# Syndicate: Tower Defense — user reviews > 141 indexed App Store user reviews of Syndicate by Dmitry Gushchin, rated 4.30/5 from 321 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/syndicate-tower-defense/id1179253455/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/syndicate-tower-defense/id1179253455.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 168 · 4★ 103 · 3★ 36 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 8 ## What do users think of Syndicate? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🎮 Enjoyable gameplay - 📊 Decent entertainment value - 🕹️ Fun tower defense game - 🎨 Good graphics and theme - 🕰️ Good way to pass the time **Cons** - 💢 Ads are problematic or disruptive - 🔍 Small screen size issues - 🕹️ Lacks difficulty or challenge - 🕹️ Simplistic or repetitive gameplay - 🛠️ Technical issues or bugs **Commonly reported bugs** - Towers becoming inaccessible - Crashes or freezes when switching between games **Most requested features** - More tower or upgrade options - Improved tutorial and onboarding - Ability to zoom and pan the map - Less reliance on ads for progression ## Newest reviews (14 of 141) ### 4/5 — A good way to pass the time on the commute *2019-02-27, version 2.1.9* A decent little game that is very simple to pick up and play, as with most tower defence games. It is totally free to play and I completed the game (all 135 levels) without making a purchase and the concept for the game is quite unique as far as I know. However it has a very limited/non existing storyline with spelling and gramma mistakes here and there. The UI is quite basic and needs to be massively improved upon to compete with the more known Bloon and Plants vs Zombies games. This includes; 1)Improving the tutorial to explain all of the games features 2)Being able to zoom in and around the map 3) Adding details to the characters and giving a brief play through of each new card’s pros and cons - as it is, you kinda have to learn as you play ### 4/5 — Fun but too ad based *2018-12-24* Fun game but insanely based on ads to go any further. ### 4/5 — Enjoyable if too easy *2018-07-04* Good graphics and the card system is logical. Obviously a lot of time was spent developing this game. It falls short in terms of difficultly (I’m 80% complete and none of the levels have posed much of a challenge). This is partially due to the mechanics. The cartoon aesthetic limits the precision of the units - so you pretty much just have to spam towers to win. ### 4/5 — Syndicate *2018-06-26, version 2.1.78* Fun ### 4/5 — Great *2018-05-21* My one complaint is that u have to watch an ad before and after the match, But other than that it’s good. ### 4/5 — Good game *2018-05-13, version 2.1* Pretty good ### 4/5 — A bit addictive *2018-05-13, version 2.1* Just started & hooked!! ### 4/5 — Fun but slow build times *2018-05-11* Fun game, cool units, slow build times for a tower defense game. ### 4/5 — Good game *2018-05-08, version 2.1* It's a good game, bit tricksy to master which makes it enjoyable, I like the mix of card collection and gameplay ### 4/5 — Wooo *2018-05-05, version 2.1* Wooooo ### 4/5 — Fun *2018-04-25, version 2.1* Good game, a lot of ads ### 3/5 — Alright *2018-04-04, version 2.1* Its alright ### 4/5 — Fun *2018-03-17, version 2.1* Fun and good lookin’ ### 4/5 — B minus *2018-02-18, version 2.1* Needs more tower options ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Boring game, not worth your time *2019-02-21, version 2.1.9* Imagine the worst tower defence game, this is merely 1 step above that; it is really bland for a steampunk theme and I am disappointed, it has a cheap pre-rendered feel to it and things like the health bar and UI were just added on without much thought. There’s basically nothing to the game, it’s like water while other tower defence games are bowls of thick noodles. The map is tiny and it is so dull. It is poor at communicating that if you want to use more cards then the gems you pay (luckily I never paid anything) is only for 1 round. [Rather than playing this wreck I recommend paying for Kingdom Rush and/or Bloons TD6; there’s also Color Defence which is a fun free TD.] ### 1/5 — Did not get purchase *2018-12-16, version 2.1.9* Hello I spent 2$ on this game and did not get it I want a refund now!!!!!!!!😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡 ### 1/5 — Nickname *2017-11-30, version 2.1* Terrible game!!! Just don't ### 1/5 — Fix the tower bug *2017-09-26* Unfortunately, the towers end up being shifted to the left as you add more than 4 making the additional ones unusable. ### 1/5 — Juste de la pub *2017-09-12, version 1.5* Apres avoir passer plus de temps a regarder des publicités qu'a jouer, on desinstalle. ### 2/5 — Buggy *2017-11-14* When switching between games (like your earlier game “SteamPunk Defense” no doubt) to wait on upgrade times, this thing just freezes up & I have to restart it. And the “Engrish” in here is pretty annoying too. If you’ve got choppy sentences it’s going to hurt the overall appeal of the game. ### 3/5 — Ads are broken *2023-03-07, version 2.1.9* Gameplay is fun, but ads are totally broken. Have to shut down game and restart just to exit an ad. ### 3/5 — Too small on old iPhone *2019-02-20, version 2.1.9* On my iPhone se I cannot read anything on the screen ### 3/5 — Dull *2018-06-03, version 2.1.78* It’s OK. Long ads to sit through. ### 3/5 — It’s coo *2018-05-20, version 2.1* It’s coo ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Decent Entertainment *2020-12-10, version 2.1.9* I Just started and I’m enjoying it ### 5/5 — Good games *2019-09-08, version 2.1.9* This game is awesome love it thanks you ### 5/5 — Great game *2019-07-10, version 2.1.9* Really good game similar to bloons TD 6 but it’s free ### 5/5 — Bon petit jeux *2018-09-27, version 2.1.9* Très bon et bien fait ### 5/5 — Great game *2018-08-31, version 2.1.9* Slow upgrades when not purchasing but still good ### 5/5 — Fun Game *2018-05-01* This is pretty fun, even though my ancient 4s causes it to crash occasionally. ### 5/5 — Amazing *2018-04-27, version 2.1* Really addictive and fun ### 5/5 — Boom *2018-04-22, version 2.1* Fun game ### 5/5 — Interesting *2018-04-09* Fun so far ### 5/5 — Crystals please *2018-04-03, version 2.1* Writing this review to get free currency --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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