So Clash of Clans does some things that I like, but also a lot of stuff that I hate. I don't play it any more and it has been long, long deleted from my phone. But I downloaded this game on a whim the other day and have been addicted since --
Tiny Realms basically fixes all of the issues I have with Clash, and it's a fantastic take on it. Basically three
fundamental things make it instantly better than Clash:
1. You can keep your fucking troops after deploying them. This makes a WORLD of a difference. I wanted to love Star Wars Commander because I love Star Wars, but I couldn't, because you can't keep your troops after battle. Silly, but there's no freaking reason to not allow it other than greed.
2. You can actually control and guide your troops during battles, drawing paths that you want them to take or simple tapping the group (called a Warband) you want to move and then tapping where you want them to go or attack. It works well and you don't have mindless AI chopping away at a wall while a turret sits there and chews through them.
3. There's three factions, and you're constantly battling over land via the in-game map (that first reminded me of a condensed Westeros or Middle-Earth due to how detailed it was), full of different points to hold that affects your faction (hold a hex for +5% faster gold accumulation, for example). It gives an awesome (in my opinion) PURPOSE to the game.
...So I've been really enjoying it guilt-free because it just does so many things right as a free-to-play game, which is very very rare these days. As if you need any more convincing, Pocket Gamer gave it a 9/10.
http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPhone/Tiny+Realms/review.asp?c=62105
I joined the Dwarves and I play under the name "Jango Petrol".
