RIVALS User Reviews

Name: RIVALS - Esports MOBA Manager
Rating: 4.2093 (430 reviews)

RIVALS - Esports MOBA Manager

Legendary Play GmbH

🎮 Games

⚽ Sports

What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of RIVALS. Based on 430 reviews and a 4.2/5 average, it highlights the 8 positives and 9 negatives reviewers mention most about this game.

Positive things

💡Innovative esports management concept
👍User-friendly interface and navigation
🎮Engaging gameplay mechanics for esports fans
⚙️Deep customization options for teams and players
🆓Playable without spending money
🎯Great for learning about MOBA games
🏆Exciting tournament system
⏱️Perfect for casual play sessions

Negative things

🐛Frequent bugs and glitches
⚡Slow energy recovery system
💰Pay-to-win mechanics
🎲Unfair match outcomes despite superior team stats
😤Illogical AI player decisions in matches
🔗Broken links and 404 errors
⏳Long wait times for match scheduling
💸Expensive tournament tickets and player transfers
🎬Boring match visualization with simple circle icons

Top reviews

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Loved it as a huge esports fan

This is a great game I mean where else are you gonna find an idea like this? This was extremely cool. There some nuance things that are a little annoying like idk why a mage player is a top laner typically top lane are bruisers/tanks(talking about league). You should also add more champs. I also can’t seem to figure out how to coach league games up to this point I’ve only coached scrims, it would be really dope cause in the tutorial you’re coaching a qualifying game 5. Overall great game. Well done!

deathrace4lov3

4 years ago

Pretty fun

Title says it all, EXCEPT there’s a specific way to upgrade ur players I think, idk, don’t think it’s a big issue, but yeah

lolheyojayololboy

4 years ago

Decent game

I like the idea of this game, tournament tickets are a bit of a pain to get and I’m constantly a few thousand to many thousands of money off from buying a new player even when I’ve completed all the tasks I can which is really annoying. Also the store doesn’t work in game and none of the links for privacy, licensing etc work they bring me to a page error 404 which is not a good sign. Anyway the overall gameplay for a log in once a day game Is fun.

ResReaper

4 years ago

Really good game!

I really liked this game! This is the perfect game for esports fans and I hope to see more big esports games get their own app! I am not a huge League fan or even know how to play it, but I still liked it.

Keagan Carnahan

4 years ago

We’re do we find the codes

Love the game and I love the new aspect for this update but I wanna know were do we find the codes?

instakin

4 years ago

Great for learning about MOBA games!

I wish this game had a bit more insight to the action that really happens in the matches. BUT!!! A really great game, taught me how to play official MOBA games when i first started playing those last year! Great for learning about MOBA’s and is for players who are handsoff or handson with its options to simulate or participateas a coach.

IkedaPrince

5 years ago

Lag with newest update

Great game. I love spending time playing but with the most recent update it lags and is very annoying. It didn’t lag before so I hope it’s fixed soon

Trevor_Ten

5 years ago

Fun game, but many issues

I really enjoy this game and find it really enjoyable, but there is one major issue. The battle system is infuriating. The number of games I’ve lost because one of my players doesn’t have a comfort pick and they make really stupid decisions is astounding. I’ve lost a game where we had 23 kills compared to their 4 because the players kept making stupid, illogical decisions late game. I enjoy this game, but so frustrating.

MjCA BSN

5 years ago

Response from developer

Hello MjCA! Our team is currently looking at match balancing as we have noticed that some of the outcomes do not look right. If you would like to report a suspicious match, please contact support@legendaryplay.gg!

Balancing

Can you please balance teams that are entered into the same league, and tournaments especially.

I’ve gotten quite a few tournaments where most teams will be within a few hundred points of each other then you have two teams that are thousands ahead of everyone else.

Those two teams take the top places/prizes with no chance of outplay. Feels like the rest of us are wasting hard earned tickets.

Apolllllllllo

5 years ago

Response from developer

Hello Apolllllllllo! Our team is currently looking at match balancing as we have noticed that some of the outcomes do not look right. If you would like to report a suspicious match, please contact support@legendaryplay.gg!

(Temporary 1*) I can’t play the game

This game looks quite interesting, but I am unable to pass the “logging in” screen. The bar just gets stuck around 30% and I’ve tried both uninstalling and letting it load for over an hour.

If the devs can help me get the game running, I’ll update my review :)

GamerAudio

5 years ago

Want to reset

I honestly enjoy this game a lot and play it constantly, but after the recent update I wish I could just reset my team and my game entirely. I’ve deleted the app but redownloading just causes me to have my old team back. There’s no iCloud data for the app so I don’t understand it.

Yugengio

5 years ago

Great management game, could use some updates

I’ve invested a lot of time (and some $$) into this game because I love the premise. I just wish we could have female players! With the clipart characters, it seems like a relatively small undertaking to add female esports characters. As a lady myself I think it would add a lot to the game :)

Harley E Miller

5 years ago

This is perfect

I’m not sure if I will get replied but I just wanna say the game is perfect, nothing to complain and I’m loving it. I’ve been playing for a while and thought why not rate it a 5stars after enjoying it so much. Oh and funny thing…the tournament’s logo such as VOLT, LVL 9 and Sword are still ‘2020’ and 2021 almost over. I think u guys are forgetting to change the logo? I mean it doesn’t really matter to me but just saying…hahaha

Yethanlwin

5 years ago

Response from developer

Hello Yethanlwin! Thank you so much for preemptively giving us 5 stars! Come join our discord community to discuss tactics and strategies that will get you to the top of the leaderboard www.metagames.gg/discord

Doesn’t boot up

The game is stuck on, “Checking if servers are still alive,” every time I boot up the game. I’ve been checking for the past few days, since maybe there was maintenance or something, with no change. Game seems dope but I haven’t got a chance to play it yet. Hopefully there’s a solution to this.

Nissaiscool

5 years ago

Great game!

A little buggy/slow at times but other then great quality and very easy to navigate. Tons and tons of customization option that don’t impact the game too much if at all excluding gear. Examples would be things like cosmetics for your players or your team. A great game if you have time to burn and would be a dedicated player

Slobberybeast08

5 years ago

The bans

This game is really good but the ban system is so annoying I have a player who can only play one character and can’t get the ban of him we should get to should to unban a character not the stupid system you have now

dndhxjcjf

5 years ago

Displeased to say the least.

If you want a game that you log in to once a week for five minutes and then there’s nothing else you can do, this is it. Pretty much like any other game. They make it frustrating and then offer paid incentives to boost ur gameplay. Such a stupid idea. I’d rather just buy a game than deal with pay to win. VERY FRUSTRATING GAME

wishcatch

5 years ago

Match Day

I want to know how a 900 power team with full energy and 100% scrim match bonus LOSES to a 400 power team, even if they were also at 100% scrim bonus. It’s seriously a joke because it has happened twice already (the first time it wasn’t as bad only a 200 power difference, but I should of won it!) Other than that, it’s a great game and I wish there was more things to do but I guess that’s the point of leveling up to unlock new things. Just please fix how the matchmaking is set up.

P.S: I am not saying that a higher power team should win every single time but just pointing out how big the skill gap was in that match and how puzzling it is to me that I lost the match!

HazardFuelz

5 years ago

Response from developer

Hello HazardFuelz! I completely understand where you are coming from, and we do recognize that we need to improve the way that match odds are displayed as we currently rely too heavily on team power. Team power is indeed important, but what's equally important are the champion proficiencies of your players, the plays you pick, where you place those plays, and how all of this lines up with your opponent's team setup. On top of that, there are some balancing changes coming in the next patch that will solve some of the very unrealistic losses in matches. I have outlined these changes in the announcement channel on our official Discord server. If you ever run into another match that has strange behavior, please save the match report and bring it to Discord so we can look at it and discuss it together. Here is the link to our Discord channel: www.metagames.gg/discord

Very fun game.

The only thing I don’t like about this game is how they do the PvP leagues. I played my first one at 8:31pm and now every league is at that time once a day and if I miss it then my team auto plays and I have to just hope they win and don’t have much control over the game. I wish you could just play one league match a day at any time instead of it being at the same time everyday. But other than that this game is very fun. You can spend money but i dont see a need to in this one at all. Energy is easy to get back and watching fights is very fun.

Jnfbsimonsvlo

5 years ago

Response from developer

Hello Jnfbsimonsvlo! Thank you very much for your feedback and 5 stars. I have forwarded your feedback to the game design team for consideration! Come join our Discord community to discuss tactics and strategies that will get you to the top of the leaderboard www.metagames.gg/discord

About the gameplays

I am here to give a few suggestions
1. Make pick and bans more fun. Make it closer to competitive esports. Let the user control each ban and pick with a timer on top . So the user can decide what to pick based on what the other team has banned or picked. If you want, take a look at the pick and ban simulator for league. Add champion counters and metas where different champs will have different strengths.
2. Instead of players initiating the plays, preset the gameplay and style during and after the draft. This includes how to execute team fights, aggression levels for each lane and focus(who is the team playing around)

Azure2003

5 years ago

Response from developer

Hello Azure2003! Thank you very much for taking the time to leave us feedback. 1. I am happy to confirm that manual picks and bans is coming as a feature in a near-future update! 2. I would like to learn more about this request. Please join our Discord server so we can discuss the finer details. Below is a link directly to our feature request and improvement suggestions channel on Discord, I look forward to talking with you there: https://discord.gg/fhdYe6u62v