Fun until
The game was fun until your targeted for destruction. Very easy to spend money. Would have given it 5 stars if the developers expanded on the world they created. Right now the game is self sustaining itself and requires constant surveillance to keep the enemy at bay. Last but not least you would think raising dragons would be the most powerful in game since “Dragon” is in the name, but no. Defenses are a joke and it’s almost like they want you to get curb stomped to force you to buy speed ups.
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Ember appears to have abandoned this game
It has been roughly a year since the developer, Ember Entertainment, appeared to abandon this game. Symptoms of neglect include:
A near-total lack of in-game events, previously frequent
A total absence of communication to the players
No updates, not even minor bug fixes
Failure to respond to player reports of account problems
A steady decline in player population, compounded by failure to consolidate near-empty servers or make any effort to attract new players.
This is a bit of a shame, as the game itself is above average for the genre, with several distinctive features. However, for all the attention Ember is giving the game, you could not tell that the company is still in business.
A near-total lack of in-game events, previously frequent
A total absence of communication to the players
No updates, not even minor bug fixes
Failure to respond to player reports of account problems
A steady decline in player population, compounded by failure to consolidate near-empty servers or make any effort to attract new players.
This is a bit of a shame, as the game itself is above average for the genre, with several distinctive features. However, for all the attention Ember is giving the game, you could not tell that the company is still in business.
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Game is dead
Move along, nothing to see here. Ember has clearly abandoned this game for other things. No support, no updates, nothing. Yep, just another dead game. Was good, but now it slowly fades away into nothing. Apple, clear this one from the store, it’s clearly dead and wasting space.
Those that want to still play without the “bullies”, jump to Realm 5. Players there still trying to make it fun.
Those that want to still play without the “bullies”, jump to Realm 5. Players there still trying to make it fun.
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Ember WHATS YOUR EXCUSE
I’ve played this game for long time at the beginning updates and new stuff came out now it’s nothing no ember mail for months the people don’t even answer support took two weeks to answer some in my guild and we all had to send mail to help him they answered someone else after 2 days make the game better add a new realm where everyone is invited make it fun
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Disappointed
I have been playing this game for almost a full year now... Ember promises updates earlier this year and so far nothing. Only things that they want is your money. There are many who’ve been on the game for a very long time and many have quit because of nothing new to do like the realm vs realm. The alter or the market with the goods exchange, which btw has been there since day 1. As well as the alter. IMO not worth it if no updates are coming and always get standard computer response from them.
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Atrocious customer support
Ember is the worst game developer in the industry. The reason i give at least 2 stars is that i love the game & the people who play, it is a family atmosphere with lots of joking & conversation. The problem is the horrid treatment we receive from “support”. I send constant requests for maintenance- most of which go unanswered, or i get conflicting responses (none of which worked). The game crashes at critical moments causing people to lose everything- there is minimal compensation provided & there have been no updates or new content since spring (seriously we still have to look at the “spring ahead package”). Most of us have decided to boycott future spending until Ember does something to restore the losses of people due to their server crashing, perform regular maintenance & provide new content to show us that there is some sort of investment in the future of this game. Sadly, that is not likely to happen.
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Was a good game
This started out as a fun and good game. It was slowly went down the hill this year. Ember has stopped updating the game, they stopped sending event messages for the weekend (so we don’t know what events are going on), they have a ton of bugs that they have acknowledged but said won’t be fixed, they crash the game during war events (then hours later it comes back online just to find that you’ve been attacked and zeroed because you could not get online to shield due to their game crash), they ignore your support messages to them (outright closes the support case without a response), and the list goes on.
The regions are also completely dead. They changed how you grow and made it money based instead of putting in the work. They screwed over the free players drastically when doing so. The free players were once able to compete in the PvP portion of the game with spenders as spenders had to work at ranking up. They just couldn’t buy their way. Now they can buy their way into whatever they want, this crushing the free players and anyone else. Now unless you are dropping hundreds of dollars a week, you are nothing. You can’t even compete without spending money now. It’s sad especially when it used to be a mixed of free and money game play. Now it’s just money based.
The regions are also completely dead. They changed how you grow and made it money based instead of putting in the work. They screwed over the free players drastically when doing so. The free players were once able to compete in the PvP portion of the game with spenders as spenders had to work at ranking up. They just couldn’t buy their way. Now they can buy their way into whatever they want, this crushing the free players and anyone else. Now unless you are dropping hundreds of dollars a week, you are nothing. You can’t even compete without spending money now. It’s sad especially when it used to be a mixed of free and money game play. Now it’s just money based.
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Support is finished for this high spend monstrosity
Enjoyed graphics and general game play at first. Similar to most MMOs, high spend required to move beyond basic level. Groups quickly forming to run out new players and cyber bullying rampant. There is no way to protect assets that would allow you to advance, for more than a few hours. People outside the top guilds quickly become farms for others. A few high spend players become so dominant because you can’t effectively team up on them, and with little defensive choices, it’s tough to enjoy.
Last update was months ago and server downtime is prevalent. No realm v realm play makes it a tired cycle on a limited board. Doesn’t look like they will be upgrading the game and have moved on to other projects outside basic support.
Last update was months ago and server downtime is prevalent. No realm v realm play makes it a tired cycle on a limited board. Doesn’t look like they will be upgrading the game and have moved on to other projects outside basic support.
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Not for kids
Another Ember screw up. Most weekend events have server outages. Today is another one. Easy to see why people are filing complaints and getting their money refunded.
Also, definitely not a kid friendly game. Has a
fun interface and there is always something to do or attack, by the language in realm chat is off putting. From homophobic slurs to sexual talk, degrading talk to others is ruining the game. The developer seems to not care. If you report anyone for blatant offending talk, they don’t even respond. I understand it’s a war game, but the rating should be changed to reflect what the developer allows.
It’s a shame in a time where everyone comes under fire for much less, ember doesn’t seem to care about issues far worse being said. Sad commentary on the developer and the only reason the game lost two stars in my opinion.
Also, definitely not a kid friendly game. Has a
fun interface and there is always something to do or attack, by the language in realm chat is off putting. From homophobic slurs to sexual talk, degrading talk to others is ruining the game. The developer seems to not care. If you report anyone for blatant offending talk, they don’t even respond. I understand it’s a war game, but the rating should be changed to reflect what the developer allows.
It’s a shame in a time where everyone comes under fire for much less, ember doesn’t seem to care about issues far worse being said. Sad commentary on the developer and the only reason the game lost two stars in my opinion.
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Ember has moved on
This game is dying. In game support is non-existent, there hasn’t been an update in months, the lag makes kill events unbearable, Ember has stopped sending realm news... obviously they are working on another project. It had potential when we thought they were working on issues, but it’s an ignored garden full of weeds and bugs! The realms are rapidly dying, evident in lack of participation in events. Bullies pay to get stronger, new players are run off...
At least open the realms so those of us who enjoy the people can play out our final levels in the shadow of what this game might have been.
At least open the realms so those of us who enjoy the people can play out our final levels in the shadow of what this game might have been.
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Once fun however...
The game itself while enjoyable has serious lag issues that will get your army destroyed while you close the app and reopen it. Asking for customer support is laughable and most goes without an answer. If you are lucky, perhaps you will get a generic auto reply of the your issue is being looked at for future upgrades. Of course it has been several months since the last app update. It seems this game has been forgotten about by the developers.
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Fun start with lots of wasted potential.
Played for months, played for fun. It takes a while to realize how much this game is geared towards offense and weekly events that destroy players and the progress of their cities and armies across each realm. There is no way to defend against the bigger players. There is one resource ‘elixir’ that you can’t protect other players from stealing and zeroing you out. Impossible to grow without elixir to help. Very little instruction on how to play when you start the game. Just have to hope other players fill you in or land in a good guild that is willing to help. Lots of ‘coming soon!’ Listed on some city items( like the altar). Played for months, message never changed. Random server maintenance with little warning. Starting to see a toxic player base, and lots of bullying. I want a game that is fun. The fun ran out, so time for me to delete this game.
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Horable recovery time
So it takes for ever to build a army, then one day some one just wiped your three weeks of work out with in seconds just because you were 10 minutes late from shielding and it takes for ever to get going again. Pointless game not much better than the ones that wipe you out completely. Not worth spending money or playing.
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Worst game ever!
This game is a horrible ratchet despicable disrespectful demeaning and degrading game It started off fun and cool but now it’s a pay $500 weekly to win type of game and the added bonus is cyber bullying I have never experienced a game where the customer service ignore you and REFUSED to do anything You can complain and show them screenshots and they still do nothing You have people in the game use racist words and the cyber bullying is on the lines of being criminal They will threaten you and use words like I will end you and kill your self And the developer and customer service reps ALLOW this to continue on in the game THEY DO NOTHING This game is rated for children 9+ and up This is a lie I would NEVER allow any child to play this game I’d never let a child be subjected and experience to such horrendous behaviors and cyber bullying It should be rated for MUTUAL ADULTS AND TRUST ME ITS ONLY A FEW MUTUAL ADULTS THAT ACT LIKE THEY HAVE COMMON SENSE THAT PLAY THIS GAME The developers and customer service team just lie to you and mislead you DO NOT PLAY! This game needs to remove and banned from the App Store and Google play! ASAP!
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No defense, poor customer service
The game has no limits on who can attack who in this game, so if you decide to play it be prepared to have players eight times larger than you wipe you out almost immediately. Ember does nothing to prevent this because these are usually the players that spend money in the game.
All of the emphasis is put on attack, so even when getting attacked by someone nearly the same size as you, your entire town will be wiped out and take days to rebuild. You will rarely get a chance to do this with how easy it is for the large, money spending players to destroy you.
Most of the discussion in these games goes well beyond competitive banter and instead is rude, vile and cruel. You can report these individuals but Ember does nothing about it. Their response is that you can block them, which basically renders the game silent.
Overall I’m disappointed that Ember seems to keep a structure and service that supports only those that spend money on the game. Don’t bother playing unless you have a lot to spend.
All of the emphasis is put on attack, so even when getting attacked by someone nearly the same size as you, your entire town will be wiped out and take days to rebuild. You will rarely get a chance to do this with how easy it is for the large, money spending players to destroy you.
Most of the discussion in these games goes well beyond competitive banter and instead is rude, vile and cruel. You can report these individuals but Ember does nothing about it. Their response is that you can block them, which basically renders the game silent.
Overall I’m disappointed that Ember seems to keep a structure and service that supports only those that spend money on the game. Don’t bother playing unless you have a lot to spend.
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Awesome
This game is awesome, but you get a bunch of gems, and most of the time if it is short enough, it will be free, otherwise you have to speed up the time. Otherwise, yeah great game. Not the best I’ve ever played, but still Awesome. I encourage you to play this amazing game!
Dragonstone bullies
This game is run by ember and its employees. Yes they give out prizes but if you dare to to have any power you are hit over and over again . They bully you. The things that are said on realm chat are bad. If you ever told someone that in person you would be arrested. When you complain to ember they send you a form letter that is nothing to do with what you said . DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY OR YOUR TIME ON THIS GAME . I CANT WAIT UNTIL THERE IS A LAW SUIT AGAINST EMEBR .
TERRIBLE GAME DO NOT PLAY OR WASTE YOUR MONEY.
TERRIBLE GAME DO NOT PLAY OR WASTE YOUR MONEY.
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Ember fails again
The game has serious server issues, which Ember ignores fixing in favor of providing more updates that require players to spend more money. New players are offered packs at $5 that existing players spent $30 on. In retrospect, I wouldn’t give them a penny. Additionally, the game lags horribly and you lose troops and/or resources. They do not bother rising these issues. They allow some of their own developers to play the game too, and they run the game as cyber bullies. It takes all the fun out of the game.
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177 days later...
After almost 6 months, and making it 124 days before one of “special buys” actually seemed worth it, I almost completely regret not giving up on the game months ago. On the plus side, my $5 didn’t entire go to Ember Entertainment, but back in January (around 80-90 days in) I considered quitting and I decided to hang around and enjoy what I could.
While other realms may be “better” than where I was, the game definitely caters towards rewarding those willing to spend, and spend, and spend. While you can remain free to play, you are looking at upwards of 350,000 gems (earned at up to 100 per event every 6 hours) simply to purchase the items required for structural building upgrades, and a single “level 24 building upgrade” that is awarded once per ‘month’ based on sequential logins would also severely limit the ability for a free to play customer being able to max out their structures, if they managed to get the other required gems, first.
If you don’t mind being borderline abused, or are looking to be [not so] micro transactioned, with $5-$100 (non-‘starter’) options available, for (hopefully?) months to come- it definitely could be the game for you. For me, I’d much rather would have not invested upwards of 800 hours for the relative lack of enjoyment I got out of it for “most” of my time I spent in the game.
While other realms may be “better” than where I was, the game definitely caters towards rewarding those willing to spend, and spend, and spend. While you can remain free to play, you are looking at upwards of 350,000 gems (earned at up to 100 per event every 6 hours) simply to purchase the items required for structural building upgrades, and a single “level 24 building upgrade” that is awarded once per ‘month’ based on sequential logins would also severely limit the ability for a free to play customer being able to max out their structures, if they managed to get the other required gems, first.
If you don’t mind being borderline abused, or are looking to be [not so] micro transactioned, with $5-$100 (non-‘starter’) options available, for (hopefully?) months to come- it definitely could be the game for you. For me, I’d much rather would have not invested upwards of 800 hours for the relative lack of enjoyment I got out of it for “most” of my time I spent in the game.
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Ember = Fail
Once again, Ember has failed to create a game that has fair play in mind. Supercell has a success story due to the way fair play is built into their games. Clash of Clans does allow attacks upon weaker players however, the cost is less damage and less reward. Ember, on the other hand, creates games that promote a type of online bullying that could introduce a new form of offline retaliation that could rival some of the things we currently see in the news.
My recommendation: save yourself the headache. Avoid Ember Entertainment unless you have, literally, thousands of dollars to spend and have a misplaced sense of superiority to fellow gamers and humanity. But if you feel like buying a new car, crashing it, repairing it, crashing it on the way home and repeating the whole process then, do that instead.
My recommendation: save yourself the headache. Avoid Ember Entertainment unless you have, literally, thousands of dollars to spend and have a misplaced sense of superiority to fellow gamers and humanity. But if you feel like buying a new car, crashing it, repairing it, crashing it on the way home and repeating the whole process then, do that instead.
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