Idle Skilling

To start off, I’m giving this 3 stars because the game crashes a lot, which is a prelude to the game completely wiping saves. This is apparently a known issue which has not been addressed. Please be wary of this before working your way down the rabbit hole, to the point where losing everything would be a huge blow. I suppose I am unlucky, since people have reported losses within 2-4 weeks while mine occurred almost 3 months in. I’d still encourage you to read the remainder of this review if you’re interested. As for the gameplay, it is unlike any other idle game that is considered the norm nowadays. This idle game truly brings back the greatness in idle games by introducing many forms of breadth in complexity, while still having depth within each of the areas occupying the breadth. Moreover, the skill systems in place are unique beyond the first two skill sets you learn, never have I seen such interesting systems such as what the game introduces with pets, tunnels, or even the endgame icecreams. These aren’t your typical “spend money to level up” systems. All in all, the concept is beyond what I could’ve ever asked for in an idle game. My rating would be 5 stars for gameplay.

I’ve played tons of idle/incremental games but this one shines in the sea of idle games. First off, no ads, so if you’re one of those types of people, don’t worry. There’s tons of features that all have something unique about them and most, of not all, of them benefit at least one other feature. The game has so much content, I feel like I could play for 6 months and still have things to do. The art style consists of charming pixel art which gives the game its charm. There’s also a premium currency, gems, which can be bought with real money, or earned for free. There’s many ways to earn gems, whenever it’s fighting superbosses in raids, or launching balls in the plinko (named pachi in-game) arcade to each gems and tons of other prizes. Gems can be spent to get permanent upgrades or perks, or purchase bundles that give a one-time burst of resources. There’s also as of this review 2 soft reset options; ascend and rebirth. Ascend has permanent perks that can be upgraded forever with increasing cost, and rebirth perks that are also permanent but have a limit. However, they are much more impactful than ascend perks most of the time and unlock rebirth- exclusive content. There’s even a discord server made by the developer of the game! (Sorry if this review was too long, there’s just so much content in this game) And this was just a fraction of the content that’s in this game. I highly recommend playing this game, it can last a very long time and is very satisfying in many different ways.

There are so many idle games with basically nearly no effort put into the game or ads. Every 5 seconds in those "games" an ad pops up, and it's irritating. Then you get to this game, probably one of the rarest idle games. No ads, no need for in-app purchases, all fun and games, how a game is supposed to be. It's the kind heart of the developer that made this what it was. Letting people have gems, not even asking for gems unless you talk to little lava. He didn't make this game as a cash grab, he made it for fun, and that's what a game should be, not a cash grab, not a reason to steal your parents' credit cards, but to have fun, be entertained. I got an offer in the gem purchase area that had really good value, and since the developer does this in his spare time, i bought it without hesitation. The only sort of downside is that lavaflame2 has a life like the rest of us and doesn't create updates in a consistent matter. Even then, the community is small but strong, and the content still has me playing for a several months and I have yet to finish it all, especially with the tunnels update.