I play the game on the first season then left due to work. I really enjoy the game mechanics, the graphics is top notch. I love all the aspect of the game (eventho im not a fan of LOTR Franchise). when I was about to reinstall it few months ago i saw bunch of negative reviews on playstore, idk what happen but those reviews blocking me from reinstall it. then right now i came back to check, still bad reviews,. but your content passing by my youtube homepage, now i definitely would like to reinstall it. hope i wont regret it. lol
So about 8 months ago they did a really big revamp that had very mixed reviews. And humans tend to always leave negative reviews when they don't like something, And when something is good they don't leave positive reviews because they're happy with it... Haha. The game is quite a bit different than when it first came out but I still think it's the best of this genre. By a long shot. I actually think the update to having groups of commanders is better than the original. One thing that always haunts these kind of games is the fact that if you haven't been playing a lot people who have get an advantage on having more gear etc. But if you find a really good fellowship to play with and are just playing to have fun. It's still very enjoyable! A big thing still is having to play a pretty decent amount For example probably about 10 to 30 minutes a day. Is minimum if you want to be actually working on stuff. You might even want to get on two or three times today when it comes to timing things. I'm not going to sit here and tell you that all of those reviews don't have some points. But I will tell you that the game has gotten a very unfair rap on all those reviews. I wish people who enjoyed the game would go leave good reviews. I did... Hehe
Well to be honest, economically the version 2.0 was a financial failure. They lost almost 50% of players and their revenue also decreased by about 50%. So I wonder how long the game will be continued
Oh, so you have the data to backup that claim? I am not being a jerk or trying to defend them. Just asking because I am totally curious. I would love to make sure I know the data. I'll tell you alot stopped playing for sure. I saw that when it happened. But the game has gotten a lot better again with a bunch more updates. When they first updated it, it was pretty bad... But it's actually I think better than the original now. But I definitely would love to know details on that info if you have it. I see quite a big player base for the game still. There's many many thousands of active players over many servers.
Well after 2,5 there is a huge boycott - also I feel few kingdoms on our server just gave up - Whaled one players with full Zenith Geared Up formations are killing low spenders like me in a sigle swipe. Like they are claiming territory day and night - aint even fun anymore really
I just started playing (10 days ago or so) and i am surprised that there is not so much content for it like other mobile phones. Its a pretty well good game imo and it deserves more
That's one of the reasons why I made this video. I find it to be one of the best phone games out there. Sure it's not as good as a lot of other games I cover on the channel that aren't phone games. But I think that it is underappreciated. And in this video I go into one of the reasons why I think that is. It had a pretty rough transition with an update that wasn't very good and then they did updates to fix that update and now it's better than it was before. But I think he gave a little bit of a bad rap to some people. Also I don't think it advertises quite as hard as a lot of those other generic cookie cutter phone games. This game is also quite a bit more truthful about what it is compared to all the phone games that lie what they are.
@@VoiceoftheRings Yep. Agreed, especially the advertising part! They could really get more people in the game if they spent more time and money on ads!
They do have events! It's fun and also good point ! I actually don't like rise of kingdoms myself. It's two cookie cutter like so many other phone games. P.s. I also always like your posts. So I am Not insulting your game. I am glad you enjoy it! 😊😄
@@VoiceoftheRings yeah but they have short events like kill amount of x or gather points x, participate in group events, and such. I mean it’s more diverse and the loot you get there is pretty nice.
@@VoiceoftheRings yes rok is very cookie cutter but if you’re f2p and play just for fun it’s nice. I mean rise to war has its season pass but it’s kinda small. I don’t get as many gems and coins anymore as before(only from the updates and season pass)and that takes lots of fun as f2p for me
Also! Matchmaking would really help! Fighting Zenith is pretty hard when you are low spender - I spent 700$ during 10 months and the most powerfull commander is Saruman R4 and Lurtz R6
Hello! Thank you for the video. Just an off topic question have you collected Eaglemoss models? I got some cool figures as someone was selling the figures he had more than one time :-D Also got a nice chess figures collection - detailed and pretty nice!
Yes, I really like it. Was Josh(I think I know who that is) comparing this game to other phone games like I was? Or just in general. Because I make it very clear in the video. That I'm comparing this to be one of the best phone games I've ever played. It's not the best game I've ever played. Not by a long shot and it definitely has its problems. And it has some pay to win aspects just like every other phone game. But this phone game is clearly the best phone game I've played at this genre of risk building your base and PVP. A lot of the other ones I have played have not even gotten close to being as good. Also this game's a lot more truthful about what it's about. Compared to the other ones like I show in the video that literally show you fake pictures or a fake game that has nothing to do with their game.
If you're new to this do not play evil. The next update is supposedly going to fix this but for over a year Evil has been a punching bag for good. Played since it first started and if you keep the old equipment you are nigh untouchable. They went hard for cash grabs and truely went pay to win in 2.0. Before that you had a chance. Now. Nope.
I appreciate the warning, But you're actually a little behind the times on this info. What you say here was partially true about 8 months ago. That's not the case anymore. The 2.0 is more fun than the original now they've done a lot of updates to really fix the issues they did. And this phone game does less of cash grab than any other phone game. It's not even close. So no one should kid themselves.
@@VoiceoftheRingsgoing to have to agree to disagree. You’re playing a pretty high level commander base with 3 ascended and maxed equipped (only saw Gimli but can't image he'd be your best equipped one) Good team. Have you played on the Evil side as a f2p? I have played both sides on this, started as Good and switched to Evil and was able to compete with whales for a couple seasons before the 2.0 update. Since then Good commanders have been extremely favored by abilities and troops. Well see how the update effects gameplay today. Any game can be fun if you spend on it.
@@VoiceoftheRings been a few days since the update and evil is playing better. Definitely a push in the right direction for being able to compete on RP servers. Back to being able to draw a couple times vs flat out defeats now.
He is very carefull with it and I respect it - We try to enjoy Lord of the Rings theme as much as we can - but unless you can spent hundred of thousands of dollars to open at least 5000 mathoms you will loose a lot
After 2.0 the game went downhill and its massively more p2w than before, you win with your wallet. I you're thinking of playing this f2p you will just be used to make paths to objectives for the p2w players and you will never make a difference in PVP. As a f2p player you're purpose is to be a meat shiled convoy.
Yes, and no. Again my point is if you think this phone game is bad every other phone game is worse then this one. That's one of my points. But yes some things from the 2.0 did cause certain issues like that. But now they've done a bunch of updates there are some things that are actually easier than it was in 1.0. and even better for free to play. It just depends on what part of the game you're talking about which can make it a little bit convoluted.
None of the updates saved the game after version 2. Im still cheking the game but its not working. As you can see most of the people are still not positive. Developers just killed the game. There is no light further
You must not really be checking the game. All those reviews that are still negative are the same ones that were left during the whole fiasco update. People in general are more negative. If they have a bad experience they leave a bad review. When they have a good experience they don't leave any reviews they just enjoy the game. That's just life. It's depressing I wish people were more positive and actually took the time to relieve views when things were good. Also the community is extremely large and very active again in the game. But even with all this said yes there were some major problems with the 2.0 update. Also, Yes it is far better now with all the updates they've done the last couple months. But my point still stands that this is the best phone. Whether that be taken as how sad that there aren't any better phone games like this. Or that it is really a good phone game is really up to the eye of beholder. But my point is I every other phone game that is this genre is worse than rise to war. I still think it's the best phone game out of the bunch.
I play the game on the first season then left due to work. I really enjoy the game mechanics, the graphics is top notch. I love all the aspect of the game (eventho im not a fan of LOTR Franchise). when I was about to reinstall it few months ago i saw bunch of negative reviews on playstore, idk what happen but those reviews blocking me from reinstall it. then right now i came back to check, still bad reviews,. but your content passing by my youtube homepage, now i definitely would like to reinstall it. hope i wont regret it. lol
So about 8 months ago they did a really big revamp that had very mixed reviews. And humans tend to always leave negative reviews when they don't like something, And when something is good they don't leave positive reviews because they're happy with it... Haha. The game is quite a bit different than when it first came out but I still think it's the best of this genre. By a long shot. I actually think the update to having groups of commanders is better than the original. One thing that always haunts these kind of games is the fact that if you haven't been playing a lot people who have get an advantage on having more gear etc. But if you find a really good fellowship to play with and are just playing to have fun. It's still very enjoyable! A big thing still is having to play a pretty decent amount For example probably about 10 to 30 minutes a day. Is minimum if you want to be actually working on stuff. You might even want to get on two or three times today when it comes to timing things. I'm not going to sit here and tell you that all of those reviews don't have some points. But I will tell you that the game has gotten a very unfair rap on all those reviews. I wish people who enjoyed the game would go leave good reviews. I did... Hehe
Well to be honest, economically the version 2.0 was a financial failure. They lost almost 50% of players and their revenue also decreased by about 50%. So I wonder how long the game will be continued
Oh, so you have the data to backup that claim? I am not being a jerk or trying to defend them. Just asking because I am totally curious. I would love to make sure I know the data. I'll tell you alot stopped playing for sure. I saw that when it happened. But the game has gotten a lot better again with a bunch more updates. When they first updated it, it was pretty bad... But it's actually I think better than the original now. But I definitely would love to know details on that info if you have it. I see quite a big player base for the game still. There's many many thousands of active players over many servers.
@@VoiceoftheRings all things middle earth did a video and showed the data
@@Minifutzi_o.O sweet. I can go check that out. thanks! I might ask him.
The latest update on 09/25/2024 will finish off the game if they don't give universal respect.
Well after 2,5 there is a huge boycott - also I feel few kingdoms on our server just gave up - Whaled one players with full Zenith Geared Up formations are killing low spenders like me in a sigle swipe. Like they are claiming territory day and night - aint even fun anymore really
I just started playing (10 days ago or so) and i am surprised that there is not so much content for it like other mobile phones. Its a pretty well good game imo and it deserves more
That's one of the reasons why I made this video. I find it to be one of the best phone games out there. Sure it's not as good as a lot of other games I cover on the channel that aren't phone games. But I think that it is underappreciated. And in this video I go into one of the reasons why I think that is. It had a pretty rough transition with an update that wasn't very good and then they did updates to fix that update and now it's better than it was before. But I think he gave a little bit of a bad rap to some people. Also I don't think it advertises quite as hard as a lot of those other generic cookie cutter phone games. This game is also quite a bit more truthful about what it is compared to all the phone games that lie what they are.
@@VoiceoftheRings Yep. Agreed, especially the advertising part! They could really get more people in the game if they spent more time and money on ads!
Enjoy the first 2 Seasons then its hell pay to win
Hay man love this video I'm in rhun with you guys on the server in mesh great season so far
Ya!!! 👍 Good times! Thanks for comment!
A good mechanic to keep players would be events like in rise of kingdoms. They really keep players engaged
They do have events! It's fun and also good point ! I actually don't like rise of kingdoms myself. It's two cookie cutter like so many other phone games. P.s. I also always like your posts. So I am Not insulting your game. I am glad you enjoy it! 😊😄
@@VoiceoftheRings yeah but they have short events like kill amount of x or gather points x, participate in group events, and such. I mean it’s more diverse and the loot you get there is pretty nice.
@@VoiceoftheRings yes rok is very cookie cutter but if you’re f2p and play just for fun it’s nice. I mean rise to war has its season pass but it’s kinda small. I don’t get as many gems and coins anymore as before(only from the updates and season pass)and that takes lots of fun as f2p for me
@@Minifutzi_o.O cool!
"The great rise"!
Yo we’re in the same season. Remember rule 1 of the game is blame Dulcion 😂
❤ for your algorithm.
Ty ty
Also! Matchmaking would really help! Fighting Zenith is pretty hard when you are low spender - I spent 700$ during 10 months and the most powerfull commander is Saruman R4 and Lurtz R6
Saruman just got a huge awesome update
Hello! Thank you for the video. Just an off topic question have you collected Eaglemoss models? I got some cool figures as someone was selling the figures he had more than one time :-D Also got a nice chess figures collection - detailed and pretty nice!
No, I don't. But, that sounds awesome
Crazy, I just watched Josh Strife Haye’s video on this and he basically called it one of the worst. Has the game really change this much in two years?
Yes, I really like it. Was Josh(I think I know who that is) comparing this game to other phone games like I was? Or just in general. Because I make it very clear in the video. That I'm comparing this to be one of the best phone games I've ever played. It's not the best game I've ever played. Not by a long shot and it definitely has its problems. And it has some pay to win aspects just like every other phone game. But this phone game is clearly the best phone game I've played at this genre of risk building your base and PVP. A lot of the other ones I have played have not even gotten close to being as good. Also this game's a lot more truthful about what it's about. Compared to the other ones like I show in the video that literally show you fake pictures or a fake game that has nothing to do with their game.
If you're new to this do not play evil. The next update is supposedly going to fix this but for over a year Evil has been a punching bag for good. Played since it first started and if you keep the old equipment you are nigh untouchable.
They went hard for cash grabs and truely went pay to win in 2.0. Before that you had a chance. Now. Nope.
I appreciate the warning, But you're actually a little behind the times on this info. What you say here was partially true about 8 months ago. That's not the case anymore. The 2.0 is more fun than the original now they've done a lot of updates to really fix the issues they did. And this phone game does less of cash grab than any other phone game. It's not even close. So no one should kid themselves.
@@VoiceoftheRingsgoing to have to agree to disagree. You’re playing a pretty high level commander base with 3 ascended and maxed equipped (only saw Gimli but can't image he'd be your best equipped one) Good team. Have you played on the Evil side as a f2p? I have played both sides on this, started as Good and switched to Evil and was able to compete with whales for a couple seasons before the 2.0 update. Since then Good commanders have been extremely favored by abilities and troops. Well see how the update effects gameplay today.
Any game can be fun if you spend on it.
@@VoiceoftheRings been a few days since the update and evil is playing better. Definitely a push in the right direction for being able to compete on RP servers. Back to being able to draw a couple times vs flat out defeats now.
You said almost nothing about the pay 2 win aspect.
I definitely right in the first 2 minutes of the video said there's absolutely paid to win. 😆🫠😉
He is very carefull with it and I respect it - We try to enjoy Lord of the Rings theme as much as we can - but unless you can spent hundred of thousands of dollars to open at least 5000 mathoms you will loose a lot
After 2.0 the game went downhill and its massively more p2w than before, you win with your wallet. I you're thinking of playing this f2p you will just be used to make paths to objectives for the p2w players and you will never make a difference in PVP. As a f2p player you're purpose is to be a meat shiled convoy.
Yes, and no. Again my point is if you think this phone game is bad every other phone game is worse then this one. That's one of my points. But yes some things from the 2.0 did cause certain issues like that. But now they've done a bunch of updates there are some things that are actually easier than it was in 1.0. and even better for free to play. It just depends on what part of the game you're talking about which can make it a little bit convoluted.
None of the updates saved the game after version 2. Im still cheking the game but its not working. As you can see most of the people are still not positive. Developers just killed the game. There is no light further
You must not really be checking the game. All those reviews that are still negative are the same ones that were left during the whole fiasco update. People in general are more negative. If they have a bad experience they leave a bad review. When they have a good experience they don't leave any reviews they just enjoy the game. That's just life. It's depressing I wish people were more positive and actually took the time to relieve views when things were good. Also the community is extremely large and very active again in the game. But even with all this said yes there were some major problems with the 2.0 update. Also, Yes it is far better now with all the updates they've done the last couple months. But my point still stands that this is the best phone. Whether that be taken as how sad that there aren't any better phone games like this. Or that it is really a good phone game is really up to the eye of beholder. But my point is I every other phone game that is this genre is worse than rise to war. I still think it's the best phone game out of the bunch.
I played version 1.0
In version 2.0 played only 2 seasons
They destroyed game with 2.0 ...Deleted game in March ...
To bad. 2.0 is better now with updates then season 1.0 your missing out.