This game is weirdly addicting and satisfying when you finish a build set, but every once in a while you will go FOREVER without a certain resource… I am currently at over 60k gold, 20k stone, 50k energy… and yet only 86 wood. I literally will get only about 150 or so wood per 30 attacks, which seems incredibly poorly designed. It could just be bad luck, as this has happened for other resources in the past, which in my opinion means that a system where you are more favored to get the resource you’re lowest on would help. Maybe the presents (which now contain gold and gems) could also contain 2-3k of whatever resource you’re lowest on? Also yes I know many of the other reviews complained that gold is too hard to get, but I’ve never remotely had this issue, it’s always about stone or wood.The trade system would be considerably more helpful and useful if it were reversed- rather than spending five thousand of a resource I am scraping at the ground for in exchange for a resource I have flowing out of my ears, it would be more useful to be able to trade gold for other resources.

This game is incredibly well put together. It’s visually pleasing, the mechanics are fun and simple and it all comes together to make a beautiful, addicting mobile app. However, when it come to the main 4 in-game resources, gold is the only one that is used in every step of the building process. Logically, the user should receive more gold than any other resource, but that’s not the case. The most important part of this app is the offline portion where you generate more gems so you can battle in the hopes that the RNG favors you and gives you enough gold, although it rarely does. This isn’t a streak of bad luck. It’s an everyday occurrence. I hardly run low on any material other than gold. Such a simple thing that could be fixed that would make the game 5 stars.

This game WAS a super fun, 5-star game. However, the developer’s most recent update just a couple of days ago has made it nearly impossible to win enough gold to play the game. Since the update, I’ve been able to win stones and wood often enough, but I haven’t won enough gold today to play the game. And every time I have to be off the game, another player can “attack” and is able to not only take the tiny amount (200) of gold I do have, but also is able to “overdraw” my gold and put me over 1000 in the negative. So, if I do happen to win gold when I log back on, that gold will only be enough to put me in the positive buy one or 200 IF I’m lucky. And that’s only IF I actually spin enough gold wins. Most of the items require at least 300 to 400 of gold PER item and sometimes over 1500 of gold. This makes it impossible to play without purchasing gold with in-app purchases. Absolutely too expensive with roaring inflation and how expensive everything is. Thanks for ruining the game developer. So sad. I really did enjoy it.

This game is not intentionally deceitful, nor portrayed to be something more, however it is simply a slot machine with a ‘story’ of rebuilding a castle.Every hour you’re given 5 rotations on a slot machine where you are awarded gold, wood, stone, re-rolls, bonuses, or nothing. This mechanic is explained as ‘you attacking’ another kingdom, however you’re just spinning the slots on ‘kingdoms’ with stock photo avatars.While not trying on the game you can be attacked and drained of all of your resources. There is no option to prepare a defense, no idle income, no way to offload excess resources. I’ve had times where I had over 20k of each resource but gold. Come back after 5 hours and find I only have 10 slot machine rolls (bug) and all of my resources are gone. Everything taken away from me by these ‘real’ players with stock photos and nothing I could have done other than keep my phone open.It really is the most pointless of idle games and it’s such a shame because the progress is fun to see through. This feels like a concept of a game more than an actual game.