Forge of Empires

What reviewers actually said

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1. [R1] 5/5 · US The best game ever!: I got this game a few months ago. It’s so fun. You can build your own empire and right now I’m in the iron age. And I’m so excited to get to the next level definitely a must have.
2. [R9] 5/5 · US Best game: This game is so addictive in a very good way! Also can you give me a very tiny favor? I’m stuck in the early Middle Ages, and I can’t buy any of your packs beacase I want to save up for something, so can you give me these goods, 100 of all Bronze Age goods? It’s optional, also my user is minecrafter22 in the world of Yorktown thank you this is a amazing game, and I want to tell all of m
3. [R11] 5/5 · US Fun but addictive: This is a brilliant game overall, one that can suck you in with all its details. I’ve been able to go really far without spending much money - just a couple of dollars and I didn’t absolutely need to. The animation details are fantastic.
4. [R14] 5/5 · US Forge of Empires is awesome: I love the game. I love the simplicity in it, yet it’s hard. I love the guilds, gbg, Guild Expedition and events. I love that there is our own economy! The game is amazing
5. [R44] 5/5 · US Very good game: Very fun and if you are member of a guild you can grow faster
6. [R46] 3/5 · US Forge of Empires: A Long Time Player’s Review: I’ve played Forge of Empires long enough to see both what makes people stay and what eventually drives many of them away. At its best, Forge of Empires is a social game. The city building is satisfying, there is a sense of progression, and the friendships and guild communities can be genuinely meaningful. Many players stay not because of the building
7. [R49] 5/5 · US I love this game: One of the best communities I have been in. Also really keeps me hooked with its amazing gameplay! I have been playing for about a year and have gotten to oceanic future and worked my way up to become a founder of a guild! I have not had to pay a penny so for all those comments saying it is impossible look I did it. My real playing time I know I said a year but it was probably 6
8. [R2] 5/5 · US Great game: I played Simpson tapped out for many years until they canceled the game. This is by far the closest to Simpson tapped out and more. I love all the different type of event and task. The only complaint I have is that it takes forever to purchase a land to build more stuff .
9. [R26] 5/5 · US Never ending fun!: Can’t leave the game because it’s always a new adventure monthly!
10. [R41] 5/5 · US Appreciated: Thank you guys for always making the game new and fun. It keeps it from being boring. Love the Viking stuff
11. [R50] 5/5 · US Always revolving and innovating: This game welcomes all players. From fighters to gatherers, always on to leisurely fun. Events add change up needed to prevent boredom.
12. [R31] 5/5 · US G.R.E.A.T.!!!!!: I have always enjoyed the game. I don’t have anything negative to say about it. The game is pretty straightforward. It is VERY possible to progress through the game without having to pay anything. Unlike other games, the in-app purchases make a significant difference. This is one of the few games out there that isn’t flooded with ads every time you touch a button. One of my favori
13. [R63] 5/5 · US Great Game: I’ve had this game for years now I really like how active it is and how there are multiple games within the game. I like to play before bed or on breaks at work. It’s a nice casual strategy game that actually has a lot of layers. Sometimes the push to buy things is annoying but I just never do and it’s still playable with out doing that.
14. [R25] 5/5 · US Fastest customer service experience!: Had a glitch happen that hindered my progress in the Iron Age and I contacted customer support and in less then an hour they not only replied to me they also fixed the bug!
15. [R10] 1/5 · US Poor support: The new changes in FOE have taken my rating down 3 star levels. The new GE is a blatant attempt to extort money from the user community. Those of us who have played for decades are upset.
16. [R18] 3/5 · US Not what it used to be.: It used to be a much better balance of reward for effort. Now it’s more convoluted in design, requiring one to reach for their wallet in order to make worthy advancements. Hopefully a better balance can be found.
17. [R22] 2/5 · US So slow: I spent $20-30 to get started but if you aren’t willing to keep spending then this game is going to be a test of your patience. I’ve enjoyed it for what it is, but after a week in, I think I’m all done. This is about the fifth time I’ve tried to like this game. It’s just ok.
18. [R33] 1/5 · US Inno con games: These guys are scum. They just acknowledge ripping me off due to a bug and told me that they weren’t going to fix it. They take every opportunity to milk you for cash to the point where you can’t complete ANY of the event tasks without spending real cash. Avoid inno!
19. [R5] 1/5 · US Frustrating!: I’m trying to build an Armored Car Factory! It keeps saying it’s not connected to the roads even though it’s touching roads that other buildings used to be connected to! The Machine Factory is doing the same thing! Are you trying to fix your defective game? Help! I put these buildings next to the mother road in front of my castle and it still says it’s not connected! The mechaniz
20. [R43] 2/5 · US Notifications: The app lately has a lot of glitches and malfunctions, but the worse is not receiving notifications. It has been very intermittent for several months and has now reached to where there is no notification of any kind. I honestly cannot consider spending any money on this game with the multitude errors. I can’t even seem to get the representatives to understand the problems without th
21. [R97] 1/5 · US PoS: Absolutely terrible - constantly lose progress and benefits due to “bugs.” Or deliberately.
22. [R100] 1/5 · US Don’t even download: Horrible game want even start I have the new iPhone17 and this game still has issue would not recommend it
23. [R23] 3/5 · US Fine game: The game is boring it has a lot of patience in the game and also, it takes up to 5gb of storage and can clog up all of your storage. But, otherwise, the game can be fun to play. It’s a good strategy game for those who want to take over the world and become the biggest empire.
24. [R245] 3/5 · US Lots of repetitive tasks: Lots of repetitive tasks
25. [R56] 3/5 · US Restart: I’m trying the game again after getting frustrated at the slow pace of expansion. Fingers crossed.
26. [R58] 2/5 · US It’s ok: Game is slow grow game
27. [R8] 1/5 · US Adds for rewards scam: Game often does not give rewards after watching an ad. This is a scam.
28. [R99] 1/5 · US Money Pit: I had this game installed some time ago. I installed it again recently. I forgot how much of a money out this thing is. After a couple days, the ads started popping up, and everything I tried to do required watching another ad or buying more diamonds or something. Oh, yeah, erase!
29. [R139] 1/5 · US Ad removal not working: Paid for ad removal, still getting ads!
30. [R183] 3/5 · US Adds and money: The intelligent game makers recently added commercial adds as part of the game. That’s right if you want to watch commercial adds interrupting game play. If you want to take actions that for many years of playing we’re free, now you get to watch an add first. Don’t call it greed. Know the game makers can change any aspect of game play even though everyone and I know everyone hates
31. [R24] 1/5 · US Very expensive with poor support: Na
32. [R7] 4/5 · US Waste of Time: The game allows players from advanced eras to attack/plunder players' lesser-developed cities. Until they fix this, look elsewhere.
33. [R12] 1/5 · US FOE DOESN’T CARE: They don’t care about people harassing you. There’s no way to stop people from harassing you. They will surely take your money!Bye FOE!
34. [R60] 1/5 · US Pay to win: You know a game is broken when 8 modern tanks lose to 4 musketeers. Starting out, the game was great but now it has become impossible to play and littered with ads and profoundly unrealistic. The higher you advance the hardier it is to win against easier enemies. My modern tanks and artillery constantly lose against soldiers from 3 Eras back that somehow have +500% attack and +500% de
35. [R80] 1/5 · US Makers have favorites: Used to be a decent game until recently now they let a guy PVfe say raciest stuff along with gay stuff and will not do anything but if roles was reversed they told me I’d be kicked from game so goes to show how favoritism works in game now plus they want you to pay for everything to get somewhere and it’s fixing to get worse with the Great Buildings. This game now deserves
36. [R19] 4/5 · US Please fix: My problem with this game is that the diamonds are too expensive and are stupid. I think that the game would be better if you’d take away the diamonds. Getting a great building is way too hard because of the blueprints and the goods. Also, there are way too many goods and not enough space for the buildings. Limit on FORGE POINTS?!?!?! It’s the worst because then I can’t get the goods f
37. [R29] 5/5 · US Forge of empires: Great games. Only complaint would be need more ways in the games to earn land expansions and diamonds.
38. [R85] 1/5 · US Trash: Would be 5 stars if you could rotate buildings.
39. [R90] 2/5 · US Sure would be cool if you could rotate buildings: You’re given a limit to your expansion with zero explanation at all. You’re waging war on other countries and take thousands of miles of land through conquest but in order to place a goat farm you have to BUY LAND from some unnamed legal authority or you can pay for a square that won’t be able to fit it. And if you think you can rotate the buildi
40. [R75] 1/5 · US FOE: The quest are ridiculous. When you don’t need a. Army base they make you have one.😡 YOU HAVE COMPLETELY SCREWED UP EXPEDITIONS!!!
41. [R111] 1/5 · US To much games in one: To much games inside the FOE, every time they are creating more and more stationary games and it to much!
42. [R122] 1/5 · US Unnecessary and unfair quests: You get constant quests that make you pay supplies/coins for a “hidden” reward, which is usually just 1 coin. Totally unnecessary as they just set you back, you get nothing in return while paying a lot of supplies/coins
43. [R36] 2/5 · US Stop with the army already!: I enjoyed the game until they started saying I had to have an “army”. I am not interested in playing a game that requires an army. I keep popping back in to see if that’s still a requirement, but no luck so far.
44. [R37] 3/5 · US Really Good Game: It's a myth that you can play this game competitively without needing to purchase diamonds.
45. [R62] 3/5 · US Not bad but p2w: It’s a weirdly addicting game that you can hop in from time to time but it’s nothing I personally want to play non-stop. I definitely log in every day for dailies and resources but the game is definitely pay to win. Can you reach the highest level in the game without money? Sure. But it’s going to take you a loooooot longer. I also feel like the prices are not great deals. Especia
46. [R489] 3/5 · GB Death By Adverts: Note there’s no recent reviews on this game, that’s a bit odd. Thought I’d put my opinion up. This is a very nicely designed game, the graphics and animation are great. But it’s slow to progress with, everything takes an age to progress. Some parts are pointless. Recent introduction of adverts have added an element of boredom, same old adverts they are repetitive and are getting
47. [R417] 3/5 · GB Not the best!: So, I love these building games, but to be honest this has become long laborious and just disinteresting! Join a guild, polish this and well without diamonds you’re knackered! I don’t wish to join a guild!!! Quite happy building my empire, but without expansions available or negotiation both which become impossible without parting with cash, the game becomes a waste of time! Then yo