Factory World Reviews

I’ve played two games from this developer. The state connect was great too. It’s a fun tapper where you can connect across North America. Here’s the downside, the ads are brutal. They’re the predatory type ads where if you click the x it’ll make you play through some scenario. Then make you wait an extra 5 seconds. This happens randomly, then the developer will kick out a message about how irritating the ads are. The attempt to get a user to spend 10 dollars to remove ads is ridiculous. The ads are intentionally annoying, and the developer says their size means they have to depend on ad revenue. While this may be the case, 10 dollar is insane. It should be somehwere around the 2.99 price point. The game does not offer anything beyond expansion, there is no development of an economy. There is also no way to upgrade building types or choose industries. Which is all fine, if not for the ridiculous 10 dollar fee to remove ads

The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. They have greatly increased the life-expectancy of those of us who live in “advanced” countries, but they have destabilized society, have made life unfulfilling, have subjected human beings to indignities, have led to widespread psychological suffering (in the Third World to physical suffering as well) and have inflicted severe damage on the natural world. The continued development of technology will worsen the situation. It will certainly subject human being to greater indignities and inflict greater damage on the natural world, it will probably lead to greater social disruption and psychological suffering, and it may lead to increased physical suffering even in “advanced” countries.

I rather enjoy the mechanics that run this game. I like the hex-based grid, and the different tiers of production that chain together.
What I don’t like is that the game is basically on rails. The map doesn’t appear to be randomized, and the sections which you’re allowed to open at a time are in a specific order, or in a series of small groups which allow you the illusion of choice.
Where I think the devs really went wrong was with the forced interstitial advertisements. If you force me to watch an ad just to keep playing, I’m going to delete FactoryWorld and not play it any more. What should be done instead is provide optional bonuses as a reward for *choosing* to watch an ad; I’ll do that all day.
All in all, I think there’s a foundation for something great. The lack of substance, and propensity for “monkey hit the button” gameplay, paired with forced ads is what really kills it. Randomization of the game, along with a goal of some sort would increase user engagement and replay ability.

This game basically tries to be an idle industry game, but it does it badly. Your offline earnings are tiny, and restricted to 30 minutes of offline time to earn what you could earn in about 10 seconds of having the game open. They don’t want you earning too much offline because then you would progress too far without having to watch ads, hurting their bottom line. But it also means you spend most of your time in game waiting.

You don’t get to make meaningful choices. You just click to unlock a region, then wait until you have earned enough to unlock tiles in your new region. Rinse and repeat. The strategic side of this game is nearly nonexistent. The frequency of forced ads are better than some games, but that is frankly quite a low bar. They offer an option to pay to remove ads, but they charge a high price for it considering how insubstantial this game really is.

If your idea of a fun game is waiting around and mindlessly clicking to buy tiles while being force-fed ads, than this might be a game for you.

For the devs, here are some suggestions to make this an actually worthwhile game:
1. Increase the offline earning potential
2. Add meaningful strategic choices to the game.
3. Reduce the cost of the pay-to-remove-ads option or add substantial substance to make the current price actually worthwhile.
4. Don’t halt the player’s income while they are being forced to watch ads.

I understand that ads may be a necessity for the developers to afford to keep the lights on. HOWEVER, this game is not just ads-for-boosts like normal mobile games. I’m okay with “watch this ad to x3 your money” and I’m okay with an option to pay to disable ads (even if the price for that is WAY too expensive in this game).

But the fact that this game WITHOUT WARNING will randomly just shove an ad down your throat for doing NOTHING is absolutely ridiculous. You can literally just be swiping and tapping to pick up coins and have a 30 second long ad pop up on your screen. It’s literally quicker to just close the game and reopen it when this happens since you’re not losing anything by not watching the ad.

I refuse to participate in this style of predatory advertisement and I will actively be avoiding this company’s products forever until this is changed. I’m not sorry. The developers are scummy for doing it and I refuse to support them in any way because of their decision.

Great idle game, very few complaints. Biggest concern for this game is that your offline earnings do not reflect as well as they should. 8+ hours offline and only earning 48k when I’m supposedly earning 12k a minute is ridiculous. Second biggest complaint would be that if you actually sit and play this game through, it only takes about a week to beat. I didn’t expect that and I do hope they add more levels soon.

I did pay for the ad free version, which I’m not upset about (love supporting small devs), but if I’m paying $10 to make the game ad free, it should probably be fully ad free. I still get the occasional ad, which is annoying, but they are few and far between so likely just a small bug or something.

I like the game, but the ads are wayyyy too frequent. I cannot do 3 things without getting an ad, I shouldn’t even be getting an ad, I am playing a game, not watching television. Ads should be optional. I understand you’re trying to make money, but forcing ads down peoples throat won’t do the trick, it’ll only drive business away, besides with jailbreaking being a thing, people can easily pretend to buy the 9.99 get rid of ads, without actually spending a single penny. You shouldn’t make game developing a single career until you feel like you are successful in game development. Make it as a source of income that comes in while you work an 8-4. Stop with the frequent ads. I have been playing for 5 minutes and have seen 10 ads, I can watch a TV show and probably only see 2 minute worth of commercials

This game is exactly what it says. A world of factories that generate money over time, which is great if you’re idle, with the game open, having paid for ad removal (I’m guessing).
My only issue with the game is based on the above. I have not paid for ad removal, so if I leave the game open, I will get the occasional ad, which is fine.
The issue comes with turning the game off and getting offline revenue. I was offline for over 8 hours with my offline income at 4000/min, but I came back to only 36,000 gold. It should have been much more. This happens consistently and is obviously a coding error, or a way to make us keep the game open. I don’t know which, but it is disappointing.
Other than offline gains, however, the game is fine.

As surprising as it is this mobile game does pretty much everything correctly
-you can play it offline no hassle
-the advertisements don't happen every 5 seconds even if it is somewhat often its better then every other game out there
-its a nice relaxing for what it shows it is
-the adverts I've seen so far for it don't seem click baity
-if you get a forced ad at a time when you chose to not watch the ad for a bonus (this happens sometimes) it rewards you with the bonus if you watched the full ad despite not having to

The only con is that there isnt a purchase you can make to remove ads which is a good thing to because one thing to note is you get 1 dollar dollar for every 1000 ads shown in your game they would make more from an in app purchase to remove ads and yet they didn’t even think to make that

Great game devs keep making games to this level of quality and I will enjoy them

This game has no potential at all, it seems. All of the companies games seem to be a duplicate of this one. Very weak graphics, and playfield s completely uninteresting. It has an expensive option to purchase no ads, and try to force you into making that purchase with making you watch one one almost anything you do in the game, so you spend more time watching ads, instead of playing the game. Then you have pop up purchase options for game currency frequently also.

There are thousands of idle games out there, so, unless you want to spend the money to get rid of the ads, it might be ok, but the concept overall looks like it would become uninteresting quickly..

Sorry developers, you need to do a lot of work on your products, a better graphics artist might help some though.

This game does nearly everything right, i love the feel of the game, the graphics, just everything about it! The only two things that could be changed in my opinion is, A) make the remove ads purchase a bit cheaper maybe 3.99 or 4.99. another thing is, if you buy the remove ads feature, you should make the “free upgrades if you watch an ad” not need an ad but to balance it out just make it much less common. other than these two things, I absolutely love this game!

I really enjoy this little game so I was happy to pay for an ad free experience. It’s not add free though, paying $9.99 is not a small fee for a mobile game and all it does is take away the pop up adds. You still have to watch ads for bonuses and the location of the bonus buttons on the side make it very easy to accidentally click them. As free should mean ad free period, games like pet shelter give an actual ad fee experience that should be the standard, their ad free upgrade gets rid of pop ups and when you get offered a bonus you just click the button and get it with out having to sit through an advertisement. At a price point of $9.99 this should be the same.

All around the game is fun. Definitely not worth the $9.99 to pay for ads to be removed. The game only has one play through. You can’t restart the game after you’ve finished it. The speed and money buffs have a cap which made the grind take longer.
All around the game was great and entertaining but when someone pays for no-ads there should get ads even if they click to ‘watch’ an ad to multiply the income or bonus they just received. It’s false advertising and that’s disappointing.
There should be more customization to where I get to choose the path I take to build my map.

Completely addictive right up to the end. End? I hate that there's an end. One thing I'd "fix" on it is to make each completed section reset after a certain amount of time. That way, if you finish, or come close to finishing, the first couple you completed will be available to do again. - Depending, of course, on how fast you go through the entire game. There were times I couldn't put it down.

There is literally no game here. No strategic choices to make, nothing to do but wait until you have enough money for the next hex. You’re basically just watching a simulation of a simple mechanic play itself out, clicking every once in a while. I could see how some people might find that relaxing, but not with an ad popping up every minute and a half.

I can’t understand why anyone would sincerely give this game more than 1 star. I read a few other reviews, and they all say the same things I’m saying but then give it 3 or 4 stars, or even give it 5 stars and suggest the devs add some actual gameplay. “Hey, this could be a good game if you made a good game and put it in here” is not a reason to give someone 5 stars.

Hard to call this a game you just wait and click a button, so zero skill and zero strategy required, but cute graphics it fun to watch it . What it lacks in challenging play it makes up for in long boring adds that interrupt play and will challenge your patience quickly. They do have a opt out you can buy but it’s $9.99 which is a ridiculous amount for a game this simple. Especially when the industry standard for more challenging and much more complicated games is $ 2.99. Boils down to a very average game with clickbait adds and a ridiculous price to opt out. Lots of better simulation style games out their so better choice is just clicking delete.

This game has a lot of potential, but, like others have said, i needs choice, purpose, and more than just clicking a bit over and over. I think that if the developer(s) improved this game focusing on those points, it would be very successful. There is also the problem of ads. I think ads are fine if you can use them to get a reward but forced ads are a real turn off for games. I love the fact that the only purchase is no ads and that there’s no paywall. Thank you for that.

This game is PERFECT the ads pop up like every 5 minutes. Which is good so I get some work done and get a good break. My other games have ads pop up every 2 seconds WHICH IS DRIVING ME CRAZY. But I give this game a 30 stars out of 30 because it is the best out of any other game with ads. So thanks for putting this game in a ad.

I do really enjoy the game while I am playing it. However, one of the big appeals for me and idle games is being offline for several hours and coming back to a load of cash to spend. In this game the offline cash system is broken. I have my offline income maxed at 7,000/min and was offline overnight (over 8 hours) and came back to the game with like 300k (instead of over 3m like I should have had)… Not sure what’s up with that but that’s why 3 stars. Otherwise if the offline would work properly 5 stars… Thanks

I’m not sure who’s enjoying FactoryWorld. You literally sit and wait to click a hexagon. There is no strategy to it, no thinking required, just waiting until you have enough funds to click the next tile. Oh, and roughly every 100 seconds, an ad will pop up for you to watch. Delightful! (Yes, I timed the ad frequency).

You have NO control over any aspect of the game. Not sure who thought this was a cool premise. They were wrong. Deleting after posting this.

I gave 2 stars because the game is EXACTLY as advertised, so no bait and switch with demos, etc. it’s just mind-numbingly boring and pointless.

It’s a fun game if you can get past the ads randomly showing up as you’re playing. So I decided to pay $9.99USD (before tax) to get rid of the ads. It got rid of the randomly occurring ones, but not the ones you need to watch for boosts. I’m used to games getting rid of all ads if I pay money, not just some. I know, small company, but it should be specified which ads are actually going away and not sound like you’re getting rid of all ads. Also the offline option doesn’t seem to work for me? I was offline over night because I was sleeping, got back on in the morning expecting to have made some money, and saw that not only did I not make any money, I was just as broke as I was before I fell sleep. If you’re supposed to be making X amount per minute while away, then you should make something over night, even if it was capped. So not seeing the prompt about how much I made while away, and not even getting the option to watch an ad to multiply my earnings, well, it was disheartening. Now, not to sound like that type of person, but I never write reviews for apps. If I don’t like it, I delete it. But never have I regretted spending money on an app as much as I did this one. With a high rating I wasn’t expecting it to pretty much scam you. And I don’t read reviews because it’s an app, I either like it or don’t, and it’s free to download. But I wished I did, maybe someone else had this problem and I could have avoided it and saved my money

This note was meant specifically for this developers of this game:

Dear Developers,

Thank you for putting in all of the effort in creating this game.
I realize that it is not your fault for the ads. You need the money from the ads to keep processing/developing this game.
I also understand that you are probably upset for all of the rotten and mean reviews.

You should let people know that you need the money from the ads to keep making the game. (This is a suggestion) You should put like a little note in the game next to where the “No ads” game pass is. You should make it say something like, “I’m sorry for the excessive ads. I need the money for the game.” or something like that. It would help the reviewers realize it’s not your fault.

Other people say that the “No ads” product doesn’t get rid of the ads. If you made it work, people would be happier.
(These are all just suggestions, so please don’t think I’m trying to tell you what to do.

By the way, GREAT game! It is SO fun! If you DO happen to make another game, please let me know by advertising it on this game or something.

Thank you for taking time out of your day for reading this. This is one of the best and most relaxing games that I’ve ever played. 😁😁😁😁😁


Sincerely,
Cassandra

I really struggle figuring out if I like this game. There is a lot of potential, but I don’t know if it actually “fun”. Ads pop up every 20 seconds or so which is super excessive. They offer a no ads mode for $10, but that makes you wonder if the game is worth $10. That is a lot of money. I literally just bought dying light on sale for $20 yesterday. Is this half as fun as that game?

I have played a lot of phone games and I understand they need to make money. Here are my thoughts: No ads that interrupt gameplay without the player triggering it, it breaks immersion. Every ad that is watched should have a good benefit attached to it. Make it so that these ads = a ton of gameplay time worth of success. I have played a few idle games that did this right where I wanted to watch the ads so much that the game could not generate the ads fast enough and I had to wait to the system to generate new ones for me. The best part is that I stayed engaged. Like I said, lots of potential here. I hope that this helps!

Definitely as is advertised, it’s a fun game very simple mechanics and good to just make time go by when you got a few minutes. There are ads as any free game have that aren’t too extreme but can get kind of annoying but usually skippable. I ended up purchasing the “No-Ads” option for like $10 and something cents, I kinda wish/think the devs should make it so I don’t have to watch ads to get the bonus’ that come up every now and then since that was half my reasoning on buying in the first place. But overall, a solid game. TLDR; Good time waster, some ads, wish I didn’t have to watch ads to earn rewards after buying no ads.

Edit: I also forgot to leave this note to the dev: After purchasing No-Ads there is a glitch where ads to show up every 30 minutes or so and seem to kinda freeze making me restart the game, it’s not a super big deal to me since it’s so spaced out but it is an issue

If the ratings were based on gameplay, they would be a 5. Very fun addicting game, perfect for those moments you want to wast a few minutes here or there. However, they pound advertisements down your throat more so than most games. Ads for unlocking, ads for extra resources, ads when you decline resources, ads when you decline unlocking, then every 10 seconds or so a random ad pops up out of nowhere just sliding around the map. It seems as though you are watching an ad every 10-30 seconds, and most ads are 30-45 seconds long. So you are watching more ads than you are even playing. Then as soon as the ads are done, there’s a pop up saying “don’t like ads? Remove them.” With an option to pay $10 to remove them.

Then they send a response to my review trying to defend their use of excessive adds. I’m deleting this game after an absolute zero remorse for their decision to excessively ad-bomb you out of $10.

I downloaded this game because it looked pretty fun in the advertisement. Sure enough, it was. The animations and graphics in the game are smooth and awesome. But there was only one problem… it was very repetitive. It took a little bit to get money to tap on the hexagons to buy them. When you completed a zone, it gave you a key and then you unlock the next zone. It seems to be very repetitive. After a lot of this, it gets to be pretty boring to be honest. I quit playing it a little while back after I noticed this repetitive pattern.

To the make the game a bit more interesting, the developers should add some other kind of gameplay along with the tapping gameplay part. Make it a bit more interesting so that there’s a little more for the player to do.

The game is fun and great way to pass time so I paid $9.99 to have no more ads. I know it’s a pretty steep price but i wanted to show my support. As I was playing I was still getting random ads. I decided to close FactoryWorld and reopen it to see if that would fix the issue but after a few minutes I got random ads again. I’m not happy I paid for no ads and still getting random ads. I have played other free app games with no ads for $1.99 and they actually get rid of random ads popping up. Some even go the length and remove all ads entirely. I really do see potential in this game and would love to see the map get bigger but to have paid for no ads and still have random ads I don’t think I’ll be playing this game anymore unless they either refund my money or fix this issue.

Now I’m all about playing this game. It’s fun, addicting and it’s an interesting concept that keeps me wanting to play more. With that being said the reason for the low rating is the ADs! They essentially pop up every 15 seconds, without notice, then run for 30 seconds depending on ad which some are longer. Some ads kick you out or lock your screen or try to force you to download them to continue. Even with restarting FactoryWorld when an ad pops up by the time it loads you have 15 seconds to try to earn money before another ad comes up. Now I’m all about helping smaller company’s grow but for $9.99 plus tax I’m going to have to pass. Maybe a $2.99 choice yea. Very disappointing when a game turns out to be actually decent and they jam ads in your face.

Paid to take away ads but it doesn’t matter they make the game so excruciatingly slow and then they throw TONS of crap at you to watch ads???? Didn’t I pay to not watch them? Ohhh you mean the ads you force me to watch every time I touch the screen not the other ones? Good effort, bad decision. The only thing I keep seeing a good point of is people saying the developer answers.. ehh not really if you actually read it. “Sorry stay tuned” “not every game is for everyone” what game is this for? People who like to stare at an ad screen 98% of the time they’re playing a game? Get real. There’s no upgrade options except income and speed and even then you’ve price it so high with in game currency it’s stupid long just saving that up. There’s no other options or upgrades on the buildings that are placed.

Don’t waste your time unless you a really are the .0001% of people who love to just watch ads for the smallest rewards available. Oh and over half the ads are crazy long, most clock in around 65 seconds.

Game is great, engaging and fun but some of the mechanics are definitely in need of some tweaking. Biggest one being the offline earnings. They don’t work correctly. I was just offline for 7 hours and came back to 35k at 5000 a minute. Meaning I was only paid for less than 10 minutes of being away? That doesn’t make sense and I make that quicker being online in 5 seconds. I don’t know if it’s a bug or a weird mechanic but that seriously needs to get sorted, there is no reason I shouldn’t come back to the game hours later and not have an abundance of money to invest back into my skills or at the very least buy a single tile. There are a few smaller gripes I have but they would could be managed better fixing that one major issue. Other than that, the game is really on a good path. Simple but engaging, you honestly just want to keep expanding.

Hello, to whom ever is reading this. (devs, or not.)
The game is actually really good, i enjoy all the different places and all the different factory’s!
though, there is one problem for me, theres a lot of ad’s. but, i completely understand, you need the ad’s for money to continue making and building more games, and i completely agree with you, but there are a little to much. they tend to pop up every like… 5-7 minutes if that, which can get a little annoying, but the ad’s aren’t long so it’s survivable.
Personally, the game is super good and if you are reading this to see if it’s worth getting, i would 100% recommended you to get it and try the game! but, thank you for taking your time and reading this, once again, i recommend the game to everyone. sincerely, Isabella :).