Brawl Stars Reviews

by Rogelio West

I’ve never been so inclined to write a review but this is a rigged game, you’ll win 4 lose 5 and it keeps repeating, your teammates are mostly bots when the game wants you to lose and most will occasionally leave the match right when it starts leaving you with one less player. Most of the really good characters are pay to win because you’ll have to get dumb lucky to even get a chance at the good ones, I have 4000 trophies in the game, probably opened 700 crates and not a single being a legendary. Some of the characters are completely unbalanced like Jackie before the nerf being ridiculously over powered and bibi being stupidly weak at her job. If you don’t plan on spending actual money in the game be prepared to NEVER get anything more rare than a purple character and get shafted when it comes to every crate, and don’t forget the hideous match making where half your team leaves. I decided to delete the game after so long due to the amount of times in a row a teammate quit the match and left me to lose trophies. This game could have been really good if it was done right money wise like clash of clans but sadly it felt short and it became apparent that this game is simply just another quick money grab as the community of actual dedicated players has been dying each and every day and soon (hopefully) the entire game will die out and become irrelevant because cash grabs aren’t meant to last this long in the first place.

by DrCalamari

So I’ve enjoyed this game a lot. To the point where I’ve successfully gotten a decent amount of my friends to play it. The graphics are nice and polished, the character design are fun and funny, and the events and the fact that it has no ads and it’s easy to get into are amazing. But, the two main problems for have been with leveling characters and matchmaking, and one affects the other greatly. Levels of a character are important for overall stats, this means people with higher leveled characters have a distinct advantage already. On top of that ranking also plays a big part in this, for example: my guy is rank 20 power level 5, yet I’m constantly been matched with opponents of power level 10.
Which they also have an additional powered up super move. My dilema isn’t just playing against grossly overpowered characters, but in addition power level 10 have their own play mode yet I have characters in rank 20 and there isn’t a single match where I don’t brawl against level 10s. This leads to a wall where if you don’t have a power level 10 it’s almost impossible to go up in rank for characters I normally enjoy using. This wouldn’t be a problem if the level 10 characters didn’t have the powered up super moves in a regular queues. So the best tactic to this game right now instead of going for trophies is maxing out a single character so you have a fighting chance in future brawls.

by SPARROW0527

I have played this game obsessively. And while the random boxes are annoying they at least give enough resources to make me feel like I never have to spend money on this game. The no ad policy is also good. But I absolutely hate the trophy system. In particular I hate the way it punishes players who just want to progress. When you lose early on you barely lose any trophies. However as time goes on the punishment for losing becomes steeper. To the point where you can lose almost as many trophies from dying first in solos than you would from winning 1st place. This is a horrible oversight. If you play 3 games in a row and lose 2 you might end up losing 16 trophies and only gain 10 so you get a net loss of 6. And this would not be as big a problem if the trophy loss system stopped at the amount requires to be on your current level. However it does not. You can end up with less trophies than required to reach level 18 while your character is level 22! That’s insane. Theoretically if you lost every game forward on purpose you could actually end up with 0 trophies. This game makes the long term player’s experience one of constant net loss if they don’t play exclusively to be amazing at the game or spend money to get all the abilities. Which isn’t even a guarantee with the random box system! Leveling becomes impossible except for the grinders and the scarily obsessed people. Please fix this and put a cap on the amount of trophies you can lose.

by Twestnavy

The game is very fun, pretty competitive, challenging, and sports a healthy variety of characters to choose from. I made it to about 2k trophies before I really started to notice an issue that made it not so fun. The more you play with a character, the more you improve their rank. Their rank doesn’t improve their power, it just determines how many trophies you gain or lose at the end of each match. I see the value in this as it incentivizes people to use multiple characters. However teammates can be so unreliable that if you want to gain trophies reliably, you either need to cut them out by only playing showdown, or play as characters that you haven’t ranked up yet. However when you get to around 2k trophies and you are an F2P player, you probably don’t have any characters low enough to do that anymore. If you want to play anything other than showdown at this point, which the game encourages you to do by awarding progression towards unlocking chests, then you need to be ready to lose more trophies than you gain, because you will probably get several teams with brain dead morons who seem to have no concept of what the objective of any given match is and make it impossible for you to win. Maybe put like an MVP on the losing team and prevent them from losing trophies? I don’t know. It’s just more frustrating than it is fun for me at this point.

by Zachattack1207

So I probably think that you have heard this before but why does it matter on trophies rather than power trophies have nothing to do with power so pls fix ur broken match making because people save thier brawler until they get a high power but low trophies to crush people who have low power and low trophies and it is really annoying also buff colt what makes you think we can use him so well he is such a wimp brawler because his super is terrible because it does the same damage as his regular shots do and it doesn’t even shoot that much more farther for colt so pls just mabey buff his super to do actually more damage and better range on his super because right now he is like the worst brawler in the game so pls buff him also ur so called balance changes ruins the game because for some reason you guys buff the wrong character like for example you buffed Rosa when the one that you really needed to buff was colt or crow or Leon the only reason people use Leon is because his looks 😂 pls buff him also make a report button so we can report teamers and cheaters also my brother has 5774 trophies and he Only has 19 brawls 19!!! Thier are people at 2000 trophies who have more so make the luck system better also take away the “BRAWL PASS” it’s so stupid that you have to pay gems to get a character you used to not have to pay anything for a character now you do FIX THIS also mabey buff max a little bit for reading

by XxMeme_GodxX

First of all, I love this game. I almost have a maxed out account and I play very frequently. All of the game modes are enjoyable and different. The game is also not very pay to win. However, I do have some issues. First of all, when your teammates leave mid-game or they enter a game but don’t even play at all, a bot takes the inactive person’s brawler. The problem is, the bots are complete garbage. Especially in high trophy matches, having a bot on your team is like being in a 2v3 situation. Either make the bots better or make it so that the inactive player’s teammates don’t lose trophies. Secondly, teaming in showdown. I just hate teaming. It makes showdown, one of my favorite modes, a complete hellhole. If there are a group of teamers, you almost have to join them, or else you risk getting targeted by multiple people, which is completely unfair. The worst thing is, teamers don’t even get punished and Supercell thinks teaming is a “legit strategy.” Lastly, some brawlers are always at the bottom. It seems that when Supercell makes balance changes they only look at the brawlers that are too strong. Many brawlers such as Dynamike or 8-bit have been weak for so long and never gotten buffed. This is a shame because some of the brawlers I really like playing just get outshined by so many other brawlers. Overall, Brawl Stars is still an awesome game that just needs a little fixing.

by Michael Randazzo

Hey, I’ve been playing this game since launch week, now I play it with my College friends! I really like how this game combines ideas, modes, and gameplay from games like League of Legends, Fortnite Battle Royale, and Overwatch and Paladins, but does it in a way that doesn't even remotely rip those games off. And the fact that each match in any mode with all the ideas from the games above lasts only five minutes, is the icing on the cake lol. However, my college friends and I came up with a good idea that can make Brawl Stars even better! Similar to the games above, you guys should add a pre-match countdown screen in which players can choose their characters based on their teams needs, or teams can decide what team composition they want to run within 30secs. I know, it’s possible to choose your character based on your teams needs, or for a team to be able to choose a team comp if your play with your friends or with people in your club. But if you want to play with random people, then it’s impossible to do that. Therefor in some games with random people your team will lose a few times simply because of an accidental and random team comp. In other words people who play with random people, can’t know who their teammates are going to pick which can sometimes leave some openings on your team that the other team can exploit. Supercell, we hope you can at least consider our idea for the game!

by Danol (in The Game)

So I recently learned that you get put into games that have the same rank as the brawler you’re using. Well, this REALLY needs fixing, because I’m using a Power 7 Rank 2 Nita against power 2s and 3s. It’s something that can get completely out of hand. The supers for Bull and other “ram-type” brawlers gets weird. Bull can run across water with his super, but things go unexplainably weird if his super stops in the water. Either the super should be buffed, extending the running distance if across water, or nerfed, preventing Bull from being Jesus in the first place. Scrappy, Jessie’s super, had crazy range. It’s useful for lower powers, but after that it’s gonna be pretty difficult for, let’s say, Edgar or Rosa to fight back. Some Brawlers’ ranges need to be nerfed a little bit. I’ve played Colt against multiple throwers and ranged brawlers, and they are just out of my range, while I’m directly at their sweet-spot.
I recently got map-maker, and I have a great idea for one. Problem is, I can’t save if I am not finished, which becomes a big problem. I have downtime on my phone, and if something isn’t finished, I can’t save, my phone goes on downtime, and I lose so much of the work I tried to make.
So yeah, some things need to be nerfed, others buffed. Thank you if you read this, and I hope you can fix some things.

by Giteral Larbage

This game was amazing and has almost infinite hours of play time since there is always something you can do. I have a small issue that ruined the game for me completely, gadgets. Gadgets didn’t really do much to the meta in my opinion but completely ruined the game outside of matches. Lately all I get in my boxes are gadgets since most of my brawlers are above level 7. I started to have no motivation to do the quests for the brawl pass especially this and the previous season (3 & 4). Because no matter how hard I worked to get a box I would always just get a gadget that I would never use. So I stopped doing quests all together. And without the quests their wasn’t really any point to the game so I just quit. I have a suggestion to fix this though, have gadgets only be able to be bought in the shop. While this may sound crazy at first if you really think about it it’s not that bad. People would want it work harder on the brawl pass because their is now a larger likelihood of them getting that brawler that they’ve been wanting for all this time. Since you get all that gold on the brawl pass anyway it wouldn’t be hard to purchase the gadgets. Also you can pick which gadget you want for a specific brawler that you use often. Not some random gadget on a brawler that you never use.
Thank you for your time.

by Kwajsjnsjsxjdjjdsusu

I love this game however I wrote this for a bralwer idea:Steve the new chromatic brawler: Steve is made up of rocks and ready to smash other brawlers! At power 1 Steve has 5000 health and moves at the”slow speed”(same speed as surge stage 1) Steve main attack is long range but does less damage as it travels(kinda of like the opposite of piper) starting at 1200 going down to 200 but reloads very fast after 6 hits his super is charged. He throws a rock that creates a large rockslide that lasts for 15 seconds! During those 15 seconds rocks will fall anywhere within the area dealing 1000 damage each! He can also use his gadget”super smash” Super smash makes his next attack push opponents back and destroys all ground along its way! Making it so people may shoot across it but not walk through(like water) for his star powers”bigger rock” allows the rock thrown from his super to deal 1000 damage and makes his super last 3 seconds longer. his other star power “breaking down” makes it so that the less ammo he has the faster! Also a couple more ideas, a new brawl-a-day game mode: Blizzard! Blizzard is a modifier where mini blizzards that act like smaller sandstorm move around the map hiding all bralwers! Related to that a new brawl-a-day skin for sandy could be snowstorm sandy-festive sandy with a blizzard instead of sandstorm! Thank you for reading this! I hope you consider these ideas-thank you

by Brawlstarsmvp

I have been playing this game since ever they added Jacky and I have seen the characters and they are awesome but one thing that I think that they should add is every once in awhile you guys come up with 3 character designs and then everyone can vote for which one they like the best and then you come out with that one and I think that you guys should add more challenges and make them harder for the rarity of the brawler that they get if they win and also I think that u should make more animal characters u have all these humans and robots you have crow and Mr.P not a lot others you should add some more I think that it would be very cool and make the game better and you should make a report button because I have had multiple time that my teammates sabotaged the game because they were just being stupid you should also add team only battles. Also I think that you should make frank shoot faster he is so slow and it is such a vulnerability when he is loading up Other than that I think that this game is perfect for people it is a awesome game you get addicted to it really fast and just keep coming out with those awesome brawlers hope you guys think about what I said does not matter if you just add one idea thanks if you do hope that you read this and think about my ideas thanks

by Tuesday Weekend

From the title you might understand that my argument is that the game is just chill maybe saying just get better you can get better there’s someone was a gigantic shotgun because in your head school coming to get you and I don’t like that maybe my reviews a bit too low maybe it isn’t but I just don’t like it because it’s just too hard you literally have to just play from the first day of the game and you’d be able to get every character in any other case I can’t even go up one level without dying 1 million times just make it easier somehow like find the characters are just too hard I’ll give you a hint I just don’t really remember any good characters but you’re forced to deal with people like I don’t know the people who somehow find glitches how about the creators of the game actually try playing it it’s like roblox is problem it’s just too hard and you don’t know what you’re doing it you don’t know if you want to go here here here here it’s impossible and it’s just way way too hard if I were the creator of the game I’ll make it at least easier and tell proper control stretch things that normal good players would really understand and know will tell them all the strategies and the kind of game in a lot of things

by Skillzz09

Hello Everyone,

I have been playing brawl stars since the beginning of the global release. It is a very action-packed, competitve,and fun game to play, hints the five star review. However, there are still many bugs i find I still run into, the game runs very smoothly. But there is one thing I find to be the most annoying thing ever. THE SIZE OF THE SUPER BUTTON ON THE IPAD. The button is SOOOOO SMALLLLL. It is basically the same size on the phone version as it is on the ipad version. This is so annoying because the button is so vital to the expirience you have with every brawler. I find myself accidently shooting when I am trying to use my super WAYYYYY to often. It would not be a hard fix and I know I am not the only one complaining about this small detail that makes such a big impact. At least give us an option to change the size of the button according to our liking. Sorry for ranting but I feel this is such a easy fix that would make Brawl Stars a MUCHHHH more enjoyable game on the iPad version. Like I said I am a huge fan of the game and see a very bright future for it but I don’t want such a small detail to keep me and other fans of the game from playing.
Thanks for taking the time to read this,
GxS

by Guy That Quit Block City Wars

This game shows how professional Supercell really is. From the wide selection of brawlers and star powers, to the really fun and awesome game modes and maps. This game is a really good follow-up to their other game Clash Royale. In fact, all of Supercell’s games really show just how professional they really are. I feel like they are doing a really good job on developing these games and I look forward to future updates and games. This game really goes to show that mobile games can be just as fun as games on console and PC. I love the wide variety of brawlers. With consistent updates this game is too good to be true. Brawl Stars has core mechanics that bring this game together. This game may be to good to be true, but it is, in fact, true. Brawl Stars’ maps are really creative, and the fact that they are also doing community-made maps is really cool. I don’t know what their thought process for new brawlers is, but it’s amazing. This game is, hands down, one of the best, if not, the best mobile game ever. I would really suggest downloading this game if you haven’t already. I promise you’ll enjoy and if you don’t, try out one of Supercell’s other games like Clash Royale and Clash of Clans. One small step for mobile gaming, one giant step for mobile-gaming kind. That’s how I would describe Brawl Stars.

by GREAT GAME6473528

Supercell has made another great game. This time it’s a fast paced shooter I LOVE IT. The devs take into consideration what the community wants all the time! From balancing characters to adding community made maps and skins. Plus the variety in the brawlers adds plenty of strategies. I’ve played this game since global release and have been obsessed since day one; the game is also updated almost every month and with each update there are loads more things to do. Every bad review on this game that I’ve seen has been about balancing or matching making and these critics obviously haven’t been paying attention. The minute a brawler is op the community points it out and in a few weeks it’s fixed. When it comes to match making, nothing’s wrong it pairs you with other players based on total trophies AND the brawler your using’s trophies, and when people say there getting wrecked by high power brawlers at low trophies that’s just advanced players who maxed out the brawler faster. Overall this game is great and I’d give it 10 out of 5 if I could, it provides fun gameplay from that first game up till all of your brawlers are maxed out(and more!) which is why it’s top three video games of all time in my opinion. So if you haven’t downloaded this game YOU BETTER.

by Plumcay

I absolutely love the game! So awesome! One big problem I have is that... reporting isn’t a thing (and if it is then I have no idea how to do it). I’ve so many people with inappropriate name (one I can get from the top of my head is Ni99aSlayer, but there are many others making other inappropriate references) I am 14 and with a couple younger cousins who enjoy playing brawl stars and I would hate for them to think that naming yourself “sexmachine” or “kinkydaddy” is cool for a kids game. Another reason for reporting is that there’s trolls who like to sabotage a good game (like in brawl ball or bounty) like where a teammate would score into our own goal in brawl ball or a person you goof around and wouldn’t care to defeat at least one person in bounty. Another reason may be that a teammate (that you don’t know) could start chatting with you and saying inappropriate stuff, and there would be no report button. Please add something so that way people can report a player.

Edit Jun 2021: I don’t like the brawler: squeak. Not anything about the brawler necessarily but… the sound effects. Too loud. Whenever there’s a squeak on the opponent’s team I dread it because I know it’s gonna be confusing with all that sound. If the volume of it could be lowered or maybe less sound effect, that would be nice.

by I Am Kinda Upset

I downloaded brawl stars as soon as it released globally, and I was immediately hooked. Super fun game to play with friends, super fun game to play alone. I’m always excited for new updates, because there’s always new content. Every time there’s a problem with the game, it’s fixed pretty quickly (like extending trophy road. I’m around 18k trophies and there weren’t any rewards for me) they’ve also done well addressing issues like teaming in showdown. You can’t necessarily prevent it, but they have taken measures on maps with modifications to make games harder with those who team. The box system is fair, I love that your chances of getting something increases with every box. The only issue I have with this game is that they took gems out of boxes with the addition of the brawl pass. I understand that the brawl pass gives you gems, but the amount you receive is small. Being free to play, I save my gems to buy brawl passes (great value by the way, good job supercell), but I know other players may care more about skins. I think it’d be better if there were more gems in brawl pass, or if they would spawn in boxes again, but just a lower amount to account for the brawl pass. Overall, I love this game, and I don’t think I’ll stop playing it anytime soon. Thank you, supercell, for another great game!!!

by Only For Birthdays

Absolutely love this game, play it almost every day for nearly two years at this point. Thought for developers - my account works seamlessly with this new update because all but 1 of my brawlers already had the power points up to 9 and had star powers unlocked for them as well since it was all before this new update. This allowed all my brawlers to reach lvl 9 and get star powers quicker than a player who starts after this update ever could - since the power points they receive are going to continue to be spread among all their brawlers for far longer. Making it harder for them to unlock star powers for their new brawlers. My suggestion is to cap new player brawlers’ power point distribution at level 9 until a certain % of their brawlers have the star power unlocked (or a user toggle so the individual can decide). That way they will have more star power brawlers for competitive modes like power league. I believe the star power unlock is the most important competitive unlock, and new players will be frustrated that they are unable to compete for far longer than players who have progressed before this update could. Thank you for your consideration!! Huge fan of SuperCell - best mobile game company in the world🙌🏼

by -Aldo-

This is probably my first ever review on an mobile gaming app. First to say, I loved supercell and started on clash of clans then transitioned to clash royale and now I’m here at brawl stars. Honestly the only gaming company where I have not only devoted time but it was all worth the fun and not time wasted. Years in which feels like months of playing supercell games and I can say it’s one of a kind. Now for specific review of this game. It’s loads of fun and can even be playable on some lower end mobile devices. I mostly played duo’s but with random’s until junior year of my high school and I had friend in which we mostly played together in that period and still got an “A” for the class. Not only did it bring fun but it developed a bond that was unexpected. Either way, this game can be tense or laid back depending if you want to be competitive. I seen the changes toward this game and the majority were good but recently it has gone to adapt other games and their models such as it’s called a “battle pass”. I can see for profit wise but now the originality of this game is fading. Other than that, it’s still a great game overall and I plan to hop on just to pass some time or to get a quick action pump. Kind of crazy that I had this game this 2017 but time flies when your having fun! 10/10

by That Guy 525363725

I have been playing supercell games for almost 6 years now and every single one of them has been AWESOME in their own way, but Brawl Stars takes it to the next level. For starters the game is fun and easy to play (my 8 year old could probably be good at this game) plus it’s addicting, making you want to log in everyday. Next is the progression system which is miles ahead of other supercell games, it is VERY free to play friendly giving 8 or 9 brawlers for free guaranteed on the trophy road, so even if your luck is really bad you still can have an enjoyable experience without spending a penny. The only complaint I have about progression is the lack of rewards after 8000 trophies in the trophy road, after 8k trophies you only receive 6 megaboxes for the next 6000 trophies and after that there are absolutely no rewards (other than star points) for pushing your brawlers. Next is the development of this game, it is INCREDIBLE how often this game is updated and there is so many new things in each update. Supercell are probably the best mobile developers because of their consistency, and that only adds to brawl stars’ repuatation. To end off this very long review this game is definitely worth your time because it is awesome and I bet almost anyone can enjoy it :)

by Vulpseus The Fox

A pretty decent game all around. Lots of content with lots of different characters to use and lots of different game modes to play. However, one little issue I have is that there’s no post-game report a player or rate a player or something. Because I find that I keep running into situations where my team is about to win, but the one of my teammates purposefully sabotages us at the last second and we end up losing for it. Like one of my latest games was a brawl ball match, my team was up 1-0, and with literally one second left, our teammate with the ball was standing by our goal, and obviously I thought he was just keeping the ball away from the opponents while me and the third teammate held them back. But at literally 1 second left, the guy with the ball purposefully shot it into our own goal and put us into overtime, which then cost us the game and we lost 1-2 in overtime instead of winning 1-0 like we should have. And it’s not the first case of purposeful sabotage that I’ve been running into and I wish there was a way to expose these trolls and call them out because it’s making me enjoy this game less and less because of how sick I am of trolls on my team purposefully flat out throwing away a guaranteed win or actively working against its throughout the battle. That is not at all fair and respectful play and it needs to be addressed. Other than that however, the game itself is pretty solid.

by The Peanut G@||€RY

At first when I started out playing this game, I thought it was kind of fun. But when I started getting more advanced, even though you don’t get as many rewards later, it became really fun, when I started getting the hang of it and I was getting good brawlers. Sometimes it would get boring after a few months, and I would then get a new brawler, which would get me playing more. It’s not like you get all of the brawlers and then there are no more goals, because you can look forward to getting star powers, and skins, and to higher rankings which give you star points, and SOOO many other things. In my opinion it’s WAY better than the other supercell games, because it’s not like you are sitting in one place, placing various things. You are moving around, shooting, etc. And it’s not like the legendaries are the best. Any brawler can easily beat another, because all of them are balanced, have strengths and weaknesses, and have their own uniqueness. The PROBLEM is that when I have all of my brawlers kept up with the the number of trophies for the rank, the season would end, and I would lose like 50 TROPHIES per brawler over 525 trophies! And then when I would get caught up again THE SEASON WOULD END! So now I can’t even play with my other brawlers because I’m so focused on that. I just wish that you didn’t lose trophies when the season ended.

by 🌸idk

Please Read This!! I’ve been playing Brawl Stars since it was launched globally and have 24,000 trophies as of November 30th 2020. I LOVE this game and I’ve spent hundreds of hours playing and also spent around 500 dollars lol. Although I love the game (obviously 😂), there is one huge problem. This problem is matchmaking. This is a problem that in my opinion, has not seen improvement since around nearly a year ago. Once you enter a match, you will paired with other players who’s character (aka brawler) has a similar amount of trophies to yours. The problem though is it doesn’t take your total trophies into consideration when pairing you with other players. This could lead to someone who’s been playing the game for 2 years to get paired with someone who’s been playing for only a few days. I’m not complaining about losing games, rather getting matched with people when their account clearly is not as progressed as mine. Aside from this (with a few other minor issues I’m not wasting my time on) Brawl Stars is crazy fun and I would truly recommend it to anyone. It’s great to see how much the game has improved in the short 2 years I’ve now been playing for. I hope I am able to see continued growth of this game because it seriously has so much potential. If you read this whole review, thank you for your time. :)

by . Ah

To all you stupid kids who keep complain about matchmaking and about how the developers don’t listen because you didn’t get your legendary please stop. This is one of the best game on the AppStore and the fact that it is free is a blessing in itself. You guys are so ungrateful. Supercell makes some of the best mobile games on the market and you guys are complaining about stupid things like matchmaking at 2k trophies. I just saw aOne star review from a person who said they were at 5000 trophies only and were complaining that the game was paid to win and that Amber was super over powered yes of course of Amber is over power they just released her they literally just nerfed her stop complaining they are trying their best and they are constantly adding new contact to the game I don’t understand how you can even complain. Al the other games on the AppStore are either riddled with ads or just boring and trash. Brawl stars is one of the best supercell and AppStore games and the amount of monthly content makes it refreshing and not old. Stop complaining just because you didn’t get leon. Stop complaining just because you’re a bad player. I’m 20k trophies and the only complaint I have is bad randoms, which they can’t even control. Honestly these 1 star reviews are pathetic.