The Tribez Reviews

I loved playing this game. The beginning is faster and more fun. But the more island and more property you have it slooooows down! Can’t take it anymore. Buying a new property cost millions, and what’s with the stupid tasks? You have to complete these task and they aren’t fun at all because just way too slow. Like discovering 5 items in a cave and you have to do it 6-7 times to find one item. But the last string was when I built police stations in each island that boosted my happiness level and by the time I had items to build new houses it has been taken away from me. I had to do the happiness boosting tasks all over again. Not happy. For weeks you’re just doing the same thing multiple times a day going actually nowhere. The zeppelins are a joke.i like the idea that you have to ship items island to island but taking 20 hrs to het there? It’s ridiculous. The left side of the list is stupid quests . It would be more fun without the tasks, and the variety of social buildings is a joke. There should be a lot more. Volleyball court in ancient times??? Kidding me? I just realized that I am playing a couple of months now for actual nothing . It’s going nowhere and done with it.

Ask me when you have cleaned up the mess you have made with this latest change. In the last ten minutes, I have been bounced completely out of the game. With the addition of fishermans cove the ancestor atoll has been completely locked up. There were numerous other problems even before the latest change (just read other reviews). Even with all of the annoying problems, I still think it is the best game out there.

This is third time I have downloaded Tribez. First time, ran out of challenges and could only amass wealth. After reaching eight BILLION coins, I was bored out of my mind and deleted the game. After some time, I decided to try it again only to find I was being bombarded with constant messages to buy things. Deleted game again. Now I am back for a third shot at it but will be deleting it again. Every action I complete, the Facebook login pops up. I have told the creators of Tribez I don't do Facebook so why ruin my fun by shoving the login in my face constantly!! Sorry, Tribez but three strikes and you are out!!!
Here I am - back again. It's been a long time but there is just no better game out there. Starting from scratch. I like the changes, definitely improves the game. Lots of pros, only con is if I have added something before it is quest, I don't get credit. Added coffee trees early and now I can't build a hotel.

I’m a 100+ level player and have worked with them through their (many) bugs. Now they are being outright trifling and unethical. The game comes to a full stop without the ability to unlock territories on Farmers Bay. Unless you are some kind of wizard, you will have to do this with gems. You can buy gems with real money (obviously their preference), or by game play and clan tournaments. They will outright steal your gameplay gems and claim that you have spent them on nonsense. They will accept no responsibility for gems disappearing via bugs in the tournament reward distribution, even when clearly illuminated. You WILL come to a point where you cannot progress because they “disappear”your gems. I use gems for one thing only- Expansions on Farmers Bay. I don’t “accidentally” spend them on anything else and yes, I keep confirmations on, so there’s absolutely no chance of “accidental” spending. They’re unethical and they’re stealing. This is a game. Plenty others out there that are worth your time. This one’s not it. Don’t pay to progress. Pay to support a good game. I like Don’t Starve, Crashlands, Big Farm Mobile Harvest, Plants vs Zombies , Dark Meadows, The Room, Fallout Shelter, Monument... really no reason to get nickle-and-dimed by these jerks.

I played this game for years and had more than 10 paid buildings in the game, all the islands were unlocked. Because of that I signed in with my Apple Game Center account and connected with my Facebook to prevent loosing my progress. However one day I reloaded the game and lost EVERYTHING!!! Even after I signed in with my Game Center account!
I contacted the tech support and I was told that signing in with social account won’t ensure the progress is safe. They asked me to provide my email and told me someone will contact me later. I checked my email everyday BUT NOBODY DID!!! I figured out that I had to chat with them through the game, with someone I can’t even tell whether they’re real human! They asked for my email but didn’t contact me through email, and they closed my request because I did respond in the game!
Even in the game, I was told that I need to play the rest game till level 5 and contact them again, and one of my islands may still unavailable. Now I don’t trust the tech support behind this game, because no one can tell if I’ll loose my progress again!! Zero star forever!!

I never write reviews but I wish this was something I knew in advance before spending a ton of my own money on this game over the past 6 months. I loved this game, I had no problem paying real money. What I do have a problem with is my game freezing/crashing after spending my money on gems and I don’t know if there is anything I can do to get it back. I have been reading forums online and it appears as though this has been an issue for a long time. It also seems like the IT department just tells you to delete the game and you have to start over (they will pay you back for the gems) but I don’t care about that, it was alllll my progress. I had one island left to uncover. I am hoping this isn’t the case. Sadly if it is, I’m not starting over.

Listen like I said the only reason I’m upset is because it really is a good game. I’m sorry for writing a bad review but it’s a terrible feeling when you spend that much money on something and invest that much time for it to just be gone. I have already contacted your support department but haven’t received anything back yet.... if my game is still there I will delete this, apologize and give you a 5 star rating.

I’ve never in my life played a game that gave you a quest that was not actually available, let alone made it your primary objective. That makes absolutely zero sense! How does this make it through QA?! I keep getting quests that are at the top of my quest chain that I cannot access. When you try, Aurora tells you to ‘slow down and complete other quests first’. For instance, a quest came up that told me to build a “Chief’s Residence”. In order to do that, I needed 500 Cut Stone, but I had no way of getting it because you wouldn’t let me build a Stone Mill! You just kept telling me to do other quests, while simultaneously reminding me that my primary goal was to build that residence! I have a top quest right now to buy a new territory. That territory requires Glass Dust, but when I try to inquire about where to find it, I’m told to slow down and do other quests first. Another top quest wants me to rebuild the ostrich farm, but just tapping on the farm triggers the ‘slow down’ message. Then WHY is that quest even showing up?! I have numerous quests like this and it seems like every single top-rated quest is the same. You’re just going to irritate and chase away your players that way.
Also, someone in QA needs to spellcheck the in-game messages. Seriously!

New update:
Theres lots to do in this game, but the further in you go, the more quests you have to fulfill to move ahead. This is fine, but (at least to me!) there is no way to know exactly which quests, or in what order to complete the quest!! So you just continue to guess at the quest you must complete.

I was ready to quit at one point because it was getting impossible to build the marble factory. I had to reach out to customer service at least four times, each time their responses telling me different quests I needed to complete. I did finally complete it, but now I’m attempting to do another action and being told I must complete quests before I can complete!! I have no idea which quests, or in what order, once again. This needs to be fixed! The quests need to be numbered, or kept in some type of order. Completing actions is getting discouraging rather than fun anymore.

Update: This game is really good! I like the fact that there is actually something to do all the time, unlike so many similar games where you have to wait for hours to complete every task, or try to find something that never shows up, or spend real money to get to the next level. Truly 5 stars from me!

So far this seems to be a fun game. I'm always a little apprehensive about writing these reviews when asked, because as soon as I do, and give it a good rating, it goes downhill from that point!

I have played hours and hours on this game. However I think I’m just coming to realize why! There appears to be a glitch in the game with transferring your items from one island to the other (which is absolutely required since you can’t make things on some islands but have tasks that require those items). Last night I sent hundreds of rainbows from the fjord to my main island and it should only have taken approx. 5 hours for each of the 3 balloons. They never arrived today and my inventory was reduced. So WHERE’D THEY GO?! I think it been happening for some time and can only imagine how much has been lost. Its so frustrating because I really love the game and don’t even mind that it can be a little hard or takes time. But it’s reallllyyyyy hard if the items are being scheduled to transfer, never do and then you just lose them. What’s the point of playing?! This needs to be looked at ASAP because I can’t justify continuing if I’m crippled by inability to collect resources. Even the game instability is worth putting up with (mine often crashes and I’ll lose the last few minutes of work). But not this.

I’ve been playing this game for a while now and I find it to be a good game however the quests that you have to complete are far to many and in most cases in the wrong order. I have hit a wall in some of the quests and can not continue because I need marble and so far I can’t get the ability to manufacture it. You really need to update the order of the quests so that players can get the right items to continue on. Also the time it takes to ship items to other islands is way to long, you really need to adjust the shipping times.

Update: I still play this game but now I am at level 38 and I still can’t complete many of the quests because the one thing that keeps preventing me is that I can’t get the marble pit which is needed for many of the quests. There seems to be no logic behind the quests as to how to get the marble pit and this has me frustrated to the point where I am now telling people not to download your game because of this! It seems like you don’t care if we get the marble pit or not!

I really enjoy this game. I used to play it back in 2013. I had to start over since it’s been so long my game dats was basically lost. I love the idea of this game. How you get to complete tasks, expand your land and venture to new islands. However, there are a few kinks.

I don’t like how you only have two storage spaces and have to pay for the rest. It’s nearly impossible to redesign your island when only two items can go into storage.

I don’t like how if you dissembled something, you get nothing for it. In the beginning levels of the game they make you buy sun tiles to get mahogany planks. Well I had to buy probably like fifteen or twenty of them. I don’t like them so I don’t really want to keep them but I know I won’t get any sun stones back if I get rid of them.

Another drawback is the length of times and amount of supplied things take. I’m only on level 24 and I have the mission to buy the area where the pilots set up camp. But that piece of land is 400,000 coins. I can barely get to 50,000 coins without having to spend them on other things that also cost a lot. And having to wait 10+ hours for something to be done is super annoying.

Im still going to play the game because it’s super addictive but I really wish they would make some improvements.

Update: the new visuals of the game are not that great. They honestly might make me stop playing.

Absolutely love the general game, but every single one of the mini games is trash! The chief’s house uses too many of your needed resources, the boat game is useless, the one game the I actually liked (panda event) makes you start from scratch every time the event reappears. There are goals you can’t complete that stay there forever because the past event is no longer available. Buildings you can’t complete because the event you got them in is gone and not coming back.

Also, don’t like the fact that the only way you can get friends is to add them as friends on Facebook. Created a separate FB account specifically for Tribez. Have reached out to support servers times for assistance with switching my game over and they state there’s an issue that needs to be fixed in an update... 3 updates later and still no fix. Made the new FB account for NOTHING with over 300 friends that I can’t even play with.

Generally love the game... have been playing off and on for at least 5-7 years but lots of issues that need to be worked out to make the experience more enjoyable.

The game is entertaining and quite time consuming so terrific for all the time at home but you should understand at the start that the support is lacking. The menus to choose from are incomplete but you have to go through them to leave a message for an actual person. Then they leave a message that doesn’t solve your problem but leave a menu to choose from A or B neither of which works so the conversation, such that it was, stalls there. Additionally, when there is a glitch with a purchase the go to answer is no refund even if it is a limited, one item purchase and you are charged twice. There is no discussion, no recourse. You are simply informed that it was a non refundable purchase and the “conversation” stalls in a menu that did not resolve the problem. I would like to take this opportunity to say that it is not an actual purchase if no item was received since you can’t make that point in the support conversation. I highly recommend staying away from the in app purchases for this reason. The game could be enhanced with those purchases but it’s not worth the risk, the irritation and the inevitable disappointment.

This game is super fun and addicting. I love the building of tribes and islands. It’s a great free game, I’ve been playing for years, just picked it up again.

They NEED to overhaul the quest systems. They’ve been adding quests continually for years but they’ve not been paying attention to where those quests line up with other quests. I have quests to build watermelon carts on island 2, but I got them 10 levels before they are unlocked. There’s a ton of marble-building quests, but I haven’t unlocked marble yet because I have to work on the rainbow stuff, which is newer. I’ve had a quest for doing long-term sand mining, but I haven’t even gotten the third island yet because I haven’t gotten marble yet! I have a quest to build an observation thing which uses cut marble and sand but again, I haven’t even gotten raw marble yet. All these quests I can’t do are bogging down my quest line and making me frustrated to have to scroll endlessly every time I open the game to find the 1 or 2 quests I actually can do. The quest to upgrade the cheif’s house for the first time is given to you at level 10, and guess what, it takes marble. I’m level 38. This is crazy.

I really enjoy this game. I’m one of those people that finds satisfaction in crossing completed items off my to-do list, so of course this type of game is great for that. Game play is very fair, as opposed to other games of this type where you have limited amounts of energy, etc that has to recharge over time. You can play the game as intended for a long time without spending money, which is a huge item in the plus column for me.

The only issue I have is the way the tasks are organized. Many of the tasks are only available to complete in one location, and others can be completed anywhere, but by having all the tasks in one long list it is nearly impossible to keep track of what to do where the farther you get in the game. There are a few hints in some cases (snow on a building, for example), but it gets to be a real pain. Could location-specific tasks go to the top of the list as you move from place to place? Some other way of grouping them (color coding or something) so it’s much more obvious which location is intended for the task? Just a few thoughts. This issue is really a product of being able to do so much in the game, so thumbs up for that, but I would love to see something done to make that a little easier.

I absolutely LOVE this game but I’d love to be able to move ALL buildings because I want to be able to build my village the way I want to but I have to build around the pilots camp and the circus when I would love to move them to a new location along with the place you get the boxes of time reducers that uses apples and blossoms. I would also love to put up fences but it’s hard to line them up so they look nice and look like it’s all one fence. One last thing the price to expand land is way too high and trying to get the things to build buildings to get building materials like marble and another material seems impossible. If you could make it a little easier to get the buildings for the quests I’d be very happy because I’m getting quests for decorations but I can’t put them anywhere because I don’t have the room.

Love the game! No matter HOW many times I have to start over ! Whether it’s no space on my devise so I have to delete - I ALWAYS find a way to get my Tribez back - better than ever! Each time I find a need & have to start from scratch ( & there’s been several!) I do things a little different each time. I’ve expanded more this time than ever before- & I feel not trying to compete with others helps me stay “calm, cool & collect “ as the saying goes. I seem to do better when I stop worrying about someone else’s game & just take care of my own- at my own pace. ( I constantly have to stop - life gets in the way! But once done, I’m baaaaaaccccckkkkk- with a vengeance! I don’t know how long ago I wrote the above, but I did delete the game a year or more , possibly,ago. I just put TheTribez back in& am starting for the very beginning again. Maybe I’ll make changes in where I put things- anyway, glad to be back !

This game has really been so much fun specially after i joined a clan!!!! I started leveling up faster, playing in races (taking 1st most of the time)!!! Making a ton of new friends from all over the world and making my island grow, grow, grow!!! I've got all the land open on 3 island and working on the others I never run out of things to do because I can always build something and w more land coming open on some islands had made it that much better!! I buy jeweles all the time by choice but I win them every week from the races so you can play for free w no worries and have the same amount of fun!!!! I use mine to speed up things or get extra things. So come enjoy a game that you don't have to spend money on and you can literally spend hours on end playing and never be bored because there's always something to do, grow, build or complete task for more rewards and to find out new things going on or that you'll need it's the total pkg awesome!!!!

This game is an awesome farming game, simple enough to pick up and play, and complex enough to hold your attention. There are many quests to keep you going through an amusing story line, or you can free style, to a point. My only constructive criticism is that, because I am typically driven by checking boxes off a to do list, I wish there was a way to hide some quests I would prefer not to do immediately, and then unhide them when I felt like completing them. Having to hold all the quests in the same view is a bit annoying when I know for a fact there are some quests that will take me weeks before I feel like accomplishing the goals since there are other things I prefer to use my resources for. There are so many different avenues one could pursue, it is hard not to get side tracked into the various activities. Great job on a great game!

I am enjoy the game I am addicted to it. I love when I get something accomplished. My issue is if you have a problem and you report it little to nothing is done. I’ve lost money, jems, things that are shipped to an island don’t show up. The visions are atrocious. I have spent a lot of money on this game and I get stupid responses like it’s my internet which I have 5G so that is never the case. I think you need to fix the glitches before you start adding to the game! And where are the balloons? There are things on the balloons we need to complete and if you don’t send the balloons this can’t be done. One last thing. Competitions are too close together one a week would be better as you don’t have time to recover free m the last one and you are starting a new one. I think is you took them to one a week you could bring back to balloons.

I have played this game since my first IPad 1 and it is really awesome. I do have a question about when you buy a new territory and they take my gems and I never get the territory that I paid for with my gems. This has happened 2 times as of Tuesday and Wednesday. I am a great fan of this game and hope you can tell me how to get my gems back and also spent gems on clean crew but never got that either. I love the new buildings and the fact you can play or join a team; but I have no people in my group and now I cannot join another one! I still have not gotten my gems back and I am so frustrated, I don’t know how to go back and get a screen shot to prove my loss and I still have lost a lot of gold. I have also lost land that I paid for with gems and had to pay for it a second time. HELP