Unpaid real person review.
I did not find this game on a mechanical turk site, i am not being reimbursed for the time i take to leave this review in any way. I am literally just some random person who came across this game looking for a mix of city builder and Civ VI.
Some of the negative reviews, as with all phone games, say pay to play. This game is NOT a constant flashing brain rot screen to keep you mollified. This is a game where you wonder what your imaginary citizens are doing while you're in the meeting with the real life people you don't like.
Planning ages ahead for good production is vital. A lot of the whiny reviews talk about the fact that you can't tetris the buildings into any configuration you want. When you start playing, you'll appreciate that such is not the case. It's a challenging mechanic that grew on me almost immediately.
This game doesn't require money to "get good" in. You CAN spend money, and the rest of us that don't will sure appreciate that you do, but my strategies work over days, not minute. I probably spend 30-60mins a day collecting stuff and checking in.
If you're from generation brainrot, this is not your game.
Some of the negative reviews, as with all phone games, say pay to play. This game is NOT a constant flashing brain rot screen to keep you mollified. This is a game where you wonder what your imaginary citizens are doing while you're in the meeting with the real life people you don't like.
Planning ages ahead for good production is vital. A lot of the whiny reviews talk about the fact that you can't tetris the buildings into any configuration you want. When you start playing, you'll appreciate that such is not the case. It's a challenging mechanic that grew on me almost immediately.
This game doesn't require money to "get good" in. You CAN spend money, and the rest of us that don't will sure appreciate that you do, but my strategies work over days, not minute. I probably spend 30-60mins a day collecting stuff and checking in.
If you're from generation brainrot, this is not your game.
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Response from developer
Thank you for your review, AUProspector! We're happy to hear that you're enjoying our game!
Ads freeze the game
The system still crashes when “Unity Ads” are played, which are numerous, a real shame as otherwise fine, for the love of all things holy, stop using Unity Ads!
I’ve just updated the game, and it still does it! Now it says I haven’t viewed the ad and that none are available! Sort it out guys, come on.
I’ve just updated the game, and it still does it! Now it says I haven’t viewed the ad and that none are available! Sort it out guys, come on.
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Response from developer
Thank you for your feedback. Please contact our support team, they will be happy to help you solve this problem: https://innogam.es/FoESupport
Forced Micro-transactions and limited development
I’ve been playing this for only a few short weeks but one of the first ‘story’ missions was asking me to spend my actual money on in-game credits which I find unacceptable. Ive never played a game (on any platform) where a spending real money was mandatory as part of a story mission to complete it. As for the development of the city, it’s tedious, with mission pay out being uninspiring and insufficient. Battling neighbours armies only get harder and harder, yet your army never improves. I feel that there needs to be a linear line of progression and improvement and so far, nothing of the sort. A massive thing which would make a big change, but I know the devs are too lazy to implement are rotatable buildings.
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Response from developer
Hi! Forge of Empires is a completely free game and entire content is available free of charge. You can get every building and get to every possible area without spending anything :]. You of course can purchase premium currency in order to speed everything up, but it is in no way required or needed to progress through the game.