In a sea of crappy mobile incremental games, Magic Research stands out because it costs money and it's finite. It's not as short as Universal Paperclips or Spaceplan, so it does give days worth of content, but it still has a defined ending!
There's quite a lot of content to unlock, and there's a nice milestone system that lets you unlock major bonuses (that are more than number go up 1% faster) for future runs after meeting certain criteria and triggering special events. Once the unlocks start to slow down from organic discover you unlock the ability to see how other unlocks can be... unlocked, which both tells you that you're nowhere near the end and gives you something to work towards.
There is more active play in this game than most idle games since progression is tied to combat and there will be a bit of manual combat early and mid game. Gameplay is more important than narrative in this game, but overall it's a great incremental and well worth the price.
There's quite a lot of content to unlock, and there's a nice milestone system that lets you unlock major bonuses (that are more than number go up 1% faster) for future runs after meeting certain criteria and triggering special events. Once the unlocks start to slow down from organic discover you unlock the ability to see how other unlocks can be... unlocked, which both tells you that you're nowhere near the end and gives you something to work towards.
There is more active play in this game than most idle games since progression is tied to combat and there will be a bit of manual combat early and mid game. Gameplay is more important than narrative in this game, but overall it's a great incremental and well worth the price.