Battle Islands

 PlayStation 4
Metascore
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  1. Digitally Downloaded
    Nov 3, 2014
    20
    Taking a mobile free-to-play game like this and copying it wholesale to the console was a ridiculous error in judgement by the developer. Someone in the team should really have understood better the difference in what works for console compared to mobile, and understood that this kind of game just won't sit well with the kinds of people that like playing console games.

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1.8

Overwhelming dislike- based on 36 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 36
  3. Negative: 30 out of 36
  1. RazerN
    Nov 11, 2014
    0
    This type of micro transaction cash-cow game should have never been allowed on the PS4, brings down the quality of the console. Shame on SonyThis type of micro transaction cash-cow game should have never been allowed on the PS4, brings down the quality of the console. Shame on Sony for letting this on the platform.… Full Review »
  2. DJackson707
    Mar 1, 2015
    0
    Like all F2P games, this game starts off allowing the player to progress at a decent rate and the game is actually somewhat fun when you'reLike all F2P games, this game starts off allowing the player to progress at a decent rate and the game is actually somewhat fun when you're allowed to play. That honeymoon period quickly ends when you start to run into the walls that impact player experience by requiring an obscene amount of resources to get the next set upgrades available to the player in order to just avoid being set back by other players. In some cases, its poor placement of defenses or strategic placement of enemy troops that allow them to take your base. In the overwhelming majority of cases however, its simply a player who has far more resources to leverage by simply overwhelming your base with numbers your defenses can't possibly stop. There is also a massive disparity with the total amount of resources you can hold versus the amount that the player can reasonably produce in a space of time. Your storage facilities can easily hold resources in the millions and are relatively easy to upgrade. Your factories and other resource generating structures in contrast simply produce these things in the tens of thousands and only offer tiny, incremental increases. What makes progression extremely difficult is that you have to store your resources in certain units, which then can be raided constantly by the same group of players who simply bought their upgrades with cash (gold) to bypass the wait limits or are simply way over-leveled and simply go after players who have much lower levels and resources than they do. There are 3 other ways of getting gold, 1 simply through random resource drops that happen occasionally, completing objectives for medals, and through gaining a level. The currency system is the core of the problem, all the progression problems go away for you once you start spending gold, however you get it, while making problems worse for those who don't spend it for whatever reason. If you don't spend gold, then the point of the game is for you to get beat up by those who do, point blank. This game, in its current form, also has no business being ported to a console and should have gone through adjustments to suit the platform better. The console experience itself is an experience where you are expect to sit for an hour or two for gaming rather than the play for 3-4 minutes and wait 30 minutes or so to play again mobile experience. There are other F2P games available on PS4 and encourage the player to spend money only to supplement an already good experience rather than spend just so your experience wont suck and you probably should skip this altogether unless it gets a revamp for the platform.… Full Review »
  3. taufikrazor
    Jan 15, 2015
    0
    This game is total garbage, you need to pay to win the medals. This **** is mobile game that will waste your **** time! Trust me, don'tThis game is total garbage, you need to pay to win the medals. This **** is mobile game that will waste your **** time! Trust me, don't download it or you will get a chance to delete it.… Full Review »
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