This game is a pay-to-win nightmare. Ignore the glowing reviews.Most of the positive reviews are either fake or written by people who quit after a couple of hours. If you actually play long enough to reach the real progression systems, you’ll see what this game really is: one of the most predatory, pay-to-win designs I’ve ever touched.Let’s talk about Liberation, the so-called endgame progression system.Liberation stones are required to make your troops stronger. Sounds normal, until you realise the only ways to get them are:1.Beat Hell mode (which is basically impossible without already having Liberation), or2.Buy them with real money.That alone should tell you everything.The first liberation step (Lib 0) costs 300 stones and gives you basically nothing. The real benefits only start at Lib 1, which costs 30 stones per attempt with a 50% success rate. Sounds reasonable? It isn’t.I failed 5 times at 50%.Then the success rate tanks. By Liberation level 4, my chance was 15% + 5% from the pity system. I failed 15 times in a row. The next level drops to 10%, and eventually 5%. The pity system caps at 5%, which is honestly disgusting design.Now let’s talk money.15 failed attempts × 30 stones = 450 stones burned.The shop sells 200 stones for £40.Do the math.That’s hundreds of pounds just to push one character through early liberation levels, levels that aren’t even considered mid-game. I’ve spent over £150 and only managed to get one character to Liberation 4. That is absurd.This is not progression. This is a slot machine with a game attached.If you value your time, your wallet, or your sanity, do not invest in this game. It is engineered to frustrate you into spending, and the deeper you go, the worse it gets.The company knows what they’re doing. It doesn’t take an idiot to realise how ridiculous this level up system is, also imaging having to do multiple different characters. I’ll be leaving full reviews on all platforms like Reddit etc