Island Empire - Turn Strategy APK 1.4.11

4 stars: Game is fun enough, but the ads after EVERY level interrupt my podcasts. The game starts to get repetitive 30 levels in. I'm no longer looking forward to playing the levels because they're long grinds. Looking forward to this devs next game though. Edit in response to the dev: this specific ad server is very unfriendly to background audio players. I have no issues with you running ads in general, I just dislike this ad server specifically.
4 stars: It's a work in progress game, it has good bones and is quick and simple to play but actually does have some complex strategy. Keep working on it and add some extra features, such as knowing if all your units have made an action, 5 stars (for what it is) if those things get added. Edit: Ah, I see that now, thanks! I noticed cities and the
3 stars: Great idea and a fun game, but the difficulty curve is nasty. Some levels are easy as all hell and some levels have ridiculous arbitrary difficulty (enemies getting more gold than they should, having setups where one mistake will cost you the whole level). Some better balance is needed for the full game to be worth the $12+ price tag.
2 stars: If you're going to copy Antiyoy, at least do it well. The tutorials are hard to understand, the AI scales far too quickly, there's ADS (unlike Antiyoy), and the game is rather laggy at times (I'm on a new, up-to-date phone). The games are too similar for this to be a coincidence. I will, however, give you a point for far better