Empire Four Kingdoms 12+

I started playing this game again about a month ago and it’s just a great game overall. You never get bored cus there’s just so much to do. If you miss a event it’s not the end of the world and they have events every few days. Also, people in this game actually talk a lot and are nice (way too many games have teams or clans where nobody talks and it’s just super boring). A lot of people are saying it’s pay to win, but you can still compete with people who spend a lot (I’m in the top 10 for my server, I’m a level 24 and I haven’t spent anything) and you get rubies from a lot of in-game events. Doesn’t really get boring, people to talk to, events every couple of days, mini-games/chance games like the wheel of fortune and the fortune teller, pve and pvp, and just so many different games to play.

This game is great without a doubt I have had an amazing time playing it with fellow friends and alliance members and it is a fun experience. However this game is a subtle pay to win game. People with the cash buy the better commanders, casts and armies/ tools to better their opponents. With new events coming in such as beyond the horizon this game has tilted the scale even further towards pay to win players. These people can simply buy whatever they need win the event and collect the new relic buildings and build items in order to further expand their power. I come from US2 and one or two groups literally own the entire server and it’s ridiculous. Good game studios continues to do this crap in all of their games though and that is what will be the downfall of the game. One more note, the lack of pvp in this game is terrible. Everyone either protects each other or has some no hit policy in store that constantly results in any one alliance getting out of hand to be put back into a peaceful utopia. It’s a war game not build your castle simulator everyone should be fighting, but as I said earlier no one wants to fight because they will only lose what they have paid for. Overall not a bad game but everyday it slowly gets worse and the developers aren’t helping with their new ideas.

Don’t get me wrong this game is great through the first twenty levels, but after that, it slows down significantly. Construction becomes A LOT more costly and takes much longer, sometimes even a couple real world days. To evade this you have to buy items that cost rubies, which are not very common to get. Rubies are that currency in a game where you have to buy it to have fun and do well, and empire is no exception. You may however meet many nice people in alliances but that doesn’t change the gameplay. They can send you resources and defense but these take time too, and if you want to speed up the process significantly, you guessed it, you need RUBIES. You also need rubies to be able to build several buildings simultaneously, and you need them to heal special units. You even need them to buy a bakery which makes you produce food faster therefore allowing you to have a larger army. Anyways what I’m saying is the game relies too much on rubies which are hard to get unless you buy them (which I have never done) but if you are looking for a game to play for a week or two, maybe even a month, then yes I recommend this one. But if you want a long term game then go look somewhere else, sorry.