Idle Civilizations - Evolution

I really enjoyed this game, played the whole game through and took the prestige 1. I loved how unique it was that every level was different and the graphics were charming, and in general I love tycoon games. But after I prestiged I noticed something; The cost to upgrade anything was insane and almost impossible to get without ‘armor bonuses’. The prestige supposedly gave me a 100% increase to profits, but what use to be a 5 coin upgrade now cost 240 coins. Now, in my case I’m disappointed to know all the extra armor upgrade I earned don’t actually matter, but the issue is that you can buy loot crates with real world money that give you armor, and they are pushed on you a lot. A game letting you buy something that will increase ingame profits but then raises its prices to match is super sketchy at best and at worst fraud. If it wasn’t for the fact that this game is scamming people I would honestly just uninstall to reset the inflation and keep playing. I did love this game. But I just can’t support this company. Uninstalling :(

There will constantly be multiple icons on the screen trying to get you to watch ads. I understand that the devs want to make money, but it seems like that’s the main goal, rather to create a fun game. I’ve seen other mention a banner at the bottom, and I saw something in the game about paying $6 to remove the banner, but for me there is no banner. I’ve played a few games like this before I like the graphics and story of this one the best, though, honestly, all games like this get very repetitive and boring after a while. My biggest complaint, aside from the ads, is the equipment will make it seem like it’s an upgrade when it’s not. I have a gray body piece and a green body piece. I have the green one equipped and the gray one says it would be an upgrade, so I equip it and see my bonus go way down and then the green one says it’s an upgrade. It’s very confusing. Updated my review to 1 star after experiencing a forced ad. Nope. Uninstalling this game. I had watched a bunch of ads to quickly get through an event, but I absolutely loath being forced to watch a full screen video ad when I’m trying to a play a game. It should ALWAYS be optional, NEVER forced.

Okay, so the game was a bit slow for me and I ended up uninstalling because I knew it would only get slower. It has cute toon graphics. The music is fine. And aside from the banner at the bottom of the screen, I watched ZERO ads. Yes, there were absolutely no forced ads. However, I’m sure the ad bonuses could have sped up my progression, I’m happy to say you do NOT have to view them. That earns five stars in my book. I never got to the dragon unfortunately. It took hours to beat the third stage in a Prehistoric. Each level up becomes much longer. Others have mentioned forced ads, though… maybe I didn’t get far enough. It did ask me to rate it and I clicked later. Did they change their forced ads to not happen anymore? If so, I’ll rate the game 2 stars lower.