Vikings vs Rise of Castles

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. [R1] Vikings 1/5 · US I used to spend $500 a month on the game because I couldn't play any other way. But I'm quitting bec: I used to spend $500 a month on the game because I couldn't play any other way. But I'm quitting because of the Battle for Light competition! Until this competition continues or Light achievements are available for purchase, I definitely won't be coming back!
2. [R3] Vikings 3/5 · US Pay to Play: I agree with the review that StarsNite said and TOTALLY DISAGREE with the response he got.. the game is all about the money..I can’t even upgrade knowledge to enable me to train Tier IX troops.. that makes the game sucks
3. [R4] Vikings 2/5 · US Unannounced Changes Alter the Game: I have played this game almost daily over the last eight years. While it is like many “freemium” games which offers significant playing advantages to high spenders, over the last six months, they have accelerated this, including altering internal competitions to significantly disadvantage players who do not spend liberally. IMO the game developer has recently ma
4. [R64] Rise of Castles 1/5 · US Lies: When I started this game, they said you did not have to pay to play now they reward those that pay the most. If you’re not willing to literally spend 30, 40 $50,000 don’t play the game only those pay win. They also say they protect the rest of us from cheat codes or cheating. This is not true most of the big players use cheat codes or buy things online to give them an advantage again you got
5. [R9] Vikings 3/5 · US Connection: Okay so my game isn’t loading because of some connection error and my shield is going to become in active and I’m going to lose everything. And platinum is going to say tooo band . It’s happened before
6. [R12] Vikings 3/5 · US My game won’t load: It just notified me that update was over and I could log on and I tried and it said still in maintenance
7. [R61] Rise of Castles 1/5 · US System crash: Go to the game and it crashes all the time
8. [R70] Rise of Castles 1/5 · US Got a new phone and cannot retrieve my bound account.: Been playing for years. Have switched phones several times. Game will only let me replay the stupid long tutorial on my new device. Honestly it may be a good thing. I’ve spent enough money on this pay 2 win black hole. And it has only been getting worse each year.
9. [R46] Vikings 1/5 · US Bad. Dont Play it: It used to be a great game. There was hope that the new owner would make it better. But it’s gotten worse Full of bugs. New features introduced w more bugs. Rather than delivering on the promises they made The latest is a new contest they introduced. Tasks unknown. Only the clan chief can acore. Waste of time Don’t get started
10. [R52] Vikings 1/5 · US Beware, a pay to play game with a dishonest company behind it all!: If you don't want to constantly spend money, then you won't enjoy this scam of a game! Even if you do spend money to participate, or heaps of money to stay competitive, as soon as there are any issues the "support" team (they must be using the term support ironically) dismisses you concerns with no recourse. If you have a pay to p
11. [R67] Rise of Castles 1/5 · US NO CUSTOMER SERVICE: Developers are not responsive, they request SS then can’t even be bothered to look at them. The reply and close out your issue without even giving you a chance to reply to them. If you chose to play this game be prepared to screen shot every aspect. Don’t hold your breath waiting for the developers to correct anything. They do not care but will take your money and do noth
12. [R101] Rise of Castles 5/5 · US Updates don't fix issues: They update every week it seems but there's still bugs that never seem to be fixed. I haven't been able to get in game all day with a never ending loading screen and I know it's not my phone service! For the amount of money I spend on this game there shouldn't be these insane issues! FIX YOUR SERVER & Make a better way to submit complaints or talk to developers without ne
13. [R31] Vikings 1/5 · US Game is just a money sucker: This game has increasingly become pay-to-win. To progress at a competitive level and keep pace with other players, it requires spending at least $100 per month. After more than 6 years playing I observed that the game’s monetization model has only intensified over time, making it less enjoyable for long term players. Based on my experience, I would NOT RECOMMEND starti
14. [R37] Vikings 1/5 · US Pay to Play: Very overpriced pay to play game. Money wins.
15. [R100] Rise of Castles 1/5 · US Pay to win: This game is just a huge money grab. Just like every game, the beginning is very easy and once you learn how to play they start spamming you with packages to buy and the gap between free to play and pay to win is INCREDIBLY big. Literally a waste of time if you can’t spend thousands of dollars. Save yourself the time.
16. [R119] Rise of Castles 4/5 · US Fun and addictive but… gets expensive: You need to spend a few thousand a month to compete in this game. Been playing for 3 years and love it. Get on the right team and participate for enjoyment. The pictures on the screen shot isn’t really what them game is. It is better and a fast pace war game.
17. [R16] Vikings 1/5 · US Overtime pay required to play: I have played Vikings since before Aristocrat mobile and MTG owned Plarium from 2015 to present day. I wanted to dial in a few facts supporting the 1 star review. 1. Plariums customer support absolutely sucks and they are 1000% copy paste responses and beat around the bush that never helps your issue. 2. Literally a 1/4 of the in-town screen is bank offers. Floating
18. [R25] Vikings 1/5 · US Not worth your time: Bad support team , their lazy and biased and lazy at their jobs
19. [R106] Rise of Castles 1/5 · US The WORST customer service: I have multiple castles, my main castle deals with bugs I can’t collect daily event rewards. Provided screenshots & clips to customer service they claim “tech saying game is normal”. After years of playing spent over $50K this is how you are treated? Now AI is “processing” my report but am blocked from replying. FYI: I am the R5 of the main alliance in my kingdom. P