Empire Takeover

S B

3 years ago

Perhaps just my phone, but the mechanics are incredibly frustrating. No apparent way to zoom out plus horrible sensitivity so having to swipe across the screen 10-15 times just to get to a different building in town. In combat needing 3-5 attempts to make troops attack what I want them to, then breaking that attack when trying to set up another. Just unplayable for me

David Junkman

3 years ago

Deceptive. Yeah sure the campaign levels are fun, but they're only a small part of the game. Soon you're mired back into the gameplay of State of Survival and Lords with an over map, and your territory has the normal set of barracks, castle, etc that you have to painfully level up, as well as the typical cumbersome tech trees. It's Gui falls short of the other examples I mentioned, and I'm really tired of games that hide a majority of their content to try and lure tou with 1 or 2 fun features.

Adrian Burkholder

3 years ago

It is extremely frustrating when most of the matches you are put into are set up so you have no possible way to win. I literally had 5 matches in a row where two of the three opponents attacked me while the third built up power. By the time I could make a dent in the two attacking me, the third just swept me aside like I was nothing. You need to alter the AI so the matches are at least possible to win

Abbey Owens

3 years ago

I loved this game when I could actually play it, but around castle 12 you start having really long wait times to upgrade things just so you can keep playing. At this point, I'm only able to play the game maybe 5 minutes every two days, but that's only if I remember to get on during that time and start another upgrade that will take days. It's basically unplayable now and I've only had the app about a week.

Sean Hull

1 year ago

This is the very definition of a Pay-to-Win money grab. Every single aspect of the game is designed to drain as much money as possible. The "good" heroes cost hundreds of $$$ to level. Many end game upgrades require $$$ while others are locked behind MONTHS of grinding if you don't want to pay. It's is VERY clear all thought went into getting players to spend money, not into translation or giving ANY kind of instructions. PSA, end game star buildings are very deceptive. Need 10 little stars!!!

Sup3rJ3di

2 years ago

Absolute garbage. No instructions. No labels. Buttons with symbols without explanation. Mediocre graphics. Heroes for some reason. Slowly losing when I control 7 of 10 towers? The AI suddenly getting twice the output of troops? Yeah, this game is cheating. Don't get me started on the god awful interface. I can drag my finger between towers 5 or 6 times before it actually works. Save yourself the trouble and find something better developed. EDIT: That app rating doesn't jive with these reviews.

u.s.taekwondo utah

2 years ago

It's fun for a few weeks but you have to upgrade your castle to play more levels and that takes days and days. After that you can only play around 10 more levels before upgrading your castle again. After a while the levels get basically impossible unless you are using aids. Your team starts off with a strength of 3 or 4 with weaker military and the opponents will start with 10, 15 or 25 of stronger military. They can literally wipe you out in a few seconds and there's nothing you can do.

Julia Pohl

2 years ago

This game starts out a tower puzzle game as expected, but quickly locks levels behind a building upgrade, research, and alliance system that is completely unwanted and requires energy to progress. Messages about other players' upgrades and achievements hide your own upgrade timers. The UI has little to no explanation of what icons mean or do. Most concerning, you cannot view the user agreement until you upgrade your Castle, though nothing indicates that is where the user agreement is hidden.

Heather Endres

2 years ago

Pay to play. Very fun, sometimes challenging, addictive! However, you cannot continue to play unless you upgrade your castle. After only playing for 6 days I had to wait 20 hrs to upgrade the castle or pay to upgrade instantly. The game itself is great but I prefer games that are ready for me to play whenever I have a free moment. Uninstalled in less than a week.

Todd Grimm

3 years ago

The game was fun at first when I could attack the little islands with the castles. Then, at stage 27, it became near imposible to beat, so I didn't care anymore. Then it was just a building game, tapping on the few buildings (castle, tavern, etc) to upgrade them for some unknown reason. It would be much better if there were instructions. The few tutitorial comments were ok, but not detailed.

Jeffrey Miller

3 years ago

Honestly, kind of bad. I think the core idea is okay, but it feels poorly made. Drawing lines between structures doesn't work half the time, doesn't feel responsive, and I frequently accidentally delete lines. Then there's the awkwardness of drawing a line to an enemy already attacking you. It's a cool concept, but the gameplay just feels so clunky. The rest of the games structure outside of the gameplay feels like generic cash grabby mobile game.

T.J.

2 years ago

Neat game I guess. The battle elements worked well. Not sure how people are complaining they can't draw the lines. It's easy. My issue is that the graphics are sluggish and look terrible in the world map and city screen. Like something out of 1995. Grammar errors all throughout and just poorly designed. Had to uninstall it because it was was just too fugly.

john hayes

2 years ago

The game is kinda fun, but there is a problem with it that really makes me mad and makes the game unplayable at times. I'm doing good, taking over, and I try to draw a line to a new tower..but it ends up deleting one of my other lines and not making the new one. The ai can draw the lines perfect every time. I'm fighting more with the stupid line thing than fighting the enemy. I'm about ready to drop to 1 star and uninstall this game! Update: it's getting worse, do NOT download this damn game!

KittyKat5090

2 years ago

Not gonna lie, this game's very mediocre. The UI's an absolute mess and progress grinds to a crawl after a while. The only thing that kept me playing were the puzzle segments, which were fun, but progress was eventually halted by having to level up the castle, which was incredibly slow. The worst part about the game is that it's not just a puzzle game, instead primarily being a multiplayer strategy game. I would've enjoyed it a lot more if it was JUST a single player puzzle game.

Lissa Tewell

2 years ago

The app is not always clear in terms of objectives. It doesn't run as smoothly as it could - minor bugs and a bit slow at points. There are ads but they are usually a choice and offer a reward for watching them. After the beginner stage ends, it does feel like you need to pay in game to fully enjoy it. Between upgrades and getting decimated by people much bigger, it can feel a bit pointless without pay to play.

SWRMC CPO

2 years ago

More than puzzles! RTS. I just wanted to play the puzzles from the ads. At first I tolerated the upgrading of buildings, resources, etc. STRIKE 1. Then I couldn't do more puzzles until I upgraded my castle. STRIKE 2. Then my hero was imprisoned and wasn't allowed to do anything. STRIKE 3. As an RTS it's fine, but not what I wanted. False advertising.

Emilee Graham

2 years ago

Loved the actual play and winning each level. Decided to delete the app because it takes WAYYYY too long to upgrade your castle so you can keep playing. If you want to play more than once a week, maybe, you have to spend money to speed up the building process of 3 different builds to upgrade your castle.. at which point, you then have to spend more money to speed your castle build up. Not worth taking up memory on my phone any longer.