This game builds upon the idle mechanics of the previous idel title "Champions of Avan" but has more downsides.
👍 Pro: The storywriting (relgated to misssion text and lore notes) is improved. For a first playthrough you do get a sense of fear the more you progress and more area ofbspace you uncover.
👍 Pro: The graphics is pretty amazing and a definite improvement on the previous title.
👎 Con: Compared to the previous idle game you have to watch ads in order to get the currency needed in order to buy better weapons. You only unlock the option to mine this resource mid way through the game. And you only ever get 2 places where this can be mined.
👎 Con: The upgrade cost of mining regular resources (steel and blue ore) increases very quickly and it soon becomes apparent on how useless upgrading earlier resource locations are when you see late game locations give as much at lower levels.
👎 Con: A drawback carried over from the previous idle game; your units don't die instead they are unavailablefor a set amount of time hence most fights have no real depth to them.
👎 Con: Compared to the first idle title, it's more harder to play the lootbox system for free.
I finally finished my first play through and I'm not going for a second one.