Iron Sky: Invasion

Gameplay: 7/10
Graphics: 6/10
Sound: 6/10
Story: 6/10
Replay/Value: 5/10

Overall: 6/10

Your "anti cheat" system does not allow me, a disabled individual with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 2 and only limited use of my right hand, to be able to play using my onscreen keyboard to do the actions required so right now I cannot play the game because of this issue. It looks like a really awesome game, but as of right now I cannot recommend the game because I am unable to play. In the future if this is fixed I will change my answer to yes.

This game is a very simple cross of Battlestar Galactica and Root Beer Tapper (with more INSANE amounts of aim assist than Serious Sam Gold). Battles cross the star map in real time towards earth at different speeds. If a battle slips by, you lose reputation points. Blast ships and gather their scrap then warp over to orbital stations to sell for upgrades as larger and larger waves approach. New ships unlock with new upgrade trees per chapter. And chapters are checkpoints. Dialog is delivered in cheesy FMV Command and Conquer style pop ups.

However, despite the exciting premise, I found myself facing quite the challenge, having been blown up three times in under two minutes. What's the big deal ? Do these folks think everyone some type of space cadet knowledgeable in the wacky world of interstellar affairs to just jump on board and commander these highly sophisticated pieces of scrap metal to save the day for all of humanity. Come on, so that with a couple of hints one of us earthlings can manage to do away with the dastardly EVIL thingummy (?) we've been told about.Than some day we can tell of the great missions and heroics WE can take ALL the credit for. And possibly we may just remember it was ISI we can give a smidgen of credit, especially for their outstanding visual effects, sound and a fabulous game play. Bahh !

Haha , what fun... I got the whole pack , all "dlc" and the main enhanced edition in the steam sale / currently...as stated in the comments / steam game guides on the game.. You can quickly get a super ship and plenty cash n scrap..
And yes i loved the movies.. Awaiting part 3 atm / movie"... Like everyone else Covid" likely...
And yes theres a little kinda drag , while flying / mouse and keys.. iv not tried my pad.. i did try thrustmaster stick tho and x 55 throttle quadrant no joy... so its mouse / keys n pads only it seems..
And again yes.. Highly recommended for fans o the films its great fun...
Enjoy and A huge TY devs...

-Do you know how to drive this thing?
-Well, can't be any different than playing “Wing Commander”!
~Iron Sky

Is this a bad game? It is but in a "so bad it's good" sort of way. The flight controls are super basic and most of the enemies are trivially easy to beat once you know what you are doing but it's just fun to blast nazi space saucers. I can't even point my finger on what makes the combat in this game enjoyable, I should hate this game given how primitive it is but I enjoy it.

Another thing to note is the cutscenes, the closest thing they remind me of are the cutscenes in Red Alert series, they are corny, full of stereotypes and display a "pornstar" tier of acting ability but dammit I love them. I missed cheesy game cutscenes that don't take themselves seriously and I reckon this game is worth getting just for them but only at a discount.

Don't get this at full price but get it on 50% off if you like basic space games and deliciously cheesy cutscenes.

I tried with the mouse... and failed
I tried with an Xbox controller... and failed

I want so badly to enjoy this game (loved the film) but the controls are simply awful - on a scale that makes Surgon Simulator feel like an exact and high prescision gaming experience...

If you want to 'trial' this game, play Elite Dangerous, but use a greesy frankfurter as your controller, while viewing the game in a mirror, with 3 second lag. That might come close to how appauling the controls of this game are.

At the time of writing this, I have played through all but the very end of the 2nd chapter of the game's story. More on that later.

If all of the following conditions are true, you will have a great time with this game:

1. You have enjoyed Space Combat Sims such as X-Wing, Tachyon or Wing Commander
2. You have an X-Box controller
3. You do NOT have a flight stick (Caveot: See end of review)
4. You grab it while the price is discounted
5. You do not mind that it uses 3rd party DRM "Reality Pump"

If you have a flight stick you will face-palm at the missed opportunity and this will probably erode your fun factor of the game.

The game's control set up is optimized for a 360 controller, or any controller that is XInput-compatible such as the Logitech F310. Many features are logically crammed into the little controller. No keyboard use required. It feels like this game was designed from the ground up to give some arcadey space-combat fun to gamers who do not have a flight stick. Marksman-like accuracy is not required. If the target is "close enough" to your crosshairs, you will hit it. No sweat. The emphasis leans more towards management of your shields, weapon energy and missiles. -as well as making sure you are at the right place at the right time. When you are up against larger capital ships and targeting their various sub-systems, feel free to wail on them with your missiles. Don't worry, when you run dry one of your allies will thoughtfully drop a box of missiles for you to pick up. Did I mention arcadey fun?

The game has a 2D map of the zone of space you will play in. Pick a location then warp to it. This reminded me of Star Raiders on the Atari 8-bit computers. Whoops.. Just dated myself.

The game is based on the movie "Iron Sky." It is about Nazis from the moon who invade Earth. I did not see it, but I would like to. And yes, it is as tongue-in-cheek as it sounds. The game has "FMV cutscenes" (remember them?). The production values are small and the quality of acting varies. Fortunately, the voice of the main character you control is well-acted and likeable. The quips he makes when taking out a baddie will never make you cringe. The graphics are quite good for a lower-budget title. The outer-space skybox is very pretty. I don't expect to see much variety in the environment as this is about nazis from the MOON who invade EARTH.. Not too much variety of scenery between these two locations. I wouldn't expect the game to venture too far from this area either.

I don't know if I will continue the game any time soon. Why did I stop playing it? Two reasons:

1. At the very end of the 2nd chapter I hit a game-breaking bug. Reading in the forums I found that other people have experienced this same glitch. Sometimes playing the entire 2nd chapter again from the start resolves the issue.

2. I got myself a new flight stick and this game doesn't support it. Makes it difficult to muster the will to play this right now when I could be bringing hot plasma death to my digital enemies in other space combat games that rightfully DO support flight sticks.

Having said that, I still recommend the game for everyone who meets all of the conditions stated at the start of this review. You'll have a great time and if the game glitches out remember; you only spent a couple of bucks on it! :)

EDIT: X360ce Vibmod will let you map your flight stick axis to the XBox 360 control axis. I just tried it and it works! So there is hope for games like these where the developer wants to force you to use one type of controller. Check out a YouTube video on it here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUAhkrZKsVs

Make sure you get the latest version. The one linked in that video is older and did not work so well for me.

Get a pad!
I can't emphasize that enough. This game is pretty much unplayable without a controller. And even then the control scheme is bad. No, you can't reassign keys, so you're stuck with them. And no joystick support by the way, in this space sim.
But once you get over the bad controls, this is actually pretty fun little space shooter. Especially when considering that it is a licenced game and the movie it is based was a huge disappointment. I think it was James Rolfe who said something like: "A good movie makes a bad video game, and a bad movie makes a not so bad game." Luckily you can skip all those live-action cutscenes.
I especially like how the ships you get to fly look pretty realistic. Like that's how they would be when they start manufacturing spaceships in real life. And I think one of them is a rip-off of Normandy from Mass Effect -series.
Just wait for sales.

Pelaa ohjaimella!
Ylläolevaa ei voi painottaa liikaa. Tämä peli on pelikelvoton ilman ohjainta. Ja senkin jälkeen ohjaustoiminnot ovat huonoja. Ei ole mahdollista vaihtaa näppäimiä, vaan niihin on tyydyttävä. Eikä tässä avaruussimulaattorissa ole tukea edes joystickille.
Mutta kunhan huonojen ohjainten yli pääsee, on tässä ihan hauska pikku avaruusräiskintä. Varsinkin kun ottaa huomioon kyseessä olevan lisenssipeli ja pohjalla oleva elokuva oli valtaisa pettymys. Taisi olla James Rolfe, joka sanoi "Hyvästä elokuvasta saa huonon pelin, ja huonosta elokuvasta ei niin huonon pelin." Onneksi elokuvamaiset välivideot saa jätettyä välistä.
Alukset näyttävät myös oikeanlaisilta. Tarkoitan, että tältä ne näyttäisivät, jos avaruusalusten valmistaminen aloitettaisiin oikeasti. Joskin yksi oli selvästi kopio Mass Effect -sarjan Normandiasta.
Odota alennusta.

I enjoy this game quite a bit. First I am a fan of the film so the fact they got several of the actors to come back and do their rolls again for the fmv portions just brigns back all the sillyness of the movie. Second the space combat feels very much like it was inspired by freespace...though very watered down. If anythign I have to say this game only has two real flaws 1. many of the side missions given will appear randomly and are timed with no way to re attempt them with out replaying hte chapter. and 2, this game is insanely easy. As long as you are in range and kinda sorta pointed in the right direction you will hit your target. Other then that, See the movie first, expect horible silly story, embrace its intentionaly awful nature. This game is just meant for silly fun and is a decent reminder of the space combat games of old. Seriously all the guts for a great Freespace style game are here, it just needs to be polished the right way. Oh, and pretty much just ignore the game bullet points on the store front, most of it is prettty much either wrong, misleading, or exageration.

Get it on a sale. Not a bad game, but not enough to be worth $20 imho, $10 or less with it including the DLC would be reasonable I think.
Basic Wing Commander style of game based on the movie.
Good for when you've got a spare hour here and there to fill.

Oh and make sure you watch the movie first or you'll think "WTF is this game" like a complete noob.

I'll Reccomend this only for the storyline and for what its based off of.

however... I will say, and you'll see this.... the controls freaking suck ass.
I wouldn't buy this unless its on dirt cheap sale, couponed dirt cheap, or gifted for teh lulz.

but you do get to see what it'd be like if Sarah Palin were president of the U.S.A.
it has its humour.

would I reccomend buying this game overall? hell no. took a lot of troubleshooting to get past the glitches on installation.

The game is not bad. It have good cinematics and good visuals.
But it seems like unfinished game. Its very short, very easy, very repetitive and have bug that makes some archivenns undetected. All you do is killing, killing and killing. After few hours it becomes boring.
Why not making some different type of misons like stealth, disguise, escort, more side missions, etc.
Why not make the game have two endings? The player should chose if he want to continue fighing nazi or he will join them to stay with Renate. So half of the game could be totaly different. The game could have big potential but developers failed.

Two DLCs add some things that original game missing like ability to give orders to earth fleet or to fly nazi craft, but it can't save it.
I would not recomend this game unless it sold with discount (like when i bought it).
5/10

Iron Sky was a cheesy movie, but was highly amusing. Iron Sky: Invasion.. cheesy game based off of cheesy movie, but still a goofy way to have some fun pewpewing invading moon nazis. Bought on sale.. game + DLC for inder $4. Worth it.

Based on the movie Iron Sky, which is like Spaceballs + Mars Attacks + Team America + Moon Nazi UFOs + Julia Dietze, the game is pretty much only interesting if you have seen the movie and are kind of craving that little bit more.

Keeping in mind that I basically got this for $2 during a sale and the $2 was free from steam market stuff, it's not bad. However, nothing about it is worth full price.

It's a fairly casual shooter with auto-aim and generic mission types. It was designed to be a fully cross platform iOS/Android/PC release and it shows though it's quite acceptable graphically, being pulled up by the usage of assets from the movie such as the soundtrack, ship models, cinematics and live actors.

• It has live action mission briefings which are acceptably corny in that Westwood Studios way.
  
  
• Despite it having auto-aim, they manage to make the combat intense at times due to the number of enemies and incoming missiles you need to accelerate away from or dodge.
  
  
• It lets you redistribute energy to your shields, engines or weapons, which adds a nice layer to the combat.
  
  
[*] Collecting salvage in order to buy upgrades is a central aspect of the game and becomes more interesting as salvage only remains in space for a short time, so you often want to use your booster to get there faster. This can make you give up shield or weapon energy to redistribute it to engines to collect salvage, increasing the risks in combat for a time. A catchy mechanic.

Dot Point Review of "Iron Sky: Invasion"

Iron Sky: Invasion is a fully licensed product of the movie "Iron Sky."
The game is a 3rd person Space Combat Flight Simulator *cough* Elite Clone*cough*

1: More M.P.O.T.U.S. Palin, More UN bickering, etc, etc.
2: The First ship you get to fly in Combat is the Dundee
3: (2) is actually explained in the plot.
4: This game is graphically gorgeous and detailed, even on a lower spec system.
5: O.M.G. I just did a Canyon Run along a Nazi Space Zepplin!!!!!
6: The game is currently on sale for about $2US on Steam. (90% off)
7: All the cut scenes have the original actors. See (1)
8: Space Ship and Space Station design true to the movie.
9: Some parts of the tutorial are not explained as well as they could be.
10: Some Parts of the game are not explained as well as they could be.

Final Review.

Read point 5, What else can I say.

Managed to save an Indian music festival and favorite tv series whilst fending off space Nazi invasion, being commanded by Ma'am President Sarah Palin, flying an Australian spacecraft named Dundee and having the assist of USS George W. Bush XD I shit you not!

While Iron Sky: Invasion (and its add-ons) is not the end-all be-all of space fighter simulators, it probably doesn't have any right to be as good as it actually is, especially for a video game based on a movie. The whole of the game took a fair portion of the latter half of the film - basically the entire space fight and Earth fleet reinforcement segment - and stretched it out without making it boring. The tone of black comedy and "just run with it" silliness from the movie is preserved, from the mission briefings with Madame President Totally-Not-Sarah-Palin, to the political shenanigans of the various national representatives, to the over-the-top voice acting from the various pilots in the fleet.

The controls are keyboard-and-mouse, primarily mouse oriented. On screen contextual tips do show up from time to time, which can help if you go a long time between having to use a specific feature of the ship. The learning curve for controlling the ships is very short. There are some technical problems - while I haven't noticed any crashes or freezes, it doesn't like my graphics card and the mission briefing videos lag the entire game as often as not. They can be skipped with no penalty and watched later, it's just distracting.

Unfortunately, once the tutorial is over, the difficulty curve spikes pretty hard; it's all but impossible for a new player to know what to do and how to do it. There's a certain amount of flexibility - if a squadron of Nazi ships makes it to earth it just applies a penalty to reputation, which is a score by any other name - but there's no option to turn down or postpone side missions, they get added to your to-do list automatically when you head to a friendly station for resupply and repairs. When you're running all over near earth orbit trying to play space tag with the Fourth Reich, something's gotta give. That said, you can buy yourself time to fight the smaller fighters and do side missions by taking out the engines in the big ships, leaving them adrift - but the only mention of this strategy comes up once during the tutorial on sub-system targets. It's very easy to miss.

Having said all that, if you liked the movie, you'll probably like the game. And even if you didn't like the movie, you might still like the game. After all, it's a game that lets you fight Space Nazis. I'll repeat that: You get to fight Nazis. In Space. And who can honestly say they never wanted to do that?

Worth buying with 90% discount coupon. Other than that the price is too big for this simple shoot em up in space game. It has nice graphics, but nothing spectacular. The humour and actors from the movie, but maybe too much humour (Madam President is annoying as hell :)). Nice acting, though all storyline is presented in a small video chat window at the top of the screen. It's ok though for a game costing a few bucks, not 20. One bad thing about dialogs is that they often run during the combat, so you can't really concentrate on them. And nazi general speaks German and there are only subtitles translating it. So you have to shoot enemies and read the text at the same time. Bad, bad design. Dialogs should be out of battles or battles should pause or something. Gameplay becomes repetitive fairly quickly, though sometimes you have to defend or capture something, but most of the time you have to blast enemies. There are several types of enemies, some are tougher. Some require to shoot at the right moment (like Zeppelins, you should shoot into opened docks, but they stay open for such a short time..). There is some strategy to the game, as you should first destroy all the smaller annoying ships, before going for the big ones. You should watch your shields and energy and transfer energy to shields, weapons or engine according to the situation. But if playing carefully you probably will never die. Even if you do, you will go back to the latest save (every major space jump creates auto save). You are also allowed to change ships sometimes and buy upgrades. Other ships are interesting and have different purposes, like Canadian bomber carrying nukes to destroy asteroids, but most of the time you will fly Dundee australian bomber. Another annoying part is that you have to gather salvages of the blasted enemies to sell them to buy upgrades. You blow the ship, you fly to collect the salvage and you do these hundreds of times.. Well, at least there is an achievement to collect 500 scraps and buy all the upgrades for a few ships. All achievements are rather easy (just don't forget to visit all the stations to get all the side missions), but one should try to get them on the first run collecting as many money, kills and salvages as possible, because trying to replay chapters after completing the game will make achievements glitch and not register.

All in all, i was pleased with the recreation of the atmosphere of the movie (music, characters, space combats). Last mission was too simple, short and a bit awkward (to fly inside the big ship). The ending was shallow. But it was fun, short game, which doesn't require much skill. For the price i got it i'm satisfyed, and maybe even try some of the DLCs. One of them let you fight for the Moon nazis, and another one even introduces RTS elements of commaning the fleet.

P.S. one can always try a demo to get an impression.

Update: don't buy DLCs, they are total bullshit..

Great old-school format space-shooter with simple controls (mouse-steer) and basic energy-management functions. Just like the film, the cut scenes and plot are purposely campy and silly.
THe base game has around 5-8hr of gameplay if you do all the side missions. I'd suggest picking this up either on sale or with a Steam Coupon.

Despite all the bad reviews on Meta Critic and other platforms, I've got to say that I do like Iron Sky: Invasion.
I mean, the graphics are very well made, the small cutscene VMF's are of a very high quality and actually very entertaining.
The gameplay is just right; not too easy and not too hard.
There's even a bit of character development in the form of ship upgrades and the option to change the type of vessel.
The sound effects are of a very, really, very high quality.
The controls; basically just like with Freelancer. Mouse flight and keyboard system management. (Energy, weapons, etc.)

I give Iron Sky: Invasion thumbs up, because it IS a good game that's all about the space battles in the movie.

First off, I say watch the movie first before buying this and you would have to like the movie somewhat in order to like this (that's my opinion). Don't expect anything too serious though because it's about... well... Moon Nazis... Anyway I love the game even though it may be "repetitive" to some or not a big title game like shit CoD. I recommend the game if you want a decent action/shooter IN SPACEEEE...! P.S: I do believe that it is a bit expensive, I was able to get it because I randomely got a coupon for it when I created a badge for 90% off. So the total was $4.00. Also I do wish that it had multiplyer because I REALLY want to shoot friends in Walkyries. Or shoot them down with friends.