It’s a trap!
I’m sure this game was fun to play by the year old comments. Where are the current reviews? Can I expect mine to be tucked way back in the review basement too?
I started off really liking this game. It was definitely different from many of the grind and forced to join a clan games.
I’ve made it to the next level, the Bronze Age. Now I’m stuck. I can’t level any buildings because I need credits and gems to research I order to level buildings. Credits are no problem. They designed the game to where you have to spend money to get gems. The first age you could earn gems. The Bronze Age you can’t. I’ve looked at everything, but no luck finding a way to earn free gems. So now I can’t advance in the game. I’m not going to keep buying gems just to climb the research stages. I spend money on these mobile games all the time, but not going to in this one. Not like this, forcible in order to advance.
GAME DELETED.
I started off really liking this game. It was definitely different from many of the grind and forced to join a clan games.
I’ve made it to the next level, the Bronze Age. Now I’m stuck. I can’t level any buildings because I need credits and gems to research I order to level buildings. Credits are no problem. They designed the game to where you have to spend money to get gems. The first age you could earn gems. The Bronze Age you can’t. I’ve looked at everything, but no luck finding a way to earn free gems. So now I can’t advance in the game. I’m not going to keep buying gems just to climb the research stages. I spend money on these mobile games all the time, but not going to in this one. Not like this, forcible in order to advance.
GAME DELETED.
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Response from developer
Thanks for the feedback! We'd like to note that the game can be played without spending any money - many players progress successfully this way. We encourage you to keep exploring what the game has to offer.
Terrible Customer Service Ruined My Experience
I used to really enjoy this game and was a loyal paying player. However, after a recent experience with customer support, my attitude towards this game has completely changed. The CS rep I dealt with was rude, condescending, and seemed more interested in “winning the argument” than actually helping. I’ve never encountered support like this before — it was honestly shocking. I strongly suggest the team review how their support staff treat players. I won’t be spending another cent on a game that makes me feel disrespected.
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Based
This game is awesome but y’all need to add Peter The Great, Rasputin, Agamemnon, Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, and Hitler.
Repetitive cash grab
You can play for free but you’ll never get anywhere. Nothing but a cash grab. Constant pop up ads to buy things and I know it’s not required but there’s no reason to be bombarded with “buy, buy, buy” pop ups. Shame on the devs and @apple
Bom
Bom
Stuck
Seems like you’re stuck early in the game unless you buy gems
Pay to win…..eventually
It starts off very forgiving, holds your hand through the early stages to get where you need to be and you do progress pretty quickly.
The village building mechanics are fun for a time but its nothing that hasnt been done before with others such as dominations and rise of empires.
Then, the wall comes at you thick and fast where you cannot progress without waiting for timers for your research of which you get one an hour, early level training on skills begins to take over a day starting from level 3. It is very imbalanced.
Where they get you, is subtle. At the beginning there is a mission for the best type of summon orb for 160 pass stars in the gameplay over 6 days. Easily done right? Wrong. You will hit the wall around biome 3 and if you refuse to spend you are at the mercy of all the timers in gameplay and progression halts to maybe one level every couple of hours and thats if you live on the game throughout the day
The village building mechanics are fun for a time but its nothing that hasnt been done before with others such as dominations and rise of empires.
Then, the wall comes at you thick and fast where you cannot progress without waiting for timers for your research of which you get one an hour, early level training on skills begins to take over a day starting from level 3. It is very imbalanced.
Where they get you, is subtle. At the beginning there is a mission for the best type of summon orb for 160 pass stars in the gameplay over 6 days. Easily done right? Wrong. You will hit the wall around biome 3 and if you refuse to spend you are at the mercy of all the timers in gameplay and progression halts to maybe one level every couple of hours and thats if you live on the game throughout the day
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Response from developer
Thank you for the detailed feedback! We appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts on the game's pacing and balance. We'll pass this along to our team as a suggestion for further review.
Real review/hopeful wishing
I have honestly left very few reviews in my many years of just mobile games but in light of all these games dying I’d like to leave ones for the games that mean something to me, I have always enjoyed this game from even its predecessor and I’m even exited to drop a quick buck here and there to help support the game but here’s hoping they listen to fans as I wish there was a way to unlock king Agamemnon right along side king Odysseus or maybe even more depth in the Viking department, but either way in terms of game itself the gameplay is quite fresh and I’ve never had a problem sitting on this game for hours so if your looking for a historical character game, this is the one for you(if you read this long heck yeah)
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Response from developer
Really appreciate you sharing this, it means a lot to hear the game's stuck with you this long. We'll pass your ideas about Agamemnon and the Vikings on to the team. We do have some plans with Vikings, so stay tuned!
Game won’t load
Game won’t load and no support unless you have an account with the developer.
Enjoying playing it
I used to play other strategy games before this, and while Heroes of History is a bit more expensive than other mobile games I played, I think it’s actually very playable as FTP. Unlike many similar games, nobody is constantly destroying your city, so you can build your account at your own pace.
If you’re active, do your daily tasks, and participate in events, you can make great progress without spending. I’ve only been playing for two weeks, FTP, and already have couple 5 star and a few 4 star heroes . Just be patient, level up the heroes you get, and enjoy the journey. Overall, I’m really enjoying the game so far.
If you’re active, do your daily tasks, and participate in events, you can make great progress without spending. I’ve only been playing for two weeks, FTP, and already have couple 5 star and a few 4 star heroes . Just be patient, level up the heroes you get, and enjoy the journey. Overall, I’m really enjoying the game so far.
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Response from developer
Reviews like this make our day - thanks for taking the time to write it. Enjoy the journey ahead!
Great game
This game is great. The main quest and side quests and events keep the game interesting. I would love to see hero’s of the Christian faith added to the game. A 5 star apostle Paul and apostle Peter and John the Baptist. 4 star Timothy 4 star Aquila and Priscilla. Martin Luther and John Calvin would also be great additions to the game. Please consider these! A Christian first century AD Jerusalem event would be amazing!
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Good but needs American western era heros
PLEASE ADD AMERICAN WESTERN ERA HEROES PLEASE
A Flawed Game
I would have given this game 5* but recent changes are telltale signs of how greedy and rigged the mechanics have become.
Let’s start with greedy. There are now two tiers to the monthly pass, not one but two. And paying for the Legendary top tier does not include getting the Epic pay tier just below it, but you wouldn’t know this until you actually paid the exorbitant price for the Legendary pass only to realize that that is all you get.
As far as rigged mechanics go, I’m referring to the terribly unfair and unbalanced Atlantis Event. Four alliances face off in a week-long battle to control a map of Atlantis. How the alliances are matched is determined by tallying secret ELO scores for each player in the alliance. The secret ELO is supposedly not based on a player’s power which is probably true - because the game has low power teams facing off against teams which are 5x stronger! I kid you not. Imagine trying your best only to be bullied around the map by a team which is 4-5x more powerful than you! This week my alliance, with an average squad power of 15k is facing an alliance with an average squad power of 60k! And they have at least 8 active members and we have 10. 10x15 = 150 vs 8x60 = 480. I bet you can guess who’s winning…
Now how could we be matched up so unfairly one might ask? Probably because we’ve had to spend GEMS in order to remain competitive in all our matches against increasingly overpowered opponents. That’s why the ELO is secret, because $$$ spent are in the algorithm.
Which brings us full circle back to greed. They’ve taken an event that should be fun and competitive and turned it into an experience that is a) completely frustrating, b) relatively unrewarding (I forgot to mention that personal rewards in the Atlantis event top off at a ridiculously low level) and c) a vicious cycle because the better you do today, the crazier the unfairness will be in your next match.
When the player is disincentivized to actually play, the developer needs to seriously rethink their strategy. I would further suggest that the developer actually play the event in real time for a week rather than letting the AI run off a hundred thousand simulated matches. There’s a difference between how effectively 10 real people in different time zones can coordinate their gameplay over a full week versus how the AI can seamlessly coordinate the gameplay of 10 simulated players in the blink of an eye.
Let’s start with greedy. There are now two tiers to the monthly pass, not one but two. And paying for the Legendary top tier does not include getting the Epic pay tier just below it, but you wouldn’t know this until you actually paid the exorbitant price for the Legendary pass only to realize that that is all you get.
As far as rigged mechanics go, I’m referring to the terribly unfair and unbalanced Atlantis Event. Four alliances face off in a week-long battle to control a map of Atlantis. How the alliances are matched is determined by tallying secret ELO scores for each player in the alliance. The secret ELO is supposedly not based on a player’s power which is probably true - because the game has low power teams facing off against teams which are 5x stronger! I kid you not. Imagine trying your best only to be bullied around the map by a team which is 4-5x more powerful than you! This week my alliance, with an average squad power of 15k is facing an alliance with an average squad power of 60k! And they have at least 8 active members and we have 10. 10x15 = 150 vs 8x60 = 480. I bet you can guess who’s winning…
Now how could we be matched up so unfairly one might ask? Probably because we’ve had to spend GEMS in order to remain competitive in all our matches against increasingly overpowered opponents. That’s why the ELO is secret, because $$$ spent are in the algorithm.
Which brings us full circle back to greed. They’ve taken an event that should be fun and competitive and turned it into an experience that is a) completely frustrating, b) relatively unrewarding (I forgot to mention that personal rewards in the Atlantis event top off at a ridiculously low level) and c) a vicious cycle because the better you do today, the crazier the unfairness will be in your next match.
When the player is disincentivized to actually play, the developer needs to seriously rethink their strategy. I would further suggest that the developer actually play the event in real time for a week rather than letting the AI run off a hundred thousand simulated matches. There’s a difference between how effectively 10 real people in different time zones can coordinate their gameplay over a full week versus how the AI can seamlessly coordinate the gameplay of 10 simulated players in the blink of an eye.
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Idioma português
Jogo bom, só falta a tradução pro português
Response from developer
Thank you for your positive feedback and suggestion, which we are passing on to the team.
Cannot proceed
I just started and built houses, then cannot proceed the tasks since i cannot do anything else that i have to follow the instructions but the building is in the way. So the game could not proceed
Response from developer
Playing this game requires carefully thinking through every step, as it's a strategy game. Feel free to join our Discord, where other players can offer tips and share their own experience.
App refuses to load
Managed to log in via the server but tried to leave a support message to help resolve the issue but that won’t work either.happily playing for a couple of years but now can’t login via the app. Deleted the app and downloaded it again but same problem. Grateful for some help please. Reached out directly to developer but they can’t seem to resolve the problem.
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Frustrated
It locks me out saying poor connection even on wifi. Not happy with the error reload screen when I have done everything I can to play and get in. It was decently fun to play, but if they can’t fix errors it’s a waste of space to have on phone. I’ll stick to games with decent support.
If money is no object then get otherwise spend them next 100 years trying to advance
Their greed is unbelievable and just seems to be getting worse. I have played for two years but I am getting to the point of deleting as it’s become impossible to enjoy.
Their approach is to handicap players who do not pay constantly. You don’t pay a few times you need to pay everyday.
Added to this is the constant message of slow internet. The design of their pages which lead to you wasting your resources if you are not extremely careful.
I hope this helps those contemplating getting this game
Their approach is to handicap players who do not pay constantly. You don’t pay a few times you need to pay everyday.
Added to this is the constant message of slow internet. The design of their pages which lead to you wasting your resources if you are not extremely careful.
I hope this helps those contemplating getting this game
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Response from developer
Thank you for the honest feedback. That said, the game is designed so you can enjoy it without spending any money, and many players do play it exactly that way. I'd encourage you to give that approach a try.
Fun Collector Game
So far there are many historical characters to unlock. You do get a couple cool ones throughout the campaign. Not sure how crazy or heavy of PvP there is but that aside you get to build your base, train characters, and also search for resources. Definitely recommend if you’re looking for a more casual collector game!
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Unethical Business Practices
This game was okay, despite being heavily pay to win. However, this latest event is either a massive screw up by the developers, or a straight attempt to screw over the players.
All previous allied culture cities you could obtain level 25-35 as F2P. The last event where they released a 5* hero from the level 40 reward had the same difficulty as all other allied cultures, and level 40 could be obtained with about $25 spent.
In this new allied culture event, F2P can maybe reach level 20, though 18 is more likely. $100 spent will get you to about level 25, while getting to level 40 would take upwards of $500.
Players calculated the math required to reach level 40. Even buying all premium buildings and expansions ($500 worth of purchases), it is still highly unlikely you could reach level 40 through the base game mechanics. You would need to spend additional money buying gems in order to directly buy the materials you’re short.
The company’s response to creating an event, with no indication that it would be 20x more expensive than all previous events, was “build better.”
Update: After massive outcry from the players, and evidence that it was nearly impossible to obtain the rewards, the company decided to give out the level 40 fragment to everyone. This is a nice gesture, but doesn’t change the fact that people that spent hundreds of dollars supporting this company weren’t reimbursed for their wasted money. I’m only changing my rating to 2 stars because I didn’t spend hundreds of dollars, but I estimate I lost about $40 worth of gems on this event, with nothing to show for it.
All previous allied culture cities you could obtain level 25-35 as F2P. The last event where they released a 5* hero from the level 40 reward had the same difficulty as all other allied cultures, and level 40 could be obtained with about $25 spent.
In this new allied culture event, F2P can maybe reach level 20, though 18 is more likely. $100 spent will get you to about level 25, while getting to level 40 would take upwards of $500.
Players calculated the math required to reach level 40. Even buying all premium buildings and expansions ($500 worth of purchases), it is still highly unlikely you could reach level 40 through the base game mechanics. You would need to spend additional money buying gems in order to directly buy the materials you’re short.
The company’s response to creating an event, with no indication that it would be 20x more expensive than all previous events, was “build better.”
Update: After massive outcry from the players, and evidence that it was nearly impossible to obtain the rewards, the company decided to give out the level 40 fragment to everyone. This is a nice gesture, but doesn’t change the fact that people that spent hundreds of dollars supporting this company weren’t reimbursed for their wasted money. I’m only changing my rating to 2 stars because I didn’t spend hundreds of dollars, but I estimate I lost about $40 worth of gems on this event, with nothing to show for it.
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Response from developer
Thank you for the detailed feedback. We recognize that Ithaca’s difficulty and reward expectations caused major frustration. We have apologized and sent out an Odysseus awakening token as compensation. This may not undo the experience, but the feedback from this run is being taken seriously.
