ImperiaOnline The Great People

I usually play on my phone. It's easy and better for on the go. Wish it had a few more of the computer options.

I loved this game until a recent server maintenance wiped out all data and reset games back to the start. I did not realize this game worked on seasons and would be reset at some point. This is what I've heard from other players. After playing for a few months I just can't start over. Done with it.

The game itself seems rich enough, complex, and the upgrade chains make sense. There's room for a great experience. The app was pretty buggy, but a recent update has worked out a lot of the kinks. One thing you want to bear in mind is that this is a premium-wins kind of game. You're gonna have to spend 10 bucks a month or more to keep premium membership going, with extras for a 10-hour production boost once a day. Without premium you're not going to be on top. But it's a complex enough game to make that worthwhile. They also limit the effects of premium in a very satisfying way. You get one daily reward chest for free, and another four chests for progressively more diamonds and not much more payout. There's nowhere to buy more resources, unless you drop 10 bucks or more for a package that comes with a bonus chest. In other words, people can't easily magically buy more resources to run you out of the game. Cost-effective premium has a real limit, and that's nice. You can instant-complete training troops for a diamond, but not if you're under attack. You can instant-complete troop or resource transfers without purchases, which is so nice. But if someone is en route to attack you, you can't--not even with money. You can't instant-anything under attack, you can't queue more than one building worth. And that's good, because your intended victim can't just drop a 20 and give you the slip.

This game really is a fun game. Lots of good features and a wide range of possible playing styles. You can play solo or in an alliance and do pretty well either way. Two main criticisms, one with the app's functionality itself, the other with the gameplay. First, many, many times when I try to start construction on something, the app times out and won't start the construction. It happens with unit recruitment as well. It's very frustrating to have to back out of the app every time this happens and restart it. Almost a deal breaker. Also, it would be nice to have more restrictions on who can attack whom. When the only consequence of attacking a player much weaker than you is negative honor which really only affects your army's morale, it puts new players at a huge disadvantage because most strong players don't care about the negative honor. There should be more restrictions on point difference in attack. Right now, I believe it's set that you can't attack someone outside of a 10x point difference. That is simply not enough. It needs to be less. I'd say 3x or maybe 5x.

I absolutely love this game. Waited so long for something like this! Thank you!!! If you haven't already get this now!