Recently while looking for a new game to play I came across a genre I hadn't played before.

 

The first game I found was Star Battle, and involved a screen of planets for which you battle with AI opponents for complete control.

 

I quickly found two other flavours of this game, Planetary Wars and Galaxir, and thought I'll do a  critical comparison of the three games.

 

It's worth noting that these games are from different developers and I have no knowledge as to who did what first and don't claim that any game is a copy of another

 

Star Battle was the first found from our trio and a tough little game it is.

 

There are 6 difficulty settings ranging from simple to impossible and from what I can tell the difference between is the speed at which things happen. Impossible involves swiping your screen like a demented looney with little regard for tactics at all.

I did manage to complete this game and it didn't take long but boy was it tough!

 

There is an online leaderboard, but my HTC Desire forced closes evertime I tried to upload.

 

Planetary Wars
 

Planetary Wars was next on my list and I really enjoyed it.

 

The controls were slightly different in that you are allowed to select more than one of your planets to launch a combined offensive.

 

There is pretty good online ladder system where you can track you progress against other players.

 

Two things disappoint me about this game:

You can win most of the time if you just rush your opponent is a real let down, and there is an awful lot of suspicious entries in the scoreboard (have a hunt for Nemo)

 

 

Third and final for this review is  Galaxir. 

 

Galaxir follows the same lines as the others but advances the interface again, allowing a double click on am enemy planet to send an attack from all your planets and a slide to control how many are sent from each.

 

The games are more varied and there is no sure fire way to win. There is even a campaign mode with a slightly bizarre storyline to follow.

 

I'd mention some of the other features like the multiplayer, ship upgrades, and 23 different sets of levels, but these are only available in the paid version.

 

 

Conclusion

 

Three great little games each with their own strengths and weaknesses.

 

If I had to choose just one to play is really struggle, but thankfully our Android devices don't force  that restriction on us so my recommendation would be to try them all, you won't regret it.