Tribal Wars
I have been playing this game since 2007. Most of the gameplay is still the same from back then. But now with a lot of QoL improvements. The game is well balanced overall, but sometimes a little too much luck based. I have a lot of great memories from this game and made a lot of friends aswell. The game is easy to start with but hard to master.
However the developers do not know what to do with this game and destroyed this beautifull game the last couple of years. The game has become too much pay to win in my eyes and it’s not doing any good. I don’t mind to pay for extra premium functions, but buying resources, cheaper buildings, instantly finishing buildings, with your own money to get an advantage over other players is just plain wrong in my eyes. Also the addition of flags is only benefitting the older players and not the newer ones.
– Real player with 803.9 hrs in game
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This was mostly a trip down memory lane for me. I played on World 18 and 19 about 12 years ago. And, by the way, the game on their international server is currently on World 117. This is on the Tribal Wars US server. But, the game is more or less the same.
This game requires a lot of baby sitting. Everything runs in real time. And, it is highly recommended that you get in a good tribe early–or that you join one that is very good diplomatically to become aligned with the winning tribe. If you start later than a few days after world launch, you are already in trouble and could end up continually getting conquered and restarted.
– Real player with 368.4 hrs in game
Illyriad - Grand Strategy MMO
Before going into why I cannot recommend this game, let me point out that there are a couple of positive aspects to Illyriad. First, for a MMO, the game’s community is exceedingly welcoming to newcomers. Many of the established players are willing to answer basic questions in the chat, and even provide early game resource donations. The game world is suitably large and there is a strategic depth to the game that requires classic “guns vs. butter” decision making.
Those things said, there are two components of the game that prevent a recommendation.
– Real player with 4248.6 hrs in game
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For starters, this game is free-to-play, with a good premium currency model that isn’t pay-to-win (and you can even win free currency on Trivia Tuesdays). The community is great and very helpful to new players, and due to game design, big players aren’t rewarded for griefing new players, and there are apparently big players who will punish those who try.
The game itself is for those who like long-term worlds that change slowly, which I like, but ultimately, I ran into a series of disappointments that convinced me this game wasn’t for me.
– Real player with 460.5 hrs in game
Lords Mobile
A f2p, p2w game, one that constantly promisses that if you just keep evolving, the experience will become super interesting at some point ahead… yup, its another mobile game.
In the game’s defense, it IS possible to play without putting money, but make no mistake: its absolutely impossible to be even remotely competitive if you dont spend money(LOADS of money, enough to buy the all the DLC packages of DoA5 many times over). It is possible to play, but for players who dont put high quadruple digits of dollars into the game, “play” will for a loooong time mean stay hidden behind your shield 24.7 and just keep hoping your real life dont prevent you from renewing the shield or else some chinese dude will reset your troops count in very short order, it’s just a chore and that part of the game will last a VERY long time for free players.
– Real player with 525.2 hrs in game
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This is a game where its a purely pay to play. (Its not free to play) Free to play players once after protection cannot even play PVE, this was my experience as mostly free to play player.
PVE Rating: 0/10
PVP Rating: 0/10
Pay to win rating: 10/10
Free to play rating: 0/10
Day 1: Joined a new world which was 2 days old. Free to play players where all using tier 1 troops with numbers in the hundreds of troops. Pay to win players already had tier 3 troops with numbers in the 100s of thousands.
Day 14: Reach tier 2, paid 2 usd worth of in game items to enable myself to travel through time to gain a few days of virtual time advancement so as to get tier 2 units.
– Real player with 132.9 hrs in game
General War Memories
Great WWII strategy game. Maybe best game out there. Do not play. Vaccum sucking money game. Very bad instructions, very confusing steps in events. Everything is always YOUR fault you didn’t receive rewards for events (you didn’t spend enough money), you did not follow instructions, usually aren’t any, if there are confusing at the least. Do not care about game, only how much money they can get you to spend. Played the Vietnam version. Charged $100 US dollars. As I was spinning lucky slot machine for rewards (for the $100) game froze. Tried to reload game but it vanished like it never existed. Closed with no warning because they were not making enough money. May do same here.
– Real player with 2970.9 hrs in game
Great game, with hearth warming support, still developing and always help players.
New server coming at 24th of April, check it out!
– Real player with 79.3 hrs in game
Imperia Online
Okay, let’s go… For all those who are considering this game need to know some facts.
First thing first. It’s pure pay to win game. Meaning if you want to win era/season you need to buy: Premium, Subscription, take daily offers and so on… Or if you have luck to join some rich players alliances and they carry you all the way up.
Second thing; There are cheaters/scripters in game. There are 3rd party people who sell those stuff and when some rich player who spent so much money on the game use those stuff (scripts) IO admins will look otherway. So, as long as you’re spending money you can use cheats do frauds; you are protected.
– Real player with 7366.2 hrs in game
As far as I can tell this is the best empire builder mmo I’ve come across so far. I’ve been overlooking this game for a long time. Right now I’m pretty happy I finally decided to give it a shot. It caught me by surprise to be honest. I started off playing these types of games with Evony. Later on I tried Forge Of Empires, Ikariam, O Game. I played Stronghold Empires Online for a good time, and that’s not a bad empire builder game. But, as of now, I don’t think I’ve found a better one than Imperia Online. I’m pretty surprised to be honest. If you’ve ever played any of the games I’ve played then you most definitely want to give this one a shot. I especially like the aspect of managing a court of nobles which you appoint as generals and governors. I’ve never seen this aspect to an Empire Builder before. Pretty fun.
– Real player with 226.4 hrs in game
Infinite Lagrange
As someone who plays this a lot, no, not right now. Waaay too many things need to be fixed.
Things the game needs:
A way for unions to mark other unions as friend or foe
Something to do with cities
Rally fleets should be one big fleet.
The RNG for ships needs to be increased to make it easier to get ships.
Pathfinding of fleets. Seriously.
Pros
The art style is really good. Very homeworld like and something work going for.
The battles, while simple, are fun to watch
Cons
Damn near everything else.
– Real player with 529.5 hrs in game
Pay to win? Yes.
Fun to play as a walle? Yes -If you are in a Union.
Fun to play as a Free to Play? Yes -If you are in a Union.
Simple as that. You can have almost everything if you pay, but without an Union you will be bored in no time. And if you are a Free to Play player joining an Union will do to you the same fun that the walle will have. Game is totally based in Unions (clans) and when you’re in one have or not all types of ships doens’t make a big diference… Just try, it’s free; but if you will play alone i’ll say again, you get bored very fast, paying or not.
– Real player with 465.5 hrs in game
Infinity Heroes
Infinity wars is a unique take on card games. it’s simultaneous turns is a new twist in this genre.
I personally found a lot of enjoyment from the strategic elements, the lore and the art work is of really high quality, and I don’t think some of the old reviews reflect where it is now in development. Alot of the old issues have been bug fixed since I have joined the community.
Also the team behind the game is very active and hosts tournaments for money if you are part of their patreon. You can have access to the development team on their discord, and while community is budding it is also very active.
– Real player with 136.0 hrs in game
I’ve wait for this game for some time. After playing IW for a couple hundred hours, I was disappointed that it had to come to an end. The turns, factions and mechanics really captured my love for CCGs. This new version is a condensed version of the main mechanics of the game. Your attack, defense and support zones are present and turns happens simultaneously with initiative making your effects and actions happen first (this can be an advantage or disadvantage depending on your strategy). The revamped mechanics and zones makes it different enough, I see lots of potential once things get rolling. However, there could be some balancing of artifacts and certain cards as well as a more unified and decisive interface. I hope to see other IW players on in the future.
– Real player with 27.5 hrs in game
Other Realms
DO NOT BUY THIS GAME! IM GOING TO BE MEAN SO YOU DONT HAVE TO.
NO CONTENT
CHOPPY GRAPHICS
WASTE OF TIME
TOO MANY GAME BREAKING BUGS
Lets start here..
The game is basically unplayable.
When youre in 1st person you can see your “dwarfs” arms/shoulders and stuff flailing through the screen
The graphics on the mineable rocks are literally the texture of mashed potatoes
I mined the ENTIRE map in less than 30 minutes, only to realize i CANNOT craft the item needed to craft items!!!
Nor would I have enough resources to create even the smallest smidgen of a “base” AFTER FARMING THE ENTIRE WORLD!
– Real player with 2.0 hrs in game
my original review was kind of positive despite it being a crappy game, i was hoping it would get better… a year later and there has been nothing updated or no announcements of updates.. dont get this trash!
it looks like the result of a high school project that got abandoned… dont waste your money!
my first impressions were:
Lighting needs work, its pitch black in the shadows under trees.
the ambient sounds are just repetitive god-awful bird screechings, definitely change that up asap, i turned the sound off after a few minutes.
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game
Romans: Age of Caesar
A co-op MMORTS from a team of veteran city builder developers, Romans: Age of Caesar is the latest historical strategy game from Stronghold developers Firefly Studios. In Romans players must rebuild the empire as they gather resources, re-establish trade routes and protect shared city states from barbarian invasion!
Build Rome Together
Experience classic city builder gameplay online as you build, trade and fight alongside fellow players in a shared open world. With up to 16 players per city, governors must cooperate to grow and begin rebuilding the empire.
Grow Your Economy
Beyond your district lies an expansive empire map filled with new settlements, unique resources and growing threats. Forge alliances with otherwise rival city states, revive the republic and restore the Roman Empire to its former glory!
Reforge an Empire
Engage in tactical combat to push back barbarian frontiers in PvE or engage in political warfare, forging alliances to claim glory in epic PvP battles. Draw blood or work alongside fellow governors, defeating common threats and building the prosperity of your shared city states.
Become Caesar
With the ultimate goal to be crowned Caesar, players must carefully work their way into the senate. Earn the confidence of your political partners and either rise with them through the lower chambers or betray former allies when it suits you best. Manoeuvre between different loyalties, positions and even gods, to remain politically nimble and succeed in your final quest for power.
Key Features
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🏛️BUILD Rome Together - Rebuild Rome’s once great cities with up to 16 players and ally with thousands more across the empire.
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💰GROW Your Economy - Specialise your city district to serve the needs of your fellow governors, cooperating to prosper and expand.
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🗺️REFORGE an Empire - Resist barbarians and threats from traitorous politicians as you establish new settlements and trade routes.
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🗡️BECOME Caesar - Negotiate your way through the lower levels of the Senate, sights firmly set on the title and power of Caesar.
Techwars Online
Neither Battletech nor good.
Hi there. I really like mechgames – be it as a simulation on my PC or as a tabletop-game with miniatures. But in its actuall state the game Techwars Online seems to come straight out of hell. It looks unready – but it is not an early-acces-title. The gamemechanics are unsatisfiing, the tournamentmode is a joke, the controlls are whacky – but they have no mercy for mistakes. And – just in case you didn’t guess it yourselves – there are bugs crawling through the code. I know: somwhere in Russia a bunch of guys have put a lot of effort in that project – I appreciate that. There are to few mechgames in the world. But for example: Why takes the AI the control of my mechs, leves me as a mere wondering spectator and beats the crap out of itself? I wanted to do that! Well, it’s not that bad, because after two rounds or so the whole match crashes.
– Real player with 6.1 hrs in game
Besides not knowing what Battletech is or Front-Mission, i find this game fascinating.
The game itself is on early development, not early access, I hope thye add new features and items for further startegies, because this game is nothing else than Chess with giant robots and hexagonal space instead of square.
Now the pros and cons:
PROS:
Very strategic gameplay: If you don’t think twice when you play this game, it’ll be difficult to win, as every action you do will actually be decisive for your win or loose.
– Real player with 4.9 hrs in game