One of the Best Games for Mobile but… – The Battle of Polytopia Review

The Battle for Polytopia is a brilliant game full of adorable characters blended into an accessible strategy game that players who are new to the genre will enjoy from the start. It’s very fun, I could go on about everything I love in this game for a hours. Polytopia is my most played mobile game and definitely my favorite. But for all its glory it leaves something desired. I think what’s missing from this game is any ability for cooperative play. Winning strategies in The Battle of Polytopia are often brutish and compulsory. Players are essentially required to adopt a ruthless military strategy to win games. Because this strategy can be applied to either of the two multiplayer game modes, Glory and Might, the feel of both are strikingly similar. A lack of diversity in gameplay stunts the replay-ability value of this game. I think a way to add a significant amount of replay-ability would be to add more opportunities for cooperative play. This could take form as a trading system or a way for players to communicate indirectly, such as declaring war or creating alliances. Team based game modes could be an interesting idea. Something that would add more human interactions in the game.
Review by candorista on The Battle of Polytopia.