Waste of time and money...
This game is buggy and needs work, a fair bit of it to say the least. It has frozen my phone a few times now. If I could give this app a .5 star rating I would.
It has little rhyme or reason in the first 10 deaths you will experience...then it picks up stride and seems like youve made progress, comes across as interesting, and then you die again and start from scratch again. Not sure if it has save points or not, but after exploring a large area, sometimes it starts you back with absolutely nothing, and other times it shows a good chunk of what I explored, and remembers gear Ive found, albeit the wrong set.
That said, if it does happen to revert to a "progress save point" it often forgets what equipment Ive found, will erases partial maps, slips backwards on the progress board and generally gives me the overwhelming feeling if chucking my phone.
The game is boringly difficult in the early stages, until you are fairly lucky to catch a break and find rare equipment. Then it becomes a little easier, until you get attacked by a 200hp defector...in which case you die. And it will happen early when you have no chance if defeating him...not matter what.
The developer believes hes being clever by building into the game taunting messages after you die...and often, as random as it seems, the devs also built in auto death moments where it doesnt matter what youve accomplished, you will die because its too early in the game to travel very far to find upgrades or food or the monster set is too much to overcome. Or even better, finding great gear only to die of dehydration because the devs forgot, or purposefully, to fill your water up when you hit a T, I, or an S.
If the game had any kind of consistency...I might play it more...but as it is...its a phone chucking app at best, nothing more.
OH! And by the way...The update will reset ANY progress youve made...youre starting over if you download the update. Terrifically well thought out, just brilliant! (Note sarcasm)
Surething001 about The Ensign, v1.39
