Way too challenging. This is a flash game. The vast majority of flash game players want to play something for a few minutes then move on. Not spend hours learning everything about it.
Reviews for "Deus Shift"
Very cool concept and it's fun while it works. Problem comes in when you stump the AI and it can't figure out a move, it'll slow the entire game and your computer down while it counts down to 0 and never makes a move. I'm unable to complete an intermediate game because of it. The AI really doesn't like when I block a couple of the entrances to a circle with berserkers (Best defense unit).
So I have to rate this poorly for now because I wasn't able to play it completely, it surely needs some bug fixing.
davidmaletz responds:
The Intermediate AI can take some time, especially when it has a Deus. It's never taken more than 30-60 seconds or so on my machine, but I've heard it can take a few minutes on slower machines. Part of this is because flash actionscript is slow and there's just a lot of "thinking" it needs to do (there are more options in Deus Shift than in Chess every turn!) The only real solutions to this "bug" is to release the game for PC (not flash), and/or optimize the AI algorithm.
Thanks for the feedback! Maybe you can try some multiplayer games? The game shines best when played against another human player (although, the room list always seems empty, so you'll have to schedule a match with someone).
laggy game with poor controls (frequently causes missclicks). Fun when it works. 2/5
davidmaletz responds:
The UI can be a little clunky, but did you notice the undo button? If you make a mistake, there is no penalty to undo and change your moves (there is only a time limit in multiplayer mode that restricts how much you can do/undo).
boring