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Element – RTS – Strategy Game Review
Element – RTS is a Strategy/Action game from Flightless Limited, first launched in 18th October 2018.
It’s rated 9+ and currently has 472+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Element – RTS Stand Out
Element is a realtime strategy space game for people who don't have time to play realtime strategy space games.
Home no longer provides a means to survive.
A fight for resources to escape our system has begun.
The future lies beyond…
Element is a visually stunning realtime strategy space game with a focus on sharp, accessible gameplay.
Element is for lovers of beautifully crafted, original looking games. It is for people who are into space and strategy games but don’t have hours of time to invest. It’s also for gamers who enjoy launching missiles and blowing things up :)
You are escaping a decaying solar system. You must visit each planet, mine enough element, and defeat the enemy to progress to the outer planets and beyond. Generate energy, mine element, build attack and defense units, and destroy the enemy while maintaining a balance between earth, air and water.
Element
A Flightless Game
by John O'Reilly & Greg Harding.
© 2014-2018 Flightless Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
Available for iPhone, iPad, and MacOS.
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This Strategy game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Element – RTS is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 28th May 2020
Recent improvements include:
- updated engine
- updated screenshot sharing support
- added privacy settings for GDPR compliance
Go and blow some stuff up :)
Download & Availability
Element – RTS is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Element – RTS on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
This is one of the best games ever. Cute graphics, minimalistic design and gameplay style, neat backdrop (cant really call it a storyline), easy to pick up and hard to put down. The only planets we couldnt beat in one go were Carbon, Radium, and Xenon. Boy was Xenon a toughie. Took us about 15 tries. The game was around 3 hours long. To any devs reading this, is this game dead. Seeing as its been a year since an update or any reviews even, it seems likely. We would love to see a random world generator, custom world builder, multiplayer, alien races, a sequel, a prequel ANYTHING. Not a whole lot of replay ability, so we would just love pretty much any addition to the game. If any devs are out there, thanks a lot for this diamond in the rough.
Elements game concept is a perfect idea. Its simple enough to be a time passer yet, complex and focus heavy enough to be a really REALLY great strategy game. With the simple art (Ive always loved simple game art), clear tutorial, and extremely affordable, this is a perfect game. Id love to see you add to it and improve on an already great game.
Beautiful low-poly graphics. Really fun and easy mechanics. Wish there was more of it, additional missions, multi-player.
We absolutely love this game. We love the looks, design, and simplicity. The campaign, though extremely short, is extremely fun and gets fairly challenging. This game however has a few problems: 1. The campaign is extremely short and leaves you wanting more. The game almost seems like an early access build with just a few levels available at the moment. This game needs more levels. 2. This game seems like the perfect way to challenge your friends and family. Multiplayer would take this game to new heights. If that isnt possible, local play would have the same effect, and would make the price tag worth it. 3. The price is a bit much for what the game is currently offering. Im not sure if the price will change but we bought this game for $5. We beat the game in around 4 hours. We highly recommend lowering the price tag or adding multiplayer. We cannot stress enough how much we love this game. It is a blast to play and we look forward to seeing what new update and improvements will be coming.
Based on the reviews, we were excited to play this game but wow what a let down. The game is interesting for the first couple of planets, but then its just the same thing over and over. Its too fast paced to actually develop a strategy. Because youre playing against the system which is very fast and its not like its turn-based so you quickly have to make bases, ours resources, build defenses etc. Before the system does, which it does very quickly. So your forced to randomly build defenses and mines as fast as possible which does not allow you to develop a strategy at all. Im not saying the game is that difficult, its not, but its just not fun. So if you want our two cents thats about how much this game is worth. Hopefully the developers use the three dollars it cost to develop a better game.
IPad Pro with and M1 and the game crashes frequently. Not happy.
Have been waiting for a space themed RTS that had a reasonable learning curve for YEARS, and am thrilled with this game. Definitely got harder quickly in the later levels, but was super fun all the way until the end. Wish there were an online mode to battle other players.
A little hard to grasp at first, as soon as you get through the tutorial, everything is really intuitive and fun. Love it.
Such a great RTS game and there are very very few out there but this is a great one. Definitely add more locations maybe an entire galaxy to venture, skirmish mode, survival mode, and might as well toss in online multiplayer for a quick challenging game.
They finished this game and we dont see anything else to add, after 3 weeks im done with everything. Its a good game but unless youre rich, dont buy it.
This game is fantastic, theres no other way to say it. But, MORE LEVELS PLEASE!! Or maybe a random world generator/sandbox mode? We want to spent more time in this game after Ive beaten it, but theres not much left to do.
Pretty but basic. Much too easy, if you are looking for a challenge pass this one by.
All these reviews must be fake its a stupid game that is very repetitive you learn everything on the first level.
First level vaguely made some sense, then when playing the next we realized nothing makes sense at all. Did you do any user testing? Feel scammed. And, why is the type so small on an iPhone XR? Scale the UI! This is basic stuff. Never going to buy a game before bed again; just feels like a lame end to the day, when it could have been great. Learn UX.
So the first thing you look at when you see a game is the price. It could be free or costly but this game is amazing but still costly for a 14 level game. We honestly think the creator would have made way more money of off a 1.99 game instead of a whopping five bucks for a mobile game. Overall this is a great game to kill time and we just think they should make more levels. Tip: if you play the game and keep in losing on one level use your resource mines. Lastly check out smashy road 1 and 2 for a nice free time killing game to add to your playlist. Thank you.
We think you should add a custom mode where you can make a planet And set the enemy difficulty. The gameplay is very fun, and that would longevity to the game. Also, more levels because the game is a lot of fun.
This game is the best game we have played in a long time, it's just there are only 14 levels, or planets we recommend adding more planets and add a infinite mode where you go on forever.
What a great game, we held off getting this on steam. That was smart of us and not smart of us. This game plays great on an iPad Pro and our iPhone Xs max. Our wife can even enjoy it on her iPhone X. The game just feels great on any device size, which is the number one problem you encounter when wanting to play a strat game on mobile. Beautifully done guys! Quick games when we want, while not sacrificing any thought or planning. Seriously, this game is just a blast.
There should be three things added. 1: capturing planets ores should allow you to unlock special upgrades in attack or defensive units. 2: more levels fun game but we finished first 4 levels in like 14 mins. 3: bonus missions should be added for capturing all planets mines.
Its okay, wish there was a skirmish mode. Only a few levels but fun.
This game is fun and pretty well designed. But as soon as you get the hang of it the game flies and youll beat it VERY FAST. It is not worth the $5, maybe $1 at most.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2.3
- Size: 139.41 MB
- iOS: 10.0 or later
- Languages: NL, EN, FR, DE, ID, IT, JA, KO, NB, PL, PT, RU, ZH, ES, SV, TH, ZH, TR
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: Flightless Limited
Last updated: 28th May 2020 | Genre: Strategy, Action | Developer: Flightless Limited