Hero Wars: Alliance RPG Reviews

by LARPSTRONG_Carter

The game overall is great pretty basic very much like a lot of games out there has some fun elements great graphics my only concern is once you hit a certain level the grind is ridiculous to get specific items that when you first start you get left and right once you get your characters over that home then those items are so much harder to get for no reason seems to me like it’s all about the grind or pay to get gems to get the stuff you want.

Update after 2 weeks of play.
At this point the game is almost unplayable without paying money. You find yourself needing items to upgrade heroes that are say blue which means rare but not the most rarest which is purple or orange but I’m pulling purple and orange items during missions consistently but no blues and I find that these blues are the ones you really need to upgrade your heroes and there’s so many of them that you need you’ll need one to create an item that used to create another item that used to create the final item to put on your character just upgrade them and in the end you take close to 1000 action points or whatever they’re called to do this which means it takes a week to get one blue item but during that time frame I’m able to now create 15 purple items which is great to be able to use later but in the end the grind up front was bad the grind after two weeks is impossible if you got money and you want to pay I think the game is great otherwise waste of time

by Robdv

Everything here needs money. You can play for free but you will just end up in frustration, and punching bags for those who pay. Drop rate for free to play is also low. They always come up with things for you to pay for. Hard work, grinding, and doing all quests won’t get you far. It will take you 10 years to reach what can be accomplished in a month by those who pay. If you plan to pay just by small amounts, it still won’t work. So for this game, it’s either you go all out or stay away. Skills don’t matter here too. Just put all your money in and max all characters, you will be undefeated. No real need to plan your team synergy and strategy once you pay for everything to max. Guild dungeon is impossible to play to 150 titanites if you aren’t paying. They have also added more way to increase the strength of the Titans by paying more which greatly increases the gap for non-payers. Still a game of pay or don’t play. New things added for Titans which will further increase the gap for heavy spenders and free to play. Truly a hardcore pay to win game with only money generating income in-mind for developers. Honestly, there are a lot games out there where you can spend heavy with more in-depth game story and quests, balanced chances to play with non-spenders, grinding choice for non paying players, skill and analysis dependent games, and a lot more which is entirely dependent on your taste and playing style. I just don’t recommend this game at all.

by RLeoneInJax

The game is nice looking, but often enough times there are game mechanics that don’t operate as described like immunity from attacks. Also, the game has so many layers of unnecessary complexity with all of the different currencies / exchanges that have to take place. Plus, the mini games are a selling point, but they seem to stop after chapter three. If that’s a glitch, then the support hasn’t responded to my report from last week and no resolution is in sight. The game heavily weights those that are willing to pay for the upgrades, but it stinks for those disadvantaged. I find it strange that the visible metrics on which to determine ability to win battles are not as useful because I can punch above my weight based on group power rating in one area and lose based on the same metric in another area. In addition, the weapon and armor rank upgrading system seems silly to have to get the same item from one rank to the next, so does the character have to turn in these materials only to then go find them elsewhere? Weird? Plus, the ratio for obtaining items versus attempts seems to be way off as I can battle 6 times and only get one character card even though each of those battles was 12 energy, but that could just be me since I’m only giving them ad revenue instead of direct revenue.

by Classychristoff

The game is fun. The minigames you saw in other apps last for three chapters then disappear. It seems like every week something is going amiss, and the dungeonmasters are handing out free (x, y, z) to compensate (which is thanked). My issue is with the campaign getting difficult. I feel like this game (was going to just say campaign) is strategy based, but when you attempt to strategized based off of the enemies shown - and then get into the level and find 4-5 heroes NOT SHOWN, and then get stuck on level 9-6 for two weeks (the example), you begin to get the feeling the dungeonmasters ...are in it for the money given the costs of purchasing heroes way/etc... the tower is also messed up but that's another issue. I'm miffed about all this and still play- but when the dungeonmasters are busy 'livestreaming' character fixes (like artemis) and the games core levels (because it seems the games money making is within guilds/events and such which I CAN RESPECT) are broken- and when they are showing adds from games like Kings Throne which displays NSFW and suggestive content and Hero Wars markets as a 12+ game...makes me want to quit. Monster (not hero) bios and details on what and how they are attacking would be LOVELY- maybe i'm missing that somewhere within the game? 'Hex' creature makes me want to slap the darn candle off its head. Looking forward to some resolve on this. Thank you for your time.

by Perry The Rodan

Interesting game. Enjoyed playing. The limitations are frustrating. I’m off and on anymore. While there are some interesting twists and events, the rest of the game isn’t as much fun as it first was. Artwork and graphics are still top notch. I’ve gotten VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY unhappy. I level up characters, but the game makes the levels even harder. It always seems that just when I can play with ease, your game wratches up the boss levels to just beyond my character limits. The tower for example, at one point I would as able to clear all the levels, then suddenly, the levels doubled in difficulty. Now I can’t get much more than halfway, if even. I have quit playing the Tower. Also, I still have an issue with the two arenas. I can’t keep up with the big money spenders (or your beta testers that have the best stuff). There is always a core group that is always ahead of the main game, and us mundane players can’t hope to beat them. I understand you want to make money. But like all of these games, you sacrifice game play for max profit. Sorry. I’m not enjoying some of the game, and it won’t be long before I’ll have to drop it as well. I don’t mind being challenged, but hey! The game should be fun too. I am close to deleting the game. And I have spent a few hundred Dollar$ on this game. With nothing to show for it. I hope you are happy with your creative endeavors. It’ll be all you can have.

by Hyhuhf

Overall good game. One issue is with prices to buy stuff. If they were a lot cheaper I would purchase more and be able to play longer which is good for the game but as is I run out of energy, diamonds, and especially gold very quickly each day and have to stop playing. Again really like the game just wish I could play more for long stretches and not have to wait to get gold. Wish as you leveled up that you could get bigger prizes like more gold, ruins, skin stones, etc. seems a lot of days now I don’t do much. The glitches have been fixed so thank you but I have never received anything for all the issues I dealt with over those several months. Can something please be done. The new titan artifacts are ridiculous. How can there be people with max teams all ready, you really screwed the pooch on this one. I will never spend another dime on this game unless this is fixed. Artifacts should be burned not white little small events would be OK but you shouldn’t have to spend several thousand dollars to match or titans. I would rather buy a house with my money. Other then screwing up the game with Titan artifacts you also made them cost way to much gold. You really need to lower price to upgrade or make it easier to farm gold. It’s getting crazy and you will keep losing players.

by Duke Konrad

Okay, it’s a gattaca game, if you don’t like those we’ll take a hard pass. Okay so you like gattaca games? Then this one is pretty entertaining. By far the deepest character progression of any of these games I’ve played, layers and layers of things to improve your characters. Quite a few games modes and different characters shine in different roles, a good sign.

So with any of these games is it pay to win? So I did very well without paying anything but it is obvious that if I were “competing” with someone money could push one of us ahead easily, so you can have fun free to play but money is going to make moving up way easier. They have a vip system and vip rank 1 is the one that really matters, it gives unlimited instant auto battles, very nice. You can get this by spending $2 so not bad.. I bought a $10 gem pack when they were on a x4 special, this was hugely helpful and I don’t see spending anymore on the game. I don’t see anywhere in the game where a lack of spending will stop me, it will just slow me down but I don’t mind that at all, these games are a fun diversion for me, I don’t need to be a “top ten” player on a mobile game…

All in all I say if your a gattaca fan try it out, it plays fast and will have a few features you wish the devs of other gattaca games would take notice of(hey raid their take on a hydra boss isn’t rocket science…).

by DAJ Ssi

I have enjoyed playing this game and started looking for free to play game. This game could be played without spending much but it would be a very hard to have enough gold end resources to be competitive. You would end up a very high level weak player. There are nice free daily bonuses for energy and great free rewards in the campaign if you check the Facebook page to find out where the bonus is located. I will keep playing and try to keep spending down. The skins are great for a bonus to hero but too expensive in my opinion and for a free player , 5000 skin stone cost for just one skin unlock is way too much!
Thank you for the events and for making a great game!
I just wanted to update my previous post and drop my review from 5 stars to 3 because I have been billed incorrect amounts for I game purchases 4 different times!!! I am considering dropping it to 1 star... I keep getting automated canned responses that just state the Terms of Service and that the company doesn’t issue refunds. I will take it with my card service provider and Apple to get refund but it’s sad that they don’t take care of their players better.

by Deez Guts Doe

Great game to start off with. It is extremely well balanced with the way the characters and teams work but like the title says it’s “pay to win” meaning if you don’t spend money this game is going to be extremely difficult to keep up with and if you can’t handle it then people in your server will stomp all over you with their super high level characters and it will be even harder to get anywhere then because you won’t get “guild wars” rewards because no good guild will want you (your too low level due to not spending money) while the ones who do spend money will get into those good guilds and get a massive amount of rewards. Another thing to note like I said in the title “the advertising is fake” not a single ad they show has anything to do with the game. If anyone who works for this company is reading this then I highly suggest changing your ads because when I got the game I almost immediately changed my mind due to the ads and the game not matching (it’s usually a good sign the game is a terrible game and is just trying to deceive people into playing a game they know is bad). With all this said, I will say it again, this game is very enjoyable.

by Skaramandyre7271

Hero Wars is very similar to other “lots of characters going through a storyline” games. You will reach a point during the day where you run out of things to do (unless you’re prepared to spend cash). Also, the game will crash on you at least twice a day. This can be a problem if you were starting (or in the middle of) a fight. When you reload the game, you will have to do some digging to find out whether or not you won the fight. It is fun though, and the characters are cute and creative. UPDATE: The game is still fun, and the creators are constantly adding new options to it for the characters (and sometimes they add new characters). The game still crashes a lot though - more than twice a day. This will result in you losing certain things, like credit for watching commercials. Also, there’s a feature that allows you to get more coins to spend (by spending “emeralds”). This feature looks random, but it isn’t. If it was, 50% of the time you would be getting multiplier bonuses. Such multipliers are not nearly that common though.
UPDATE AGAIN (4-8-22): The game is crashing less often, but it still crashes more than it should.

by Conradd30

Great game overall. Just a few minor things that I wish to be fixed. Definitely the tower needs to be fixed because I’ve been playing a solid 6 months, pretty close to everyday and never have I made it to the top of the tower, I honestly don’t even know how many floors of the tower there are, just should start the level one floor with an easy win instead of an 80,000 team power... Also I like being able to have a bunch of heroes that are upgraded and pretty decked out (only way you can even attempt to make it far into the tower) but it’s really hard to do once you get into the violet ranks and like level 60+ because it’s so expensive, it cost like 300k gold to get one piece to equip on your hero and you have to get all 6 before you can promote your hero and each mission gives you only like 1000 gold. So to try and keep up with even 5 heroes (full team) is extremely long. It would be better if it didn’t take as much energy to do one mission and it gave out more gold per mission. Or maybe a gold rush event type deal? Still play it pretty loyally just a few things that I think should be fixed.

by ZidaneT711

This game is great (though not perfect) it is possible to progress through to the end game without spending money, but it will be at a much slower pace than those that do spend money. (So pretty much pay to win at a faster rate-a large portion of our guild members do not spend money and we are still in the top 3 guilds on our server). The guild wars are set up in a way that emphasizes communication and coordination between members(which is something I like). All of the hero’s have their own feel to them and do not feel bland. I like the titan system, but a few new titans wouldn’t be a bad thing to have a little more choice in viable teams.

The one thing here that needs work in my opinion is the chat system. When trying to chat, it is very easy to send incomplete messages and many people do so often. Also there is no private message feature(which in my opinion would be helpful in preparing who you want to use for the guild wars, and for reminding them that they have an attack left. Or for just getting in touch with people in general because messages get lost in the chat system easily.

All in all the game is great(and I have no issues with the in app purchases because the company has to make money for the games constant upkeep) but I would appreciate an updated chat system!

by Jwg1980

I have been trying to find a fun game that doesn’t consume your time and money. The game does offer instant completion features, however you will have to purchase a pack to get unlimited raid tickets to do so or earn them each day in game. I have paid $1.99 to get these unlocked and that is all. Otherwise the progression is reasonable. The graphics are pretty and funny. The characters are very cartoonishly designed but still nice. I do recommend giving it a try to at least level 50 before you decide. I think the $1.99 was at least worth it to speed up grinding that would otherwise take several minutes. The basics are to gather heroes and later on titans to farm items and resources to level up further and summon more playable characters. Team synergy is very important especially in arena areas where it is on auto. I have 20+ heroes and while I do primarily use the base team I received when first starting the game, I also try to split resources to make well balanced alternates for further progression. One thing I do like about this game is the fact it shows you who needs something, where to get it, and takes you there with one click. Overall I think the worst thing I have found is the difficulty level increases abruptly, and it took me several days to get moving again due to the energy and gold limitations from trying to play as free as possible.

by AndiMarie85

Overall, the game is good but as with everything in life, there is always room for improvement. Some of those include: 1. The need to spend gold on almost everything compared to the ability to earn in game is off-balanced. You can spend emeralds to get more gold though. 2. If you aren’t going to spend any money on this or watch a million videos, this isn’t the game for you. As with most free games, you’re either paying with money or time to get anywhere, nothing in life is free. 3. The Grand Arena could use some work. Having three teams is great, but without being able to see your competitor’s team, it’s hard to make a good strategy for it. 4. More titans. Just, add more titans to the game. 5. As a note to 4, there needs to be a way to heal the titans like you can heal heroes in the tower. 6. Last note: overall clarity of how guild wars works and maybe a character role indicator on the main character page would be helpful. I go into free games knowing they aren’t free so I take that aspect out of it when leaving reviews for them. For a mobile free game though, there are a lot of different game mechanics and if you aren’t good at one, you’re probably going to find one you are good at. Give it a shot, grind experience, and you’ll have a good time.

by Roxie Rose 20

You can play this for free. Available on Facebook, mobile and PC. Nice game. Do not expect a lot of the puzzle solving. There is some though. Still fun a couple months in. I like it better than most other games. Better balance of activity and between characters. Still having fun. No regrets. Many months in. Still a favorite. Still having fun. Year in and still having fun. Get in a guild you like. Enjoy the many aspects of the game. Still no complaints. The maker still makes improvements and has reduced some of the grinding parts. Recommend. Still making progress. They also run some good special events. Good stuff. Still a good game. Enjoyable play and good design. Actually balances some items/heroes up. Instead of nerfing. Still enjoy the game. Has a nice balance to it. Year+ in and still enjoy it. Still playing. Enjoy the game. Recommend it if you like basic fantasy settings. Still recommend. Lots of special events to get extra stuff. Happy with Hero War’s. I still enjoy it. Still enjoy the game. They still support it well. No problems and nice events we can all participate in. Enjoy the game. I am still having fun. I still enjoy the game. Play regular. I think others will enjoy too. Still enjoy the game. 👍. Keep playing this game. Still fun. They do new stuff on a regular basis.

by TZ6!

There are plenty of options and an engaging variety enables an on-going and daily renewed play-time flow regulated within the game structure. Very few total lockout of options for those “playing without paying” other than viewing ads which is considered free play. Generous opportunities and rewards keep me coming back for more! In spite of which, I eventually elected to make an in-game purchase in order to collect the unlimited raids option. Well worth it, especially if this is your “go to” phone game. (Yet, even then I waited until my “A” team were all mid-70 levels, my “B” team low 60 levels, and “C” team high 30 to low 40 levels). My experience represents a great deal of playing time without purchasing “emeralds” (the true coin of this game realm). Why did I wait so long? Because in the past I played an online game that eventually brought one’s progress to a snail’s pace unless in-game purchases were made and I eventually spent hundreds of dollars before realizing that for me it took away the joy of playing the game! (This is also why I will not join or form a guild as the social interaction raises the level of competition and motivates in-game expenditure). This game is “my” diversion and I am very happy with it after 6 months of playing. So, at this point I give Hero Wars (5 Stars: *****)!

by FreeToPayToWin0.0

This is not a free to play game. The puzzles are to make you download the game they don’t continue. Gems, gold, artifacts for hero’s and titans, equipment, skills, skins and gift of elements all cost money. All are necessary. (Grey) (green,1) (blue,1,2) (violet, 1,2,3) (gold,1,2,3,4)

by Rebeljones

There are enough different events in this game that it keeps you entertained diversely for hours. It’s a blast if you have the time to waste, and trouble if you’re trying to get your work done. I haven’t grown tired of it yet!! It gets too difficult too quickly. We need periodic larger rewards to keep us engaged. I’m still with this game after 3 months. It’s still very challenging and lots of fun. Still going after 6 months!! Still going after 9 months. I have hit a point where it is extremely difficult to advance, but others have done it, so there must be a way. It’s still engaging. The special events around holidays are very fun!! Not enough time in the day for the fun this game provides. June 30, 2021 Still going strong. Playing this game every day. My wife doesn’t like that I have it up so much, but it brings me joy. The game is challenging. The guild is fun if you’re with good guid members. August 13,2021 - still LOVING this game. One of the few I have spent money on. Sept 23 and still going strong!! Halloween, 2021, and the game is still part of my daily entertainment. February 2022…we need help promoting titans. It’s too expensive. But I’m still playing.

We are ending March 2022…for the first time since 2020 I’m losing interest. I’m impressed the fun lasted so long, well over a year. Not quitting yet but just not as involved.

by JNON111223

Started this game thinking it would be a fun quick game to try with the full intention of not playing more than an hour or so and then I was hooked early on. Now I’ve been playing for over two years and can’t stop because I’m so invested at this point and I’m finding that it is incredibly hard to progress without paying outrageous amounts of cash. And by outrageous I mean people have paid thousands to stay on top. Real games like COD and Halo don’t even cost that much and that gives you a real 3D experience. This is just a 2D phone game with basic animations. I could see $10 for the lifetime of the game and then let peoples hard work and determination govern who is on top but putting everything behind a pay wall is ridiculous. Or better yet have servers for people who pay to win and servers for those who don’t. Personally if I were looking to start playing I wouldn’t. It is fun for a bit when you can progress quickly without paying but by the time you’ve played for a while they have trapped you it’s hard to break away.

by Lokuhcxdd

And yes I do spend a bit of coin on the game. Hey, even game programmers need to get paid every now and then, and I have enjoyed this game for quite awhile now. I usually just get Valkyrie favor, as that seems to provide the best bang for the buck. I do sometimes spend on soul stone packages, especially the super titan packs when they come up. Yes, at times it can be a grind, especially when working to create the gear needed to promote your heroes. But even then the game is still enjoyable and I have spent many hours over the last year playing it. I have finally reached the max level of 120, but my hero’s and titans still need more work. They introduce new hero’s into the game from time to time, just to shake things up a bit and keep it interesting. This game carries the Official Grandpa Seal of Approval. Yes I am a grandpa twice over :) And they open up new servers on a regular basis. The last time that I checked, and it has been awhile, there were over 400 active servers. To give you a rough idea, I am playing on server 116, and my brother started playing, but he is on something like server 450 or thereabouts, so you don’t have to worry about trying to compete against players that have been building their hero’s for over a year. So, what are you waiting on? Come on and join the fun.

by Madnoofflinemodewah

Pay to win, unethical and prays upon mental illness and children. You’d think Apple would know better, because they are extreme liberals and use buzzwords like “equality and inclusivity.” Oh, and they hastily deleted my first comprehensive in depth review about the severity of this NASDAQ scam app. This is a falsely advertised game and they were sued for it so as a justification for not being taken off HeroWars Store they included those fake puzzle games but just for two “chapters.” Thought the game was all about puzzles… apple makes money from HeroWars though, so by that double standard what they’re saying is that HeroWars is ethical and allowed to mislead. Their customer support is a joke and do not refund the accidental purchase of their virtual currency which isn’t even trade-able, you literally can only use it yourself and in the game, it’s not real money.. this company has merged with Russians and they absolutely make nothing but excuses and will not talk directly to you. This game and all those “energy” pay to play more games need to be removed from HeroWars Store. This is not the American way. Americans should only have fully playable games, not these manipulative class warfare games where rich people who can pay for more in game features, get to stomp all over poor people.

by Stephanie5170

I’ve played so many of these types of games, one I even compete at a very high level on, and I can say, speaking from a long history of serious experience, that this is one of the best games of its kind out there. It’s simple enough to learn without much confusion (most of it anyway, the glyphs and artifacts can take some a wee minute to get the hang of), and it offers a variety of things to do. Great thing is that I can play as little or as much as I want without any problems of missing out on things or running out of things to do. That’s no easy feat for any kind of game. I’ve been addicted to this one since I started, and, yeah, I spend some money on it, but that’s because I wanted to, not because I needed to; and only because I was impatient. There’s things you can do to prevent you from needing to spend money, so all you need is time and patience and there’s nothing I couldn’t do without spending money. I’d recommend this game for anyone that enjoys multi-faceted adventure games, as this one rises above most, if not all, games of its kind. Soooo much fun waiting for you in it!!!

by True Duelist

I do enjoy playing this game! I love collecting the heroes and the many different ways you can level them up! Sometimes the battle system seems a bit unbalanced, especially in the tower battles! They should get progressively harder as you advance up the floors of the tower, but instead they’re just completely random! I might battle a full team of level 50, purple rank heroes on floor 1, and then a team of level 47, blue rank heroes on floor 2! Seems a little backwards! I also think that instead of skipping “floors” based on the number of wins you have, you should be able to skip “battles” based on the number of wins you have! For example... winning 2 battles in the tower should get me to floor 5; skipping the battles on floors 1 and 3, and claiming the prizes on floors 2 and 4! Instead of winning 2 battles only getting me to floor 3! I’ve also noticed that some of the battles in the special events have been severely unbalanced as well! But besides all of that! This is a very enjoyable game! I’ve always enjoyed these grindy kind of games! It makes the leveling up worth the work! 😄