Can’t even get to world map without paying – Stormfall: Saga of Survival Review

The game locks you into a square where you have to build a signal fire to get to the world map. The signal fire is available at level 4 crafting, which I reached fairly easily. I had what I needed to build the fire, except charcoal. I find out that I have to build my campfire to level 5 to make charcoal, I’m currently at level 1. To upgrade to level 2 was easy. The upgrade to level 3 needed pelts, which I had none of. I’d already used the pelts I’d gotten from killing boars in my square to craft other things to hit level 4 general crafting. The bora weren’t seeming to respawn, so I used some of the premium currency that I’d gotten fro free from completing side quests to finish the upgrade. Now, I was trying to hit level 4 on my campfire. Level 4 needed woven fabric from the loom. To get this loom, I needed to be level 12 general crafting and to give several pelts as well as other materials. I still did not have any pelts, and I was only level 5 in crafting. I would have to waste more materials to craft enough to hit level 12 so I could craft the loom, to craft the fabric, to stuff into the campfire just to hit level 4 on the fire. Then I would still have to figure out how to hit level 5 to craft the charcoal to craft my signal fire. It was either this or spend 100 diamonds, which was just about all of my diamonds left, to upgrade to level 4. Then I expect it would be like 150-200 to upgrade to level 5. Within 30 minutes I saw what type of grind or pay game this would be, and I didn’t even have much option to grind due to enemies not respawning. I wouldn’t even be able to travel out of my square to other parts of the map without either grinding for hours or forking over a couple of bucks. I’d say don’t waste your time or money on this game.
Review by Gamergirl2030 on Stormfall: Saga of Survival.