Idle Game 1 4+

A diamond out of the bunch

I’ve never written a review in my entire life of mobile gaming , and let me tell you I’ve played more than usual amount. This game takes the cake though ; it’s only 3 days and I’m on the 5th calculation. People don’t understand one true mechanic that I figured out in accident. That would be to leave your phone on while playing the game. Do not touch a single thing in the screen ,and a multiplier will show up. This multiplier will times your prestige score times the number you work up to. Also I’ve read people say that it’s an impossible grind. A game with a unachievable ending , that you have to spend money. This is a bunch of BALONEY. At people quit at the point when they see ohh it takes to much time . It might take time ,but that is the whole game . You can’t quit dark souls , because it’s “to hard”. You playing until you beat it. The reason why the devs don’t commit on those remarks is , because you have to grind to see the ending. And it better be 🦫worth it , or make me laugh. This game is mental thing over anything else. Respectfully, I give this came my first review it was five stars. If you don’t want to put in the time to beat it , don’t write a review because you don’t want to.

- Thank you Idle team for such a fun game

Developer Response ,

Thanks for the great review :)

It’s a great game - that soon becomes a slog.

I would give 4.5 stars if I could but unfortunately I can’t. So here I go:

It started out as a 10/10 game. A no-internet time-waster with a neat gimmick of prestiges and prestige away multipliers instead of offline money. But after hitting the fifth calculation, gameplay slows down DRASTICALLY. I have millions of prestige per star per earner, and I can barely afford calculation 6 after 7 minutes of just sitting there and waiting. The prestige becomes almost useless, and gameplay just becomes “leave your phone unattended for like 10 minutes, come back, press 2 buttons, and leave again.” And yes, that is sort of the point of an idle game, but the one neat gimmick (being offline gives a prestige multiplier instead of offline earnings) quickly becomes a hindrance. Now I can no longer do other things on my phone if I need money but instead have to sit there with a phone that has to remain both on and in the app. Had to turn my screen sleep timer to “Never” and occasionally my phone overheated from how long it was on.

TLDR: Great game that eventually turns into a waiting game that doesn’t let you leave the app.

Where is the Strategy?

Randomness is by definition the opposite of strategy. If I play a game of chess, and I’m making random moves on my pieces each turn, what are the odds I win a game against any competent player? Strategizing would involve actually picking where my prestige goes rather than just hoping it doesn’t get wasted on the lower value tiers that will not help me progress. For example, my tiers 1-4 I can get to max level in 1-2 clicks, so any time I get a cost reduction on those, its a complete waste. You more or less just have to pray that the prestige value goes to the tier and attribute you want. So I ask again, where is the strategy involved in that? I saw another review saying that the later machine levels is basically impossible without paying or grinding for weeks and I have to agree. I have reached the final step where the button at the bottom says “finish the game” but I am still nowhere even close. The max amount of money I can make is around 20e^8 and to finish I need 300e^9. If I was able to actually strategize my prestiges and focus down costs on the higher tiers I cannot max out than this would be a decent grind that actually feels rewarding rather than spinning a 1/27 chance I get the upgrade I actually need.

I gave this app 2 stars because I do think the visuals are nice but I think the gameplay loop is flawed and reading the description of this app saying that it involves strategy is frustrating because it is not true.