City Takeover 17+

This is a really fun game. Bite size levels, simple yet involves strategy, fun cosmetic upgrade system, and in my case, easy to compete with my wife to see who’s in the higher level.
Unfortunately, around level 75 the level designs start getting recycled. Not similar, exactly the same. After level 100 you won’t see a new level design.
To put this in perspective, each level generally takes about 90 seconds, sometimes less.
In one case, I beat a level and then played the exact same level design 3 levels later. Also, the cosmetic upgrade system, while fun, runs out too quickly. By level 200 I had everything bought except the 3 most expensive heads.
Similarly, they have a landscape upgrade that randomly changes the cosmetics every time it’s purchased, but after about the 10th time it repeats and recycles all of the older designs. Fun, but it’s best just to find one you like and stick with it.
Finally, it’s worth saying that there’s a lot of ads. Clearly this game was meant to be downloaded by a large amount of people and only be played for 75 or so levels. However, they’re only 5 second or so ads, and you can just go on airplane mode if you want to skip them, so not a big deal to me.

TL;DR: super fun, perfectly fits the niche “on the toilet” game, but suffers from recycled levels later on and not enough upgrades to keep you invested after about level 75.
That said, I’m on level 375 and clearly still enjoying it :)

UPDATE: I fixed this glitch … (no update issued to fix the glitch). The only thing I did to make the “no thank you” option to show up constantly was turn off all SIri-related settings for the app (in settings). Don’t know if that was it, but cant argue with the result.

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I love this game except for what appears to be a glitch regarding post-level completion ads ... I paid the money to remove ads, & this worked ... or the majority of ads ... EXCEPT ... after clearing certain levels there is a meter offering a player up to x5 extra coins ... to get the bonus, a player must watch a video ad ... This is where there is a glitch occurs ... Every so often ... there is a “no thank you” to bypass this bonus, however, this option is horribly inconsistent at showing up, forcing all players who paid for “no ads” to watch the “bonus” video ad. The developer of this app really needs to fix this glitch. After all: “no ads”, means “no ads”. Please FIX this glitch & I would be happy updating the rating of this game to 5 stars!

Despite the repetitiveness of the game, I love it! I usually hate the type of games that have the same goal with slightly different results but this is one that has me hooked for sure. The levee eventually recycle but I did start to realize around the 600s that while the lay out is the same (I’m on level 873), your building starts off in a different location. It may be an update that just so happened to start at the time I was on those levels but I have fun each time. I purchased the no ads around level 30 so I’m glad I did. I do happen to be stuck on a Z shaped level that is typically super easy but since the powerhouses showed up, this one is directly in the way of the last building and I can’t pass it, depending on how many tried it takes me before I give up, I may delete it. I do recommend it though, it’s definitely fun! PS there have been about 2 times (on the level that has 6 buildings in the shape of a crescent moon) it took me at least 15 minutes to get past that level. Enjoy the game!