I've been playing this game on mobile for several years. It definitely takes some patience if you want to play for free, but it is easily doable. There are the normal constraints of having too many buildings and not enough space to place them all, so you really have to compare the buildings to decide which is worth it. Some of the recent updates have been worrying but there have also been some excellent changes. Mobile now has most or all of the desktop features, and there is a fantastic search feature to find buildings in inventory, better than what I hoped would eventually be implemented. For the concerning changes, it's mainly about the ancient wonders. There have been updates to the bonuses given by the buildings that makes the rewards scale more consistently to match your town size, which is awesome. However, the resources required for upgrading is now much harder. It used to be relics which you could easily get by fighting an encounter or 2, but now it uses combining catalyst which overall is fine. But every 5 levels it uses royal restoration spells which is the 2nd rarest resource in the game. I have a small stash of it after being in one of the top 100 fellowships, but most players won't have access to it without paying. Still waiting on the new updates to bring more practical ways of getting this resource. Other than that, I love this game, I generally try to check in at least 1x a day although I used to do 2-3x a day.

Firstly, the negatives that only involve the app. You dont get ancient wonders, you cant truly explore other cities, and some things in the app just dont work like they do on web based game(i dont have comp based game but my fellowship mates tell me). That being said, these updates are coming. And i can patiently wait. Other than this, this game is fantastic. It has real substance and can be played for quite some time, im only on chapter 3(out of 12, with more coming), and it requires real strategy, whether that be in base layout(buildings dont rotate so you have to pay attention to where you put everything, and must move things and buildings increase in size via upgrades), resource management and trading, army structure, and what to research when(my advice is to find a good fellowship, and be active. You get an option to visit your neighbors and fellowship members daily, DO THIS. Its incredibly beneficial to both you and them). This game was exactly what i was looking for, and i look forward to future updates that make the app closer and closer to the web based experience.

I’ve been playing for quite a few months now, and have generally really enjoyed the game. The developers have kept to their promise of increasing functionality for mobile players, so the game has gotten better for those of us who play solely via mobile. You do have to be patient, though. It can take quite a while sometimes to get enough resources to build something or for the next step. That can work nicely for people who work full time — chose to produce something that takes 9 hours when you head off to work (or go to bed at night), and it’s ready to collect when you get off-work/get up in the morning.On the other hand...some things take too long to produce, especially during quests. It can be frustrating during a 7-day quest to have multiple things take more than a day to complete. Makes getting the overall adventure rewards impossible to achieve.My main complaint at the moment: land expansions take too long or are too expensive. I can’t place Ancient Wonders — now that they’re finally available on the app! — can’t upgrade a lot of factories, can’t place buildings I’ve won in quests, because I don’t have room! Especially when one building takes up most of one land expansion. I’d really like to see some relief there, or other ways of winning land expansions.Biggest wish at the moment — for players using the app to be able to visit the cities of other players, as people on computers can do. I’d really love to see how others have designed their cities.

If you’re a person who likes to organize and progress gradually then you’ll love this game. The only thing that bothers me is how much things become such a frustrating hassle in the mid game. There are tools for to circumvent the hassle but the tools themselves are such a hassle as well. The limit on gold and other things, like copper and granite get so frustrating. I also hate having everything nice and neat but out of nowhere I have to “build 10 of these buildings” story quest…which means messing up your entire setup for a messy inefficient setup. It’s doable, but so frustrating, irritating, and sometimes feels forced/unnecessary. It really makes me want to quit at times but the truth is…there’s no other game as good as this one. I like how you don’t have to spend money to continue progressing (although I have spent a little bit here and there every 3 months or so.) Every time I want to drop this game, it pulls me back in with a 3 day boost to supplies and stuff FOR FREE. I used to think it was the sunk cost fallacy keeping me playing but I must be honest: it’s a fantastic game. I hate to say it because this game tests my patience sometimes but it might as well be a masterpiece as far as games like these are concerned. I wish it was on Xbox series s too. Anyways, it’s definitely worth your time but just remember you will definitely get frustrated at times and think to yourself “why am I doing this? Where is this headed?” I’d recommend it to anyone, especially since it’s not driven by capitalistic greed 24/7. I just wish they handed out expansions a little more tho. Is 1 free expansion square every 6 months too much to ask for?