When comparing Uniwar vs Galaxy Trucker, the Slant community recommends Uniwar for most people. In the question“What are the best turn-based strategy games for Android?” Uniwar is ranked 5th while Galaxy Trucker is ranked 17th. The most important reason people chose Uniwar is:
There are 3 races to play and each are actually different. It's not just changing colours and costumes. The units have different prices and abilities, strengths and weaknesses. So to win strategy needs to change, making the experience rich.
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Pros
Pro True multiple races to play
There are 3 races to play and each are actually different. It's not just changing colours and costumes. The units have different prices and abilities, strengths and weaknesses. So to win strategy needs to change, making the experience rich.
Pro Great social features
Team games up to 8 players. Friendlist. Chat in game (and out). Tournaments. A huge and very active community.
Pro Ad free if you want it that way
Ads are" pull", you only watch them if you want to earn in-game money more quickly. It's perfectly possible today forever without seeing any.
Pro A true competitive game
No place for luck, only the skill prevails. In particular when all players have the same race, and maps are mirrored.
A rating system ELO style, that matches you with players of your level. Multiple tournaments every months.
Pro Balanced in-app purchase
There are in app purchases, most are cosmetic and don't affect game play. There's even one which is simply "support our developers".
There are some key purchases which DO affect game play: extra unit types and extra undo turns. However these are available through watching commercials and can also be had permanently without money for the patient by saving the in-game rewards. It does take a long time though.
Undo is the most important one. Get it first.
Pro Variety of maps makes each game different
Variety of maps created mostly by other players (voted if good or bad) make each game different. Combined with necessity to adopt your tactic to which race you and your opponent play and his moves, makes each game unique.
Pro Asynchronous turn based system
With generally 24h or 12h turns. Notifications when it's your turn
Pro Time based strategy
Users have to strategize how much time they can spend on balancing their ships to how much time spent looking at the upcoming rounds cards. This makes for fast paced decision making.
Pro Even doing poorly at the game is fun
Galaxy Trucker has lighthearted humor that can make even loosing at the game fun due to the scenarios that can play out.
Pro Fastest player sets the pace
Some games can be slowed down by a player that is lagging behind but in Galaxy Trucker the gameplay is set by the fastest player, which is refreshing.
Cons
Con Can be hard to get to the "I get it!" phase
It takes some patience and determination to get to the point where the richness of the gameplay opens up, especially if you're following the totally free path. Many players give up before they get that far, which leads to thinking "it's pay to win!" when it really isn't. (It is "pay or watch ads to get the cool stuff sooner" though.)
Con Beginning of game is more exciting than the last two parts
The game is broken up into three phases with the first being the most exciting. This makes for unbalanced gameplay in that the other two sections feel a bit dull.