Island War: Raid

Very well done. Gameplay it satisfying and easy to understand and upgrades aren’t so time consuming it’s not worth it. It’s easy to progress and you don’t have to buy gems, you can get them easily though challenges and from your mine. Why I’m writing this review: 1- I found a bug that freezes all shops and troops upon deployment. Not game breaking but a bit irritating to retreat because your troops are frozen. 2- I think the match-making could be improved. I’d prefer to only be matched with people within 2 or 3 thousand of my own power. Two reasons for this. First, getting matched with someone 30,000 power or more below me is a bit disappointing because they don’t have as many resources to plunder and it’s simply not worth it. Second, I have only been successfully raided by people 30,000 power or more above me. How I arrange my defenses doesn’t even matter at that point, they just plow right through me. I’d like to actually have my defenses tested. Right now, I don’t know if they work properly because the people who pull off a raid on me are so powerful, nothing I do would matter anyway. Matching with people within 3,000 of your own power would be sufficiently challenging to raid and defend. Anyway, this is the most fun I’ve had on a mobile game for a while. Seriously well done. There are some flaws for sure but they are small enough that they don’t take away from the experience. I get matched unfairly with people, yes, but it doesn't happen enough that it’s a serious problem. Really, thanks for making this.

I enjoy this game. It’s simple but entertaining, not to mention addictive. I’ve had the game a few days now and can’t seem to stop playing. I even wanted to play at work. It deserves 5 stars. The reason i am giving 4 is because of a few things. For 1 the crazy wait times. Most games replenish by the minute. I can even bare by the hour. But it’s 24 hours for everything to refill. Once you’ve used up all your tries so to speak there’s no real progression until a full day later. Even after hitting a certain point in the rewards you have to wait to the full 24 hours claim them. The building on your island is the only acceptable wait time.(in my personal opinion) Number 2 the building stones or runes. I’m level like level 19 and still don’t know how many I need to hire another builder. To use your blue gems to get the builder you need a whooping 2000. And it’s only valid for 2weeks then you have to grind the stones or break open your piggy bank again. The third and final thing is it’s expensive to use your blue gems. Whenever you want to just speed through a build time it cost outrageous amounts of gems to do so. It’s crazy because just attempting to get my first hero. Had my EYE on Odin of course. Lol. I’ve grinded and spent what had to be around 2500 gems. Now I understand unlike most games it’s not to much tedious grinding to get the gems. But that does mean it doesn’t take time to fill your pocket. The game is great. And there are many reasons why I keep it. But it’s these 3 issues that make me want to uninstall it. I hope this review makes a difference and is not just a waste of our time. Thanks.

There’s usually only three reasons I write a review: 1) I’m getting free stuff, in which case I lay that out in the review, 2) the game is so bad that I don’t want others to get sucked into the same garbage I got duped into, and 3) the game is so good it deserves praise and recognition so others can enjoy it and hopefully the game grows and gets even better! This totally falls in the third category. It’s great! Fun, great strategy and awesome characters. It’s built in a way that pay2win players don’t really have an advantage, and there’s no pay wall to hit so you can’t advance if you’re f2p! It’s incredibly balanced and still super fun. If I was to give the devs any advice, I’d like more control over building my base. I like that you can get different islands w/ different terrain, but depending on the invading team’s power, it doesn’t make much difference. Considering the penalties for losing a base raid aren’t too harsh, it’s not a huge deal. I’d really like to replay raids though so I can see where my defenses failed and try to improve. Other than that, I think it’s an awesome game. Keep it up!