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It's like a mashup of Magic: The Gathering, Heroes of Might and Magic, and Sins of a Solar Empire. The price tag is pretty reasonable compared to the quality, depth, and replayability of the game. After spending SEVERAL hours (read: about 8-10) playing this, I've run across a few things that probably need to be put into the next update: - We need to be able to read the details of cards outside of battle. I hate it when I have an Orion completely built out and when I go to buy cards there, I can't remember exactly what some of them do and I can't find out because there's no way to read their descriptions. (FIXED IN FIRST UPDATE!) - On the large campaign maps, all of the Orions look the same regardless of what the player has built on them. I find that I waste a LOT of time staring at loading screens as I'm switching between all of my Orions and trying to figure out where I can get certain cards. It would be cool if whatever you build also showed up on the map for easier pinpointing of which places I need to visit to buy cards. Even a simple number indicating how many elemental buildings are on an Orion would suffice. - We need better indicators of how close an Orion is to it's maximum building capacity and, possibly, a way to destroy buildings to make room for more. - I don't know if the developer intended it to be like this, but I'd love to be able to dump a stack of cards that I find useless. I hate Nymphs and yet I almost always end up with a stack of 80. Horrible waste of Power. Even with these flaws, I still consider this a 5-star game. One of the deepest, most immersive, and most time-consuming (in a good way) games on the App Store right now. THIS IS THE ONLY REVIEW YOU NEED TO READ. Back out of this section and go tap the BUY NOW button before they raise the price to something more suitable for this kind of quality!

As a Magic the Gathering player I was excited when I first downloaded Orions. After 4+ weeks of playing the game I am frustrated and disappointed. I have seen reviews mentioning that new cards are essential, but I am surprised that I have not seen anyone mention the bugs in the game play! Here are just a few that I have found:

I have been waiting for a game like this forever! And finally someone delivers. Many thanks to the developers and creators. The game plays like a 4X game (Sins of a Solar Empire, Strategic Commander[palm]), but has the core of a fantasy card game. It takes little getting used to. The tutorial does not go into 100% detail as to what's going on, but it gives u a pretty good idea. Enough to get u started, to the point where u can figure out the rest as you go with no major fallbacks. Also! You can save like 5 different games at a time! This game should be at the top in no time, and for $1.99?! This is an INSANE deal, get it NOW before they realize they can raise the price! I BET WE CAN EXPECT NEW CARDS IN FUTURE UPDATES!!! Best game on the iPhone. Period. I have just a couple issues and they are: 1.) When you are buying/"forging" cards I wish you could double-tap them and find out their stats BEFORE you buy them... It may be intentionally left out but I think it would be a nice feature to have. 2.) The loading screen flickers a bit sometimes. This may sound picky but I'm sure it will bother some people (not me really). Neither of those are anything near enough to cancel out the 5 star rating for enjoyment I have got from this game. 5+ STARS

The game is vaguely similar to magic the gather, but incredibly close to the old heroes of might and magic I've had one crash in about 10 hours of play Things to consider SELL or at least throw away unwanted cards Card description on buying screen Kind of a pain having to cycle around to different castles to buy certain cards Give the different character classes pros/cons ie more element gain of the same type you choose

This replaced Field Runners as my most played app. I'm addicted to the duel mode. Always get a random deck, opponent always gets different cards than you. It was a challenge at first even on easy, I didn't know what the cards did, but then I learned them all, and now I haven't lost for a while. It really is an amazing game. I'm looking forward to more cards and stability updates, but this is DEFINITELY worth $2. Less than a booster pack of a regular card game. 75 cards + campain mode + duel mode, c'mon.

This game is like a strategy game mixed together with a card game. The card looks, how you have to build buildings to get materials to get more cards, and how you have to conquer each world makes the game totally fun. If you've played magic the gathering, this game is similar to it. Definitely a must buy as it has lots of replay value. The downside to it is that it is rather confusing when you first start the game as the tutorial should have some pictures to refer to.

My initial impression is fantastic! This is one of the best first impressions a game has made on me. Polish, depth, fun. If you like MTG then this would be right up your alley. Can't wait to play more. Buy now before they realize they could be charging a lot more for this. Awesome. Got to go play more now.

This game is amazingly fun and worth the money and well deserving of 5 stars. Only one question... Will we get the add-on packs like the ones for pocket pc?

This is a well done game with some quirks that could make it much better. It is similar to MTG as other commentators have mentioned. Note that this game needs more that 30MB of free RAM, otherwise it will crash quite regularly. This means you should always shut down the core iPod apps before running (iPod, Mail and Safari) (I bought MemStatus to do this for me).

This is, perhaps, the most addictive game I have on my iPhone right now. My only suggestions to fix/improve it are as follows (I see some of them are being addressed soon).

I played this game once, on my last mobile platform. When I have seen news on one news site that there was this game, I simply have not believed to my eyes! The magnificent graphics, great music and sound, and a gameplay from which it is impossible to come off. I am very glad, that on iPhone comes more and more qualitative games from Russia and russian developers, that is pleasant doubly :) If you love RPG and gamblings - buy not deliberating, it costs each cent which you for it have paid. Waiting for russian language pack.

Honestly I'm glad to see some good mobile games make their way onto the iPhone (for much less then on other devices, even!) as they provide a full game experience. I really enjoy card games and this one is pretty good and looks like it has an amazing amount of replay value. For $2 you really can't go wrong with this game!

This game has a great concept behind it and a good style, but suffurs from a number of errors. First, it does not have enough cards. There are maybe 6 cards per side and 5 sides, so 30 cards total. Way too small, even if I'm wrong and there is more. Two, in duels you should be able to pick your own deck. Third, the campaign is stupid. But the duels are really really fun. So, plz fix the errors with updates. 2 stars for concept, 2 stars for duels, and minus 1 star for bad campaign and lazy amount of cards. Update: campaign is better as it progresses. More cards than previoulsy thought . 5 stars.

This is a great game - and probably the first one that has kept me playing so long i ran out of charge. Seriously good gameplay - especially the duels.

Amazing game quality. Perfect ranging from 5 minutes to countless hours at a time. Never loses it's touch and has amazing replayability like fieldrunners. I can't be more satisfied with the game. If you don't get this game you are missing out on the whole app experience. I am one of those people that over research a product to make sure it is the best of the best and this is the best of the bes. It has a good price. If youm like fieldrunners, this is a step up stretedgy game and rates as the best itouch game tied with fieldrunners.

I've been playing MTG for over 10 years, so when I read from the reviews that this game was similar to MTG, I jumped on it and I'm glad I did. I've played this game for about 5 hours so far, doing the campaign mode on "hard" and it's a pretty good challenge.

Real great app! I love them!

Orions really blew me away.

Good: Great gameplay - if you've played collectible card games like Magic The Gathering, you'll probably enjoy this. There's a lot of strategy involved and different combinations you can employ in building your deck.

Seriously addictive, surprisingly intricate, and a whole lot of fun. A potent and enjoyable cross between the resource-gathering and research of any good strategy game and the deck management of "Magic: the Gathering", this game can and will draw you in for long periods of time. Work hours may suffer; friendships may dwindle; but this game, once played, cannot be ingored!

Superb game! Only thing I would like to see in a future update would be custom 30 card decks for dueling. Then possibly online capabilities. Thanks for the wonderful game! Buy this asap! I'm super serial.

If you like Magic and the like, you'll most likely love this app. Very well polished and lots of depth. Fortunately, it has not crashed during all of my playing.

I was really loving this game...until it stopped launching... Period. It gets about 60% of the way and then just hangs. The game, up until this horrendous bug... was most excellent. I've tried power cycling the handset a dozen times, even ran the latest updates to know avail. If you have any suggestions, please let me know. Other than the crash, the only other thing I would change is to add a preview card capability before you buy or trade. But now that I can't even launch the game... It no longer matters. I'm pining to play, so Im going to give you guys the benefit of the doubt and assume a nice bugfix is on the way. Until then, I'm going to have to rate this as a 2 star game. This game when back up and working, will get an east 5 star rating....

This is amazing!! It's pretty much just like magic the gathering and has cities and a little plot. The only thing I would like them to add is the ability to read what the cards do before you buy them. And online multiplayer where you can make a deck ( or they give you a random one) and you can play against other people online. Don't even hesitate make the $2 purchase!!

I really like this game, but there needs to be more cards. Give us the expansion. That would make this game really great.

But needs an update badly! Please add more cards to the "duel" deck!

And I usually like card games. I just found that building things all over the place, switching from map to map since you can only build 3 things per area per turn, and keeping track of what you have and don't have in your deck was tedious and hard to do.. There was no "view current deck" option without going into the buggy shop menu and seeing what you have in the shop.. Btw I found it annoying that you couldn't see the amount of current crystal you have when you are buying cards. I couldn't throw away old crappy cards and maxed out my deck, and I didn't see a sell option in the store, so I got stuck and that is when I decided to delete this game. My suggestions: 1) Make the building management in one place (or get rid of it completely), I don't want to play sim city, it was boring and it took time away from playing the "card game" part. 2) In fact, make everything together, it's annoying to have to go to 10 different stores just because I built a certain building somewhere. 3) I personally felt that there wern't that many cards, but the art work was impressive so I guess it takes time to make them. 4) ... I guess that's it, I mean the load time was long and there were bugs, but that probably isn't as critical as unattractive game play. GJ other than that.

awesome implementation of this soft on iPhone. good tutorial extensive features wtb multi

This game is so similar to Lords of Magic, and then throws in the card game aspect that feels like Magic online. Is a great game, hope they add multi sometime for duels.

and i really mean that because i have aspaht 4 and the ferrari challenge and brothers in arms, arua fient arena fieldrunner dinnerdash monkey ball nanosarus etc etc, all the high rated ones and THIS is my favorite out of em all. i love magic the gathering and i found yu gi oh quiet fun also and its like an combination of em both. i loved the game . if your a magic the gather fan *MUST GET* hope they update so we get more cards!! cant wait

So much fun and I haven't even dug into the campaign yet!! Great graphics and interface very well polished game! Remember to restart your phone after you download this game guys. I really hope the developers are planning to add new cards in the update! Amazing game worth more than introductory price!!

I would give this app a negative star if I could. This game hasn't been updated beyond 1.1 which is pathetic. I bought this game having seen all the great reviews but regretted it after I beat the first campaign game. It has no replay value AT ALL, If it were a lite version I wouldve deleted it and not purchased the full for the insanely overpriced 4.99 tag. Quite bluntly it is a game that needs a massive update to allow you to build an online multiplayer deck and and challenge others, my guess is this game was put together so quickly by a greedy team who wanted to rush the release so they could start overcharging people for a game that is worth no more than $.99. If you want a game you can play more than once before getting sick of it do not buy this game.

Game is fun on duel mode. Other mode is tedious. Some new cards and any kind of update would be nice. At this price it's been too long without an update. Worth a buck tops in it's current state.

Hours of fun, but the developer should reward their customers by adding new cards. ....Listen to the feedback.... More cards!!!!!!! Not worth their time creating new cards.

This game is a blast at first but has limited replayability. It needs more cards BADLY! I saw that this game is available on PC and there's like 4 expansions out!!!

Graphics seem decent, some interesting game play elements, but the overall game play lacks in a major way. You cannot really do a lot of strategy, as a lot of the elements points powers etc, are not revealed to you, there is no manual, basically you have to find out what is good and not and even then if you win with a card you don't really know why you won, or lost. If it was more like a real card based game it would be much more fun. I have played multiple hours and still have not entangled or deciphered this game, not due to its complexity, but more due to its undecipherable gameplay and bad interface.

No updates and gets boring after 10 minutes of play don't buy

Reptitive with low replay value Poor autosave Crashes Tons of building 3 "farms" per planet per turn, boring clickfest Would be a good demo but needs more depth to be a full game. Lame. Months later I tried again and still no interest. This is a half hour game.

It crashes constantly, and there's almost no depth to the gameplay (contrary to what others have said). I wish I had not bought this.