Game of War - Fire Age

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  1. 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
  2. yourcomb
    Sep 22, 2014
    0
    the creators of game of war (machine zone) charges $100 for packs that may allow you to grow a million or 2 in power. To put this in prospective the top players in my kingdom are 500mil power. Some people have spent upwards of $30,000 on one account alone. So now that you have a little back story. MACHINE ZONE has allowed players to CHEAT using a glitch that gives about $250 worth of freethe creators of game of war (machine zone) charges $100 for packs that may allow you to grow a million or 2 in power. To put this in prospective the top players in my kingdom are 500mil power. Some people have spent upwards of $30,000 on one account alone. So now that you have a little back story. MACHINE ZONE has allowed players to CHEAT using a glitch that gives about $250 worth of free gold every time they do it. These players have used this cheat to bring their power to double what those who have spent thousands on the game have. They refuse to do anything about it or compensate others who have paid real money for their accounts. Now these players are using their unfair advantage to make those accounts that were paid for legitimately useless. Surely MZ is happy anout this thinking, "oh good the spenders will need to spend more money to catch up." They are greedy and the game is far too glitchy, with zero support from them. DONT WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY ON THIS GAME. I give it a negative 10.… Expand
  3. 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
  4. jpsweeps
    Jan 11, 2015
    0
    This is a ridiculously overpriced game with true costs hidden.

    The primary goal is to attain Level 4 troops, and this can really only realistically be done by spending HUNDREDS of REAL DOLLARS!!!! Stronghold 21 means nothing, once you get that you need to upgrade the ACADEMY to 21, and that means upgrading many researches to 10 (many months if not years without purchased speedups)    This is a ridiculously overpriced game with true costs hidden.

    The primary goal is to attain Level 4 troops, and this can really only realistically be done by spending HUNDREDS of REAL DOLLARS!!!!

    Stronghold 21 means nothing, once you get that you need to upgrade the ACADEMY to 21, and that means upgrading many researches to 10 (many months if not years without purchased speedups) and, even worse, upgrading ALTAR, PRISON and HALL OF WAR to level 21. Those upgrades are called the "money builds" and you can bet that that is what you'll have to spend. REAL $$$.

    After investing so much time in the game, to have these roadblocks slammed down in front of you is really discouraging. Hopefully these reviews here can let people know what they're in for once they start down this road.

    Better yet, do yourself a favor and just steer clear of this game.    … Expand
  5. 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
  6. invisible_man
    Nov 29, 2014
    0
    1. game creators heavily favor money spenders so if you are not prepared to spend a lot you have no fighting chance
    2. without spending a lot of real money you cant unlock certain features that are crucial like gifting, treasure, high roller and thus sentenced for inferior role. that role is not good for you but is good for game makers because provides farms for spenders and increase    1. game creators heavily favor money spenders so if you are not prepared to spend a lot you have no fighting chance
    2. without spending a lot of real money you cant unlock certain features that are crucial like gifting, treasure, high roller and thus sentenced for inferior role. that role is not good for you but is good for game makers because provides farms for spenders and increase overall player number
    3. bullying, insults, name calling, game engine exploits, lack of customer support, account thefts, account trades for cash, resources trades for cash are just some of things i have witnessed
    4. wrong metrics: how game maker can allow that 2 billion player can attack on equal footing 50k player (absolute beginner) without any game penalty? that is why probably more of half game accounts are actually inactive
    and list can go on for a while    … Expand
  7. g_squidman
    Nov 17, 2014
    0
    Another penny-squeezing mobile game that gets all it's sales from non-gamers that don't know what they want and sexual advertising. People need to realize that there are literally hundreds of games exactly like this. It's cool how it immediately throws you into an alliance so yo can talk to other people about how *****y the game is. Can't believe the critic reviews are as high as they are.
  8. Nivec
    Jan 5, 2015
    0
    No skill is required, to gain power you have one option, spend money and lots of it. If you don’t spend money then you will just be attacked for resources continually by those that do. I would not recommend this game for anyone, much better quality games to play, cheaper too.
  9. PhoenixFire
    Jan 9, 2015
    0
    This game is great is you have a lot of disposable income and don't give a crap about money. Now, for the rest of us, and the rich that want to save their money, please just avoid this game. MZ is extremely greedy. Challenges used to be attainable and fun, now you need to spend a couple hundred to get there. The richest people rule the kingdom you get stuck in - even with great dedicationThis game is great is you have a lot of disposable income and don't give a crap about money. Now, for the rest of us, and the rich that want to save their money, please just avoid this game. MZ is extremely greedy. Challenges used to be attainable and fun, now you need to spend a couple hundred to get there. The richest people rule the kingdom you get stuck in - even with great dedication don't expect to catch up.

    I created this account as I noticed they changed their "sales" from 99$ to $119. An extra 20$ on a game that already grosses over 700k/day. Just steer clear; there are way better things to blow hundreds (or thousands) of dollars on, especially when you know they aren't actually making any real improvements - ever.

    Oh, it also crashes a lot. They will blame you, but you'll note that everyone has the same issues. With 700k a day you could assume they could spend some on upgrading their crap servers.    … Expand
  10. 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.
  11. Joshduman
    Oct 9, 2014
    0
    This game sucks. Partially because of the low quality, partially because of the annoying exploit they use to redirect me to the App Store. I would highly suggest to right bad reviews until they drop their advertiser and stop this crap.
  12. Slyboogy
    Jan 12, 2015
    0
    Gee, what a disappointment. It starts off like a house on fire, then fades to smoldering embers as you stop spending your hard earned cash.
    You got it, those who have the bank accounts will prosper, the remainder (as I'm seeing on day 6 of playing) are just leaving their half created empires scattered around the digital realm.
    The pricing is absolutely disgraceful, start up deals were    Gee, what a disappointment. It starts off like a house on fire, then fades to smoldering embers as you stop spending your hard earned cash.
    You got it, those who have the bank accounts will prosper, the remainder (as I'm seeing on day 6 of playing) are just leaving their half created empires scattered around the digital realm.
    The pricing is absolutely disgraceful, start up deals were priced at ZAR40 but after 2 days for spending, went to ZAR160 and currently ZAR800.
    The game play is monotonous if you're not spending cash, as the upgrading slows to a trickle (upgrades can take literally days), unless you're paying for their 'gold' coins which will enable speeding up the process. Similarly, any "give back" from the game in terms of rewards Ala the chest on the main screen or the 'gold temples' is dismal (1 minute speed up's LOL or 1 gold coin for 15 minutes of keeping your troops encamped at the temple).
    This was their biggest missed opportunity to create the WAR that the game lacks, Kingdoms fighting over gold bearing temples so that their realms may progress.
    Instead, it's a question of who has the largest wallet and they will become the victor!    … Expand
  13. 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.
  14. 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
  15. JoyQ
    Sep 26, 2014
    0
    This game is awful. Customer support is truly the worst I have ever encountered.
    After spending a few hundred dollars of this game (what a stupid mistake), Machine Zone deleted my account with absolutely no prompting, acting with the excuse of an e-mail that had been sent six months previously (which had already been answered and handled) about an entirely different account.
    My account    This game is awful. Customer support is truly the worst I have ever encountered.
    After spending a few hundred dollars of this game (what a stupid mistake), Machine Zone deleted my account with absolutely no prompting, acting with the excuse of an e-mail that had been sent six months previously (which had already been answered and handled) about an entirely different account.

    My account was inaccessible for about two weeks, and it would have remained so if I hadn't sent about a dozen e-mails to support. Their replies were laughable, and I don't understand what sort of record they keep of things, because every time you e-mail them, you have to send the whole story again, plus all the replies you've received, or they'll just give you the same generic answer.

    What is truly insulting is that after all this, they insist it was I that requested my current account be deleted, when that was never the case.

    In other news, while I couldn't access my account, troops got decimated, wall traps too, the hero was killed (you do not want this to happen), etc.

    On other aspects of the game: it is tedious, because buildings and research can take weeks or months to complete. The game deceives you into thinking you are getting a lot of items from it, but the truth is to use any significant amount of them (eg resources) you have to sometimes, literally, click hundreds of times; also, the difficulty of quests has increased so much in the past few months, that completing any is near impossible, and even if you do, the rewards have also become laughable.

    I don't recommend this game at all. Don't waste your time or your money.    … Expand
  16. 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
  17. WaRi0
    Mar 21, 2015
    0
    This game is dumb. You could buy a PS3 with what it takes to make it to SH21 and then buy a real war game. I quit playing this a few months ago as it was costing me about $500.00 or so a month to stay in the top 200 of one kingdom. It takes 100 to level up a mill or two, which can also be taken away by someone else in seconds.

    Don't waste your money and time.
  18. 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.
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. Sanguinius
    Apr 16, 2015
    0
    This is a ridiculously overpriced game with true costs hidden.

    The primary goal is to attain Level 4 troops, and this can really only realistically be done by spending HUNDREDS of REAL DOLLARS!!!! Stronghold 21 means nothing, once you get that you need to upgrade the ACADEMY to 21, and that means upgrading many researches to 10 (many months if not years without purchased speedups)    This is a ridiculously overpriced game with true costs hidden.

    The primary goal is to attain Level 4 troops, and this can really only realistically be done by spending HUNDREDS of REAL DOLLARS!!!!

    Stronghold 21 means nothing, once you get that you need to upgrade the ACADEMY to 21, and that means upgrading many researches to 10 (many months if not years without purchased speedups) and, even worse, upgrading ALTAR, PRISON and HALL OF WAR to level 21. Those upgrades are called the "money builds" and you can bet that that is what you'll have to spend. REAL $$$.

    I have LVL 21 academy to get T4 troops doing LVL 10 troop defense will take 477 days with out help and speeding real money.

    After investing so much time in the game, to have these roadblocks slammed down in front of you is really discouraging. Hopefully these reviews here can let people know what they're in for once they start down this road.

    Better yet, do yourself a favor and just steer clear of this game. Sanguinius    … Expand
  22. 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.
  23. 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
  24. PeaONix
    Jan 29, 2015
    0
    The game starts out being quite fun and engaging (probably why it scores well in reviews by critics) but after a while you realize that no amount of skill, tactics or endeavour on your part is a match for spending real money. Lots of it. As your level increases the cost (in terms of in-game resources and time) increases exponentially to the point you simply cannot make progress withoutThe game starts out being quite fun and engaging (probably why it scores well in reviews by critics) but after a while you realize that no amount of skill, tactics or endeavour on your part is a match for spending real money. Lots of it. As your level increases the cost (in terms of in-game resources and time) increases exponentially to the point you simply cannot make progress without several of the booster packs that cost about $120 a go. OK, you like the game, the chat (a plus point), you're patient and you have some spare cash - so why not? Simple: because if something goes wrong with your account you will get no support. I encourage readers to read all of the reviews here - you will see this is a recurring theme which MZ have not yet addressed. I know because I can no longer play the account I invested heavily in to build. Mug! :-(

    If I was cynical, I would say that a lot of the latest in-game developments are aimed at trying to draw more money from the gamers. There's lots of new material appearing which you can use to craft "cool" gear. If you can collect enough pieces to be able to combine to high enough level to make it worth while. Just as you're getting there, they introduce something else meaning the components you need are no longer available - unless you buy them, that is.
    Another recent development is the Alliance City. So far, it has no benefit (that's work in progress, apparently) but - you guessed it! - it's very expensive to build. No problem - you can buy another resource pack!

    In short: If you want to make progress, be prepared to spend lots - and be prepared to lose it all. You have been warned.    … Expand
  25. DevilsIndica
    Feb 19, 2015
    0
    This game used to be fun. Now they took out all the good prizes, & they were very useful. I was willing to buy packs but they been making the packs much more expensive, & oddly it takes $100 to grow at least 2-3M in power & it took me a while to naturally grow. Along with that, I am sick & tired of bullying alliances burning you to the point growing is almost impossible. Been playing asThis game used to be fun. Now they took out all the good prizes, & they were very useful. I was willing to buy packs but they been making the packs much more expensive, & oddly it takes $100 to grow at least 2-3M in power & it took me a while to naturally grow. Along with that, I am sick & tired of bullying alliances burning you to the point growing is almost impossible. Been playing as Evil Draco in MvR alliance on the game but now I'm sick of it.
    Worst part is I got word it takes 300 days to research a certain tab in the Academy & 60 days to build to Level 21 Stronghold.
    They can go ahead & burn my empire for all I care because f*ck it, I quit.    … Expand
  26. skidmark9
    Mar 4, 2015
    0
    The biggest joke released to date. No balance, zero thought. You have to be a complete idiot to pump any amount of money towards this trash. Go find a game where they are at least trying to do something to make it fun.
  27. 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
  28. Wafflehaxx
    May 10, 2015
    0
    It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt or rather a crazy amount of $$$ needed to upgrade. You dont even need skill to play this game. Yea a bit of maths here and there, this game nearly cost my savings and my relationships with my fiancee, and not only that, here you will meet lonely housewives, dirty talks in the chat rooms, flirtatious people who will do anything to ask you buyIt's all fun and games until someone gets hurt or rather a crazy amount of $$$ needed to upgrade. You dont even need skill to play this game. Yea a bit of maths here and there, this game nearly cost my savings and my relationships with my fiancee, and not only that, here you will meet lonely housewives, dirty talks in the chat rooms, flirtatious people who will do anything to ask you buy packs. I was at 750 million power before I decided to screw this game and its endless quest. I recommend anyone not to download this game but instead focus on other real fun games, be it whether its console or PC or better yet, spend on more important things in REAL LIFE. Sold my account for good and thank god, ive never feel so relieved than to worry and baby sit my account.

    Bottom line is, never even think of downloading this game or your pockets will be sucked out dry by those greedy MZ. Good luck    … Expand
  29. GoWHustlers
    May 14, 2015
    0
    Machine Zone GOW are nothing more than hustlers. They cheat so you keep spending money. You have to spend over $500.00 for a average account. The $100.00 packs and prizes are getting worse. Don't fall into this trap, they are not to be trusted.
  30. Ismae
    Jun 9, 2015
    0
    Please please please
    DO NOT PLAY THIS GAME
    you are going to loose all your Money, Famliy,Friends.. "FOR NOTHING"
    when you start playing this game you will love it,, andd after couple of days you will see you need 300 days to finish upgarading if you dont want to wait you must pay 1,000,000$$$
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#2 Most Discussed iOS Game of 2013
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#4 Most Shared iOS Game of 2013

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Metascore
67

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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