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Kingdom Rush Frontiers TD
Ironhide S.A. · 16,050 ratings · ★ 4.9
4.9
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Top complaints - extracted from 28 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.
1
"game"
14 negative reviews mention this · 50% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Truly stupid. Honestly, I’ve never been more frustrated with gameplay before. You can’t save your session, so that means you either do battle for 25+ minutes or just waste your time. The amount of time I’ve sunk into a battle only to find out the boss de…" - Kerrigan’s
2
"money"
7 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Pay to pay. Two dollars for a standard tower defense game should be a good deal, but it is not the whole game. It is still in app purchases. It is still geared to where you have to spend money to complete the game. It is a regular pay to play a game th…" - Charles25368743796432
3
"boss"
5 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Invulnerability bug. I love Kingdom Rush but after working tirelessly on leveling up and beating the final boss using a TON of items, I hit a glitch during and it reset my level progress. Way to ruin a fun time right at the finish line." - Lace N
4
"level"
5 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Invulnerability bug. I love Kingdom Rush but after working tirelessly on leveling up and beating the final boss using a TON of items, I hit a glitch during and it reset my level progress. Way to ruin a fun time right at the finish line." - Lace N
5
"working"
4 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Invulnerability bug. I love Kingdom Rush but after working tirelessly on leveling up and beating the final boss using a TON of items, I hit a glitch during and it reset my level progress. Way to ruin a fun time right at the finish line." - Lace N
6
"spend"
4 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Pay to pay. Two dollars for a standard tower defense game should be a good deal, but it is not the whole game. It is still in app purchases. It is still geared to where you have to spend money to complete the game. It is a regular pay to play a game th…" - Charles25368743796432
7
"beat"
4 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Invulnerability bug. I love Kingdom Rush but after working tirelessly on leveling up and beating the final boss using a TON of items, I hit a glitch during and it reset my level progress. Way to ruin a fun time right at the finish line." - Lace N
8
"other"
4 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Casual too extreme. I have played all of the KR games and in the casual campaign with the lowest level difficulty I’ve never had a problem. But with this specific game even level 3 most players can’t get past. Even in the easiest level. I will not continue pla…" - Twostopdui
9
"impossible"
4 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Pay to win. This game is atrociously difficult. Had to look up 50% of the levels and even that’s not really fair because the videos online all use the $7 hero. Don’t play the game unless you want to spend close to $10 to even beat the game. I get they …" - neepercreeper
10
"final"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Invulnerability bug. I love Kingdom Rush but after working tirelessly on leveling up and beating the final boss using a TON of items, I hit a glitch during and it reset my level progress. Way to ruin a fun time right at the finish line." - Lace N
11
"final boss"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Invulnerability bug. I love Kingdom Rush but after working tirelessly on leveling up and beating the final boss using a TON of items, I hit a glitch during and it reset my level progress. Way to ruin a fun time right at the finish line." - Lace N
12
"play"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I haven't played for a few days. Can I get a refund? Recommend it. I just don't know how to play. Want apply for a refund." - LumpyTommr
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Asking for feedback
I haven't played for a few days. Can I get a refund? Recommend it
I just don't know how to play. Want apply for a refund.
Pay to pay
Two dollars for a standard tower defense game should be a good deal, but it is not the whole game. It is still in app purchases. It is still geared to where you have to spend money to complete the game. It is a regular pay to play a game that you have to buy to figure out I feel scammed. I just want to purchase a one time purchase tower defense game that doesn’t want more money.
Last Level
Final boss deletes your towers and you’re supposed to beat him and massive hordes with 4 remaining towers. Saved all the gems through the campaign to have enough gold to buy towers. Still. Dumb final boss
Out of date
Needs an update. Not working on 2018 ipad
Renbolso
Quiero revolver
Do not buy
The rest of the reviews are bots. You have to buy the game and buy mote stuff in the game. Just a cash grab.
Just say No to 60 second ads
Just say No to 60 second ads
Pay to win
This game is atrociously difficult. Had to look up 50% of the levels and even that’s not really fair because the videos online all use the $7 hero. Don’t play the game unless you want to spend close to $10 to even beat the game. I get they wanted to make it harder but at this point it’s impossible and just not fun. And since this is the second game, I’m not even going to try to play the other games since they’re more expensive and I assume you need the most expensive hero to even make it through the easiest levels.
Trash
They won’t stop asking me to leave a review and it’s annoying so here it is
Impossible
Impossible to beat final boss without paying an obscene amount of money. The boss destroys your towers four at a time and summons 20 enemies every turn. There’s no way to hold them off because he keeps destroying your towers. This is beyond paygating and the devs should be utterly ashamed.
Original gameplay - Ads don’t work correctly and lots of forced in-game purchases
The gameplay is similar to the original. The game basically forces you to purchase heroes in order to flawlessly complete maps. They say you get gems for watching ads that then allow you to use upgrades on maps, except the ads will stall and the app will crash and not reward you the gems. This happens about 75% of the time. So you watch the same stupid ads then have to force quit the app and rewatch them 10 times for one reward. Pay for an app that is less buggy/scammy.
No sound!
Both my gf and I downloaded this on 2 separate iPhones and there’s no sound for either of us. We checked and rechecked the settings.. everything other game and sound on our phones is working as normal
I shouldn’t have to pay money for heroes
Shouldn’t have to
Kingdom rush want to tears is a disappointment
I can’t get pass the 1st boss because of the annoying mummy summoner I hate this level and I hope the mummy summoner gets a debufff
Pay to win
Impossible to win certain levels even on easy mode truly a lay to win game
Can no longer upload cloud saves.
This is ridiculous.
Too difficult push people to spend money on it
I even selected the easiest mode, it still very difficult. Try to push people spend money on it
Lost purchases
How does one restore their account if the app wasn’t re-downloaded in a while or kept on their phone forever, I also keep automatic updates on my iPhone. I know I purchased Bonehart among a few other heroes. Is there a way to properly restore my account/purchases? Great game otherwise…
Does Not Fill iPad Screen
It is not made clear at all this original version doesn’t work as intended on an iPad despite “technically working” on an iPad - as I have now had to purchase 2 options and wish I could get a refund I can’t help but wonder if this business model is intentional or not.
Invulnerability bug
I love Kingdom Rush but after working tirelessly on leveling up and beating the final boss using a TON of items, I hit a glitch during and it reset my level progress. Way to ruin a fun time right at the finish line.
Truly stupid
Honestly, I’ve never been more frustrated with gameplay before. You can’t save your session, so that means you either do battle for 25+ minutes or just waste your time. The amount of time I’ve sunk into a battle only to find out the boss deletes your stations at the end.. oh good lord I’ll never waste my time on this game again. So so frustrating
The last level cheats
I stopped enjoying this game because of the very last level. It cheats and making it past the last level requires too much time and patience. I made it to the very end without losing any lives, but still ended up losing.
This game, even
Though fun, is
Not worth the anxiety that the last level brings.
This game, even
Though fun, is
Not worth the anxiety that the last level brings.
Casual too extreme
I have played all of the KR games and in the casual campaign with the lowest level difficulty I’ve never had a problem. But with this specific game even level 3 most players can’t get past. Even in the easiest level. I will not continue playing, it is no longer fun. I’d suggest spending your money on other apps.
Are you kidding me?
I have loved this game for years. It provides a challenge and excitement. Several levels I have redone over and over again to get a good result. I have noticed while playing that it has become impossible to beat unless you spend quite a bit of money on gems. I do not mind buying gems. Gems are not the issue. The issue is that the game is impossible to beat unless you buy quite a bit of them. This money hungry tactic has turned me off. I am tired of buying a game and then it being required that I throw insane amounts of money to win. The “challenge” is no longer even feasible. I am left disgusted by a game I once loved very much. Thank you for that. Good job.
Boring after a week
Game is dull once you complete it. Offers a lot in terms of strategy but only for a short while. Updates needed.
Scammed
Made me pay 26$ instead of 13 for all hero’s
Otherwise good game
Otherwise good game
Too unfair, Unlike the original
The title says it all. However, if I give you reasoning maybe you could fix the game.
First off, I want to talk about the difficulty. The game is way too hard because it usually spams a bunch of armored enemies and fast enemies. I can’t even get past Nazeru’s Gates, as it spams way too many armored and Worgs, even the Crossbow fort and archmages (with barracks for stalling) can’t deal with the Sand Wariths and war hounds. I did try to get a DWWAARRP, but it’s not like the game gives you enough money. It sounds like I’m bad at the game, but how are people supposed to deal with spamming?! And the thing that supported me was that I was playing on casual.
Second, why did you change the design of the towers(upgrades 1-3)?They looked better before! Ironhide, I can appreciate the effort, but were you depressed with the previous design or something, and had to reanimate/remodel some already existing tower upgrade? It’s not I want you to take out the old one and put in the ones from the original because it’s already there and people would hate it.
It’s good you made it this far, because this is the part where I request you to fix stuff!
1. Fix the difficulty modifier (I heard from another reply that changing the difficulty does nothing)
2. Rebalance the game (As stated before, I can’t get past Nazeru’s Gate)
3. Maybe give us higher starting gold.
I can’t believe that this is Frontiers, an unbalanced hard unfair Tower Defense game, which is nothing like the original game, which is much more fair and fun.
First off, I want to talk about the difficulty. The game is way too hard because it usually spams a bunch of armored enemies and fast enemies. I can’t even get past Nazeru’s Gates, as it spams way too many armored and Worgs, even the Crossbow fort and archmages (with barracks for stalling) can’t deal with the Sand Wariths and war hounds. I did try to get a DWWAARRP, but it’s not like the game gives you enough money. It sounds like I’m bad at the game, but how are people supposed to deal with spamming?! And the thing that supported me was that I was playing on casual.
Second, why did you change the design of the towers(upgrades 1-3)?They looked better before! Ironhide, I can appreciate the effort, but were you depressed with the previous design or something, and had to reanimate/remodel some already existing tower upgrade? It’s not I want you to take out the old one and put in the ones from the original because it’s already there and people would hate it.
It’s good you made it this far, because this is the part where I request you to fix stuff!
1. Fix the difficulty modifier (I heard from another reply that changing the difficulty does nothing)
2. Rebalance the game (As stated before, I can’t get past Nazeru’s Gate)
3. Maybe give us higher starting gold.
I can’t believe that this is Frontiers, an unbalanced hard unfair Tower Defense game, which is nothing like the original game, which is much more fair and fun.
Sentiment summary
98%
Positive (4-5★)
1%
Neutral (3★)
1%
Negative (1-2★)