Amazing game but strange premium choice – Heroes and Castles 2 Premium Review

This game is incredible. 9 unique skill trees for 3 different heroes, a wide array of weapons, shields, armor, and runes to customize your characters, dozens of units to recruit or customize, several different mission types, and dozens of enemies with interesting and challenging power combinations. And the upgrades in game are all reasonably priced for the inapp currency, which is rare in mobile games! I've been playing it obsessively on the free version. In the free version, every 5 minutes or so when you talk to the blacksmith, he'll offer you a free random item, if you watch a 15-30 second ad. This mechanic is pretty neat and makes it so the ads aren't something to dread. It also gives you something to do when you don't have time to do a full battle. So I decided to buy the premium version to support the game. I assumed the blacksmith would just periodically give a random free item without an ad. Instead this removes the ability to get free items from the blacksmith altogether! My characters now progress far slower than they did in the free version, so I'm switching back to the ads. My recommendation: GET THE FREE VERSION, but also buy some currency to support the game designers too.
Review by Diggd99 on Heroes and Castles 2 Premium.