I really tried to give this game a chance, working it for over a month, with dedicated time to see what it was like, how to advance, and some of the metrics involved. I've been a beta tester and advisor to many different entities in the software realm, for many years, including companies already public or in pursuit thereof, and Ive had my own dealings with the SEC as CEO/CFO.
I concur with the top comment that this game is deserving of ZERO stars, simply due to their agressive and incessant pop-up marketing trying to pry way too much money from players, in order to advance quicker. My method is to not spend a penny, seeing how far I can go before hitting that proverbial brick wall, where those who spend excel, over those who don't, and there's where the deterioration of the game is rooted.
The direct conversations with principals and programmers for online gaming remains the same with respect to my perrspective that all players, regardless of how much money they spend, ought not outpace or make it impossible for those not shelling out their money to still compete on a level playing field. This has brought about the demise of many once popular online games, after that initial flash of success.
It's only a matter of time until Plarium's RAID suffers the same fate, due to a number of factors:
- The damned pop-ups soliciting money from players are NEVERENDING;
- Some of the storyline and interface elements are poorly designed and don't always function properly;
- The graphics are already outdated, players passing through others, sometimes glitchy;
- There are seemingly various contradictions within the game structure, with strange random probabilities and unexpeccted outcomes that are inconsistent;
- The amounts of monetary contributions for items are WAY out of line and unacceptably high for what is gained;
- The story can be difficult to follow or fulfill, until and unless a player forks out a substantial amount of cash;
- If the amount of money each offer requested waas reduced substantially for the higher priced ones, economies of scale by greater use could more than compensate for the price adjustment and attract more active players, which makes for better game play for everyone;
- Did I mention the damned pop-ups that never stop?!?
These are some of what I came up with which will probably have me dumping this game after giving it what I considered a really fair chance. Between the unfair structure favoring only those that pay to play, it decimates and eliminates any player either unwilling or unable to spend that much to win, no matter how dedicated they might be.
In other words, be prepared to spend hundreds of dollars for this outdated and unfair game if you truly want to compete within it, while still dealing with never ending pop-up ads more then a dozen times even through short game play sessions.
The bottom line is, this game isn't worth the time and money required to continue for any length of time, when there are newer games with better graphics, slicker interfaces, without the neverending ads, neverending ads, neverending ads, neverending ads, neverending ads.