Pay-to-Win: All they care about is $$$ – Stormfall: Rise of Balur Review

Do not download this game unless you’re prepared to spend A LOT of money. The only limit on one’s power is the amount of money one is willing to spend — the top players spent $1k/month or more. In exchange for thousands of dollars, Plarium gives “VIP” players a personal customer service representative, thousands of bonus sapphires, and items that make them so powerful that one of these “money players” can easily destroy an ENTIRE LEAGUE of players who spend $30/month or so. This power imbalance has ruined the game. It used to be fun to upgrade beacons and forts, but nobody does that now — the $1K/month crowd will downgrade it as soon as they see it. Plarium has made it clear that they do not care about the non-VIP crowd. They ignore players’ in-game error reports. They are condescending and dismissive in the Plarium forums if someone suggests all is not well. Their Facebook group moderators are as helpful as possible, but they lack power to fix stuff. Plarium’s greed is killing this game, which makes those of us who loved the game very sad. :-( Note to developers: Unless you intend to address the power imbalance, there’s no need to respond to this review.
Review by *Sieglinde* on Stormfall: Rise of Balur.