Ticket to Earth

App Store Editors’ Notes

Great Story, Gameplay, and Customization

It’s an incredible game with a story I am now captured by. At the beginning I thought there was a weird disconnect between the somewhat cheesy dialogue (saying ‘fleck’ for example) and the serious nature of the story (mass genocide). However over time, not sure if I just got used to it, but this issue seemed to go away and now I wish I paid more attention to the story early game and had read all of the optional dialogues. One issue I found to be significant was the difficulty, and I wish they added a third, more difficult option above Veteran. For most of the game, in between the very beginning and the very end, the game was just too easy. At many points it just didn’t feel very engaging, and I think there’s an excitement to just barely making it that I was rarely able to feel. All things considered, there is a significant amount of high quality content, the story is great, the gameplay is both novel and enjoyable, and the customization for your characters is complex, well thought-out, and interesting. It is underpriced for all of the content it provides. Would highly recommend

I think I've had it With Roguelikes

So this game doesn't really advertise it (that I can tell anyway), but it's roguelike, meaning the levels change every time you play. Which would be OK in any other genre, but in a puzzle-RPG, it means nobody designed these puzzles in a way that means they're 100% solvable. There's a mission, for example, called Stop the Breakout wherein you're introduced to a new character and his mechanics; the first time you play him it's a tutorial and it gives you a nice start to learn how to play him. If you restart (because it's a hard level), the enemies literally walk over the tiles used to teach you the mechanics last time, leaving you at a disadvantage. Second, there's a level where the optional objective is to finish with 100% health, but spawns enemies that literally fire upon entry to the level (which is chosen at random), so you're docked health without a chance to've dodged the attack in the first place. Coupled with that, the game gives you optional objectives which, if you're like me, you'll try to do the first time through, but more often than not they're impossible until you level up further. I love puzzles, and I can say with pretty high certainty the optional objectives are not solvable on your first playthrough-- which is fine, I just wish that the game at some point acknowledged that was the case and/or didn't reveal the optional objectives until they were achievable. Other than that, this game IS addictive, and I WANT to like it more than I do, but the lack of consistent level design turns me away from loving it.

The final mission (defeat SIX) for episode 2 is way too hard!!!

Comments after 2.0.2: It seems the difficulty has been rebalanced, and I was able to finish episode 2. It's a great game and I enjoyed the story line. Looking forward to next episode. --------------------------------------------------------------- Comments after recent update: The mission to defeat SIX is still too hard for me! This game suppose to be mid-difficulty not difficult like a hell!! Like I said before SIX can heal himself and this is ridiculous!! I almost beat him but he keeps healing himself....and there are 4 other mutants that keep consuming my character's health...how am I suppose to win...please fix the difficulty for this level... --------------------------------------------------------------- Like others said the new update for episode 2 makes other missions pretty easy. (Compare to previous episode 1) HOWEVER!! The final mission for episode 2 is too hard!! Not sure whether it's the last mission, because I was stuck!! Six-the boss can heal himself!! And every time I almost beat him to zero health he regenerate the health!! And that SIX can attack you twice with massive damage!!It's totally impossible to win!!! Please scale the difficulty level for that mission. I also think there should be some choices for choosing the difficulty....the difficulty of the level should be more balanced. That mission to defeat SIX is too hard while other missions are much easier than it should be.....

Loads of Fun, Want More!

I've seldom had this much fun in a tablet game. Just the right amount of challenge, though there were times I thought I was stuck, I eventually figured it out. The "justice" power almost seems like cheating. There are three episodes, and talk of a fourth. Please keep them coming! I'd be willing to pay for a substantial addition! NOTE: There is one improvement I'd like to see: Good tactics require you to adjust the talent load-out of the characters who will be fighting. But it's not obvious in advance which of your characters will be engaged in a scenario before you begin it. It's not too much of a hassle during the normal game progression, you can just quit the scenario once it's started, and correct the load-out. But it's a major pain when re-fighting older scenarios. You have to back all the way out, re-equip, then go back and find the correct scenario. Well, half the time, I can't remember the dang thing's name, and I have to putz around forever trying to find it again. There should be an option to change the character's equipment just before the action starts, without leaving the scenario. NOTE 2: Well, nothing to do but replay the older scenarios until 4 comes out, and do more complaining. I'd sure like it if the victory screen showed the crystals you got. My characters are going to be SO awesome by the time 4 comes out, I'm going to burn through it in 15 minutes. <villainous laughter> NOTE 3: Hey, the crystals are disappearing from the scenarios! Is this your lame way to keep me from farming them to make über characters? No more purples at all!

Excellent story, great characters

I really loved the narrative in this game. The characters and story are fantastic. They built a great world. At the end, I was hoping for a little more backstory on each of them, especially the relationship between Wolf and Malady, but it was still compelling. Reads like a graphic novel. The stakes keep getting higher in a great way (which is impressive when you start out with the murder of an entire city, lol). The gameplay itself is alright, it’s mostly the same thing every time with little tactical differences, but I found it somewhat meditative and fun. The music is good too, although wish there was some more diversity. A note to the devs, there are lots of typos in the one level in chapter 4 when they’re in the engine room.

Needs a few tweaks...

I really enjoyed the game and I live the twist on the standard strategy genre. There is a great mix of solid battle strategy and character customization. The visuals are stunning and the gameplay is unique and intriguing. My suggestions to vastly improve this game: 1. Allow grenades to target squares not just enemies. It’s so frustrating when all the enemies are spaced so that it’s impossible to hit more than 1 with a grenade or for example using a fire grenade to strategically block an area and force the enemy to either get burn or go around. 2. For a paid game it’s rather short even with episode two. The justice missions and the replay ability of the campaign missions is nice but not enough. Some kind of random mission or the option to do a previous mission with different characters would be nice. 3. Gold is hard to come by. Maybe I’m missing something but by the time you get to the last mission there’s not enough gold to get new powers or weapons. I was pretty conservative on upgrading weapons and buying powers during the campaign and I still find myself short on money. Maybe the justice missions could give more rewards or add more credits to killing enemies. 4. This is less a problem and more a convenience things. When selecting a mission it would be nice to adjust character powers right before the battle begins after you’ve seen the mission and the enemy types you will encounter. It’s annoying to pull up a mission, see the enemy types, then cancel the mission and go to character screen and adjust powers. Overall a solid game and worth the money. I look forward to episode 3 and the future of this game!

Good but need some changes

Everything about the game so far is stellar job!! Good mix of puzzle and turn based RPG with pretty decent storyline for a mobile platform.. BUT: Some key things your missing to streamline the play process before and after the chapters are done. 1: need a 3rd button other then"not yet" and "start" on the screen when you go in to replay previous missions for talent coins and shard farming runs. One that takes you to the justice power screen, so you can spec your character depending on how the mobs affinity are going to be towards for that individual match. 2. Cost of gems.. and the farm that followed to get them..way to huge of a farm needed to make any of the tier 3 or 2 gems.. really just to make even one per character it would take like 35-40 reruns to get it done.. And that is on top of the initial beating the level. 3. Chapters are far too short IMO. They are great little chapters , note the bulk of the game currently is geared towards talent point farming and clearing up periods when you missed a couple talented points rewarded here and there.. should be more back in line with the single player story not the guessing and grind to follow for the next chapter in anticipation. But all in all. Good solid outing in your first go as a company. Keep up the good work.

Perfect turn based handheld strategy game

The game is put together in well balanced way. It has the comics like appearance, some rpg and character development, somewhat challenging tactical battles, a little bit of luck, and a good story. It doesn’t drain the battery, starts quick and stores the game state when sent to the background. Perfect for short escapes from the daily life. Apart from the good quality game and software this game does not show ads, does not use gems, bucks, coins or other annoying currencies to progress. No in- app purchases. You buy the game and play it. No hassles. More than anything I was longing for this honest experience of the past. Thank you.