Review: Clash Of Clans

By: Porfirio Perez Cortes

Clash of Clans is a mobile defense/strategy game. Which can be found on the Google Play Store or the App Store. It is free to play but there are some in app  purchases, and it was released August 2, 2012.

There are many things I like and dislike about Clash of Clans but let's start with the things I like. The first thing I like is that you can be casual player or a hardcore player. The casual players focus on steadily leveling up and progress. But the hardcore players always start by playing for more than an hour to gain resources, that they can hurry up and max out their defenses and storages. There are also players who like to build bases and share them with others so that they have a good defense because most players like to keep resources and their trophies.

I enjoy the Clan systems because you can always request troops if you need them. Clans are also good ways to find better players for war. Clan wars also  lets you gain more loot for upgrading your base. Other things that I find good is that there are a majority of players actually trying to get better. Also I like that they always add special events where you can earn gems. I enjoy when I find bases that are dead which means the player is inactive and hasn't gotten on in a long time and their loot sits in all the pumps and mines.

The first thing I dislike is that troop training takes a long time it takes at least 30-40 minutes, to train a good attack as a townhall 7. I hate that lots of players use gems to max out their bases quicker than others. Also it takes a long time to level up your heroes it takes 15,000 dark elixir to get a level three barbarian king which I think is too much. Another thing I hate is having to max out my walls they are way too expensive to get a level 7 wall it costs 200,000 gold to upgrade. What I honestly hate the most is troop upgrading. It cost so much elixir to upgrade just one troop and the wait time can be up to 7 days.

Things that annoy me are having to upgrade your collectors, pumps, and drills they just take so much time. When people request to join clans and then leave it is just annoying because, you could’ve given those to someone who actually needed them. I hate that higher level town halls attack me even though I don't have much loot. The fact is that the only way to upgrade faster is buy spending money and buying gems. It also sucks when you're looking for loot, but all the bases you see have no loot.

This game can be found on the Google play store and on the App store. My opinion is that you should get this game if you want a challenge and if you want to have fun.