with it, the gameplay is simple and fun, but it’s not pay to win and there’s no annoying battle passes (keep it that way, plz) but yeah it’s solid, not a lot else to say other than some balance changes will be needed later down the line but yeah it’s a great game over all!
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Amazing, one of the best deck builders i’ve played!
Hello! I’ve been playing Nova Island since pre-1.0 and I love it! I just wanted to say as a person who frequently gets intoxicated and plays mobile games at night, it’s a little hard to find the “my decks” option with the visual noise of the cards at the bottom of the UI! I think it may work better if it was another option up at the top to scroll to when you’re in the “My Stuff” tab OR if there was a bigger or colored outline around it? or if it wiggled a little bit? the other complaint is the constant bundle notifs. i very much wish that there weren’t little “buy these packs!” pop ups after every few level ups, i am tempted to compare it to YGO: Duel Links which has paid options but doesnt constantly notify the player of them through things you have to click an x on, but also i understand that this is an indie game and not everyone will be aware there even IS stuff you can buy from it. please consider giving these devs your support, they very much deserve it!
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Almost perfect.
This game has a lot of love and could be absolutely perfect. If it reduced the amount of RNG the game had, this would be one of the best “strategy card games” out there. It’s visually pleasing and satisfying. And the sound design is amazing. Even the characters theme music never gets old. If there was also a way to add friends or chat, that would make this game that much better. I’ve gotten some funny games which give a lot of personality and would love the option to speak to the person to get to know them.
Overall this game is great. And can be even better.
Overall this game is great. And can be even better.
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Pretty fun but unbalanced
Kind of like Marvel Snap with a grid instead of 3 lanes and Hearthstone influence the card design.
Overall it’s pretty fun, but the control and evolve cards from later pools are way overtuned. Between removal, cards that subtract your opponents score, evolve cards and cards that stop surrounding cards from activating/scoring there’s a lot of not so fun mechanics going on and you just have no agency with what you have in the board to do anything about it. It’s got that ultra grindy pool based unlock thing going on too.
Cute art but can’t recommend the game as it is.
Overall it’s pretty fun, but the control and evolve cards from later pools are way overtuned. Between removal, cards that subtract your opponents score, evolve cards and cards that stop surrounding cards from activating/scoring there’s a lot of not so fun mechanics going on and you just have no agency with what you have in the board to do anything about it. It’s got that ultra grindy pool based unlock thing going on too.
Cute art but can’t recommend the game as it is.
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So cute….but i’m left numb.
So I want to start this out by saying that the character designs, art, concept- it’s all very cute. I really love the idea of this game! However, the gameplay itself is quite boring.
I’ve played lots of different card builders, but it doesn’t feel as interesting in this game. If I had to guess, it’s the odd twist where in this game you’re racing to charge something to a capacity before your opponent using your cards. Something about this leaves me feeling bored, and left wanting to do something else. If I had a suggestion for this game it would be to overhaul the current battling system. It doesn’t feel competitive, and it doesn’t feel as though there’s any true strategy to it. People need some sort of challenge and this is just leaving me with a hole in my chest from boredom.
It may sound harsh, but i’m writing this review BECAUSE I see the potential for this to become much better than it is now. It’s clear there’s a lot of love put into it, from the art, animation, and unique designs for each card. If the devs of this game see this, I hope they take this into stride and figure some way to make things more interesting.
I’ve played lots of different card builders, but it doesn’t feel as interesting in this game. If I had to guess, it’s the odd twist where in this game you’re racing to charge something to a capacity before your opponent using your cards. Something about this leaves me feeling bored, and left wanting to do something else. If I had a suggestion for this game it would be to overhaul the current battling system. It doesn’t feel competitive, and it doesn’t feel as though there’s any true strategy to it. People need some sort of challenge and this is just leaving me with a hole in my chest from boredom.
It may sound harsh, but i’m writing this review BECAUSE I see the potential for this to become much better than it is now. It’s clear there’s a lot of love put into it, from the art, animation, and unique designs for each card. If the devs of this game see this, I hope they take this into stride and figure some way to make things more interesting.
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Underrated
More people need to invest their time in this game, ive been having a blast and i hope it gets the attention it needs, would hate to see it die off
Severely unbalanced
Nice idea and in general fun to play. However, the Boom cards, especially the leader, are way more powerful than the rest (energy and bloom the only other ones I've played so far), and the energy cards are by far the weakest. Also the fact that you have to "activate" cards with a separate and rare currency in order to get to use them is too much - the rate at which you get new cards to play after the initial jump is very slow because it becomes very costly to both acquire and activate them.
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Would be fun if I could play it.
Game doesn’t load and it keep acting like I don’t have an internet connection.
