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The whole age is seedy. 2 dimensional "space age future" fighting with weapons instead of diplomatic espionage. The hamster wheel continues unabated. You can go on autopilot now, collect your ~1400fp/day, level your largest buildings and have even less problems with AI. The acutal human gets bored with the complete lack of variability, problem solving or challenge since the game is designed to be one that a person with a severe headwound can win (so long as they have a Visa). The outcome and realization that the game itself if a Smaug like collection of treasure that is accumulated by a player over a few years you're more or less done - you just sit and click the same buttons hoping that you've spent enough that your place is relatively stable. Over time the repetition and the "march forward" grows your cities to lofty 100+ gbs which provide you the resources that the game designers deigned that you're forced to consume, even though those resources are cheaper the longer you play (or the more of them you buy) - that is the very definition of, "play to win".
In full disclosure, I spent a fortune playing this game because early on, by the hour, it' some of the cheapest forms of entertainment I've ever found. That said; where I spent X in 2019, I spend 30% less in 2020, I spend 8% of what i spent in 2019 and so far in 2022 Inno's got me for a whopping $40. What I used to spend to play this game I now put into fuel on my boat where I don't bother thinking about FOE or any of the hamster wheel pointless "goals" and complete lack of competition or enforcement of cheaters is even feigned to exist. Support global warming. Go burn some gas, catch some fish, get a tan and let Inno continue to run their game into the ground. Once you get to a certain level you can play FOE for less than 20 minutes a week and stay nearly unbeatable. There's no challenge or strategy here.... just a cash grab and a complete lack of new ideas they hope will hang on long enough for a private equity buy out or other successful exit.
In full disclosure, I spent a fortune playing this game because early on, by the hour, it' some of the cheapest forms of entertainment I've ever found. That said; where I spent X in 2019, I spend 30% less in 2020, I spend 8% of what i spent in 2019 and so far in 2022 Inno's got me for a whopping $40. What I used to spend to play this game I now put into fuel on my boat where I don't bother thinking about FOE or any of the hamster wheel pointless "goals" and complete lack of competition or enforcement of cheaters is even feigned to exist. Support global warming. Go burn some gas, catch some fish, get a tan and let Inno continue to run their game into the ground. Once you get to a certain level you can play FOE for less than 20 minutes a week and stay nearly unbeatable. There's no challenge or strategy here.... just a cash grab and a complete lack of new ideas they hope will hang on long enough for a private equity buy out or other successful exit.
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