Review for Clash of Clans

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I’ve broken down the overall review focusing on a few key factors - Gameplay, Graphics, In-game purchases and Customer Support, while discussing the overall gaming experience. More detailed ratings are available at the end of each segment.

Storyline
Although I named this segment storyline, there isn’t much story in this game. As the name implies, Clash of Clans is a game where you have to fight battles against other players, join clans and fight clan wars with your clan mates. It’s basically never ending in the multiplayer mode. But there is also a single player mode where you have to fight the ‘Goblins’. There are 150 missions in the single player mode and you can play each mission as many times as you want. However, whether you want to play single player or multiplayer, Clash of Clans require an uninterrupted internet connection.

Gameplay
First of all, the most important factor is gameplay. Clash of Clans is not the first of its kind and I mean to say that there have many Empire building games before and there are many empire building games currently available.

What makes Clash of Clans different from other Empire Building strategy game is that it offers you both Single Player and Multiplayer mode. While most other games are highly focused on multiplayer battles, Clash of Clans allows you to play a single player mode without fighting any multiplayer battles.

Basically, it’s like any other Empire Building game. You have to create buildings like Archer Towers, Cannons, Barracks, Mortars and upgrade them. Upgrades require ‘gold coins’ and ‘elixirs’ both of which are in-game currencies and can be achieved while playing the game, but we’ll discuss this on the next segment.

Attacking is similar both in single player and multiplayer mode. You have to create an army in Barracks and attack your opponent by strategically deploying troops in their base. Your main goal would be to destroy their base and get as much loot as you can. ‘Loot’ is referred to the in-game currencies.

Defense is required in multiplayer mode where other players can attack you if they want, just like you can attack them. However, you don’t have the ability to attack a targeted player. While attacking and getting attacked, opponents are chosen on an algorithmic basis. While you’re being attacked, you cannot access the game, which is usually around 3 minutes for each attack. When defending, you’re defensive buildings like Cannons, Archer Towers, Mortars will try to defend your village. You have no control on this.

Troops that you can train in Barracks are used to attack other players. There is a large variety of troops available starting from barbarians, Archers, Giants to higher level troops like Dragons, P.E.KK.A., Hog Rider, Lava Hound as you level up.

The entire gameplay is very nice. Although the interface is very simple and easy to get used to, the large variety of troops and buildings may confuse you at first. But you’ll get used to the whole thing in a few days.