Tool Evolution: Mine & Evolve

Fun gameplay loop with pretty easy to understand mechanics, although an information page with extra clarification would have been welcome (especially regarding how exactly you can obtain gems from objects you destroy). The ad frequency isn’t too bad, but can be a bit much in the later episodes considering the greater need for resources to level up. certain aspects of the game could use some improvement in terms of the workers mechanics, and the amount of storage you have in the chest. some sort of additional leveling system not involving gems or equipment would have been great. my biggest complain with the game is definitely the lack of an ending. at a certain point you just sort of stop progressing and the game doesn’t allow you to continue. even a simple “you did it” screen would have been nice. but just having nothing at all was pretty disappointing.

The game is a great way to kill time if you feel like doing so. It’s a simple concept executed cleanly. The following are a few suggestions and critiques I have based on my experience completing the game: 1. If you pay for chests towards the end of the game, you’re allowed to pay for the no chests remaining, which causes you to pay for nothing. The same also goes if you’re paying for chests and they run out as you’re opening the remaining chests. The simple solution would to be able to allow you to get more than 1 set of maxed mythical items or raise the level cap. 2. Not having a clear ending to the game. Currently the game only goes to the galactic age but even after completing that age, there’s nothing more to do and nowhere further to progress. I was slightly disappointed by this, but understand that it leaves room for future development. 3. I would love it if there were a way to increase your personal storage and the worker deposit storage to a higher number as it gets quite difficult and monotonous to haul over about 10k worth of materials to and from the deposit center when it can only hold 50 and I can only hold 300. Overall, it’s a fun game and can keep one entertained for a few days if you decide to give it a shot. It’s not without its flaws, but that’s the case with any game, tbh.

I like these kind of games where you expand an area of land and this one is honestly one of the bests since there are stages and not just one continuous map. Once I tried the game for the first time I played it for a few hours straight, but once I entered the “golden era” stage, like some other recent reviews said, the screen just has an image of the ground for that level. Literally nothing else. I thought at the time something might’ve happened on my end with my internet being out but after redownloading and replaying all the stages up to that point, it held the same result of a nearly blank screen. Since this seems like a recent bug I hold hope that the devs get to fixing it. :)