Game of War - Fire Age

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  1. Terrapin
    Jan 27, 2014
    3
    This would be a good game if there were not security issues and if there were any customer service.

    After I spent months and hundreds of dollars on this game, my accounts were stolen. After over 36 hrs, I lost everything and so did many of my friends. The reply 2 days later from MZ customer no service was 2 sentences saying they don't condone buying/selling accounts. They didn't care    This would be a good game if there were not security issues and if there were any customer service.

    After I spent months and hundreds of dollars on this game, my accounts were stolen. After over 36 hrs, I lost everything and so did many of my friends. The reply 2 days later from MZ customer no service was 2 sentences saying they don't condone buying/selling accounts. They didn't care about the circumstances and didn't even try to resolve the issue. After 6 months and several hundred dollars, I got a 2 sentence reply in the middle of the night. Nothing since.    … Expand
  2. XJT
    Oct 12, 2014
    3
    The game crashes 80% of the time when I go to the map screen. Some of the basics of getting around are made much more difficult than needed. When people have to ask in chat how to change their empire name, you know the game isn't user friendly. It is also to easy pray on noobs and pound them to death, which means they usually give up pretty fast
  3. Treads
    Feb 10, 2014
    2
    Game is ok for the first 2 days, then you have to pay to gain and win. The game is good for 13-17 year old virgins, and women with no life. Game is extremely slow and boring. The game is also good for people with lots of money to blow in life with no gaming skill.
  4. jUtah
    Apr 10, 2015
    2
    I played this game for months and I was one of the highest scoring (kills) players in my kingdom. That being said, I dislike this game and quit. It is oddly both addicting and boring. There is almost nothing in the way of strategy or actual competition. Rather, the game is about acquisition of power through menial tasks. Even if you spend a lot of money (I spent $600) it still takes a lotI played this game for months and I was one of the highest scoring (kills) players in my kingdom. That being said, I dislike this game and quit. It is oddly both addicting and boring. There is almost nothing in the way of strategy or actual competition. Rather, the game is about acquisition of power through menial tasks. Even if you spend a lot of money (I spent $600) it still takes a lot of time and boredom. The money I spent was nothing compared to some in my alliance who were spending $1000s. The game is addicting because it taps into some human element about power acquisition. eg., "I just need to complete a few more tasks to get these materials to get better weapons" or "I just need to upgrade this buildings so I can build more troops".

    The funniest thing about the game is there is very little actual fighting given how long it takes and how expensive it is to building your empire. If you start attacking people your inbox will fill with people complaining. I often joked that the game should be called, "complaining about war".

    I know a lot of guys who like the game but that is because they like the fun of hanging and chatting in a powerful alliance. They rarely fight. It is simply too expensive to do so. If you are not prepared to spend a lot of money then find a different game. The wait times for key items is in the 100s of days. So without buying speedups you will never get them. And the guys who do buy them will simply run over you. While there is no real fighting, the big players will simply run over the small players on a daily basis for fun.    … Expand
  5. wolfaardt
    Jun 15, 2015
    2
    They should make that you can teleport from one kingdom to another kingdom for everyone and not people under stronghold 5 the game would then be much funner and better then you can go to somewhere where all your friends are.
  6. billpennock
    Oct 10, 2015
    2
    Having played for almost a year I don't believe the two people here who claim they can have powerful accounts with nearly no money. The game is very addicting and was fun when I started playing. A million or two power was a big account. But as people became victims of Machine Zone's ability to pull you in many went crazy. I have heard of unbelievable spending, 10's of thousands ofHaving played for almost a year I don't believe the two people here who claim they can have powerful accounts with nearly no money. The game is very addicting and was fun when I started playing. A million or two power was a big account. But as people became victims of Machine Zone's ability to pull you in many went crazy. I have heard of unbelievable spending, 10's of thousands of dollars from credible sources on single accounts. The game is now suffering from huge lag and crashes. It's gotten very slow to play many times and speed is critical. What was fun is now just a chore I no longer care to do. As for MZ if something glitches and you don't get something you were supposed to, no mater how little value it would be for them to give it to you, they will run you around till you give up asking. They NEVER admit that the game might have glitched even though there is ample evidence every minute you play of messages to the server and back getting delayed and more. They just came out with new terms and conditions that are onerous and clearly slanted very much against the game player. While the game was fun once the makers greed has made it anything but fun.… Expand
  7. Tcefx
    Oct 16, 2015
    2
    Many underestimate the power of good customer service. However most when asked can recall experiences of very good or very poor customer service. Even some of the largest companies know the value of treating customers well. My rating of game of war is based on the way Machine Zone treats customers (poor response to questions and complaints is an example). While the game is a free download,Many underestimate the power of good customer service. However most when asked can recall experiences of very good or very poor customer service. Even some of the largest companies know the value of treating customers well. My rating of game of war is based on the way Machine Zone treats customers (poor response to questions and complaints is an example). While the game is a free download, the best customers here spend hundreds of dollars or more to advance. MZ loves your money but it's not going to buy their respect. While it is hard to believe they can survive long with this business model, MZ seems content to ride it out, siphoning dollars while they can.… Expand
  8. PapaGadusch
    Dec 4, 2015
    2
    This is a money-grab game from MZ full of glitches and lag and even poorer rewards. In my opinion, it is unethical of MZ to create a game that pins its success on exploiting the natural impulsiveness of people.

    GoW: Fireage is 'pay-to-win' at it's finest. Unless you plan to spend thousands (Literally) or plan to do NO attacking of other players and remain shielded, this "Free-To-Play"    This is a money-grab game from MZ full of glitches and lag and even poorer rewards. In my opinion, it is unethical of MZ to create a game that pins its success on exploiting the natural impulsiveness of people.

    GoW: Fireage is 'pay-to-win' at it's finest. Unless you plan to spend thousands (Literally) or plan to do NO attacking of other players and remain shielded, this "Free-To-Play" game is worthless. Unless you are a huge player (In the billions of power), you will be targeted as soon as you unshield your city. That's a lot of wasted time & effort and possibly real $ spent building yourself up. Resist, and even boycott MZ for their greed and disrespect of the players that have made them so wealthy...    … Expand
  9. Ghost67
    Jan 5, 2015
    1
    GOW IS NOT ABOUT STRATEGY!

    It is impossible to be competitive without serious dough. $$$ = Power, LITERALLY. And Machinezone has done a BRILLIANT job of squeezing every last dollar out of you. Unfortunately, this KILLS the strategy of the game. At the end of the day, GoW is about brute force. This is a P2W game to the max. As you know, in Empire building games you are given an    GOW IS NOT ABOUT STRATEGY!

    It is impossible to be competitive without serious dough. $$$ = Power, LITERALLY. And Machinezone has done a BRILLIANT job of squeezing every last dollar out of you. Unfortunately, this KILLS the strategy of the game. At the end of the day, GoW is about brute force.

    This is a P2W game to the max. As you know, in Empire building games you are given an "Empire" or really, a "city" to build in a territory with other players you compete against. You build stuff, train soldiers, and eventually go out to attack other players. You also have a technology tree to advance on, so you advance in technology as you play the game.

    Sounds good so far, right? Well - here is where it gets crazy.

    Everything takes time. Building takes time, researching takes time, building troops takes time. We all know this is a staple of these Empire building games. However, GoW takes this to the extreme with building times that can go on to absurd amounts of time. We're talking that some techs could take as long as a YEAR - 365 days to complete. That means that if you are a free player. it will take years to complete one portion of the tech tree, while someone who cashed would complete it INSTANTLY through purchased boosts. I dont know exactly how much time you would have to put in to complete the tech tree, but its got to be over 10 years of time for totals.

    And it gets worse.

    Everything that you build increases your power. Power is a measure of just that - how strong you are. So, Machinezone had the great idea of creating a literal "Power" score that every player has. That power score is displayed once you select that player. This takes out the guessing game of how strong a player is, and once again like I said previously - the game becomes more about who has the bigger guns. Plain and simple. And of course there are leaderboards for people who have the most power.

    So, want to be the best? You'll be competing with crazy nuts out there that are dropping thousands upon thousands of dollars to increase their power. You must constantly spend more money to stay competitive, as power continuously grows. This is the essence of the game - increasing your power.

    So, since its advertised freely, there is not a huge need to scout someone when you know that if they have double your power, you shouldnt even consider them. There is NO LIMIT to the amount of power a player can accumulate. No troop limit. That means that you will have players that have been playing for weeks or months with maybe 200,000 troops, and then serious cashers that have TENS OF MILLIONS of troops. These are HUGE power disparities. You have single players that are more powerful than entire alliances. And once you reach a certain level of power, the only thing that is going to stop a player that powerful would be a full march from an alliance which is difficult in itself to coordinate.

    But it gets even worse. Shields that protect you from being attacked are available and relatively cheap for someone who pays. That means that if you have the money, you can easily prevent yourself from being attacked. This completely RUINS the game and breaks it. Basically, you can pop this shield anytime you want for a small fee. You can then break it and initiate combat anytime you feel like it. This makes the game really stale and ultimately, really boring as half the players are shielded all the time. The other players are too small for you to care about. BORING.

    This basically leads players that have the money to stay shielded as long as they are AFK or not wanting to fight, and initiating fights on players whenever they feel like it. Teleports are also really cheap, so you have these mobile forces able to teleport anywhere they want on the empire map. Again, where is the strategy?

    That is the sad fact of this game. GoW does have cool features, like heroes, a large tech tree, but these are negated by the fact of the amount of money that you have to throw at the game in order to be competitive. This is all a power game. Literally. It's shameful. I totally can see players spending over $10,000 on this game. The stories of people spending $30k+ are entirely true.

    Stay away. GoW is very polished, but at the end of the day its one of the biggest money sinks you possibly find. Its just unbelievable. As an experiment I coughed up the cash but no more. it's ridiculous and not worth your money.    … Expand
  10. GriffLongFeathe
    Feb 18, 2014
    1
    Great game as long as you don't need support, customers services is non existent. Stay away until that gets better. Don't believe them when they cry about it being a free to play game, just watch the amount of money being spent in game, they could support the game if they chose to.
  11. FasterThanC
    May 21, 2014
    1
    Game is fun for city stronghold 1-10. After that the timers become ridiculously long the higher you go, so you either buy speedups, which I did, or wait, which a lot do. After stronghold 15, this game goes from tedious to painfully boring. There's little skill involved and no challenge. Buying power (some people drop 5-6 digit sums) lets you burn entire alliances, which gets old fast, forGame is fun for city stronghold 1-10. After that the timers become ridiculously long the higher you go, so you either buy speedups, which I did, or wait, which a lot do. After stronghold 15, this game goes from tedious to painfully boring. There's little skill involved and no challenge. Buying power (some people drop 5-6 digit sums) lets you burn entire alliances, which gets old fast, for both sides. Zero support. Accounts get stolen. Buggy. New troops/traps are a cheap money grab. The battles are cartoonish figures marching to a cartoon city. Attacks are same animations. Gets score of 1 because some people like spending thousands on bad pixels and tapping buttons. If you're looking for something fun and professionally made, GoW isn't for you.… Expand
  12. Symcy
    Sep 4, 2014
    1
    Game by itself is awsome, but if you're not going to spend money on this game, you better just stay away from it. For maximum level buildings you MUST spend plenty of money (I'm talking about few 100$), just to get item that allows you to upgrade buildings to level 21.
    Expect other players to spent tons of money just to max them out when new kindom comes. It normally take half of year    Game by itself is awsome, but if you're not going to spend money on this game, you better just stay away from it. For maximum level buildings you MUST spend plenty of money (I'm talking about few 100$), just to get item that allows you to upgrade buildings to level 21.
    Expect other players to spent tons of money just to max them out when new kindom comes. It normally take half of year playing without spending money to get SH on level 20. Meanwhile after new kindom comes in 1 week there are tons of players with SH21.
    I would call it "Game of money" not Game of War.    … Expand
  13. tmelendez
    Apr 9, 2015
    1
    Customer service are idiots. They don't read the emails and just blankly spit out generic emails that say the same thing over and over again. I had about 30k troops that just magically disappeared overnight. (All my troops were in my city overnight). Woke up that morning and 30k were gone. There were no reports provided... i was not in a battle, no one attacked me... i did not sleepwalkCustomer service are idiots. They don't read the emails and just blankly spit out generic emails that say the same thing over and over again. I had about 30k troops that just magically disappeared overnight. (All my troops were in my city overnight). Woke up that morning and 30k were gone. There were no reports provided... i was not in a battle, no one attacked me... i did not sleepwalk and put my troops on a resource tile that was hit or attack some player and loose my troops... NO REPORT... I emailed MZ and all they told me was the amount of troops i did have... Over and over again... Like are they stupid or something??? They told me (after my 5th email to them about the same thing... that it would be there last correspondence regarding the matter....) Is that there customer service??? Please read the correspondence for yourself bottom up.

    Subject: [Android-Client] my troops...
    APR 09, 2015 | 09:00PM PDT
    Gloria Young replied: I rechecked your game account and noticed that you only have following troops in the barracks. Also, if you were attacked in the resource tile no battle report will be received and all the troops will be killed. Also, this will be the last response for this particular issue.
    Companion Cavalry 8227, Guardians 8479, Armored Pikemen 8220, Ballista 2700, Scythed Chariots 1189

    APR 08, 2015 | 06:46AM PDT
    Gloria,
    PLEASE RE-READ THE PAST MESSAGES... AS I HAVE SAID there was no battle report for the 30k lost troops.... That is what i am saying... I understand the the 50k i sent to the resource tile was lost... I get that... I am not requesting anything for those. But i still had 50k remaining in my city after that (Friday night). When i logged on Saturday morning i only had 19k in troops and as I said in my original message on April 4th, I had no reports about what happened to the 30k in troops that had suddenly disappeared from my city. MZ doesn't "have any record of troops lost". So I ASK AGAIN... IF MY TROOPS WHERE NOT LOST IN BATTLE, WHERE DID MY TROOPS GO? WHAT ABOUT THE RESOURCES, SPEED UPS and TIME I have lost for something that there is no record of? No Trail? I am not asking you to reverse the results of the battle... I am asking for you to restore my troops that suddenly disappeared with no explanation of how!

    THIS IS ABSURD! IF THIS IS HOW YOU WILL LEAVE IT.... THEN I WILL WRITE A NEGATIVE REVIEW REGARDING THIS INCIDENT BECAUSE MZ DOES NOTHING! AND HAS NO RECORD OF ANYTHING! WHAT KIND OF COMPANY IS THIS??? Unbelievable...

    APR 08, 2015 | 09:03PM PDT
    Gloria Young replied: Hello, We’re very sorry that this happened. Unfortunately, we would not be able to reverse the results of the battle or return any troops lost during the course of the battle.
    Gloria

    APR 07, 2015 | 08:02AM PDT
    After the battle (and the tile being hit) i had 50k in troops... and then I only had 20k the following day. ???? My troops were in my city! So... HOW DID I LOOSE MY TROOPS! I spent money on this game... used my speedups and gold to build those troops... SO How is it that "[MZ] doesn't have any record of the troops lost". Also I didn't ask for a count of what i currently have. I can see that on my own... and the only reason it has increased slightly is because i have been slowly building them up? Isn't there something that can be done? replenish my troops, or provide a reimbursement of the cost it took to build the 30k in troops that i lost or mysteriously vanished!???

    APR 07, 2015 | 09:16PM PDT
    Gloria Young replied: I have rechecked your game account and noticed that you have following troops in the barracks. However, we don’t have any records of the troops lost. Also, you might have lost more troops in the resource tile than 50k troops. Hence, the total count of troops are reduced.
    Companion Cavalry 8227, Guardians 5779, Armored Pikemen 8220, Ballista 2700, Scythed Chariots 1189

    APR 06, 2015 | 10:46AM PDT
    Hello Gloria, What I sent to rally was the 20k in troops that i referred to in my email. I am still missing 30k in troops. As I said before I had about 100k in troops. I sent about 50k to a resource tile and was hit. I lost all those troops. I still had 50k in my city. However, when i logged on the other day it only showed my 20k (19,526) I sent them in to rally to protect them, but i am still missing about 30k in troops... that just Disappeared! There were no reports indicating how those 30k in troops were lost or whatever! Is there anyway to see the log of my troops history?

    APR 05, 2015 | 04:25AM PDT
    Gloria Young replied: Thank you for contacting Machine Zone Support.As per our records you have sent following troops to the rally. Hence, you’re unable to view under barracks.
    Companion Cavalry 5527, Guardians 5779, Armored Pikeman 8220

    APR 04, 2015 | 02:01PM
    Original message:
    hi. I had about 100k troops, then about 50k lost when hit at a resource tile. I had 50k remaining that I healed. when I logged on today I only had 20k and no reports about being hit. why did I loose troops?    … Expand
  14. Ram1500RT
    Aug 19, 2015
    1
    I'm not going to complain about how the game sucks money out of you to build your power, I just want to warn you about what happened to me. I spent over $700 in 40 days building my empire and all was good, I was second in my alliance and kicking butt! Until I logged off to build a farm account. When I tried to log back into my main account I got error messages that the account was notI'm not going to complain about how the game sucks money out of you to build your power, I just want to warn you about what happened to me. I spent over $700 in 40 days building my empire and all was good, I was second in my alliance and kicking butt! Until I logged off to build a farm account. When I tried to log back into my main account I got error messages that the account was not registered. Their technical support did nothing except tell me to click on the "forgot password" link. I repeatedly e-mailed them begging and even threatening but no help. So my big power account sits there being zeroed and I helplessly watch from my little farm account with tears in my eyes. I was OK putting my money at risk under true game play but being locked out after following their published instructions and receiving no assistance from their "tech support" is fraudulent in my mind. Please take note if you plan to spend any money, you can loose it all with one wrong click.… Expand
  15. Gamer009
    Oct 13, 2015
    1
    GOW is a decent game. You must spend a lot of money to be very competitive on a large scale...or .you can get by on a smaller scale as a trap if you are very conservative.

    Outside of the game, Machine Zone has the absolute worst customer service in the world. If I didn't already have thousands invested in this game I wouldn't continue and I would highly recommend others not to begin    GOW is a decent game. You must spend a lot of money to be very competitive on a large scale...or .you can get by on a smaller scale as a trap if you are very conservative.

    Outside of the game, Machine Zone has the absolute worst customer service in the world. If I didn't already have thousands invested in this game I wouldn't continue and I would highly recommend others not to begin playing. Wait for a better version from a company that won't completely ignore its customers.

    Fair warning!    … Expand
  16. xDiviness
    Nov 23, 2015
    1
    Reply to fedupwif:

    At one point game of war was double charging Iphone users for packs. I had to request many refunds from Itunes because I was getting double charge. I would buy 3 packs and they would charge me for 6. That's $600 dollars. After so many complaints Itunes has fixed that glitch. To your other concern about your husband cheating. I can honestly say many people have    Reply to fedupwif:

    At one point game of war was double charging Iphone users for packs. I had to request many refunds from Itunes because I was getting double charge. I would buy 3 packs and they would charge me for 6. That's $600 dollars. After so many complaints Itunes has fixed that glitch.

    To your other concern about your husband cheating. I can honestly say many people have love affairs in this game. Many men just play to flirt with women. Specially now with everyone on LINE app. Not all are in for the cheating the game can also get addicting, specially if you are an R4 and are required to be constantly on for your alliance.

    I would have him let you read his Private Messages. If he has nothing to hide then you have nothing to worry about. However, I would try to get him help to get out of the game if he is spending his 401K money. This game is not worth it because at the end of the day no one in the game cares about you or what you spent. I've been playing for 2 years, been there, done that. I'm just glad I'm back to the real world and not stuck on that fake world.    … Expand
  17. BBuehler
    Nov 24, 2015
    1
    This game has problems.

    The first problem is that it is wrongly named. What it should have been called is Credit Card Supremacy. The reason for my stating this will become more apparent as I continue down the line of problems. Game Play is simple enough and easy enough to get to level 15 with minimal use of purchased gold. This is where they hook you. You will feel as if they have    This game has problems.

    The first problem is that it is wrongly named. What it should have been called is Credit Card Supremacy. The reason for my stating this will become more apparent as I continue down the line of problems.

    Game Play is simple enough and easy enough to get to level 15 with minimal use of purchased gold. This is where they hook you. You will feel as if they have made a somewhat decent game and why not buy a pack to help the programmers make a living.

    Up until level 20 game play becomes something that is nearly impossible without added gold. You need to buy gold to buy things like shackles, war bonds, picks, etc.. special things needed to upgrade buildings. Additionally the time to build starts going through the roof after level 15. If one were to try to fully build out their city to level 20 buildings sans boosts, which cost gold or come in packs which cost $$$. Then one could easily spend a couple of years on waiting on the build times.

    At level 20 the build times really start to go through the roof. The time to build a lvl 20 vila to level 21 is on the order of 25 days!!!

    Additionally no great game doesn't have a research tree. So at level twenty one can also expect research times to be through the roof such as Trap Defense lvl 9 >40 days!!!

    While on the subject of research trees. Lets talk about the taking of tedium to the Nth power by having >10 separate research trees. But you can only research one of these separate trees at a time.

    Tedium has arisen in the form of art in the structure of this game in that you don't just have troops. You have strategic troops and regular troops and you only have one barracks from which both spring forth. They are on different tabs but you can only train one category at a time and the there is no training queue.

    Crafting is an essential part of a lot of games. The makers of this game have taken the art form of Tedium that was brutishly distilled in the troops and refined it to a chunk of the purest and most toxic of tedium. First lets start with the materials used to craft. You have Cores, Pieces, Gems, Special Gems and Materials. If you buy a pack and it contains any trunks with Cores and Pieces beware. When you open those trunks they will flood into the core and pieces inventories which are limited in size. They are limited in size. These inventories are limited in size so that you have you again use gold to swap cores and pieces in and out of accessible inventory in order to use them. But wait you tell me, didn't I just pay for those pieces and cores and then I have to pay again in order to use them? Yep that's right! Not only did they refine tedium but they have also added a pinch of fraud into the mix.

    A lot has been said about how some players, apparently way too many of them have spent thousands of dollars in the game. What they also do not tell you is that any level player can attack any level of player. So the guy with 5 billion of power can repeatedly swoop in and trash all of your troops, traps, kidnap and murder your hero and take all of your resources, even if you are only 5 million in power. The only fix for this is to stay protected (bubbled). This of course costs gold which costs $. The point of this is stay bubbled you will get rolled again and again. The game is an exercise in credit card fueled bullying and anarchy.

    Lag Lag Lag - Did I say lag? Oh yes the game is plagued with lag and this lag can effect the balances of your gold and the things bought with gold and not in your favor. For instance I have seen this several times personally. It is possible to teleport ones city to another location. The lag can be so tremendous at times that it will appear as if your teleport didn't function. What actually did not function was that the database on the server hasn't updated and the graphics and database will still indicate that you are in the old position. So you do it again, again , again... Finally your city moves and you go to move again and where did all of the teleport that I paid for go?!?!?

    Going back to the topic of tedium and those wonderful chests full of goodies. You can end up with thousands of chests and each and every one of them will require you to tap on a "Use" button followed by another pop-up dialogue box that you have to close by tapping the X. When lagging this process can take from 15 to 30 seconds per chest. If you're not easily bored then this slow going tedium of opening chests is for you. There are only two work arounds that I know of and one of them I cannot confirm. Supposedly according to the customer support staff there is when I get to some certain point the availability of a button that will open all of the chests at once. I am betting that it is going to cost gold. The other is tap up to 3 chests quickly and in succession.

    GoW = Over-Monetized Game Content    … Expand
  18. anotherone773
    Dec 24, 2015
    1
    This game looked promising at first having played games that are very similar to it. Because you can get gold( the premium currency) through events, rewards, gifts, and in the game world, i thought it might be promising.

    I was wrong. Some of my major issues with this game: * The more money you spend the worse the deals get( isn't that backwards?) * Spending money is a necessity to    This game looked promising at first having played games that are very similar to it. Because you can get gold( the premium currency) through events, rewards, gifts, and in the game world, i thought it might be promising.

    I was wrong. Some of my major issues with this game:
    * The more money you spend the worse the deals get( isn't that backwards?)
    * Spending money is a necessity to reach an average power level or above in a kingdom( realm/server). Do not believe people who say they have reached more than a billion power without spending money, it is a lie and not possible unless you play for years( the oldest servers are just under 3 years i believe). Here is why:
    - The amount of resources and silver required to do anything that gives power gains gets ridiculously high. Masteries cost millions of silver quickly. Silver is almost as rare as gold. It is hard to get in large quantities and you will stop producing silver at a low capacity. So you have to take the rest from other players, buy it, or attempt to farm it. Buying it with gold is the only way to get a reasonable amount in a reasonable time unless you are huge.
    - Researches and buildings will take millions of resources at each level. Though you dont stop producing at as low of level as silver you will quickly find you need more than you can actively produce from your buildings. Thus you are forced to farm it( which is slow), steal it from players( which is slower than farming unless you are already a huge player), or buy it.
    - Lets say you are about half way through the mastery and research trees and all your buildings are level 10 or higher. Masteries at this point with take days at least, weeks commonly and months are not rare. So far , half way through the mastery tree, ive had masteries that take over 200 days without boosts. Researches at this point can vary from about half a day to 3 months. Buildings take about 6 hours to a few days at this point. And im only half way. You can only do one mastery, one research, and one building at a time. Just to do a few of each at higher levels will take years not boosted. So the only way to get anywhere in reasonable time frame is to buy and use speedups.
    -Resources are vital to growing. Your storehouse at max level will only hold 2 million of each. You will need in the hundreds of millions and billions of resources to do various things once deeper in the game. The only way to protect your resources is to use peace shields. A 3 day piece shield with gold at a normal price is about $15. A 30 day peace shield is about $215 at normal gold prices. You can hit resource tiles and world monsters with an active shield, just not other players or tiles they are gathering on. It is possible to farm enough gold to keep buying 3 day shields, however this would take a lot of time and severely hinder your ability to gather resources. So your only choice is to stay shielded constantly. Which at the cheapest rate will cost you about $125 a month.
    - When you are attacked you will probably lose many of your troops and traps and maybe your hero. Wounded troops cost a decent amount of resources to make usable again. New troops and traps can take months to build back up without speed ups. If your hero is captured it will severely cripple you at higher level. If your hero is executed it will cost you about $40 at normal gold prices to get it back with a loss to xp.
    Many building require special items in quantity, you might get lucky and be able to get a few of these here and there through gifts and such but it will take you a very long time to get enough to build the buildings this way. All buildings require a special item for the last level that cost 2000 gold( about $12) per building. You cannot level your academy to 21 and thus finish many researches until you have about a dozen certain buildings to 21 including a few of the buildings that require special items to build.

    *If you do not keep a peace shield up in this game( and most alliances require you to have a constant peace shield unless you are actively attacking players) you will be farmed regularly.
    * The large alliances ( top 20) pretty much leach off the kingdom. You are either huge and in one of these or your a farm for them.

    *Conclusion: Don't bother playing this game unless your prepared to spend $100 a month or more. You wont get very far. Honestly i would pass this game up. With what you need to spend on this game to be competitive you could buy a new good computer and subscribe to a game and get a lot more for a lot less. Or you could buy dozens of traditional games a year for the same amount and get many many more hours of play time. This game is not a good value. It is designed solely to drain you of money and has very little entertainment value. Its mostly a grind with a lot of waiting. And it is definitely pay(dearly) to win.    … Expand
  19. TripleAyz
    Feb 17, 2016
    1
    Everyone....it is now Feb 2016. I play GoW. I am over 16 BILLION power. Playing GoW was one of the most costly mistakes I have ever made in my life. I have spent 10s of thousands of dollars on this strangely addictive foolishness. This game has taken precious time away from me and everday I regret it. The people in your alliance hate MZs guts, the customer service is just F'd up brutal.Everyone....it is now Feb 2016. I play GoW. I am over 16 BILLION power. Playing GoW was one of the most costly mistakes I have ever made in my life. I have spent 10s of thousands of dollars on this strangely addictive foolishness. This game has taken precious time away from me and everday I regret it. The people in your alliance hate MZs guts, the customer service is just F'd up brutal. Please, I implore you, get out now. This company is as ruthless as it gets and could care less. They just want your hard earned money. I feel that the game crashes so often on purpose so they can keep flashing their full page $99.99 advertisements in front of you at least 3x an hour. I feel its a psychological advantage to do this to get you to eventually go "hey, thats a pretty good deal!!!" i could literally own 30 or more Playstaion 4s for what I have spent. Its my fault, true. However, we come in play for a bit and get stuck, they offer you a $5 pack with a lot of supplies. You say, ok, its $5. No biggie. Then they pack goes to $20, you are stuck. You go....no biggie. Then you never see that again!!! Its 99.99 or you dont get supplies.....Eventually you hit that wall and start eyeballing that 99.99 pack with allll those goodies. Then you go.....ah, what the hell...Just once. But its not just once. The holiday comes up, they have super deals so you stock up and buy 2 or 3.....Now the flood gates have opened....You are in for the long haul.....No matter how much you try to get caught up, they keep creating more NEEDS so you keep chasing to get stronger and stronger and you need more and more money. Im fairly well off, but only the wealthiest people can thrive. Now they have research that starts at 13,000+ days. And no thats not a typo. The research cost on average 125.00 per increment and there can be as many as 20 at that price. The greed seems to just ooze from their pores...There is a remedy....its simple....just stay away. Thanks for reading.… Expand
  20. luuz
    Apr 19, 2016
    1
    Game in a nutshell:
    A pretty girl named Athena invites two people over to her place to play a game. When they arrive she tells each of them to place a pile of money on the table. Neither is allowed to know how much the other has put down. Athena then counts the money, declares the player with the most in his/her pile to be the winner, and keeps both piles for herself.
  21. mrbittykat
    Oct 16, 2016
    1
    this game was great a few months ago if you know what you were doing, you could build a decent trap and compete. since the release of the new bachus (spelling) core set, you're pretty much a sitting duck if you're under 100 mil. I have just shy of 2 billion troops and with the new march research and hall of war they are me like I was a wood wall. before the release of these cores I wasthis game was great a few months ago if you know what you were doing, you could build a decent trap and compete. since the release of the new bachus (spelling) core set, you're pretty much a sitting duck if you're under 100 mil. I have just shy of 2 billion troops and with the new march research and hall of war they are me like I was a wood wall. before the release of these cores I was able to eat anything anyone would throw at me. I've only spent a couple hundred dollars on the game, but I haven't bought a pack in a few months which set me pretty far behind... I am disappointed in this game now. it use to be a game of wit, now it's just a game of spending as much as possible.… Expand
  22. luneki
    May 23, 2015
    0
    It's digital garbage. Specifically made for you to spend money on micro-transactions. Do not even download it, let alone play it. It's unfair, it's pay to win, it rips off better games.
  23. LordRaijin
    Jan 20, 2016
    0
    Under no circumstances would I ever recommend anyone to download and install this piece of garbage game on any Apple or android devices. Machine zones are a bunch of savages, criminals and crooks who abuses the power of psychology (Addiction/impulsiveness,etc) to lure people into spending tens of thousands of real life dollars on virtual gold packs to become a competitive player. This isUnder no circumstances would I ever recommend anyone to download and install this piece of garbage game on any Apple or android devices. Machine zones are a bunch of savages, criminals and crooks who abuses the power of psychology (Addiction/impulsiveness,etc) to lure people into spending tens of thousands of real life dollars on virtual gold packs to become a competitive player. This is the worst kind of micro-transactions that I've seen thus far, and for it to be a pay-to-win game should be really classify itself as a virtual casino.

    Word of advice from this former senior player :) If you're not planning on handing over your life savings to Machine zones be prepared to become another high player's resource farm. Be ready to use every gold that you can get your hands on peace shields rather than to use it to further help you to grow. Be prepare to become frustrated and exhausted to the point of rage quitting due to lack of equality.    … Expand
  24. RazorMouse
    Jan 29, 2014
    0
    The developer of this game is using a Trojan tactic to forcefully redirect the Facebook app on iOS to the game's page in the App Store.

    This is clearly unacceptable and should earn the game a rating of 0. I would strongly recommend anyone experiencing this malicious behaviour, or reading this review, to give the game a 0 score.
  25. AngryMissus
    Apr 29, 2014
    0
    Before this game I had a happy and content relationship, now I am lucky if I get more than a grunt every other day from my partner. From the moment he wakes till when he comes to bed if he comes he is sat in the corner playing this stupid game he will not even leave the house. It should come with a warning that this will kill any relationship because now I am left looking after 4 childrenBefore this game I had a happy and content relationship, now I am lucky if I get more than a grunt every other day from my partner. From the moment he wakes till when he comes to bed if he comes he is sat in the corner playing this stupid game he will not even leave the house. It should come with a warning that this will kill any relationship because now I am left looking after 4 children one of which is 6 weeks old, running a home, work and university. So nice one!!!!!! One very angry and fed up girlfriend!!!!!!… Expand
  26. smeeeee
    Jun 7, 2015
    0
    This is what the game description should have been like

    “I found Game of War – Fire Age ONE HUGE PIECE OF CRAP!!! WHY THE HELL DID THEY ADVERTIZE ON NHL AND SAY IT WAS EPIC AS DANCING WITH A DRAGON BEHIND YOUR BACK?!?!” - NYT review* Join the ULTIMATE BATTLE for PAYING US LOADS OF MONEY! PAY FOR FEE in the most expansive & null MMO CASH GRAB!!** Join Millions of Online Idiots from    This is what the game description should have been like

    “I found Game of War – Fire Age ONE HUGE PIECE OF CRAP!!! WHY THE HELL DID THEY ADVERTIZE ON NHL AND SAY IT WAS EPIC AS DANCING WITH A DRAGON BEHIND YOUR BACK?!?!” - NYT review* Join the ULTIMATE BATTLE for PAYING US LOADS OF MONEY! PAY FOR FEE in the most expansive & null MMO CASH GRAB!!** Join Millions of Online Idiots from around the World, BE PART OF ALLIANCE & GET YOUR BUTT KICKED BY OUR BEST DONATORS EVEN THOUGH YOUR ALLIANCE HAS LIKE MILLIONS OF MEMBERS. HELP, PAY & CO-OP With MEMBERS OF OUR OWN PRIVATE IRIS & Become the KING BY PAYING US TEN GRAND!! Build & Customize your City-state. Train & Level-up your HERO, then LOSE HIM/HER to OUR BEST DONATORS!!* RESEARCH to make your EMPIRE more POWERFUL!** by WAITING FOR YEARS or PAYING US MORE MONEY!!* Craft Weapons & embed them with powerful Money to Equip your BILL COLLECTOR with Legendary Powerful Moneybags!!* TRAIN vast armies to lead into SUICIDE, watch the fighting in REAL-TIME on the Dull World Map as you PILLAGE SOME LANDS!!* Forge diplomatic alliances to Conquer enemies unless they pay us a lot & become the most POWERFUL Alliance in the Kingdom!*** ATTACK & get your rear end branded at the WONDER to be the TOP DONATOR!! Get power by PAYING US HEAPS OF MONEY to give TITLES to your Enemies & Enemies in the Kingdom!!* Play & Chat with Hundreds of Players all over the U.S.A in over 1 Different Languages, all in Real-Time!! TALK & STRATEGIZE with your ALLIANCE & FRIENDS in CHAT – Alliance Chat, 1-on-1 Chat, or Chat with the Entire World AND STILL LOSE TO OUR TOP DONATORS!!! Team Up & Join Forces with Friends or Smack-Talk & PAY US SOME SERIOUS DOUGH!! UPGRADE buildings, walls & money-printing machines to Strengthen your CITY-STATE!!

    *This review was bad so we scrapped most of it
    ** Unless you pay, you'll have to wait ten years for this to happen
    *** Fat chance.

    Seriously though, this game is crap. The only reason that they could advertise on NHL and NFL is because they literally have hundreds of stupid, insane, lifeless morons who pay $30k+ to stay in power. It's not because it's epic, like the Total War franchise, or amazing, like Skyrim, but it's purely because they have those insane maniacs who pay them heaps of dough. I hope God grants MZ mercy when they all drop dead, because I'm sure they're gonna get one heck of a beating in hell for the network of lies (*ahem!* ads), trickery, and scandal they squeezed into this game. This, like the Axact fake college scam, is a direct example of corporate insanity, and a strong piece of evidence that corporations aren't as helpful as they may seem. Hell, they could prove to be a dagger in your back if they become too powerful. It's also an example of why you should never trust the critics' reviews, because with all the money MZ's getting, they probably bribed one or two into writing a good review.

    Ignore the ads. Stay away from this game. Don't pay MZ a penny, or a loony, or whatever one cent is in your country. Believe me, the demons who created this game deserve less than that.

    MZ IS MR. KRABBS TO DA MAX!!!    … Expand
  27. pt109
    Jun 6, 2014
    0
    Fun at first. Eventually became tied to my device, if you are not CONSTANTLY on this game you could lose it all. The events and quest were manageable in the beginning but eventually they became so NEEDY you have to baby sit this game. Also, you will never beat the players who spend huge amounts of money on in game purchases.

    Here is the progression for a new kingdom. Hardcores resource    Fun at first. Eventually became tied to my device, if you are not CONSTANTLY on this game you could lose it all. The events and quest were manageable in the beginning but eventually they became so NEEDY you have to baby sit this game. Also, you will never beat the players who spend huge amounts of money on in game purchases.

    Here is the progression for a new kingdom. Hardcores resource load level 5s from an older kingdom and when a new kingdom opens up they port in and have a huge advantage over those who either; dont do the same or don't spend money. So you are left being out on your pounded on all the time or a leach begging for scraps from those who own the kingdom. It is plain and simple, you are either a BULLY or the BULLIED in this game.

    Oh and if you have an in game issue, don't even bother contacting customer support my experience has shown they are not even willing to do what would be consider basic support by most games.    … Expand
  28. Prasutagus
    Jun 13, 2014
    0
    I support AngryMissus. In my case its a wife that has become an addict. I'm talking daily play of around 22 hours. Family life has gone to cr@p!! Aggression seem to be the order of the day when communicating with real people whilst the game family is loved and revered. Even my kids have now said that their mum is a completely different and pleasant person when the internet has gone downI support AngryMissus. In my case its a wife that has become an addict. I'm talking daily play of around 22 hours. Family life has gone to cr@p!! Aggression seem to be the order of the day when communicating with real people whilst the game family is loved and revered. Even my kids have now said that their mum is a completely different and pleasant person when the internet has gone down and she cannot get on the game. I've set up an account to try and understand the allure of this and it is complete rubbish. Maybe best for people who want to escape from real life but a load of nonsense for those people who actually have a life.… Expand
  29. sarbie
    Jun 29, 2014
    0
    Customer service is null and void. All they want is $$ unless you are a single millionaire dont bother. I am sure there are better games out there. Played for almost a year and lately lots of glitches, that cost the player gold and troop and Machine Zone says oh well, we are sorry but we cant help you. I lost 100K gold on their glitch got an oh well then ignored. STAY AWAY
  30. riven1431
    Jul 29, 2014
    0
    This game is very addicting before you know it it takes over your personal activities time and money. But the worst part is how game developers try their hardest to manipulate our feeble little minds to spend on the game. Please stay away from this game at all cost
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. Pocket Gamer UK
    Feb 14, 2014
    60
    Sure, Game of War - Fire Age isn't a great game, but the people playing it are an entertaining bunch indeed.
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  2. 148Apps
    Nov 11, 2013
    50
    Building an empire should really be more exciting than this.
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  3. Gamezebo
    Aug 2, 2013
    70
    Game of War: Fire Age takes some important steps toward something truly revolutionary, but it lacks the gameplay advances to make it all the way there. It's likely to appeal to the same players who enjoyed the games that preceded it, yet it feels like a missed opportunity for everyone else.
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