Forge of Empires

First, to address the negative reviews. I have been playing this game since 2020 without spending a dime. Regardless, I have been able to expand to fit everything I need and I don't worry about being plundered by other players thanks to the army that I've built. A large amount of these negative reviews are from people who have played the game for a week or two and are upset that the haven't already won. There are many complaints about the necessity of spending money in order to progress. However, as one would learn when talking to more experienced players, perhaps from your guild, you should not quickly progress. You should stay in the same age for weeks or months to cultivate large amounts of military bonuses, powerful great buildings, and a large supply of goods, coins, supplies, and forge points. The point of the game is not to "win", it is to, over time, create a powerful city. Getting first place in a single competition, of which there are many, does nothing if you have squeezed the success out of your city in order to do so. Now, for the reasons why I love this game. This game has filled a very specific niche in gaming for me. I've played plenty of open-world single-player RPGs, multiplayer fps games, 2d platformers, mobile games with the exact same UI, and many others, but this game doesn't fit into any of those categories. It is a game that I could put hundreds or even thousands of hours into. I immensely enjoy the thought and planning that is a large part of this game and the rewarding feeling that you get when you finally, through dedication (and with no money spent) attain a goal that you set for yourself.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

Forge of empires is a great game. I have been playing this game from the start going into the fifth year. One aspect of the game is guild vs guild, this has been the most fun part of the game imo. But innogames ignores the fact that this part of the game has been wrecked performance wise. People have been asking innogames to fix this for over 2 years. In my opinion this is a bad way of treating your gamers. I hope they will start to listen en do something about this.

I just started playing this game 2 days ago. I do get frustrated at times, but I am learning. Money should not keep you from playing a game without spending it. You can definitely play this game with patience. So far, I am not very far and Idid get upset over the super low ability to expand without spending money. But like a lot of the other reviews, you just have to keep pushinIt is a grind for sure. I am having to look things up because I am learning, but that is ok.

A new feature the inventory log coming to the beta server on Tuesday February 25th, with this new addition you'll be able to track a detailed history of the items you've received including when and from which features they were obtained whether it's event rewards special chests or daily collections everything will now be recorded for better Inventory management and a clearer understanding of your in-game progress. this update builds upon recent improvements to the inventory including the lock and Mark as favorite sorting and filtering options features that are already fully functional on the live servers now with the addition of the inventory log managing your items has never been easier but let's be honest while tracking items is great it would be even better if we had an easier way to get rid of unnecessary items that clutter our inventories. Written by foepro , avid Forge of Empires player

I played that game when I had a problem with my PC during COVID period (difficulty to repair it where I was at the time) and found it moderately fun and complex to be somehow engaging, I liked graphics and music with an ambiance which was not bad (that is why I have given note of 4), still it is a typical mobile/web browser game money grab, that is why it is not a good game overall, and one should not give any real money to such operation; I stopped playing that when the lenghty timers and other obstacles pushed me towards paying anything for that, I have just found other funny browser games. Again, do not be fooled into spending any real money on such kind of games !

First thing this game pushes you to use diamonds at almost every turn. It is not necessary to, but your progress will be very slow and will probably be painful. If you do spend $$$ you probably would need to spend 1000+ to really see results. Graphics are decent for a game like this so I don't really have any negatives to say about this. Gameplay has a lot of good things going for it, but also a lot of bad. The turn based battles involve some thought and strategy to it. If you are a good strategist you can take on a city an age or two higher than your current age and win if they don't have decent defenses. Currently there are four game modes world map where you fight npc opponents, Guild vs Guild where you and your guild fight other guilds for territory, the expedition where you can send your troops to fight to gain prizes for you and your guild and last your neighborhood where you can aid or attack other players. If you choose the latter route and win you get the option to plunder a building. Sometimes you can plunder it right away other times you need to wait a while til you get the option. The neighborhood system isn't really the best. You can be put into a hood with someone with tanks while you are still using swords or if you are lucky it could be the other way around. Players have complained about this problem and a lot of other ones for years and the Devs have consistently ignored the complaints. Communication options could be better. You have a Global chat bar with guild and neighborhood tabs under it that you can use to communicate with other players. A messaging system that you can use to talk to your guild or an individual player, but it seems very wonky. Overall I think FOE is alright looking game run by lousy devs that don't really care about their players. Most of the negative reviews on here are still true today because the devs don't really listen and just listen half heartedly to make it seem like they care. If you want to play it go ahead, but I wouldn't recommend spending my money or too much time in this game.