RedShip

slightly less generic match-3 with a rare space coat of paint, very dramatic but just as repetitive music, a crazy amount of typos for what little text there is (3 just on the mission complete screen) and some tag abuse on the store page, from choices matter to puzzle platformer. at least full price got reduced after a while to 4 eur and I picked it up for much less (it rarely goes on sale) but it was still not a good deal. not a lot of content, there are 3 unexplained difficulties for the same 5-stage mission. only easy available initially, and an endless(ish) arcade mode to unlock as a bonus. stages involve building a ship, avoiding asteroids, fighting enemy ships and eventually the boss, but it's all very chaotic. there are timers and other indicators but ultimately, just match as fast as you can and hope for the best. paying attention to what color you need more of helps somewhat but I could never figure out what triggers an enemy ship's weapon, an asteroid hit or some of the pretty much instant death situations in arcade mode. matches charge various things, 5-of-a-kind adds a random weapon to manipulate the board, as long as there's enough energy, provided by matching specia…

The gem switching is smooth, which is extremely important to me. I think it's clever and frankly I'm looking forward to a RedShip 2 where they iron out some of the kinks--like the 8x quicktime event gems, which are infuriating. But other than that it was worth it.

This game rules, it's candy crush for gamers!

A match-3 game in the style of bejeweled series but with various unique mechanics. You acquire various reusable weapons upon matching 5, which can then be used to get you out of a pinch. The theme is sci-fi space travel and combat.