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Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD
Ironhide Games · 32,665 ratings · ★ 4.7
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Top complaints - extracted from 16 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"game"
14 negative reviews mention this · 88% of all complaints
★★★★★ "You barely own anything when you buy the game. You'll have to spend hundreds of dollars to unlock heroes, towers, levels, etc... Don't bother." - Ayman El Hajj
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"towers"
5 negative reviews mention this · 31% of all complaints
★★★★★ "You barely own anything when you buy the game. You'll have to spend hundreds of dollars to unlock heroes, towers, levels, etc... Don't bother." - Ayman El Hajj
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"unlock"
4 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "You barely own anything when you buy the game. You'll have to spend hundreds of dollars to unlock heroes, towers, levels, etc... Don't bother." - Ayman El Hajj
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"heroes"
4 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "You barely own anything when you buy the game. You'll have to spend hundreds of dollars to unlock heroes, towers, levels, etc... Don't bother." - Ayman El Hajj
5
"behind"
4 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "the game locks almost everything behind a paywall it's way to much money for one hero" - Wyatt Anderson
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"content"
4 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "i hate to say this, because i loved all the original games. but this game didn't do it for me. it felt like the difficulty of certain maps was built around having to use purchased power ups, and most of the fun content was behind relatively…" - J T
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"money"
3 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Definitely a play to win. sad I spent money on this" - Powered by World of warcraft
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"everything"
3 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "the game locks almost everything behind a paywall it's way to much money for one hero" - Wyatt Anderson
9
"games"
3 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "i hate to say this, because i loved all the original games. but this game didn't do it for me. it felt like the difficulty of certain maps was built around having to use purchased power ups, and most of the fun content was behind relatively…" - J T
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"paywalls"
3 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "i hate to say this, because i loved all the original games. but this game didn't do it for me. it felt like the difficulty of certain maps was built around having to use purchased power ups, and most of the fun content was behind relatively…" - J T
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"full"
3 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The "campaigns", towers, heroes are more expensive than the base game. You used to deliver a finished game, not bits and pieces and the rest hidden behind paywalls. And please don't reply with your copy pasted answer that "purchasing the it…" - Laura V.
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You barely own anything when you buy the game. You'll have to spend hundreds of dollars to unlock heroes, towers, levels, etc... Don't bother.
Definitely a play to win. sad I spent money on this
the game locks almost everything behind a paywall it's way to much money for one hero
too expensive, micro transaction. this is crazy for story mode game it cost so much
The "campaigns", towers, heroes are more expensive than the base game. You used to deliver a finished game, not bits and pieces and the rest hidden behind paywalls. And please don't reply with your copy pasted answer that "purchasing the items helps maintain and develop our games", because it is not true and you know it. Fans of the KR series would gladly pay more for a FINISHED, full, honest game. I am never buying your products again, you are sellouts.
Be warned, despite paying for the app it's still just like any other pay to win app. If you want to unlock the full game expect to pay 60CAD+ to unlock more then a couple characters and power up's.
not as large array of story heros or towers that are unlocked by playing as I would've hoped or even as past games. Hopefully more will be added with new story content later on. otherwise, it's rather bland. feels like a huge step backwards in game design. tower upgrades are boring. only having a single path to follow seems like a shortcut rather than a feature. the heros aren't very interesting. edit: changing to 1 star; worst and most aggregious monetization ive ever seen for lackluster game
I can't recommend a paid game with a huge content paywall.
I can't believe I had to pay for this game and half the heroes and towers are locked behind additional paywalls! and they are like 5 to 10 dollars each! This is unacceptable!
I paid $7 for this app and there are still in-game purchases, but the campaign is way to short for any purchases to be worthwhile.
Reinstalled twice. Game crashes as launch. Never could open it. S24 ultra
IAPs, do Ironhide hate us mobile players? the steam is much better the way I see it
i hate to say this, because i loved all the original games. but this game didn't do it for me. it felt like the difficulty of certain maps was built around having to use purchased power ups, and most of the fun content was behind relatively high priced paywalls. i'd say they lost me as a customer in general after this one, just another money grabber company with lots of tricks and nothing original:(
you pay to buy the game and then you have to pay for everything else. Greedy company as always
Good game but the cost to unlock full content is a scandal, 27€ for the DLCs, 34€ for additional heroes (you only get 4 out of 19), and 23€ for additional towers (you only get 10 out of 21). that's 84€ in total, more than a AAA game on PC/console
giving two stars because I thought buying this premium game will unlock everything, but some lands and levels are still locked and I still need to buy it. As a TD fan and willing to pay for the game, this is frustrating, I already pay for the game now you're telling me to pay again for the whole thing? ridiculous!
Sentiment summary
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