Starts off great but then... – God Kings Review

I have been wargaming tabletop and computer games for years and understand what differentiates the basic city builders all over the bet from those that genuinely feel competitive. While you can’t ever get knocked out of this game militarily you can lose s tremendous amount of valuable material and guardians that you have worked weeks or longer to procure. This however is not a downside but what actually differentiates this game from the basic handholding no suffering games that are so prevalent in the app world. The problem with the game however is two-fold. First off the power difference between the average player and the top power players is unbalanced. I am all for allowing someone 3-4 times more powerful then me to attack me freely. This encourages the smaller player to work harder and play more to have the ability to fight back. However it’s one thing to lose a fight badly to a more powerful player where you could at least put up s fight and cause him some harm, it is another to be an insect beneath his heel. The top players in the game have over 200 million power. The average player power is well under 10 million. This is the gaming equivalent of having the New England Patriots play a little league team. This takes all the enjoyment out of the fight not only for the less powerful player but also for the big guy. It’s only fun for a while to destroy your opponents without any chance of losing or even taking damage. This could be fixed but separating players into tiered servers or through some other means. Secondly the game needs competitive objectives that reset in the same way that overwatch or similar games do it. Players have to believe there is a practical way for them to grow. Make it feasible for smaller guilds to fight a bully. II loved this game upon my first week playing but I already feel like I am running out of exciting things to do. Simply building slowly and hiding in the corner to avoid the bully players quickly loses its magic. Please find a way to address these issues and you could have an outstanding game.
Review by Jurisator on God Kings.