Better than most idle games!
It’s pretty decent, feels different than your average idle game and I liked that. It was a refreshing take on what idle mobile games are, at first at least. Every time I log on, there’s a riot. Like, my inmates were in perfect condition when I closed the app, where’s the logic in that? Also, in the first prison, I have all cells unlocked, meaning I have 32 prisoners. When mealtime comes around, 32 people cannot stand in line so about 12 of them walk off upset because they “can’t get dinner” because the line is very temporarily too long. (Also have all upgrades for kitchen and max cooks, doesn’t change anything) Another thing is the rehabilitated prisoner amount you must achieve to move on to the next prison... Many have said in other reviews that their prisons are maxed out, and they’re just sitting around waiting for the rehab’d prisoners to finally catch up with their other progress so they can move on. This happens even in the first prison. It just seems like there are some minor oversights here that should’ve been ironed out in testing, but something tells me the motive to make money was greater than the motive to make a great game.
EDIT: Also, when you switch prisons, any time left on your x2 from watching ads is removed. Switching back has no effect.
EDIT: Also, when you switch prisons, any time left on your x2 from watching ads is removed. Switching back has no effect.
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Response from developer
Hi, You can check our FAQs section with helpful tips for the gameplay or contact our support team through the in-game chat at any time if you need technical assistance. Tap on the in-game settings button and then open a FAQ that could help you in the game. You could also find this info at https://codigames.helpshift.com Best
Gets boring
Second level was no different than the first one except more cells. You need to watch a lot of ads to make progress quicker (that’s a standard this days so it’s not a reason for low rating)
I’ll try to get to third prison and if graphics and upgrades will change I will give more stars otherwise it would be pointless to play any more.
Shame that making lots of money in first level doesn’t give you any advantage in the next one. I have upgraded everything in my prison and money is useless after this point . You should be able to buy at least basic cards (available only for gems) with cash you make ...
At the start it’s the best to watch enough ads to get one hour x2 cash multiplayer then switch game off and logg back inn after an hour then you’ll get an option to watch an add to double all money gathered during that period (so it’s times 4)
I’ll try to get to third prison and if graphics and upgrades will change I will give more stars otherwise it would be pointless to play any more.
Shame that making lots of money in first level doesn’t give you any advantage in the next one. I have upgraded everything in my prison and money is useless after this point . You should be able to buy at least basic cards (available only for gems) with cash you make ...
At the start it’s the best to watch enough ads to get one hour x2 cash multiplayer then switch game off and logg back inn after an hour then you’ll get an option to watch an add to double all money gathered during that period (so it’s times 4)
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Response from developer
Hi, Thanks for your feedback. We have shared this info with the team. The team is always open to hearing new ideas from players, and they take all the feedback we receive into account for future updates. Best
Amazing game
This game is amazing to say the least, it’s challenging and not many idle games are challenging. I only have two real issues with the game; first and foremost: the riot system. Riots happen way to often even with maxed out amenities and almost every riot ends with guards being killed so you have to rehire guards. It’s annoying when you max out the guards gear and you still lose every one of your guards. It’s not realistic in that sense, because if there is a riot in a real life prison the guards usually respond with riot gear and not just their uniform and a nightstick, also there should be a function that you can pay for(WITH GAME MONEY AND NOT REAL WORLD MONEY) that enables you to knock all of your prisoners out with tear gas. The other issue I have with the game is the amount of offline collection you get standard, it should be 2 hours and not an hour.
Update, I’m not sure how the money system is supposed to work. My hourly balance is positive yet when I log it I am in the negative. It’s happened for the last 3 times I’ve logged into the game. I don’t understand how that works...and if it keeps happening I’m absolutely going to delete the game and stop playing it. It’s getting annoying
Update, I’m not sure how the money system is supposed to work. My hourly balance is positive yet when I log it I am in the negative. It’s happened for the last 3 times I’ve logged into the game. I don’t understand how that works...and if it keeps happening I’m absolutely going to delete the game and stop playing it. It’s getting annoying
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Response from developer
Hi, You can check our FAQs section with helpful tips for the gameplay or contact our support team through the in-game chat at any time if you need technical assistance. Tap on the in-game settings button and then open a FAQ that could help you in the game. You could also find this info at https://codigames.helpshift.com Best
Great game, a bit slow though
This is a really fun game, it will take a while, but it’s great overall. There is one problem though, and that’s with a lot of idle games like this. I’ve seen many people complain, it’s because every time you complete a level, you move to the next, in a better place, but you start from scratch!? It takes a long time to get back to where you were on the level before and that’s a waste of time. I think you could make this game a whole lot better, along with all your other one with this, by making more maps, and you can keep the earnings from the previous level to use on the next.
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Two2x times money and prisoner checks not working
Love this game Love everything about it than we think but I’m not sure what’s happening and it didn’t happen before when I had the game like a year ago was it seems like the watch an ad to get double time is your money for a certain amount of time after a while it’ll just stop like it’ll just keep circling and circling and I won’t get any of like the prisoner check things you get every once in a while to watch an ad for I don’t know why I keep having to delete the game and then it like reset it but I’m worried if I keep deleting it it’ll just delete all my work I’ve done so not sure why that’s happening I waited while it was loading for an hour and still nothing came up to watch the video every time I delete it ends up working but I don’t wanna keep doing I’m not sure what’s happening please help. Besides that I LOVE THIS GAME
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Best idle game I’ve ever played
If not the best idle game, Prison Empire is my favorite by far. More in depth than most where you just tap with no consequences or strategy in mind. My only complaint is that you can’t zoom out very far which isn’t why I didn’t give this game 5 stars. Events seems very pay to win, if you don’t spend gems or money during an event, you struggle to reach even close to top 100 with most having scored a lot of points within the first few hours. If events were more balanced and less pay to win, this game would easily be a five star from me. There are little visual bugs and sometimes when you load in while an action is being carried, out like cooking from the chefs, it doesn’t progress no matter how far into the hour you are and enough food for all the prisoners doesn’t get cooked. Another one is when there are a lot of prisoners in line to get food, the line doesn’t carry out into the courtyard and some prisoners don’t get fed and remain angry until they do. This happens even with a maxed kitchen and lunchroom. The game could be polished more, but it’s still a great game to play if you’re bored and like idle games and want something different in that genre!
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Lack of ads during event
Ads were constantly available prior to the Iron Fortress event and conveniently there are now none available. According to the developer “There is no limit in videos you can watch. However, ad providers may not have any more videos available for your location after a certain time.” They also state “It would be a temporary issue. If it persists, please close your game completely from your device and open it again after a few minutes.” That didn’t work so I tried shutting down my phone & also avoided playing the game for 12 hours, yet there are still no ads. I went over 24 hours without a single ad, was able to play some ads and once again there are no ads. Temporary issue...few minutes? Apparently we define those things very differently.
Sure I don’t live in a major populated city like LA but I should not be put at a disadvantage and expected to pay $9.99+ because ads aren’t available. I’m never going to be able to complete this event without spending real money and that’s just not cool. I will most likely delete this game after the event. I think it’s ridiculous that you’re given an advantage/disadvantage to play the game for free based on your location.
Sure I don’t live in a major populated city like LA but I should not be put at a disadvantage and expected to pay $9.99+ because ads aren’t available. I’m never going to be able to complete this event without spending real money and that’s just not cool. I will most likely delete this game after the event. I think it’s ridiculous that you’re given an advantage/disadvantage to play the game for free based on your location.
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Fun But Very Frustrating
Ok , so don’t get me wrong the concept of the game is great and I’m glad I finally downloaded it , had me glued for the past two days! BUT after I unlocked the second prison and the fortress it immediately got TOO frustrating, I say this because when I play a game , I want it to be a stress reliever but also strategic. I don’t like that I have to keep checking on the prison every hour because if I don’t then multiple riots will occur like I don’t have a life too . The fact that they threw two new prisons on me and little to no money and then the phone keeps ringing and they only want to offer a couple of hundred bucks, naaaa . I think y’all should make the viewing of the game more accessible as well , because trying to find the rooms after y’all completely switched everything around is very frustrating, I couldn’t even find the cells because the prison was so big and a to that a riot started. I want to enjoy the game not feel like I’m failing at work lol .
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Needs bug fixes and better scaling
Bugs. This game doesn’t have many, but has one very bad one. Although my prison is designed such that when I’m online, my prisoners needs are taken care of perfectly, *EVERY TIME* I come back online, if it was more than an hour, I have a riot. Fortunately I am good at strategy games and this one is no exception- focus on upgrading cells (except for light bulbs) and then the cafe and make sure everyone has a shower in the shower area. Lastly make sure everyone can eat and put decent work out equipment in the yard and voila, your prison works just fine. EXCEPT THIS DUMB GLITCH CAUSES RIOTS EVERY TIME I REJOIN!!
Please fix this devs.
One other thing. Prison busses need to either come more often (preferably every time your send a bunch out the door, a count down for the next bus would start) or you need to be able to upgrade the size of the busses that come. It’s really annoying because the only thing holding me back is ridiculously long periods of time between busses, in which I lose a lot of money. This game is difficult starting out- carefully working to stop early riots which hurt your funds a lot... and it’s quite fun once you get your basic prison situated and can start expanding rapidly!
Please fix this devs.
One other thing. Prison busses need to either come more often (preferably every time your send a bunch out the door, a count down for the next bus would start) or you need to be able to upgrade the size of the busses that come. It’s really annoying because the only thing holding me back is ridiculously long periods of time between busses, in which I lose a lot of money. This game is difficult starting out- carefully working to stop early riots which hurt your funds a lot... and it’s quite fun once you get your basic prison situated and can start expanding rapidly!
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There’s a glitch
So I’m playing this game on my phone, but whenever I go on when it’s about to finish the tortoral, it kicks me out. And then when I go back in, it starts the totoral again. This keeps happening, can you fix it? I have played this game before, and it was a GREAT game, but plz help
