# UFO on Tape: First Contact — user reviews > 50 indexed App Store user reviews of UFO on Tape by Revolutionary Concepts, rated 3.14/5 from 91 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ufo-on-tape-first-contact/id358336313/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ufo-on-tape-first-contact/id358336313.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 33 · 4★ 9 · 3★ 11 · 2★ 14 · 1★ 24 ## Newest reviews (14 of 50) ### 2/5 — Short, uneventful, very unexplained, and very alien.🛸👽 *2024-05-03* Listen, I think the game was good. But i finished the stupid thing in one day. And, if they explained how to play the game at all, I wouldn’t have been wasting my time. Also, why didn’t we see an actual alien? Will this continue? Will we fight back against this extraterrestrial invasion? What are their purpose? Why did they come here? Are we going to go into intergalactic warfare?! TOO MANY QUESTIONS, AND NO ANSWERS AT ALL!! This game is too short, but I can’t even imagine how much more fun it would be if it had a story, and we could see it more fleshed out. Overall, Apple, whoever else made this, do better next time. Actually make a story, make it longer, and actually update it. Please Apple? ### 3/5 — Good but flawed *2021-01-13* Too easy to complete, and your reward is an augmented reality set of spaceships. ### 2/5 — Frustrating *2020-03-20, version 1.0.2* I dug the original version, but this one is simply too hard to control, resulting in a frustrating playing experience. Love the idea, but I don’t think this has been play tested. ### 4/5 — Absolutely amazing *2020-02-23, version 1.0.2* The only reason one star was taken off, lack of levels. Make more! 😄 ### 3/5 — Great atmosphere, poor level design *2020-02-12, version 1.0.2* This is not a game made for mobile devices at the first place. You can clearly see it from the way of interacting with the UI. It’s designed for VR devices. And it certainly offers terrible experience for mobile users. The visual quality is pretty good, with the BGM and the setup of the scenario , the game does bring the experience of the Third Contact vividly. Therefore the game executes very well at this point. But the drawbacks are as obvious as the good parts. The zoom in / out, rotate the camera and take a shot can be easily mis-tapped during the high speed UFO chasing. The criteria for moving on to the next level are very restricted. It ended up asking players to play the first level again and again in order to meet the minimum requirement to move on. This is a quite negative and rejecting experience for any new player. The concept of the game is great. The atmosphere is great. But the UI, control and level design is not ideal for a mobile game. So I am looking forward to some updates for those parts, because I do want to continue the game after those annoying experience improved. ### 4/5 — Give it a Chance *2020-02-02, version 1.0.2* The game is frustrating at first, but if you will take a little time to figure out the controls it’s pretty fun. I just wish it were longer. ### 2/5 — Nice looking but tedious *2020-01-14, version 1.0.2* The devs definitely spent some time on making the game look nice. But having to play the same level over and over again to get the pics you didn’t know you needed has turned a unique concept into a tedious chore. ### 2/5 — Not enjoyable for me *2020-01-13* Unfortunately I did not enjoy this game. The frame rate was kind of low at times and graphics didn’t look very good. The interface was difficult for me to control, too. I thought the concept was interesting though ### 2/5 — A game for conspiracy theorists *2020-01-05, version 1.0.2* If you're a conspiracy theorist who thinks alien visitation is a real thing and wish you could be the one to expose it to the world, this will give you the fantasy you desire. For the rest of us, it's hard to see the appeal. ### 2/5 — Horrible voice acting *2019-12-22, version 1.0.2* Sounds so fake.. also, bad optimization, literally fires up my iPhone 8, the game lags at certain points and overheats like crazy. Needs more work. And again... voice acting is so cringe. ### 4/5 — A good idea *2019-12-21, version 1.0.2* While I did have a lot of fun with this game and I loved the way the world not only looked but also the way it made you feel was you were playing the game but the controls are a bit strange at first and took me a minute to get used to. And there just wasn’t as much game here as I was hoping I beat it in around an hour maybe even less time. But other than the shortness of the i game I would recommend this game if you think it looks cool. ### 2/5 — What do I do? *2019-12-16, version 1.0.2* I took pictures. Do more stars mean more money? Do I need all pictures or all 3-star pictures? This game looks good. Controls are pretty good and I like the topic. I don’t understand what I’m supposed to do. I’ve played the first level several times. ### 3/5 — Eh *2019-12-14, version 1.0.2* It is a really good game, pretty good controls, but only a little bit of gameplay. I was really looking forward to this game, but it only took 45 minutes to complete. Yes, there’s quickplay, but it’s just 30 second fragments of other levels. Revolutionary, you disappointed me! ### 2/5 — Many replays needed? No instructions *2019-11-27, version 1.0.2* I played the first level several times. I get money for taking a picture? I need $1000 to get to level 2? This doesn’t make any sense. I got 3 stars on taking a picture but I still can’t move on. Now I can use touch controls to play but the level select screen has horrible controls. I’m not going to keep playing level one over and over so I guess I’m done with the game. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — This game is really terrible *2024-09-03* I keep taking pictures on level two and it’s not working i’m afraid that this is gonna happen on level 30 and all the other levels the developer of this game should add some more coding ### 1/5 — What is this? *2023-12-03* What a stupid game. You click the ufo… and nothing happens? I’m still stuck on level 1 no instructions on what to do ### 1/5 — No instructions except for the controls… *2023-10-15* The authors provided no instructions other than how to move. There are no goals, no reasons to do anything, and no reason to care about anything shown. After taking a couple photos, the player is stuck with a screen that shows a bunch of boxes, the sound of an unseen and unnamed woman whining, “Oh no! You let it get away!”, repetitive music, and no idea how to resume play. Deleting the game appeared to fix things! ### 1/5 — Horrible *2020-05-21, version 1.0.2* Any game whose opening dialogue is “The Fake News Media...” is not worth my time and it shouldn’t be worth yours either. ### 1/5 — How do you even play this game ? *2020-05-15* Wasted my time with this one ### 1/5 — Fake news media?? *2020-03-02, version 1.0.2* Haha so the game starts off by saying the fake news media???? Once i saw that i already knew this was a stupid game ### 1/5 — Tremendously Frustrating And Tedious *2020-01-16, version 1.0.2* A reasonable concept is here ruined by simply disastrous, one might even say inept, execution. There is little to no guidance as to the criteria required to progress from level to level, and the voiceover performances are laughably amateurish. As near as I can tell (remember, the player is left on his own trying to figure out what’s required to progress from level to level), the developers expect the player to replay level one repeatedly until a certain amount of money is earned (earned how? Beats me.) Now, level one, though brief, is tedious enough the first time through. I sure as heck am not going to slog my way through it multiple times to find out if level two is any kind of improvement. Yech. ### 1/5 — It’s REALLY BAD *2020-01-08, version 1.0.2* Wast of time ### 1/5 — Not a good game *2019-12-25, version 1.0.2* It doesn’t have instructions to explain what determines a better picture, you take a better pic yet still get 1star. Level 2 won’t capture the pics for over the rainbow & start your engine. Since you’re not able to get all the pics in level 2 you’re stuck... frustrating. ### 1/5 — Game design not very thought out *2019-11-30* UFO on Tape doesn’t hold up against the quality of the other arcade games available. seems rushed and buggy. some assets were nice but the menu looks super underdeveloped. it’s like ps1 quality but not in a nostalgic way. while the premise might be interesting the actual game loop was boring. It starts like it might have a narrative but very quickly it becomes an unconvincing point-and-click. the objectives aren’t clear and very arbitrary (i literally got stuck on not having taken a photo of an ordinary rock!) Not a very fun experience. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great! *2020-04-19, version 1.0.2* I want more levels!!! ### 5/5 — I don’t understand the question. *2020-03-24* Write a review? About what? (Blankie): I don’t remember anything ! Except MAYBE?...someone/me? Pointing/shouting? UFO?. I think but I can not confirm that....if I did I might lose my pilot licence? That’s why I have to state I don’t remember anything!!!!. signed by and reported by Anonymous . Blinkieblankie O - ### 5/5 — Omg people seriously *2020-03-11, version 1.0.2* Very awesome game. It might have some quarks!! But come on people!! They pick things apart because there negative skin bags that have no patience and want everything handed to them on a silver platter with a golden spoon and a set of divine instructions., This game is easy to Figure out. Ya it wants you to get the lvl and see all the action before you move on to the next nothing wrong with that at all.,keep it up I absolutely love this game and wish there where more like it.. Seriously it’s awesome. Start it knowing you won’t get it right the first time no biggie. No one has ever started a game beat it first try first life!! Get serious guys.. To the developers keep it up.! Don’t let these pests and roaches stop you from making another awesome and very much needed ufo game!!! Thank you., with all the games on the mobile I personally believe it’s one of the best for it’s type and what it is.,Again I love it thank you very much!!! ### 5/5 — why is the ratings low? *2019-11-25* not sure why people don’t like it, its kinda relaxing playing this game. ### 5/5 — Arcade perfection! *2019-11-19, version 1.0.2* Glad to see a real to life Arcade action game among the many adventure games in Arcade. This was very cool and unexpected. +1 if the developer can make a sequel to Gesundheit! That would be even better. ### 5/5 — Area 51 *2019-11-19* If Pokémon Snap and the X files has a baby! Fun premise and great graphics. Definitely worth trying for something very different from other Arcade titles so far. ### 5/5 — Liked the original love the sequel! *2019-11-19, version 1.0.2* Been waiting on this a long time and not disappointed. The 100th Arcade game and probably one of my fave new titles so far. Really evokes the feeling of searching for UFOs and very pretty even on my older iPhone. Some people don’t like motion controls but I think it’s the best way to play. Works with controllers pretty well too. Keep up the good work devs! *also please bring Gesundhi to Arcade!! ### 4/5 — Great gameplay, bad graphics *2021-07-01, version 1.0.2* I love the gameplay it’s super fun and realistic however the graphics look very unfinished and some locations almost look like a loading image on google earth. I also feel like that the way the controls work are mainly focused for VR or console not mobile. But all of this to say I still love the gameplay and I love to play it. ### 4/5 — Loved it but needs improvements *2020-05-27* Absolutely loved this game seeking, tracking observational skills, my real drawback I didn’t realise till level 5 that I could tilt and move my phone, more info would be useful on controls, I’m looking forward to more levels, if you sort out bugs with the controls I’ll come back and give it a 5 star rating :) ### 4/5 — One of the challenges is bugged *2020-03-12, version 1.0.2* In the mountain level, the SOS on the mountain challenge is bugged. I can’t get to the fourth level. Also, the frame rate is wildly inconsistent and varies between levels. Edit: Okay I just figured out that each photo has 3 star ratings. That really helps. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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