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The Battle Of Polytopia Negative Reviews

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Brilliant game but recent downgrade means no point playing anymoreThis is a brilliant strategy game and highly addictive. However, now that I’ve achieved good scores on all four freely available tribes fighting against 3 opponents on crazy, the game now only allows 2 opponents, so I will never beat my existing scores. I know the developer wants to make more money from it, but this change is disappointing and has caused me to lose interest..Version: 1.14.2

Lots of potential.I think this is a great app overall, worthy of 5 stars, however after a while I started to get bored of the repetitive situations in-game. Every game was basically the same thing, and without any quests/levels then you can’t really aim for a conclusion to the game. The artwork and idea is really good, and there’s not really that much ads so I must acknowledge that the developers spent a lot of time into coming up with a game as high quality as this. There’s only one or two things that could be fixed... First of all, the tribes cost quite a bit of money, especially if you want to buy a lot of them altogether. Other users also reported issues into the tribes not working correctly, not being able to use them etc. however I am not sure if this is true. Second of all, multiplayer is very complicated and should work in an auto-matchmaking style which pairs you up with random players. I get that developing a game can be very expensive but I think you should remove the price tag of the multiplayer function, considering many players don’t make much use of it in the first place because of the previously described issue. In conclusion, this app is very creative and would recommend to a lot of people however it needs work. Lots of potential. Good Luck on further updates.Version: 1.15.3

It was great… now it’s a lot harderI used to play this all the time and it was super fun. Since the update, it feels significantly harder. Normal mode feels like the old hard mode and even on easy mode its really tough. It’s just not as fun anymore. Also, you can’t share in app purchases across devices even with family sharing..Version: 2.2

More challenging bots pleaseI have been playing this game for about a month and have been really enjoying it. I like the tribes and the method of play and the ability to play multiplayer. My one qualm is that the bots are not very good. Even though I haven’t been playing for long I am able to beat 4 crazy-level (the highest level) bots, which makes single player not super fun and makes adding bots to multiplayer not add very much value to those games either. Overall fun game with great art..Version: 2.4.4

LazyGame was great up until you play harder difficulty. The computers are not given strategy’s to work with the way the are made “harder” is just all of the computers deciding to target you first considering your within range of the starting party’s. Really think the computers should be given an actual strategy on harder difficulties not just focus the only real player. Game was great until dev(s) got lazy with it..Version: 1.15.1

BugCrashing on iOS 16.2 on iPhone 14 Pro, game will not load past home screen.Version: 2.4.6

Decent experience, would love to have more depthThe game itself is surprisingly enjoyable, plays like a faster paced civilization game. Unfortunately the simplicity lends itself to some predictability and blandness. The tech tree is not very in depth and there are only so much you can do after you get the hang of it. I would also love to see tribes not locked behind paywalls but instead become unlockables. A bigger more diversed map won’t hurt and could prevent early game rushes. Until then, it is a decent game on the go. Hopefully it can improve over time..Version: 1.9.0

Buggy AFWhile I really enjoy this game, when I play with my family in multiplayer it is so buggy! You almost can’t go a turn without a ‘server error’. What this usually means is that it take you back to your last movement with a unit. So even though you’ve attacked and killed an enemy unit, it takes you back and at the same time takes your units points! While this is the most common issue, there are heaps of others. It is super frustrating, especially when the game is close!.Version: 2.0.67

Latest update ruins the game - major fail!I’ve loved this game since the beginning and have played it more than 2500 times, I own all tribes and it was pure joy to play it multiple times a day. I have 3 stars for all 15 tribes. However, the latest major update, Cloak and Dagger / Diplomacy, utterly ruins the experience, makes the game dull, grinding, boring. There is no joy in it any more and I have fully stopped playing the game now, preferring Hexonia instead. It’s a pity that I lost my favourite game but the Cloak and Daggers are so ridiculously OP and the AI simply spams them, leading to deeply unsatisfactory gameplay. Despite the Developer’s claim that the Diplomacy update improves the game, in my personal experience that is distinctly not so. I will be deleting the game, saying a permanent goodbye to what once was a great game, but is now a failure; and based on Reddit comments, I’m not alone in these sentiments..Version: 2.2.1

LOVE the game, BUTLove the game in every way, BUT you should really have the ability to see which of your troops are from what town, so you if you run out you know who to get rid of to spawn from that town. AND ALSO to know before you move a soldier off of a town that the town no longer can spawn troops, bc that is a constant annoyance. Over all though, really great job with the game, devs! Understand you’re a small team so great work!.Version: 2.0.61

Gone downhillWhen I first got Polytopia it was great, I loved the challenge as I worked my way up through difficulties. The the developer changed things... I tried to give it a fair stab, but every game is the same BS where the computer teams up against you. I completely stopped caring about high scores after this change and focused on some of the unusual tribes. Was fun for a bit, but now I’m back to the same AI issues... Game is no longer any fun to play :( Might be worth picking up for a bit, but don’t bother with any longevity to it, you will quickly become frustrated with the abysmal AI :( Latest update claims to have ‘toned down’ the AI.. HUH??!? Please put back the old AI, it was much much much better!.Version: 1.14.1

Awesome gameI have to say that the other reviews are spot on. The only addition I have is that the recent (excellent) upgrade for cloaks and diplomacy seems to consume FAR more battery than normal. So much so, that in my 5th gen iPad, one game of 40 turns seems to use 75% of a very healthy battery (from 100%). This is very annoying, so pulling back from a 5 star to 3 star until fixed..Version: 2.2.1

Formerly Great Multiplayer Now hopelessly brokenI really used to love this game, it was interesting and complex despite its small size. You could have some great one-on-one matches, to any parameters; small maps, huge maps, all land, all water, everything in-between. You could try different factions under different conditions and if you didn’t like a bad match-up you could choose to ignore it. You could also do all of that against multiple opponents up to 15. It was great. Now, not so much. Small games, limited parameters, and if you want to give yourself the best chance of winning, play as Bardur. I’ve tried playing it since the update, it’s okay, the game is still _there_; it’s just limited, and I now have an almost 100% loss rate against any opponent playing Bardur if I’m not, and the opposite against any other faction. It’s tedious and essentially solved. It’s still a pretty defent single player game and there’s value to be had from mastering that, but as someone who’s been playing almost daily for two years, and bought all factions (yes, even Luxidor!) I am done. They broke it, it’s over, and for the life of me I don’t even know why..Version: 2.4.5

A good game gone badI’ve played this for years and really enjoyed it. I now mostly quit in frustration. The AI drives all other tribes to target you, you get spammed with units and the cloaks mean you are constantly reacting not planning. Unless you start very strongly (and sometimes even if you do) the other tribes slowly grind you down. It’s like being the poor player in a day long game of Monopoly. Long, depressing and with no hope of turning things round. Update - I can see that the devs have tried to improve the cloaks but at higher levels you can only win from a strong start and rapid expansion. Some of my most enjoyable games were comebacks from slow starts. Impossible now. A shame.Version: 2.4.5

Good game but a twistThis game is one of a kind. A nice fun strategy game that can be played on the go, and picked back up at any time whenever. There is multiplayer, but you’d need certain conditions for those. Unless you prefer the pass and play option, which is a great feature. The gameplay is fine, for a slight rts sort of game. However, my only complaint is how every other tribe costs money. I understand that money is needed to uphold a game, and the servers for the multiplayer feature. But not a lot of people have access to money on the App Store, which potentially drops the playerbase for this game. I’d really love to play as other tribes, but people just don’t have access to money on here, myself included. And that’s my only complaint for this game..Version: 1.12.1

Tribes need to be fixedI’ve been playing Polytopia for a while now, and something that’s annoying is the fact that there’s not an even amount of tribes to start off with. All the basic ones, like Kickoo and Luxidoor, should be unlocked when you first get the game. Also Luxidoor needs to be cheaper! It’s the most expensive tribe and it’s not even that good. I’ve played against the A.I when i play, and it’s so upsetting to think that it could’ve been having all the first tribes to start off for 3$. Also have a tutorial set up and have them fight against the A.I’s so they can understand how to play, and this should also be in for when playing with others who have never played this game. A.I’s also need to be nerfed because of how unfair they can be. I’ve spawned so many times surrounded by water and all the tribes can just easily get to me and kill me with no hesitation since they’ll work together! You should also add a team option so people can team with A.I’s and have a new mode to play with. Would’ve given it five stars but these need to be fixed..Version: 1.14.1

PurchasingThe game is good, but it says the system purchasing thing is unavailable and I want to do multiplayer..Version: 2.2.9

Can’t connect to serverI just can’t play online, I've uninstalled and reinstalled 4 times now and does nothing, my internet is working..Version: 2.4.3

Really good game but..I really liked this game: it’s fun, addicting and you can play with friends on it. However I feel like some of the units are a little bit unbalanced such as the mind melder who can turn any unit including giants and battleships into the enemy. One game I had about six giants 20ish swordsmen etc. Then about ten mind melters (all armoured) came after me out of an undiscovered area and took out all of my giants. I then lost seven cities before I killed all of my giants but by the time I killed all the giants about 20 mind melders had surrounded my defeated cities and every time I shot them with catapults they just got 2 more to replace them. after about half an hour of basically no progress I had to give up because I had gotten nowhere near any enemy city. I’ve also experienced this zero progress problem when I’m against catapults that I can’t see In an undiscovered zone as they can shoot me before my riders get near enough to see them on the map. Despite these issues I haven’t been able to stay away from the game and I would definitely recommend it for anyone who likes a complex strategy game.Version: 1.10.3

Not openingGets stuck on pink screen when I open it up. Tried uninstall, didn’t work.Version: 2.2.9

Jouer en ligneJe n arrive pas à me connecter et jouer en ligne et je ne trouve pas du tout ou es le problème.Version: 2.2.9

Diplomacy update killed gameThis used to be my favourite game. I loved doing 4 person melee on the largest maps. Now, since the update the computer players always gang up it’s inevitably 3 vs 1. It’s just not fun anymore. I wish there was a way to disable diplomacy..Version: 2.2.9

ImprovementsThis is a really good game and you really hit the nail on the head with the tribes! They’re great. I had a few ideas however to make the game better. I don’t think it’s right to destroy a tribe when you’ve simply taken all the cities but you should only have destroyed a tribe when you’ve killed everyone in that tribe and taken all the cities as well. Be able to choose your response to meeting a tribe instead of them just being unfriendly all the time. Be able to make allies and be able to ask them to come to war with you, computer can decide to accept or deny spontaneously..Version: 1.15.5

Latest update ruined itThe latest update added diplomacy and spies. It also slowed it down between turns. This game used to be fun to play but now, even on the easy mode it’s pretty hard to win. Won’t be playing this anymore..Version: 2.2

Good concept but bug-riddenToo many new features have resulted in the developers’ eyes being taken off the core proposition and coding errors have crept in again and again. I now have five games “stuck” because of yet another bug; no-one can move/skip/kick. A similar/related bug means that I am not alerted when it’s my go. Certain moves throw a server error but the piece is still considered to have used its turn which in a finely balanced game means that it’s all over. Another bug prevents the other players’ moves being played out for me which means that I have to back-solve what has happened. Those are the big four bugs - there are a handful of smaller ones as well. (Yes I have the latest version.).Version: 2.0.67

Great game butNeeds more content, it’s a small game yet hardly gets any new content anymore..Version: 2.4.6

Worst game I ever played if I could give zero stars i wouldThis game is a joke bunch of try hard losers that take every second they can get I hope everyone of the goofs who take every second of there time every turn get hit by a bus I’m never paying this f game again bunch of losers who can’t stand losing so they take every second like there life is on the line I hope you die.Version: 2.2.5

New Update is BadAs stated before, there is no reason an invisible unit that can move 4 with roads and attack in the same turn should be able to spawn 2-4 10 health attackers around a city who 1) Don’t take damage when they attack 2) Can’t be taken out by a knight in succession 3) Have the attack power of a warrior Individually if spawnable, a dagger would probably cost 4 stars, so why should a whole hoard of them be able to have a 5 square attack range with roads and move invisibly through the board, it’s so unbalanced. Recommendation: Make it so you can fight back if the daggers attack, make it so cloaks can’t move and attack in one turn, or make it so cloaks only spawn 2 daggers, or reduce the health of daggers, or give us the option to actually play a fair game by turning them off. Update: I played a game without using cloaks against 2 computers on crazy dry land and lost within 30 turns. I then played the same game where my only strategy was to upgrade and use cloaks as soon as possible and I won in 20 turns without using any other unit besides the initial warrior..Version: 2.2.4

Love it but it needs an overhaul of mechanics.It’s hard to give it only 2 stars as I love playing it but unfortunately, with all the mechanics build in, there’s only one way of winning this game and that is producing as many stars as possible per turn. You can see stars as your production, the more production the more you can produce every turn. However, the overhaul of the stars will come from the Amount of cities you have and there lies the problem with this game. That is the only factor that decides if you win or lose, the amount of cities you have. There are a few ways to get extra stars but again, they will grow out of the amount of cities you have and things you research for which... you need stars. If the map the game creates means you have no access to many cities (before your opponents take them), you lose. There’s no equality towards that. You have cities, you win but if not you lose. Simple as that and very unfortunate given all the mechanics they build in are rendered useless just because of that..Version: 1.11

Paid for purchases went missing in gameI paid for a tribe (kickoo) and have been playing with this tribe for a while. When the developer updated to the current version about 10 days ago, my paid for tribe was made to appear as unpaid for. Contacted the developer twice, with no remedy. The right thing to do here is to restore purchases for your loyal customers in a timely manner. If you can’t fix it with a proper solution within 2-3 days, you should have used a short term solution first: example manually go through the list of purchases for your customer base and restore the purchase manually, or let all your customers have temporary access to all the tribes until you have the issue fixed (you may also find new revenue this way if someone likes what they played and later pay for it when you take away the access). The other important thing to do is to keep your impacted customers updated constantly, instead of not a single word until someone asked. I am very disappointed with how the developer has handled this screw up. They come across as not knowing what to fix here and not committed to fixing the problem. I would not recommend anyone to buy or pay for any purchases in this game. You could just be throwing your money into a bin, because you don’t know if your purchases will be made good a few days down the track..Version: 2.0

New game modeI like the games but often they don’t allow me to get as big as I want to be that’s why I think if there was a ‘camp’ game mode like on ‘merge dragons’ eg a large area that you can just play on yourself to see how much you can develop up to a maximum score that would be so high it’s basically impossible, I really hope this gets read because I’m sure if this were introduced it would keep many more players playing the game and encourage them to spend money on new tribes that they could have and use in their own ‘camp’ . Still though i love the game and recently bought the Ai-mo skin which is my favourite, please keep up the great work and updates x.Version: 1.13.0

UnhappyPlease update the game with an option to turn off the cloak and dagger!!! It is ruining a perfect game!! Now it sucks!!!!.Version: 2.2.5

Thanks a lotI like this game, it has good mechanics and I like that you can do a battle in half an hour or so. However gameplay does get kind of repetitive and I don’t really think paying for other tribes is worth it, especially the one that costs £4, that’s overpriced. More importantly though I like many others have paid to unlock some tribes and now the game is acting as if I never purchased them (£4 in purchases) after I logged into game centre to access multiplayer, which I now can’t access since the game claims I have not purchased a tribe. I have a feeling I’m not getting my money back, thanks a lot developers, I won’t be playing this game again..Version: 1.15.0

The cloaks / daggers are ruining the gameThe Cloaks and Daggers are killing this game. The daggers especially are too strong, too plentiful, and remove so much of the fun of strategy (you can’t really do anything meaningful to prevent them, and you can’t even counterattack, so the effect that a game that used to be about strategy has turned into a game about … nothing. It’s stupid, just profoundly stupid. Most changes to Polytopia have improved the game, but this change is destroying it. I honestly am considering deleting the app. At a minimum, the daggers needed to be more balanced : they can’t be BOTH something you have no defense against AND strong in their own defense. And it’s idiotic that you wouldn’t have a defense against daggers in the first place - Since when would you not have a defense against a revolutionary? It’s brainless and taking all of the fun out of the game. If the Devs want to make the game harder just make the AI better at traditional strategy, don’t create a hack the removes so much of the strategy in the first place. Or at least provide a meaningfully effective counter to the daggers. This game used to be the best, but the Developpers NEED to listen to the warnings - You will lose your audience with this nonsense. Go back to your roots, you don’t have to constantly change things to keep people interested..Version: 2.4.3

Why?Why?.Version: 2.0.31

Cloak and dagger spamUsed to be so much fun. But now with the constant spam of cloaks and dagger by the AI this has become more of an attrition type of gameplay. I don't want to spend half an hour to win a single game..Version: 2.2.5

Still good but needs multiplayer overhaulThis update provides another tribe and a fee new features but lacks the overhaul that the game needs to be interesting again which is the way in which players can be found during multiplayer. Multiplayer has been out for almost a year now and has seen many players pickup the fun of online matching however after a year the manual process of creating and finding matches is not of this time. This game needs multiplayer logic that automatically finds matches and adds you to the game instead of trying to find players yourself. Whilst this is lacking any new tribe will only make the game shine just a little brighter..Version: 1.12.0

Used to love, but cloaks ruined the game for meLiterally every game is now the same of this, and there’s no change when playing AI game to game. Everytime they spam cloaks, who get into your cities taking money and spawning loads of daggers, and then they get behind you and attack. It’s not too bad to counter, I usually just stick some extra defending units, but it’s just so many and the AI only puts out these cloaks in the late game. It’s completely ruined it for me, the democracy update. Now there’s no change from game to game, map style obviously effect it but always spamming clocks and daggers. Used to be my favourite game, now might get rid as I don’t enjoy it anymore since the democracy update. Perhaps, since I’ve noticed other people say the same, we could potentially remove updates ourselves, so the upgrade tree could be edited or have ones where each update has a tree we could use. Like I said, I used to love this game as an offline game to pass the time when travelling. I just want it to be fun again..Version: 2.2.9

Cloaks-topia.Since the diplomacy update, I’m trying so hard to get used to play with cloaks. I would love to play with them since they are a huge part of the game now, but I just can’t. That update made polytopia my favorite game to one I would probably end up delete...Version: 2.4.4


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