Gladiator Survival・A Roman RPG 12+

Upgraded score

Changed to a 5 star as the customer service was very quick and very helpful and has enabled me to restart the game now knowing how to play - Thanks
It is still though a game of timers and i now have several quests that need gems, they are available very slowly through quests but everything is taking so long now that i am fed up with having to stop playing so now given up

Developer Response ,

Hello! There are many ways to restore energy which will unlock later on in the game: mini-game 2048, the worker delegate system, various dishes with restorative effects, so look forward to those. However, thank you for the feedback, we'll investigate the early game energy struggles further in the future.

Not a fan of the recent update

Instead of the 5 bread every 6 hours there is suddenly a 2048 style mini game to get extra stamina. This makes stamina management even more difficult because - bread could be saved for when needed (up to a max. of 20) as a quick top up to finish a cave or instance or whatnot - instead the mini game will give you the stamina whether you need it at that time or not and potentially waste some of it if your stamina bar wasn’t completely empty (because it doesn’t go over 100) The whole thing feels like a cynical ploy to make careful stamina management more difficult and hope players will shell out real cash instead. At prices which are frankly ridiculous. As an example, the £9 pack buys about 6,200 stamina if you convert all gems into stamina. It’s easy to use the full bar in 10 min. So 6,200 stamina give you ~10 hours play time. For comparison £9 buys a monthly subscription for many AAA MMORPGs with unlimited play time.

Could have been perfect.

I actually want to give this game 5 stars. But I cannot because they made it almost unplayable when you get into the game; their economy is too expensive and the grind needed is unreal. It makes me angry because it’s exactly the game I’ve been looking for.

I’d be happy to pay some money, but I looked at what’s on offer and it’s a waste. You’d have to invest a LOT of money (not worth it when I get A* games for cheaper on pc). The “energy” system they have is fruitless, all you do is panic about it running out and then you can’t do anything unless, yup, you guessed it. You pay.

The good stuff and some bad
You slowly build your town and go out hunting and fighting which is cool. No real “blocking” mechanism which is sad, so just push the same button down. That’s it.
I enjoy the mix of animals, people and building that’s required with a nice little resource gathering system. Simple yet rewarding. The boars are cool to kill, but watch out. Sometimes they annoyingly don’t drop ANY resources. It’s a boar. Not even meat?????

It’s easy to ignore any little nuisances about the game because they actually created something fun, cool and immersive. But I hate to say it’s been spoilt by greed. I’ll probably stop playing soon as the fun is going due to this. But will probably revisit at some later stage to see if anything has changed.

Worth a download. Just watch your wallet.