Assault Squadron App Reviews

Options to change buttons layout More weapons upgrade

Really enjoying it. I have most of the top shooters and this one is a lot of fun.

If you see any negative reviews be assured that they are highly suspicious because every aspect of this game is nearly perfect. Ever had a hard time maneuvering around with thumb or clearly being able to see current health/enemy health/etc? Not in this game, the unique "thumb control" mode makes sending your ship into any area of the screen precisely and instantly as simple as how fast/much you move your thumb. Whoever wrote this game/soundtrack/story loved it a lot and had a lot of experience doing it right and it shows. My favorite iPhone game ever purchased. Hell, favorite action/scroller/2d game purchased period on any device/console.

...its near to perfection, the graphics are stunningly beautiful and whats best is...its FREE...

Just great more levels will be nice...

I got it for an alternative to "SuperLaser" and was I surprised!  The top-down is nice, but they even throw in side scrolling as well! The innovative control method is a nice way to handle your fingers getting in the way. For iPod and iPhone users, it doesnt get much better for this type game. My only issue is that I wanted to jump in right away but had to sit through the intro movie. No skipping. Oh well. -Anguawolf 

I have five other iOS bullet hell games, and this one smokes them all. Im happy to have paid only 99 cents for it. That price was a steal, even though its free today. If you have room in your i-device, get this game now. If you dont have room, youd better delete a few apps and snatch this up anyway. The different difficulty settings and unlockable ships further sweeten the deal. The cut scenes are great as well the first time through, but there is an option to play the game without them.

Good graphics, great production values, fun shoot em up but very crashy on the cutscenes. Im running iOS 4.2. Fix that and my rating will be higher.

dont you find it hard to notice the enemy?!some of them are really small and all of a sudden they crash into me and game over

Im really happy to get this app for free. If I could choose only one app for free. Id choose this.

Really good work guys, I loved this game.

Its one of the Awesome shooter-fly game and thx again for making it free;) Get it right now!

Glad I got it for my iPhone 4

The story is the best thing here and its still not amazing. There are soooooo many games just like this!

Fantastic game, great graphics and gameplay, but whats holding this game back are the controls and no orientation flip. You have 3 weapons: autofire, secondary, and bomb. In the levels that use portrait mode (right-side up), to use your secondary weapon you can either take your finger off the screen for a few seconds (suicidal in such a frantic game) or tap and hold the S button with another finger. The problem here is that the S button is on the bottom right, Im right-handed, and I like to use my right hand to control the ship...making tapping that S button more or less impossible to hit unless I cross over my left hand (awkward and impractical) or I use my ring finger to hit it, which ends up in me dying half the time. Also, I think the 2-finger detection is off--when I have one finger controlling the ship and another holding the S button, I release the S button and the ship goes spastic and usually ends up with me dead. Additionally, the "Bomb button" is on the far right-hand corner of the screen and theres no way Im hitting that one. Suggestion: eliminate the S button and have 2 fingers on the screen activate the secondary button and have the B button movable OR eliminate the B button as well and have 3 fingers on the screen register for firing the bomb. This essentially makes the entire screen your S or B button. That was for portrait mode. The above changes would be great but in the meantime an easy fix for the landscape levels is a simple orientation switch (i.e. when I turn my phone upside down the screen would change with it) would be fine with the current control scheme--with your plane on the right and the buttons on the bottom it would leave my right pointer finger able to control the ship while my left thumb free to hit either the secondary or bomb buttons. Please dont get me wrong--this is a great game! But, fixing the controls would make playing this game infinately more enjoyable.

This is not a bad game; its just been done before. For me, nothing compares with Caves Dodon and Espe titles. Cant complain about the price though.. A solid 4 stars.

Everything about this game is top-notch except the controls. The buttons are layed out in a way that almost seems intentionally awkward. For example, if you use your right hand to steer the ship (as most right-handed folks would be apt to do), all the buttons for bombs and special weapons are hidden by your hand, as theyre all lined up along the right side of the screen, while your hand has to be in the center of the screen to control the ship. So if you want to drop a bomb, charge a weapon, or even check how much ammo you have left, you literally have to move your hand off the controls. In a frantic arcade shooter, i think its obvious why thats a bad thing. On the upside, if youre a lefty, it looks like everything is positioned just right for you!

This is one of the best game Ive play in a while. Its very fun. Oddly enough, I like the voices too. The campaign is too short though.

Perfect game for the platform!

Nicely made shooter, and some decent polish. I think the easy mode should be a little easier in the mid to late stages, but thats my opinion! I kinda wish there was 2 more options added for playability, one a little easier, the next between what is now easy and hard. Also a couple (to more....) waves/levels are needed, kinda short campaign with 6 levels! Still give 5 stars with hopes for added levels/updates in the near future, or Assault Squadron II with more levels than 6, and I will gladly buy! ;)