War and Order vs Forge of Empires

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R8] War and Order 4/5 · US Game is just the same: Nothing special. Repeats Same things other games do. Get to a certain point and it wants you to buy stuff or basically quit playing because you won’t advance. Same hunter gather as all other games.
2. [R12] War and Order 3/5 · US Fun but expensive: Fun game but it’s very expensive to stay competitive
3. [R89] Forge of Empires 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
4. [R75] Forge of Empires 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
5. [R3] War and Order 3/5 · US Too many pop ups: There is absolutely too many pop-ups when first logging into game. It would be nice if you can at least do the pop-ups after a few minutes. Especially on war day when we need to put a shield on in a hurry and then the stupid pop-ups come delaying. On top of that healing and recovering troops is a very slow. This game should allow the user to have the advantage by having notifi
6. [R10] War and Order 2/5 · US Calculator pad is annoying: After a recent update, using my iPad, the calculator pad opens every time I try to manually adjust troop types or select a specific number of troops that I want to recruit. This is annoying enough to make the game a pain to play. It slows you down when you need to make quick adjustment to your troop levels!
7. [R61] Forge of Empires 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
8. [R67] Forge of Empires 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.
9. [R16] War and Order 1/5 · US Scam game: After about three months they slow the server speed and everything becomes very laggy to the point you can’t play the game as intended. Apple knows and doesn’t care. They just pry on new players getting as much money as they can and continue creating new worlds. Redirecting the server speed to the new worlds.
10. [R54] War and Order 1/5 · US Buggy game: The game felt very buggy for me. Freezes constantly when trying to click and navigate through the game play. Personally, I find the other reviews hard to believe because there are far better strategy games available.
11. [R107] Forge of Empires 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!
12. [R91] Forge of Empires 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
13. [R6] War and Order 3/5 · US Pricing: Game is free to play, but , to be a contender it cost way to much money taking away from the enjoyment of the game. There needs to be more balance for none paying players to complete with those who spend thousands
14. [R7] War and Order 2/5 · US Fun but expensive: In this game you HAVE to spend money regularly to be competitive. Playing this game without money is terrible, there is no way to compete fairly without having to fork out a lot of money.
15. [R83] Forge of Empires 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.
16. [R120] Forge of Empires 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
17. [R1] War and Order 1/5 · US Poor Customer Support: Relevant resources never download, same problem every WAO update, nothing wrong on my side , all other apps work excellent after updates except WAO, Asked for 2 weeks to fix child like realm on another device and support hasn’t fixed it yeti, the relevant resources never download
18. [R28] War and Order 1/5 · US Waste of time: This game used to be fun, actual wars between players, now it is manipulated by the richest players, “they control” game. And war and order does not care as they benefit monetarially from these game abuse, the rules are not the same and you have too spend money to not loose the little progress you can make. They DO NOT answer questions or concerns at ALL!! They just want you to ke
19. [R76] Forge of Empires 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.