Leave a Review Trade Island
Great, fun, except for two problems.
Don’t often write reviews, but I like this one. It’s fun, and want to play it, but gameplay is hampered by one major flaw, which I hope you’ll address. It loses one star because of this.
As others have already mentioned, there’s a problem putting tools in the same warehouse as products, should it then get full, you get a sort of catch-22 situation whereby progress is severely hampered or stalled. If lacking certain tools to expand a building, you can’t acquire them or the products needed to acquire more unless you throw or sell other tools away; tools you’d like to keep for later, as they are hard to get. I can’t even expand the warehouse for the lack of certain tools. It be less of a problem if you could purchase or manufacture tools, but they are presented as awards. There should never be a situation where awards have to tossed to move forward. I’ve never have played a F2P game that has done this.
There is also one annoyance: when dragging a character to a building, car etc. very often (way too often) a “surprise” box pops up and asks 5 gems for the privilege of opening it. It’s pestering to be asked this so frequently, especially with how little you get for those precious 5 gems. 60 coins? A single nail? C’mon! That’s greedy. Please get rid of this. There’s enough incentives in the game to spend gems already. A half-star loss here.
Otherwise a fun, funny game. I’d give it 5 Stars, but for the above.Show lessDavehca
Love This Game!
Play every day throughout the day. Graphics are great. Would rate a 5 star except for these two issues. My characters constantly clap. I mean All. The. Time. It gets so annoying that I can only play for a few minutes at a time because it becomes like nails on a chalkboard. Also I have noticed the free gifts from transporting your characters where the want to go are few and far between now. I would also get a free gift for watch video in the trades booth but not anymore. I noticed this lack of free gifts started once I purchased diamonds which I don't think is fair especially since I am doing my part to support your game. Please let me know what do do about the constant clapping so I can play longer!!!!Show lessGinjagypsy
Fun
Fun and keeps my attention. Not stressful, very laid back. No pressure to finish tasks so I don’t have to worry about losing money/points if I don’t play the game every 3 hours.
Only complaints:
-I wish the materials were stored in a separate section and didn’t affect the product stock count. I always have to sell materials so I can add the products necessary to make more products.
- I would like a place to opt for a tutorial of sorts. For example, I have been collecting all these coins from the lighthouse but I can’t remember what they are supposed to be used for. So a place to have an index of supplies and how to obtain/use them would be nice.
- What’s the point in catching the criminals? Can we get cash or gems or gifts?Show lessMrs.Autery
Game meh....
Game premise is great, but unlike the previous tribez games it’s very slow and difficult to earn money and crystals, too many steps in completing and upgrading buildings. 7,000 to upgrade the town hall and really only have 4 trade windows to earn money ( besides the very low taxes on the housing) and then after that you need tools to complete it?
Sorry but too much seeing that it takes forever to get the tools.
After 5 or 6 boxes and not getting the tools you need, you start loosing interest.
I know you need to have in app purchases to keep the game going but this game leans too much towards that.
It’s been a fun couple of weeks but I think I’ll wait and check out a new tribez game when/if it comes out.Show lessBlakkwolfe65
A great game to keep you busy!!!
I’m really enjoying this game, there is lots to do if you want to play a lot or not as much. You don’t have to spend $ to be a successful player, but a few bucks can make things happen faster. The game is beautiful and wether you want to micro manage everything or follow a good story line you can do it with this really fun game!!
Suggestion: I would love if when you start upgrading or building a structure it would tell you the special items you need to complete it before construction is complete so I can get a jump on things!Show lessDemon Xena
Seems like they aren’t listening
So I started this game a couple days ago and surprisingly enough have spent $30 into it. I’ve read the comments and my complaints are the same, gifts aren’t gifts if you have to pay for them! The story line is good and the graphics are nice but it isn’t worth it if you consistently have to upgrade to be able to play the game. Seems like the same complaints are being made but nothing is being done to update the game. While I enjoy the game, I can’t allow any more money to go wasted cause frankly $30 got me no where in the game really. I’ll end up deleting it soon.Show lessMunch2582
Good time
It’s an ok game. Takes some time to get to other unexplored areas but it’s a good game to pass time with.
Update: so i totally get what one if the reviewers were talking about. I don’t understand why after 20 free gifts, gifts now cost 5 jewels. Even after helping citizens, every gift now costs which means more jewels used which means spending more money on the game. I’m currently out of wood (that was used to continue building other things in the island) and in order to get more wood (because all the trees that had wood for me to use are gone) i need to have 75 jewels to get a tree that will give me wood to continue my quests. 😒. May delete in the future if I can’t catch a break. Good start tho.Show lessMilliej06
Trade Island
I have a few suggestions. Make the income amounts versus the needed amounts a bit more realistic. Only accruing one amount, no matter the time is ridiculous. Let it add it, and cap it at a point. It takes FOREVER to build up the money to do ANYTHING, especially when you are thrown task after task. Next, offer a storage option. Trying to fit everything needed into the TINY spaces can be difficult. I get that it shouldn't be easy, but it should not seem impossible. That discourages me from from wanting to play. Lastly, fix the bugs, it crashes a lot. The graphics are cute, and I like the challenges, aside from the money issues.Show lessFlyersbaby
A typical city management game
Trade Island is a cute city management type game. It is typical insomuch that it is another game designed to make continuous income for the developer. Rather than paying for the app itself, you could theoretically pay hundreds of dollars to play this game over its lifetime by purchasing coins and gems. No game is worth that. One interesting thing is that it has no social media tie-in, so no friends are needed to help your quests or give you rewards. You’re on your own. There are a few quibbles I have with it, such as calling a gift box a “gift” although you have to pay for it to unlock it every time. Another quibble is that the game doesn’t tell you how many coins it’s going to cost when unlocking new sections of the game like upgrading city hall. It just tells you that you have to have a certain population in order to upgrade. If we knew ahead of time how much it’s going to cost to upgrade, then we can plan and earn the coins we need ahead of time when we do become eligible for the upgrade.
Update: After the last update that included more tribez people and cooking challenges, it seems to me that the focus of the game has taken a turn for the worse. To me the focus was finding the Professor and expanding the island. Now, all your time is now spent making and cooking stuff and giving it to the characters while making virtually no coins needed to expand the island. I can’t say that I can support this game any longer.... deleted...Show lessAlexM555
Developer Response
We’re always thankful for any constructive criticism with detailed explanations of flaws or bugs. We take all feedback seriously because it helps us make the game better. The Tribez Cooking Festival is an optional side event with unique rewards and quests. If you feel like ignoring it, you can always focus on the story quests and expanding the island.I agree with everyone else....
This game is amazing, I have been playing The Tribez games for years and I was excited to see this new one, love the stories, characters, everything about it.....BUT..... It is really annoying and unfair to have to pay 5 gems for gifts that you may or may not get something useful from. I understand that technically you don’t have to, which you’re given no choice once you run out unless you want to spend money for more, which I have done, but geez at this rate it gets expensive and it’s not worth it. Also, it’s really hard to earn money to upgrade and build because of limited warehouse space and if you can no longer afford to pay for the gifts it takes to upgrade that to have room for what you need to progress it takes even longer to earn what you need to do anything. I think some sort of compromise should be put into the game so the developers can still earn money, which they deserve and for the players to be able to get what they need without having to continually pay to get it.Show lessHJS622
Developer Response
Thank you for the feedback! Suggestions and ideas from our players help the developers improve the game! You need to be persistent in order to get certain items. Try to carry out the required action as often as possible, and sooner or later you’ll get the item you’re looking for.
