Stagelands – eternal defense

The good: - It’s not pay to play or pay to win. You can easily play this game without paying anything. - The different upgrade mechanics are fun and make you feel like your decisions matter. - It’s a refreshing twist on the tower defense type games. - The game gives you a lot of free resources and unlocks. The bad(ish): - The game is a bit of an ad simulator without the Pro upgrade BUT with the Pro upgrade the game feels much better. - The game can feel a little repetitive at times. - The price of stuff in the store is a bit high considering how much stuff there is to purchase. Overall, it’s fun and worth at least one purchase to support the devs.

The game is fun. You don’t have to spend to win, yet if you do, gems don’t cost an arm and a leg. However, it isn’t a game that you rush through. Manually playing is almost impossible after a while so you need to watch videos to give 5 autos/video. You can also win some or buy the season pass for $10. Then no ads and you get the gold bonus after each completed level. Normally, you have to watch videos to get that bonus. Where the game falls flat is in the lack of other modes. It does get monotonous after a while. Even though there is a clan battle, there isn’t a variety of things to do. You just upgrade and watch things die. There needs to be something new added.

I love this game and if you’re willing to watch some ads the world is your oyster without having to pay for anything. If you like the slow and steady grind over a long period of time this would also be a great game for you since you don’t have to watch any ads, and are always presented with a great challenge! If you’re a pay to win person (I understand only because developers are overworked and underpaid), you’ll breeze by this app but might miss out on some of the joy of this game’s difficulty curve. All in all an excellent game! PS: I always play it at 2x speed just to make the waves pass faster