Idle Inn Tycoon

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Rest your steam-powered horses in the stables of: Idle Inn Tycoon

I am reducing the overall number of screenshots in my blog due to many issues with my connection that are out of my control to fix. As a result, the blogs will be shorter from now on.

Today I bring you back to the past, where steam power was more essential and magic ruled the lands. Here you become a manager of a run-down Inn in the middle of nowhere. The king of the lands thinks you will fail but still wants a cut all the same. The game is simple. You idly make money from every single thing in the game and you have to wait to gain enough money to buy the next upgrade. Clicking on the exclamation will give you all your current goals to complete. Eventually, your Inn becomes 5 stars and you move on. From what I can tell, the money you make at a maxed Inn becomes useless as money does not transfer between Inns.

Each room in the Inn has several upgrades that affect how much income you get a day. All the upgrades use standard gold except for 1 item you can buy with premium currency to get a very small buff to income. These optional items are not really worth the gems. As you progress, some items require having available magic and you must upgrade your mage room to get more before you can continue to upgrade stuff.

Here's a quick example of the missions you can do. You can click on the arrow and the game will take you directly to the item or room you need to upgrade. No need to search for it. Once you clear out all these missions you normally get a very small premium currency reward and you get more missions to do. Each mission helps you gain stars faster.

Be sure to grab your daily rewards from the shop stall icon in the bottom left of the screen.

Another small thing that drains premium currency is the card system. You can obtain these cards by buying them or unlocking them via the daily spin wheel or by completing some tasks. Rarely even video ads will give you a chance to get these.

When you click on the clipboard you can come to this management screen that tells you how far along something is upgraded or not. This screen will give will also tell you how much you pay your workers a day in the third tab. Other The second tab is for landmarks.

Overall:

 3 of 5 cogs.

Overall, this game is a good 'start' but there isn't much going on in it. There are some events that crop up that can give you extra bonuses but you have very little time to complete them.

Story:

 2 of 5 cogs.

This game has a story but I dislike the characters in this game. They are parodies of real-world actors or famous people and bad renditions at that. The personalities are rude and flat.

Amount of ads:

 

 optional only

None, only optional ads to get rewards.

Accurate Advertising?:

💯%

I have not seen any ads for this game so I can only go on what is shown on google play. As far as I can tell there are no click-bait or misleading screenshots.

Graphics:

 3 of 5 cogs.

The graphics are simple polygonal and very rough 3d models. The characters lack depth or originality.  The rest of the assets are non-shaded graphics. Normally I don't have an issue with this style of art but it feels incomplete.

Gameplay:

 3 of 5 cogs.

This game is one that I feel could possibly be completed in less than a month of playing everyday. This game feels so incomplete and doesn't have much going for it. Once you clear an Inn there is no need to ever go back there. 

Free play:

💯%

You can do everything in this game for free and never pay. You don't even need to watch the optional videos to progress any. Overall this game doesn't feel very sustainable for long-term play.

Fun factor:

👶 Far too easy and not much depth.

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Merge Rush Z

 

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Merge those weapons together to stop the zombies in: Merge Rush Z

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Today I bring you a mix of idle and semi-active game. A lot of the time you are waiting to earn enough Z coins to buy a gun. You have a limited space so you must merge the guns as soon as you can. Everytime you unlock a new gun you gain blue gems that can be used to buy power-ups or the last two highest guns from the store. Sadly if seems I lost the store screenshot. You can click on the stop watch to pay gems or watch optional videos to get a 2 times coin boost. From what I can see, the store lists only 50 levels of guns. Once you reach this I am unsure what happens. This game appears to have a possible top end limit to number of levels.

Clicking on the Prize Wheel, will bring up the daily spinner. Here you can get a few power-ups or currencies. You can also watch optional videos to gain even more bonuses.

If you connect your email address to the game you can gain 500 gems and get updates for this game.

Clicking on the calander will bring up this screen. Each day you can collect free premium gems. You can also watch a video to earn double the gems.

Each day you get very simple daily missions that seem to reset every 24 hours. These will also give you free premium gems for the game. Sadly these gems have limited uses.

When you click on fight, you are rushed by zombies. If your basic gun is upgraded enough you don't have to do anything to pass the levels. If you get over-ran with zombies you can hold down the rapid fire button and you will fire many rounds off rapidly until you run out of energy then you have to let go to recharge your energy, or use a power-up to restore it.

Overall:

 4 of 5 cogs.

Overall, this game is just a start. It seems to be complete but it is very stripped down and could use a lot more to it. I would give this game a higher rating if it had more to do and see.

Story:

 3 of 5 cogs.

Fairly standard zombie story. There isn't a direct story but there is a hinting of some as you unlock and save more girls along the way. So far I only found 3 extra girls and I do not know if there are more to find.

Amount of ads:

 optional only

There are only optional videos in this game. No pop-ups to interrupt you except for a small square ad that pops up when you start the game that you can close off.

Accurate Advertising?:

💯%

From what I remember, this game has screen for screen recaps that do not contain any clickbait.

Graphics:

 5 of 5 cogs.

Chibi style art. This game really remind me of a mini-game and possibly has the same character from other Z-girl games

Gameplay:

3 of 5 cogs.

There is not much of a gameplay. Merging the guns and clicking the fire button is the only. Other than that, there is not much you can do in this game that is active.

Free play:

💯%

You can do everything in this game without paying any money at all.

Fun factor:

🧟 Zombie.

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Idle Raids of Dice Heroes

 

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Today we will raid for more resources in: Idle Raids of Dice Heroes

Today I bring you an idle game that uses dice in a kind of D&D game. This game isn't bogged down with all the ads you play on this app. This game does not have an arbitrary energy system and you can play as much as you want. You can only collect 6 hours of offline time and you can watch an optional ad to double your income. 

You start off the game with a basic unit. It isn't the strongest unit there is but it is balanced and had a very low critical win or fail chance. You can click on the raid button to start a raid a little faster if you are actively watching the game but other than leveling up characters, there are no interactive features to this game.

As far as I can tell there is no upper limit to the level you can reach for a character but every 100 levels the unit gains a star and seemingly a multiplayer boost to the amount of gold they can find.

Here we take a quick spin to the options menu by clicking on the gear. The Achievements are hidden behind this menu for some reason and as far as I can tell you do not gain any in-game bonuses for completing them.

Even though this is an endless idle game, there is in fact a finite number of missions you unlock. This acts as a control that directs what you unlock as you play on. In the end, you gain 5 or 6 different quest givers. I feel this is an interesting way to give you visual progress of your adventure.

There is a finite amount of units you can buy. There are 9 per biome and 3 biomes. Each warrior gets a boost depending on the area you are in. Depending on what quest you are working on, you can have all 9 characters on the scene getting you the maximum amount of gold per area. The problem is the initial unlocking of the units is through quests but the last 3 in each group require the premium diamonds to buy. These diamonds are rarely given on login with an ad or from completing quests. The rare warriors give you the highest chance to gain lucky raids and multiply your gold.

Sometimes when you raid, you can collect rare items. You will save these to complete quests but once all of those quests are completed, you can then sell all the items for diamonds. This is by far the best way to farm diamonds for free.

The map of the game offers a finite area with increasing danger. Each area has a chance that raises the rate your raids will fail. You can mitigate that with the upgrades in the next screenshot, but only to a point. Each area of the map has different items you gain for quests.

As you level up units, you can unlock upgrades per playthrough. These give you boosts based on better raids or even opening up slots for more units. You can see all the upgrades you have by clicking on the See all button. 

You can access the shop by the trophy on the bottom of the screen Here you can pay to buy things with real money or you can click on the heroes tab to bring up the next screenshot. This game seems to have very affordable prices on permanent buffs. I do not know why the achievements are not in this tab.

Here is a sample of some of the legendary heroes you can buy with diamonds. The Driade (should be spelled as Dryad,) is one of the best units you can buy with the highest luck. I would recommend buying the Driade and the most expensive ones first. 

Lastly, on the bonus screen, you have an option to prestige. This resets your game to a point. All levels reset to 1 and you keep all the other progress. You have to rehire each hero again but it doesn't take long to get through this game. 

Overall:

 4 of 5 cogs.

Overall this game is a nice time waster. There isn't much in the way of interactivity but there is a lot to unlock as the game plays itself. There isn't much going on that keeps you coming to this game, like events or such.

Story:

  0 of 5 cogs.

There is no story in this game. I feel if this game had some story added to it, it would make this a richer game to play.

Amount of ads:

 

   optional only

This game has only optional ads. This is nice as id doesn't eat your data or bog you down with annoying ads.

Accurate Advertising?:

💯%

I do not recall seeing any video ads for this game but the screenshots in the App store seem to be accurate as well. Certified clickbait free.

Graphics:

 5 of 5 cogs.

The graphics are crisp and simple. The portraits for the heroes are highly detailed and give depth to the game. The rest of the graphics give a clear and concise view of everything and make it easy to navigate the game.

Gameplay:

 3 of 5 cogs.

At this moment, this is an infinite game with a finite goal. You can easily play through and do everything in I estimate a month at max. I don't see anything that will keep you playing beyond that.

Free play:

💯%

Fun factor:

📉 rapid falloff.

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