Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes

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Mixed or average reviews- based on 77 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 28 out of 77
  2. Mixed: 20 out of 77
  3. Negative: 29 out of 77
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  1. sunday1423
    Jun 14, 2017
    0
    It was fun at first but quickly became tedious. There's so many walls that force you to either invest a ridiculous amount of time or money to get any enjoyment out of it that its not worth it. Plus the game is encouraging you to spend time on it all throughout the day and using underhanded methods to get you to spend money on it. They are definitely trying to scam weak-minded people out ofIt was fun at first but quickly became tedious. There's so many walls that force you to either invest a ridiculous amount of time or money to get any enjoyment out of it that its not worth it. Plus the game is encouraging you to spend time on it all throughout the day and using underhanded methods to get you to spend money on it. They are definitely trying to scam weak-minded people out of their money, such as myself, sadly. Everything is overpriced. I made this account just so i could warn other people away from this awful game.… Expand
  2. Goldenholden
    Jun 9, 2020
    1
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  3. Diesalot4
    Oct 31, 2017
    0
    Takes "Pay To Win" to new heights (lows?). Even paying hundreds a month isn't enough. And despite that, Galactic War is the best reason not to play. Rather than making it challenging the Devs seem to think that the best idea is to randomly throw an impossible team at you so you fail regularly. I guess that's easier than good coding.
  4. User1970
    Oct 27, 2020
    0
    I quit the game 2 years ago. The events became tedious chores, and I got kicked out of EA forums with no explanation of why. I was critical of how they ran the game but never used profanity or any offensive language. I am here now, because apparently, the clowns at EA never closed my account, and someone used their site to hack my associated email. Other than the fact that I since haveI quit the game 2 years ago. The events became tedious chores, and I got kicked out of EA forums with no explanation of why. I was critical of how they ran the game but never used profanity or any offensive language. I am here now, because apparently, the clowns at EA never closed my account, and someone used their site to hack my associated email. Other than the fact that I since have changed my password, I cannot get in to close the account, and the communication is almost non-existent. Don’t waste your time downloading this game.… Expand
  5. Starwarsshi
    Jan 31, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Worst game ever character are not balanced at all you can have a lvl 60 character and lose to a lvl 5 i wonder who did this **** game worst game ever worst game ever worst game ever I kan not belive this **** game existe i never saw a game like this with cheated team i would like to woop… Expand
  6. C3ntauR
    Jun 9, 2016
    1
    #1 rule, don't pay a penny for this.
    The most pathetic attempt at a SW experience ever. The game lags and crashes all over the place even on the shield tablet k1. The characters are all but unique, some with their powers and abilities as they would never have in the SW universe. There are no sounds attached to characters and animations are all the same and repetitive, even bonus actions    #1 rule, don't pay a penny for this.
    The most pathetic attempt at a SW experience ever. The game lags and crashes all over the place even on the shield tablet k1. The characters are all but unique, some with their powers and abilities as they would never have in the SW universe. There are no sounds attached to characters and animations are all the same and repetitive, even bonus actions are just the same animation that you have to watch from start to end. The developers are most interested in adding more characters that you can get by paying real cash rather than fixing issues, and balancing the gameplay. They just couldn't care less.
    Some characters are way overpowered, like Count Dooku, Rey, Kylo, Sidious, Unduli and more... The devs seem to have a special attachment to those few, as they do nothing to balance them. Dooku for example has 100% counter!!!
    Other pathetic mechanics are dodging, especially when a character is stunned. Sometimes, the dodging goes as far as 100% during battle, where you can't land a single hit, before being obliterated.
    The grind is real, and it will take a good year to get to realistic position in the arena with some good toons at proper levels, unless you pay hard cash to get roulette based character or shard drops. Yes, roulette! for the same value in cash , you can get as much as an equivalent of a bucket, all the way up to a character with no skills or level, so basically it's a ripoff, not worth a penny.
    Othe nice touch from the devs include, the beautiful system of levelling up, where the price doubles for each level, but the gains are getting smaller and smaller with each level. Also the game seems to be stacking you up against enemies of your player level, rather than your character's level.
    Other than that it's a bit of fun if you can stand the negatives.    … Expand
  7. SirGizz
    Jul 24, 2016
    3
    Good game but ruined by the need of EA/CG to put so many game blocking walls. Constant changing of the game meaning more walls. The only way past is spend, and spend a LOT!
  8. sitoschmi
    Jul 9, 2016
    1
    If you're not willing to spend an incredible amount of money and time on this game, please don't irritate yourself with this app.
    I've been playing since December 3, so I speak from experience. I kept telling myself that they will work out the issues, but that has not been the case, and unfortunately, the attitude of E.A. seems to be to make things worse.
    That being said, an incredible    If you're not willing to spend an incredible amount of money and time on this game, please don't irritate yourself with this app.
    I've been playing since December 3, so I speak from experience. I kept telling myself that they will work out the issues, but that has not been the case, and unfortunately, the attitude of E.A. seems to be to make things worse.
    That being said, an incredible amount of obvious cash-grabs, time-sink and crashes/bugs all over the place. They recently (July 6) rolled out an untested update that crashed the game and set many players back a day of game-play. Their solution was to offer a few crystal which are worth $2. Buying that lost time in the game would have been $20.
    Also, they intentionally make things more difficult without offering better rewards because it helps their "time spent" numbers. After months of complaining about a daily task taking about an hour to complete, they promised to fix it (which to be fir happened for about two weeks), then the immediately "stealth" changed it back and now it takes about 1 1/2 hours to complete. After an uproar and a week of silence, they released a statement basically saying that's exactly what they intended to do (accept a small error for a few high-level players which they are fixing IMMEDIATELY and making that mode take even longer for them as well).
    Bottom line - save yourself the aggravation and stay away from this game!!    … Expand
  9. TiggerTheMighty
    Jul 15, 2016
    0
    I'm writing this review so others may avoid it. I felt cheated and insulted when the paywall mechanics finally took over. The recent update is a flagrant money grab by the developers to squeeze every red cent out of hard core players before--I assume--the game is killed. Save your time and money. Oh, and don't dare to complain to the devs on their forums. They'll just threaten to ban yourI'm writing this review so others may avoid it. I felt cheated and insulted when the paywall mechanics finally took over. The recent update is a flagrant money grab by the developers to squeeze every red cent out of hard core players before--I assume--the game is killed. Save your time and money. Oh, and don't dare to complain to the devs on their forums. They'll just threaten to ban your whole account if you say anything bad about the game.… Expand
  10. game_over
    Jun 25, 2017
    0
    If you are not prepared to throw lots of money (and time) at the game don't bother.

    This is an amusing diversion hampered by mechanics designed to appeal to addictive personalities.

    The practices of EA are deceitful at best.

    If you have problems with impulse control stay away.
  11. XJT
    Aug 31, 2017
    1
    This game requires hundreds if not thousands of dollars to play if you want to enjoy all the content. it is the Pay To Win model taken to its most extreme point. The game store abounds with misleading advertising for new players. you can spend $50 dollars in a heart beat and not received a single card. They never advertise how many shards are required to unlock a character - theyThis game requires hundreds if not thousands of dollars to play if you want to enjoy all the content. it is the Pay To Win model taken to its most extreme point. The game store abounds with misleading advertising for new players. you can spend $50 dollars in a heart beat and not received a single card. They never advertise how many shards are required to unlock a character - they make you hunt for the information. That is fine for veterans, but for new players that don't understand the rip-off scheme, it is absolutely maddening.… Expand
  12. TsukasaHiiragi
    Jun 3, 2017
    0
    Like with most mobile games, it is full of micro-transactions. Some of them are borderline scams though. EA should be ashamed for supporting this!! You'll suffer through the same bullcrap that seems to have become the norm for mobile gaming, meaning paywalls - or timers all over the place.

    Want a good character? Be prepared to pay $$$ for it. Heck, it is even possible to spend as    Like with most mobile games, it is full of micro-transactions. Some of them are borderline scams though. EA should be ashamed for supporting this!! You'll suffer through the same bullcrap that seems to have become the norm for mobile gaming, meaning paywalls - or timers all over the place.

    Want a good character? Be prepared to pay $$$ for it. Heck, it is even possible to spend as much as $1000 for a fully upgraded character.    … Expand
  13. Ravarath
    Sep 1, 2017
    1
    I've been playing for 2 months now and at first I was very enthusiastic about this whole game. The theme, the music, the setting everything was so cool but as time passed I've begun to notice faults in design.
    My biggest issue is as a newbie player I'll never reach certain point in the game where I'll be able to compete - example - addition of Commander Luke Skywalker (to get him players    I've been playing for 2 months now and at first I was very enthusiastic about this whole game. The theme, the music, the setting everything was so cool but as time passed I've begun to notice faults in design.
    My biggest issue is as a newbie player I'll never reach certain point in the game where I'll be able to compete - example - addition of Commander Luke Skywalker (to get him players have to have couple heroes on max levels and those who didn't have them... well out of luck and this was one time event) those who play this game for months will get CLS with zero problems, new players are done and in current "meta" everyone runs CLS.
    Also with recent reworks and CLS in the game I'm feeling like this game is becoming a gigantic power creep where "old" heroes are becoming more and more useless as they add new things.
    With addition of the newest Territory Battles one might hope that they will ease THE most tedious task in game which is purple gear farm but no, no such luck.
    To sum up (from F2P perspective)
    - NOT new player friendly
    - Super power creep
    - They change/add too much and too fast
    - Gear farm is a huuuuge annoyance
    - Also... General Grievous rework? :P
    If you have been playing for a year or more you might as well stick with it but for new players... We're in for a rough ride I'm afraid.
    EDIT
    After addition of Territory Battles (aka terrible battles) and being forced to max out one of the worst heroes in the game just to unlock some of the new content I'm giving this game 1/10 rating. Also WAY too heavy emphasis on light side and rebels in general.    … Expand
  14. DarthSistent
    May 24, 2017
    2
    Joined MetaCritic to write this review.

    EA clearly at it again with pay-to-win using Star Wars and its eminently marketable assets. If you pay from $10 on up a pop (from character- and event-specific bundles from $10-$20 apiece through "vaults" of some 15K crystals for around $100 each), you can keep playing, spoon-fed characters and crystals (in-game currency that can be purchased with    Joined MetaCritic to write this review.

    EA clearly at it again with pay-to-win using Star Wars and its eminently marketable assets. If you pay from $10 on up a pop (from character- and event-specific bundles from $10-$20 apiece through "vaults" of some 15K crystals for around $100 each), you can keep playing, spoon-fed characters and crystals (in-game currency that can be purchased with real-world cash) and extend your play time indefinitely. If you don't want to pay, you get maybe 1-2 hrs meaningful gameplay daily. I don't blame Capital Games, they're simply EA's henchdev in this low-effort asset flip.

    Games shouldn't be made this way. I remember fondly when you could buy a game ONCE, and enjoy hours and hours of play. You wouldn't have to add more and more money for the privilege of unlocking characters core to the franchise, you'd progress through levels (repeatedly as needed) until finally that reward (in reality silly, but epic in the gaming mindset) is achieved.

    EA is one of the biggest responsible for spearheading the efforts at ruining this simple pleasure.

    I was in the hospital, my wife sick with pneumonia (which I eventually got myself). I had my tablet with me, and as I sat with her I got my daily 1984-gulag-cafeteria-style ration of daily play. Throughout the day I'd get little appetizers, tidbits like bonus energy that would let me play a few more minutes, run a few more repetitive mock battles for in-game cash and experience. Refusing to pay into the game, at all, that was my lot in life. My energy spent, literally nothing else to do or explore, I'd simply abandon the game and read or play other games not so eager to pilfer my wallet.

    This kind of game isn't developed by people passionate about gaming, it's developed by people eager to make MONEY. While the character models are faithful to the Star Wars universe, and the characters' various abilities can be made to mesh in interesting ways and bolster each other, the mechanics and visuals are half-hearted. Expect blaster bolts to be precisely and deftly deflected by a Jedi's almost psychic ability? Nope, text proclaiming DEFLECTED or EVADED appear and shortly fade, like any excitement you might've had moments before. Looking forward to a droid picking up and body-slamming an enemy? Nope, just run up, attack animation, run back. Battle Chess is a Disney ride compared to this quickly repetitive back-and-forth between characters in battle.

    The background scenery reflects a dingy, seedy cantina, but not in a way that's intriguing or charming, but just plain depressing. At various holographic gaming tables, the same cardboard cutout characters sit or stand with each other perpetually as a droid rolls between the aisles with presumably free drinks. Am I in Star Wars, or at the slots in some poorly-lit third-rate Las Vegas casino?

    A recently added ship combat system refreshes the game with various space-based Star Wars assets (Star Destroyers, the Millenium Falcon, various X-Wing and TIE fighters), tied to their respective characters in the core game. Same stuff, different parsec. Sound and visual effects are the best thing about the fleet events, and as with characters abilities and meshing them is next best, and that's sad, but then how exciting can things possibly be when you have two capital ships and two sets of five fighters each set facing each other for "thrilling" turn-based combat? Not much.

    People with a lot of disposable income (good job, generous or oblivious parents, new lottery winners) and few scruples gaming-wise might be perfectly fine with doing what back in the day would be equivalent to cracking open a hex editor, tweaking a few bits of your character data on a game disc, and from there gaining unlimited lives or maximum stats or other perks which lead any challenge or fun for the game to instantly evaporate.

    Save your money.

    Play free for an hour or two daily at most. Enjoy the vicarious thrill of electrocuting Rebel scum with Emperor Palpatine's lightning, or slicing through stormtroopers with gore-free, anatomically-incorrect and unsatisfying strokes of your Jedi's light saber. If you join a guild, enjoy a rare opportunity every so often to battle a ridiculously annoying retinue of Gammorean guards and then eventually the dreaded Rancor for money and prizes, important among those various pieces and parts available elsewhere throughout the game (and required in ever-increasing numbers) to upgrade your characters' abilities through gear aka mods. Wash, rinse, repeat.

    If you're young enough and new enough to gaming to be convinced that this is the norm, I assure you, it isn't. It's a cash grab, it's driven by GREED, not passion.

    The only thing I can see from paying to win in this game, as someone who works for a living and doesn't have fistfuls of money to throw around, is buyer's remorse.    … Expand
  15. jasondeegan
    Jan 27, 2018
    1
    Just considering the shards (not the gear or energy to play), the game values itself at over $10,000 considering 1/4 of one character (out of 130, although not all are shards) is $9 on special (Fett). The game is incomplete with very little instruction and entire game sections that are nonsensical compared to the characters (ships). The gameplay is horrendously repetitive, so much so thatJust considering the shards (not the gear or energy to play), the game values itself at over $10,000 considering 1/4 of one character (out of 130, although not all are shards) is $9 on special (Fett). The game is incomplete with very little instruction and entire game sections that are nonsensical compared to the characters (ships). The gameplay is horrendously repetitive, so much so that they build in a mechanism to bypass it. Seriously, there's a button so you don't have to endure the GAMEPLAY of the game. And it is TERRIBLY buggy. I often play against lower-ranked opponents and they move upwards of 3 times before my characters move at all.

    If not for its attachment to Star Wars, this game would have died a long time ago.    … Expand
  16. Silentwalker
    Jul 29, 2017
    0
    If you're a fan of Star Wars don't bother with this game unless you're willing to shill out hundreds of dollars to get random chances at good characters (that you won't get)

    Raiding is poorly designed, PVP is broken, campaign is you fighting 3 waves of enemies, that it. There is no substance to this game at all. If you're looking for a good star wars game to play on your phone I    If you're a fan of Star Wars don't bother with this game unless you're willing to shill out hundreds of dollars to get random chances at good characters (that you won't get)

    Raiding is poorly designed, PVP is broken, campaign is you fighting 3 waves of enemies, that it.

    There is no substance to this game at all. If you're looking for a good star wars game to play on your phone I suggest getting KOTOR.

    That game is amazing, great game play, amazing story and replayability depending on choices you made in your previous game.    … Expand
  17. Psychosaur
    Aug 10, 2018
    0
    It is clear that nothing is for free, and I personally am most glad to support developers of good games through microtransactions. It is clear, that SWGoH is a great quality game too, so I had no problems paying from time to time especially when the product in return was rewarding. CG however started mass-releasing overpowered characters (around 5! new toons per month) that are impossibleIt is clear that nothing is for free, and I personally am most glad to support developers of good games through microtransactions. It is clear, that SWGoH is a great quality game too, so I had no problems paying from time to time especially when the product in return was rewarding. CG however started mass-releasing overpowered characters (around 5! new toons per month) that are impossible to get unless you pay them around 1000 € per character! The shard drop rates are ridiculously ranging from 5 to 330 shards (330 is a maxed toon), but almost never will you get more than 10 from a pack (hence the final sum of around a grand). This random distribution is real gambling, should not be legally allowed to exist in a non-gambling game. Before one could acquire great characters through actually playing the game, by now CG has mastered the ways of extorting money from players. When a regular character threatened their business schemes in a single small segment of the game inaccessible to most players, they went and shamelessly nerfed that character to become useless in all aspects of the game. And they pretend to listen to player feedback while they do not, unless you’re some well nown whale I guess. RIP nightsister acolyte.… Expand
  18. yarrharr
    Oct 14, 2018
    0
    This game had a lot of potential but it is completely ruined by EA's greed. The game takes advantage of addictive personalities and tries EVERYTHING it can so that you start feeding it real world money. Literally thousands of dollars worth of in-app purchases are required to be competitive in the game. This game and it's devs are a big fat joke.
  19. endlessMoneyPit
    Nov 1, 2018
    0
    Unless you intend to continually pay hundreds of dollars for in game purchases this game will be extremely frustrating to play. You will quickly be outpaced by players who are willing to spend a lot of money. By the time you do manage to acquire and level some of the better characters in the game there are new / stronger characters released that will create the need for additional endlessUnless you intend to continually pay hundreds of dollars for in game purchases this game will be extremely frustrating to play. You will quickly be outpaced by players who are willing to spend a lot of money. By the time you do manage to acquire and level some of the better characters in the game there are new / stronger characters released that will create the need for additional endless grinds. When these new characters are released many players willing to pay level them within weeks while it will take the average player months. If that wasn't enough, when there are technical issues with the game and you lose in game progress / items their customer service will require you submit proof of your lose to reclaim your lost items. This, in most cases, is impossible.… Expand
  20. Satanski
    May 10, 2017
    3
    Its the same simplistic **** like other mobile games. For a moment i thought i found something interesting to play on my phone, but God was i wrong. Yeah, there is gear, there are stats... the only problem is, you cant customise anything. Stats are automatically improved upon level up - you cant spec your characters in any way. Its the same with gear - you collect 6 gear pieces per gearIts the same simplistic **** like other mobile games. For a moment i thought i found something interesting to play on my phone, but God was i wrong. Yeah, there is gear, there are stats... the only problem is, you cant customise anything. Stats are automatically improved upon level up - you cant spec your characters in any way. Its the same with gear - you collect 6 gear pieces per gear level, when you have all, you level up gear level, then you collect another 6 gear pieces and so on and on. In this regard, depth is only an illusion.

    The only customisation you can have, is through different squad setup, but collecting new characters requires either countless hours of playing the same squad, or countless amount of money put into gambling.    … Expand

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Metascore
70

Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. CD-Action
    Feb 4, 2016
    50
    Grinding in its purest form. [01/2016, p.75]
  2. 3DJuegos
    Dec 10, 2015
    60
    Another miss opportunity to bring a real masterpiece based on the George Lucas universe. The same flat and dull RPG adventure experience yet seen in many other games.
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  3. Multiplayer.it
    Dec 9, 2015
    60
    Galaxy of Heroes is the demonstration that the Star Wars template is not enough to save an already criticized formula.
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