Ark of War: Aim for the cosmos Reviews

by Vane Gy

Like all the negative reviews I see here. They are all true. This game is for the rich! If you can afford lots of $$$ your can establish yourself and be at a high level to have some fun. If you’re only want to spend a litter $ you will not get anywhere!! This game is very similar to Mobile Strike if anyone ever played that. You can spend hours & hours developing your army but when you get attack by a higher player. All is gone and you have to spend lots of hours just to develop your Army again. Or you can spend lots of $$$ to protect yourself from being attack. Stay away from this game!! Lousy and yes the developers don’t care because I tried contacting them and they are no help at all! I admit I already spend some money but this is my last time. Once the stuff I already paid for is gone. I’m uninstalling this game for sure! I rather play my other game War Robots. That war game you can spend a little or not and still have fun battling. Not like this one where you can’t even establish yourself before even getting to battle!! Stay away people!!

by ZenJones

Players above your level will attack you and you can’t protect your resources enough to upgrade anything. Big guilds will destroy you, deeper wallets will destroy you, and there’s nothing you can do to stop it, except spend more money. I give it one star because I can’t give it negative stars. Supports in app purchases. First package, $5. Then you can’t buy that one again. Then you have to buy the $10 package, and then the $20 package, and from there the price goes to $99. Got deep pockets? Help this developer retire. This game is garbage. Nice interface, lots of stuff to do to keep yourself busy while players higher level than you kill all your troops that cost you excessive resources and time, which you can’t protect because to have enough units to protect yourself, you might as well take the money out of your pocket and set it on fire. Doesn’t matter what level your medbay is, once it reaches capacity, all the rest of your troops are killed. One player with a higher level than you, can wipe out all of your troops in minutes. Your cargo bay is severely undersized. The only way to level up your ship when higher level players are killing you every time you turn around, is to break out your wallet. Seriously. Just light your money on fire. Enjoy the pretty colors, because this isn’t a game, it’s a developer retirement plan. I wish I’d never played it.

by Y1ho

But, once I bought a new phone and transferred all my data it didnt have my account. When i tried to login via game-center, apple , and facebook... it gave me no option to just login to my older account and forced me through the tutorial. I didnt mind this at first. But when i attempted to login to my account by going to the *account* and then to try and login through my apple and other things i thought would save my progress.... it turns out overwritten my account. And turns out it has a super complex way to recover things... instead of you know, just logging into my account, it wants me to send a support ticket with literally everything about my account. And i have a poor memory so half the things i have forgotten by now.

I spent money on this a long time ago, and was willing to get back into the game. But now i couldnt care less to try. Get a simple way to recover my account please. Or a simple “login via” option instead of making me literally tap any part of the screen to skip the tutorial.

Very good game aside from that. Probably wont play again due to loss of progress.

by Deltaxscout

**update** this game needs to be removed from ArkofWar Store and all money spent refund by Apple for allowing a game that is constantly cheats players out of money with false advertising and the worst customer service known to man.

**update** the developers continue to push aside any suggestions for positive change and continue to pander to the top 1% of players. Every app update just adds options for the biggest players to get bigger and stronger and there are no safeguards to prevent a player 10 times your power from destroying you and all you worked on for months.

Yet again the game has an update and yet the developers do not change the number 1 complaint people have in this game the ability to zero a player if all military troops, troops that can take months to build wiped in 1 or 2 hits by the largest of players. The developers also continue to grow and empower the largest players with no ability to curtail them from destroying low level players. It's a shame that a game with so much up side can be made useless and hopeless for anyone that isn't willing to run a credit every time they login.

by Rockets Me

I enjoyed the game for sometime then i wanted to play with my girlfriend. We live together and naturally use the same internet service, IP address. After she joined we invested more time and money in the game. However, randomly a few months later. Developer banned our accounts. For over a few weeks we tried to explain to them we are two different people using same IP address. We sent them our personal information associated with each apple ID and receipt. However customer service continues to recite generic line of no multiple accounts are allowed and system banned the accounts and they can not be unbanned. Months worth of working on the account and building vanished. the game has limited protection shield on and that expired long time since they banned us over a week ago. Our friends in the game told us our accounts were sacked already by other players since we were unable to log in all this time and all work and money we spend building up the accounts is gone. Terrible terrible experience. Waste of time and money with no real customer service on the other end to help.

by NFLjunkeez

This is FREE to play, but PAY TO WIN! It's so off balance that higher level arks can attack you and take everything you've worked to get. If you're like me and very competitive, you'll spend a lot of money to be among the top players. Yes, you can only be a top player if you SPEND your hard earned money, and lots of it! What made me finally walk away from this CHINESE game is the Chinese customer service. I have a key item disappear from my inventory and that prevented me from building an important item, the same item that I spent hundreds of USA dollars to get. When customer support told me that I never had the engine to make it and I had to prove it with screenshots, that floored me. They tell me that nowhere in their logs show I earned any engines. I prove them wrong by showing them that I had another item that required the same engine to build and they change their tune and say I only got that one. These guys are crooks and will do whatever it takes to make you spend thousands of dollars to even survive in this off balanced game. This game is for high spenders only so BUYER BEWARE of the CHINESE GREED and the SPEND TO WIN!!!

by ZTSylvestre

So when I first started playing the game it was great! Because I was having such a good time playing I was spending some money on it in the first few days. Once I had spent about $50 (give or take, I’m estimating) I decided that I probably shouldn’t just be dropping that kind of money on a mobile game and I started just playing for free. Immediately I found myself stuck, unable to make any further progress in the game. I would farm resources but by the time I receive the resources everything I have already accumulated is gone, stolen by stronger players. So I find myself just farming for everyone else constantly. I decided to come check out the other reviews to see if maybe I just didn’t understand the dynamics of the game enough to be successful, but it looks like a lot of people have run into a similar wall when playing for free. It’s disappointing for me because the game has a very strong rewards factor while playing in a lot of different aspects, but I simply can’t justify spending hundreds or thousands of dollars on something that is really just something to keep me occupied while I kill time throughout the day. I think it would be cheaper for me to just start using drugs.

by Not So Anonymouss

I really liked this game a lot but I find myself playing it less and less now because of the addition of the unlimited crystals needed to upgrade. All you can really do is sit around and farm continuously. I sat down and figured out that just to get ONE of the LOWEST upgrades in the advanced battle section, you are looking at $1,757 worth of real money in shadow matter JUST to get to the LOWEST advanced battle tier of T10 (Genesis, Gaia or Death Angel). You MUST have at least this tier to be competitive in the game. They added these crystals AFTER many people had already reached this level so now catching up to those folks is well......pretty much impossible. I have been playing for YEARS and am still pretty far out of reach from the higher tier folks just because of the unlimited (cash-flow) crystals addition. This game will frustrate you to no end and make you mad every time you get hit and can’t do anything about it. You’re better off taking a pass on it and saving yourself a great deal of stress and money. Probably one of the greediest companies on ArkofWar Store.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot to mention, they let people cheat with multiple accounts and boost their resource productivity also. They could stop this simply by disabling resource assistance but it profits them. If you have only one ark, you won’t stand a chance. They are also lazy about updating the game. They have Christmas themes on Easter Sunday.

by Vpsap1

The game is very in depth. Lots going on which is amazing! But here’s the problem. The developers don’t listen. I’ve seen a bunch of reviews well over a year old of people telling them to level the playing field and the developer saying they will forward it to their game dev department to several of those reviews. which clearly they didn’t seeing as over a year has gone by and it’s still happening. It’s unfair when you are a level 8 trying to gather resources and work up only to have a level 12 come and take your resources over, and over, and over. Alllll night and day. While writing this review I’ve gotten 3 notifications I’m being attacked...... where’s the incentive? Spend money? Not gonna happen on my end. I’ll spend money on games I enjoy. You wanna make it enjoyable, make it so only same level players can attack same level players. We can deal with loosing to a same level player. Not some crap when you lose constantly to players 1-9 levels higher than you. You provide a free game so I understand you need to make money somehow. But turning people away isn’t how. Cuz I’m contemplating deleting the game. I’m wasting my time gathering stuff for other people, cuz that’s what I’m doing essentially.

by Some Dude Sir Bro

I have played plenty of base builder games and both free to a more pay to play style. This game runs entirely on making people purchase to grow! As I have seen and will further the point of several others. They refuse to actually balance their game and provide a feasible way to get enough rss let alone troop costs.
Worse yet I purchased a $99 pack and they charged it directly to my Apple wallet somehow without a email receipt. Upon reviewing the results I found a $136 charge instead of the $108 legally it should have been. I have gotten reports from other people in game, that they have stolen about $200 from the previous owner of an account the player had taken over. Directly through the Apple wallet they stated. As they did to mine.
This company should be shut down by the federal trade commission and have a class action law suit against them. As well as Apple should refund all purchases this company has accumulated.
As far as base builders it’s completely imbalanced and the customer service is the worst lying pack of jackals. The fact that they repeatedly say bring things up to their devs in defense of the comments here is further proof of how they handle things in game. They try side stepping issues with no actual effort put forth to fix any issues.

by Cody Carlyle

Let me preface by saying I still do like the game - I really do, but I just can’t do it anymore. This game is surprisingly in-depth with its upgrades, commanders and commander gear, and different map elements.
Starting off is brutal, and if you take the bait and pop your beginner shield to get the resource boosts, then have fun getting attacked every ten hours. You’re essentially constantly losing resources to Chinese/Russian attackers while trying to upgrade your units to survive against the very same players. Even when you finally do get your next upgrade, your attackers are already two upgrades ahead and they have a guild fort already AND they made an alliance with the other guild that’s been attacking you.
I just can’t find the fun in pressing my nose to this grindstone anymore. New players try to ban together to take on these guilds of players that play the game twelve hours out of the day, and they still end up getting farmed. Even if you throw money at the game you’re already too late; you can only really buy speed boosts with your in game currency. Unless you’re shelling out hundreds of dollars, there is no way you’ll reach P2W status.
All in all, it’s a good game, and I really like it and wish I could keep playing it, but I just don’t enjoy having a learning curve as intense as Mia Khalifa’s hips.

by Fischea

Honestly I agree with Cody 100% and also want to add that the game developers created this game so unless you are shelling out hundreds of dollars possibly in the thousands you will not be able to gather the material needed to create decent gear to be able to compete. The game is unfair in every way possible to those who want to play with a small budget.... forget playing if you do not want to spend money you will get no where. Those leaving reviews saying that you can play this without spending money and actually be a contender are probably the developers or associated with them. The event for good gear will have you gather what is needed minus one last piece that is only possible to get by obtaining it from a super equipment chess that is sold for 550 gold for one but it will take you to open over 100 of them to hopefully get that one piece and guess what...... you are only getting that much gold if you dish out over $200 so like I said if you don’t want of have an abundance of money to spend save yourself the time and aggravation and don’t play this game. If the developers were just a little bit more fair this game would be awesome but greed is greed.

by Zaxto

This can be a really fun game...at first. But if you do not intend to spend real money at some point you will realize that it is a waste of time. And if you do intend to spend money it will be a waste also. But of course the choice is yours. When someone attacks you in this game your medical centre only holds a few of the injured and everyone else get lost. You have to rebuild again. Rebuilding means lots of resources, but you are unable to accumulate as mush as you need because as soon as you log off you are under attack and resources (rss) plundered. I feel like some of these attackers are in cahoots with the developers. If you want a steady upgrade with spending then you must purchase a shield which prevents invaders from attacking you. These shields are not cheap. Then they give you a chance to earn a nice powerful commander which they say is free. It’s laughable because the tasks they want you to perform can take so long that if feels like you’re being forced to spend gold for the so called “free” commander. You can skip the task that seems impossible for the time frame, but for thousands of gold. Gold costs real money. Like I said the choice is yours, but sometimes it pays to be informed. There’s no balance in the games. You either spend a lot to get ahead or just be a farming target for those who do spend.

by Airship3

I would be perfectly willing to give this a five star review if they would fix a few things, this game is ruled by money that’s right real money. Second. There is not enough PVP, well there is plenty but it is not even, or fair, you might not know what I am talking about so I will make it clear as possible. You have commanders that can lead so many troops, the more you raise their leadership the more powerful they become, but this takes a lot of money to do and those who spend more are the ones that rule, as it should be, so there is 22 levels, and 12 tiers of troops 12 being the highest, and you get tier 12 until you get to level 22 and that takes thousands of dollars literally. Those who spent that on the game are playing with those who are at level 1-20, they have something called a shield where those players can’t attack you for a certain amount of time, which costs money to buy so if you don’t have enough money to buy some then those big players attack you and take your resources and kill all your troops that took months and money to build.

by Warlock Raccoon

The game is unique but hold many flaws. One of the most prominent of them being the level balance. As it stands now, players can attack anyone of any level, and they will typically always attack lower level players. If you do not have a shield, you'll typically find yourself attacked constantly by people much stronger than you are. Because the servers you're in involve people from all over the world, these raids will continue relentlessly for 24 hours a day.

This wouldn't be so bad if progression wasn't so slow. Upgrades are massive and take a lot of resources. It can take up to two days to upgrade important buildings, if you're committed to it, however because of the level imbalance, you'll typically be persistently starved of resources because the same three people who are double your level keep attacking you. Their higher level and superior commanders will take all your resources with a single attack, resetting all your progress to upgrade a building.

I would not advise playing this game as it stands now. Not because it's bad, but because it is nearly impossible to make progress when all you are is helpless prey for bigger players.

by EMDUBSEE

I agree with some of the other comments I’ve seen here. It is impossible to make any progress because stronger players steal everything you have. There needs to be a limit against who you can attack to make it more level and fair. Like if only level 15 players could attack that same level or higher, it would make the game more evenly balanced. Every time I get up in the morning, there are several notifications on my phone that my ark has been attacked by players that are nearly double my strength and have obviously spent hundreds of dollars on the game.
That is the other downfall. You are forced to spend money to enjoy the game. Even worse is that even if you do spend money, other players can still prey on all your resources and everything you have left is not even close to enough to get back to where you used to be. I like the other aspects of the game such as daily missions and fun guild events but I am going to quit playing because I find myself more frustrated rather than having fun. It’s a shame.
If they ever correct the balance then maybe I will come back. Funny part is, I wouldn’t mind spending money if it actually made a difference and there was more balance between the higher and lower power levels. But the best games are also enjoyable without having to spend money. I’d advise not playing unless you just want to be food for larger players or if you have hundreds of dollars to spend.

by Scout Player

Hey you want to be the best and not have everything stolen from well spend 500 dollars here and you may not get stuck at the back end as a slave gathering stuff for other people. The game is pay to win and it is getting on my nerves. In the game we call them wallet warriors cause they spent so much that they are number one I spent 100 and I'm in the lower their still I'm just done with this crap game all I wanted was to play with friends don't choose this game you can have more fun playing clash of clans or anything else for that matter of fact.
In the game you start small no one notices you but once you hit six you are attacked none stop and if you don't join the main guild on the server you are doomed a fing slave to give resources to people you hate this is not a free game this is how I felt 2016 now in 2018 there have been some changes it's ok people are friendlier maybe thanks to being a American server. Good game now I'm not being attacked 24 7 anymore. Ok game

by Ejs The Doge

This game is really cool, it is well made, good devs, and good graphics.
What I think is really unique about this genre of game is the space ship part, (it’s also not one of those games where you get the game, play for five mins and have to wait 4hours for something to build) the guilds are also VERY active and helpful, if you are building something that takes a while you can request help from your guild and it shortens the time to build it. Why I gave it 4 stars and not 5 is because the only thing I think should be a little better is I think there could be better, cutscenes or storylines, it’s really cool how it looks, and I think it could be a little better with some cool movie scenes or more like cutscenes of cool wars or whatnot. Overall great job guys!!

by Foryst55

I played the game some time ago, and for whatever reason, I stopped. I’m prone to stop and start games frequently. I picked it up again yesterday in a brand new world and joined a great guild, so I spent a few bucks to get the S commander pack and some gold for rolls which garnered another A hero and I was having a great time. Problem was, I had saved the prior game to Facebook and Game Center, so I was unable to bind this game before I blew and loaded the old one.
Customer service was unbelievable. I had a 16 hour conversation with at least one agent and attempted to start fresh on two new worlds so he or she could bind my new account to the one I wanted to play from yesterday.
I really thought it would end with one request and a canned response, but this is the best customer service experience I have had since IOS paid gaming started.
As for the game, very unique battle system using same air beats vehicle, vehicle beats infantry, infantry beats air model, bu5 you set up your commander with 6 positions to counter your attacker/defender. The ark is complex, but similar to a castle builder, only mobile, so porting is not the only relocation option.

by PooriaJ

Ive been playing this games for 5-6 years now. There are lots of games coming out now with the same system but this one is the original one. Those who said this game is a pay to win; either not playing it long enough or they just like an easy game to spend time on. I am a 40 y.o gamer sine Atari console came out. This game is one of the most addictive games ever if you manage to play it long enough. Its full of tricks and needs lots of time to explore and mastering it also there is no specific hint system or advisor to guide you. Despite what some says your progress is strongly depends on how much time and effort you put to this game and how smart you are. Spending money wont helps that much unless you willing to spend CRAZY HUGE , amount of money…..also having a good guild is mandatory. IT IS NOT A “I AM A LONE WOLF” GAME! Do not bother download it if are not a team player.