City Arena

I have been a consistent player of this game for a year and have played many gacha and I will say, I did enjoy this game for a while. However, it started going downhill when they went on a false advertising campaign a few months ago. This was followed by the game devs not seeming to care about their player base at all. For long standing players, there are a few competitive aspects of the game that keeps it fun and refreshing. With decisions made recently with matching older servers to newer ones, the game has become even more of a cash grab than it was before. I have spent money on the game and did not mind spending until recently, where if I don’t spend thousands of dollars to catch up to older servers, there is no point in playing. Newer players beware.

There are a lot of games like this, and I mean a LOT. There isn’t really anything new or unique about this game. The graphics are ok, but not great. There are some features that are “coming soon”. There’s no tutorial, so you have to figure out everything on your own, but since it’s basically the same as so many other games like it, it’s easy to figure out. However, there are many things I don’t like about this game that are either better or don’t exist in other games. For one thing, there are features locked behind global achievements, and there aren’t nearly enough players to unlock those features, so there’s a lot of the game that isn’t playable. The are modal all over the place begging for money. Every time you switch areas or anything, a modal comes up that you have to close. Dozens in a 10 minute session of playing the game. That is the main reason I uninstalled the game. There also doesn’t seem to be a way to customize your idle team. It seems to match the team you build for boss fights, but you have to go in to a boss fight to make the change, which seems odd. The game also constantly bugs you to tap the button to go to the next area or whatever (it changes depending on where you are), and continues to tell you to tap it even if your team is nowhere near strong enough to fight the boss. The game also got to a point where I couldn’t do anything because I had unlocked a new building in the city and it didn’t scroll into view and the game would only allow me to tap on the building that was off the screen, so I had to force quit and launch it again. Between the bugs, lack of features, and constant nagging to buy things, I’m baffled as to how this game has a 4.8 in the App Store.

Honestly, such a great phone game. It is not demanding at all. You are easily rewarded when you play in a way that is fun, not overwhelming/overpowered. Even the time youre away from the game youre able to obtain some materials so youre not behind when you come back. i havnt spent any money on this game yet and its still so enjoyable! 10/10 would reccomend