McFace

A very good game. Balanced, challenging, fair, and varied. Ramps up the difficulty appropriately and doesn't have a sudden jump in how hard it is, but you will probably have to come back to most levels later, with better equipment, in order to get 5 stars on them. Each mission has a different flavor: Dealing with bosses, having massive asteroids fly towards your ship, having to transport something that will randomly fill up your construction spots on your ship, etc. This variety makes it so the missions don't get stale or repetitive. Deciding how to build your ship's defenses and weapons is great fun. There is not a single strategy that will work for every level, nor will very good strategies always get you 5 stars. To get the biggest payoff you have to take risks with your shields and weapons in order to get more engine power to meet the time limits. This carries over to the engineering area where you pay credits that you earned during the missions to upgrade your equipment and unlock new things. Deciding what to upgrade and unlock can open up new strategies and tactics for you to make your deliveries. One issue people seem to have with the game is the lack of a pause button. Personally I like it. It makes for some great "panic moments" while you are doing a new level. The only real downside to this is that sometimes you will fail simply because you don't have the time to react to something completely new/dangerous from an unexpected direction late into a mission. This isn't a huge deal though as going back and having to restart means that you will have to change your strategy or entire build in order to avoid that in the future, so it doesn't get repetitive. And it's not like you are losing 30+ minutes on a single mission if you fail near the end anyway. Definitely recommend this game. A unique entry into the "tower defense" genre that will appeal to people outside of the target audience.