Updated review

I really want to like this game, but the tutorial really doesn’t help too much. Ive spent a couple hours trying to figure out what to do and when I follow the first few “missions” to get started I find I’m always the target of high level ships that destroy my ship and everything I’m transporting. If you like wasting time doing the same thing over and over the start of this game is exactly that. Very difficult to get started. Update: I have now out in about 5 hours. The first 2-3 hours were definitely a struggle with the learning curve being fairly steep. After trying a variety of things in the game and just spending time trying to figure it out I think I’ve finally got some of it down. While I feel the in game tutorial really did not help me much, now that I’ve gotten a handle on the basics it is VERY fun. Was tough for me to get started but now Im enjoying the actual gameplay figuring out how the game goes.

Has great potential, map search doesn’t work.

I know we’re starting the game with a beginners ship but the turning speed and decel/accel are absolutely terrible, I keep flying by everything because I can’t slow down, even with autopilot it always blows by the destination. Please fix this and it’ll be five star for sure, great start though I’ve been looking for a game like this for a while. Also maybe add disabling of ships with a chance boarding and taking over the ship as your own, going back to escape velocity if you know of this game, it had that function and I loved it. Another function would be later in the game the ability to battle a station to take control and earn credits from it over time. Adding rare ships and weapons would be sweet too, like I said just some suggestions to make this game over the top.

A Deep and Epic Space Adventure

Just awesome. Been waiting a long time for a game like this and I could see myself sinking many hours into it. The soothing music is perfect and gives me No Man’s Sky vibes. I understand why the starter ship is so basic so I can’t wait wait to unlock a better ship or improve the starter one. The modules and power priority is a little confusing but hopefully either I figure it out or it’s not imperative that every setting has to be tinkered with. It would be neat if when you earn XP it goes to a role/job. Could rise ranks and become a famous bounty hunter, expert miner, trader, explorer, etc. Would just be a cool title to have and see how far you’ve come. As it is though, this is an absolutely great game and I hope more people discover and enjoy this.

Nice Elite Dangerous Like Sim

Absolute fantastic job, I don’t think there’s anything else like it on the Apple market so you have things cornered. I was wondering if you could add the ability to customize the on screen display controls a little bit more, so that I can add a flight assist on and off shortcut button near the shooter stick. In general a little better control customization would be great, like auto hide on the analog sticks when not touching the screen, and the option to remove the borers around the control zones around both sticks so there is more immersion. Thank you very much for your time making this sim. It’s appreciated and enjoyable.

What an amazing game.

There I was scrolling through the app store and seeing nothing but pay-to-play garbage and I’m thinking, “The phone I’m holding has more power than my first gaming console. There have to be better options.” After a little digging, I found Galaxy Genome, and yes, I finally found an iphone game that gives the old NES library a run for its money. It’s not perfect, a little buggy in places, but it is light second ahead of what you usually find on the App Store. It’s basically a 2D Elite Dangerous but with better story, better progression, and better art. If you love space sim rpgs, this one’s well worth the price.

“2D” Simplified Elite Dangerous

This game borrows a good amount from Elite Dangerous and even a bit from the old Space Pirate game (that was around ages ago, which was really a space trading game). While it’s a top-down 2D title, it’s well laid out, has a solid amount of missions, several flushed-out game loops, and a primary mission/storyline to undertake. And, perhaps best of all, the game’s creator is active on Discord and Reddit and does take into consideration what people ask or suggest. It may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but then again, neither is Elite Dangerous. But for those looking for an engaging space trading, combat and missioning sandbox with a story set within it, it’s an excellent game.

Puzzling

I would’ve preferred this as an email to the developer but since no contact information is listed, I have to do it this way. Mostly this feels like a puzzle game to me because of the lack of necessary information to accomplish things. It reminds me of Endless Sky in this regard especially, and the 2D environment feels similar. There should be a wiki that explains trade, combat, exploration, etc.: and in-depth! Not just the broad, generic overview under the information tab which is almost worthless if one needs information on how to actually play the game. As it is, I spend more time trying to figure out how to complete a storyline mission than actually playing the game. Aside from the self-explanatory freight or courier missions listed, there’s zero information about the “station needs” or donation ones, so I just ignore them now since they apparently only exist to destroy my reputation. I mean it looks like it’s probably a great game and I mostly like it. But better information from developer would be appreciated.

Deep game that gets in the way of itself.

Like a 2D elite dangerous, but not in a good way. This is more of a hardcore simulation despite being a 2D isometric game that would have been better suited for a more arcade type gameplay. The good parts of the game is that there an incredibly expansive universe to explore and incredible number of customization options to fine tune your ship, and create your own fleet. What turned me off is the horrible flight controls the the tedious amount of time it takes for navigating a star system. Other issues is a lack of an index to explain stat terms like optimal mass which makes me wonder if I’m upgrading my ship the right way. Trading is also too inefficient to be a viable way to make money in game.

Details. Galaxy Genome is an open world sci-fi space simulator. You'll be able to upgrade your ship and customize every component as you hunt,...

TouchArcade Wed Dec 29 2021