Legend of Solgard

I’m really enjoying Legend of Solgard. The matches are varied from very easy to maddeningly difficult, and the challenge level doesn’t always seem to be tied to the journey level. I’ve seen some complaints from people that you gather game stuff and xp too slowly, or that you have to pay to win. I can comfortably play in the morning and evening without running out of energy and I’m not buying from the store. (Sorry, King) However, I did pony up for a $4.99 special because I’ve honestly had a lot of enjoyment so far and look forward to more. I’m always surprised by people who are shocked at the concept of paying something for an app—do they really think companies make them because they don’t plan to earn any money? Having a guild group that works together to whittle down a boss is nice, although it looks like we have no chance against the coiners in the leaderboards. I totally love the fact that the store will hang on to two treasure chests for you since I need to be at work during the day or getting some sleep, so 8 hours away is no big deal. (Thanks, King!) The characters are very cute and I love most of the animations except for that thing Grimchop does—you’ll know when you see it! I’m no expert in match 3 games and I’m sure there’s always room for improvement, but I’m having fun, I’m never quite sure if I’m going to be pumping my fist or groaning in despair after a hard-fought battle, and I love the graphics. Try it out!

I love this game, I really do. The gameplay mechanics are fun, there’s a great creature variety that can be built up over time, lots of fun play modes, and a very engaged player community. This could be really big over multiple years if Snowprint/King manage it well. Why one star? They’re not managing it well, they’re doing the exact opposite. There has been a long-standing “test” that gives dramatically better gold rewards to some players and much worse rewards to others. This is creating a toxic haves and have-nots culture in the game. Great players who love the game but drew the wrong straw are quitting. It is straight up poor management of a player base and not okay. End the experiment and put everyone on a level playing field before you completely destroy the player base you’ve built! * Updated Jan 28: all the feedback seems to have worked and with the latest update they’ve put players all back onto the same equal footing, so upping the rating to 5 stars again

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This is a very fun game that really draws you in at the start. At first it seems like there is good progression. And it is true that there are enough game modes that you can “grind” and level up your character. But alas it will happen - the inevitable paywall. Unfortunately it comes in a pretty frustrating way as things seem to go good until your turns no longer can come up with matches in any way shape or form as the computer. Yes I get it’s a game of chance but something gets really fishy when you can have the exact same characters as the computer (on arena mode for example) and somehow every turn they get matches on ALL their moves and you PERHAPS get one. It happens very consistently almost to the point that you have no choice but to spend to level up your characters or to unlock new ones to stand a chance. Even if the computer got matches half the time it would be more balanced but they seriously get the best random placement 90% of the time. There’s no way I should get obliterated over and over using the same characters at the same level as the computer. And the campaign eventually uses so much energy even if you win you can only play around 5 matches or so before having to wait for the extremely slow energy refill system. So again to play you’ll have to pay. I really really liked this game and the numerous game mode options made me feel like I could patiently grind day by day but the playing field has officially become way to unbalanced.

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If you are thorough, you can play this game every day and get amazing rewards over time. Join a guild and get more rewards . Between normal map missions that require the usual energy that recharges over time, and the “Titan” battles where you collectively chip away at a large enemy, there are many other things to do. It will infuriate you as any “random” game will but it’s worth playing, and after you get to a high enough level, you’ll have much to do and rewards to make your characters stronger. Great concept (that was my review BEFORE the new update) Update: 1 Star. This is officially the last time I will have have this game crash during a boss battle when I have dealt over 2000 damage only to log back in to discover no damage at all was recorded and my flags(attempt) was used up. This is unacceptable. This has been going on for almost 2 years now. It is affecting my guilds ranking and it’s just lazy. People have been complaining about this on the forums and in these reviews and you clearly have not given it the attention it deserves. Bottom line: you have FAILED to make your game more stable and fix the glitches and crashes that have been an ONGOING issue and instead chose to revamp the system and turn the currency upside down, making several key crafting items unavailable without paying money. Disgraceful. I will be uninstalling this game and recommending EVERYONE I know to stay away from it.

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I will start by saying that the game I’m it’s basic design is fun and has a nice story. I will also start by saying, to be clear, this review is NOT an issue between those who pay and those who don’t. Unfortunately, I would recommend everyone to stay away and not download the game. King has engaged in what could be determined as borderline illegal business practice by making the game completely unfair between people doing the exact same thing at equal levels: some are getting massive amounts of gold while others in equal circumstances are getting pittance, and it’s not just a random chance chest thing - there are two tiers of gold payout for the player base, basically those in a poverty tier and those in a wealthy tier, and those tiers are (apparently) randomly assigned. Meanwhile they’ve hiked up all the gold prices in the game so those who are not in the wealthy tier are unable to acquire goods to advance at a pace even remotely close to those who are. I really did like the game, but I refuse to play a game where it is completely unfair between equal circumstance players. To be clear, this is NOT an issue between those who pay and those who don’t. Shame on you, King, for this kind of treatment to your players, especially when you had a really good game design! 😠