Wartide

I want to start off by saying this: please don’t be put off by people saying this is simply pay to win. If you pay your way to the top, you’ll get ROLLED by people who played their way there, and learned the intricacies of the game. It is absolutely pay-to-progress in the sense that a new player could pay $1000 and beat the most experienced played ever, if that veteran player started over with a new account. BUT the strategy involved end-game (once you’ve reached it either by paying or playing) is what will matter. For example, kid with rich parents could spend an infinite amount of money and max out everything in the game but if he doesn’t understand the game mechanics and/or isn’t strategically minded, a player who is only say, 70% maxed out in a methodical way (discovered his strategy early and allocated resources accordingly) would effortlessly beat their defenses. It’s important to mention there is no real-time PvP. But, from the perspective of someone who is fueled solely by competitiveness, know that this will scratch that itch for a mobile game.

This is one of the most perfect iPad games I've had the pleasure of playing. Unlike many iOS games, this one feels complete. It has enough features to keep you busy for hours a day, great looking graphics, a store with some of the best prices I have ever seen, and a growth curve that feels realistic and doable. (Speaking of the store, this is first game I have ever played with a lifetime deal. The idea of a lifetime deal is mind blowing). Other games should learn from this game. Keep up the good work!

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If you have never played this game, you will likely not see anything wrong with it, but know that this developer has a habit of implementing updates that significantly roll back or erase game progression so that they don’t actually have to develop new game content. If you play long enough, you will be in situation where the developers will sacrifice you in favor of the new- player experience, and their response to this practice will ultimately be to laugh at your concerns over lost time and money. There are similar games from far better development teams out there. Avoid this one. If you need more convincing, this is one of the most micro transaction happy games I have ever seen, and the current update caters to significant (thousands of dollars significant) purchasers rather than casual buyers or people who prefer F2P. The developers hide progression behind 4 separate currencies, and acquisition of these currencies is incredibly slow. Drop rates are abysmally out of proportion with acquisition costs. Expect to grind for 8-12 months for one hero, and keep in mind the developer’s habit of releasing updates to erase progress.

It is still addictive and you can meet some great people on it. Every time they add new content they mess with old content to make the game harder to play without spending money. For example you need to find good runes to add to your heroes. Used to be fairly easy to find now nearly impossible without spending money. They keep adding newer and harder to beat heroes but compared to when I started 14 months ago have made it crazy hard to get a new hero developed the way you want them to be without money money money. This causes the player base of experienced players to keep dwindling while new soon realize they can never get as good as old without spending money and tons of time so they quit too. I still give it four stars because of friends I’ve made in the game and because no matter how often they ruin part of the game I can’t seem to stop playing lol.

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Main problem with this game is player base. 1. Number of active players for this game is simply too small to make it competitive 2. Top players don’t share any information, knowledge, know-hows to allow newer players to enjoy and progress Forum is pretty much dead, as is the chat. When you ask for advise, you might get lucky and get some useful info or you might hear players tell you to join a top guild and ask your guild or you likely will be ignored. Of course, if you’re new, they don’t want you cuz you’re too weak. I like the actual game but it gets pretty tedious when there’s so little knowledge being shared by those who have being playing for awhile. —————- Update Game has been going the wrong direction for some time now. New update made such a massive ‘balance’ change that huge number of veteran players quit. New event also turned out to be totally inconsistent and unbalanced. When players complained, response was basically denial and threat to ban players for complaining.