Absolutely love the art direction, characters, and all the game modes. Unfortunately, if you want to play competitively, kiss your money goodbye. There’s enough to do that you don’t necessarily need to do the competitive game modes, but even pve can get annoying when units hit their level cap. Unless you’re willing to make slow progress and be patient, you’re gonna have to spend money. But for the story and tower modes, I never felt trapped. Building is actually very simple, and I like that.
Another issue is that there’s not one but two super good and super rare typings, demonic and dragon. Having just one would be annoying already, but having two op typings that are hard to get is another glaring issue. You can buy copies of these and other units in the in game shops with the in game currency, but it takes a long time.
I know many people don’t talk about the story in these games, but I also love the stories. Unfortunately, in the actual story mode, cutscenes are sometimes so spread apart that it feels like the developers were padding out time, which is a shame since this concept has so much potential and the characters have so much personality.
Honesty, if you’re willing to spend a butt-ton of money or be patient, I’d say give it a chance despite its rough exterior. It’s super fun if you can look past the issues!