4756 trophies: I've been playing for almost a year now!
Game is always evolving, and I have not spent a dime on it: just need to be patient and be in a good donating clan!
Castle Crush is a real-time battle card game. I'm loving it so far!
Deck strategies are varied, card design is intelligent, and the chest system works well. It is balanced enough that different types of decks could work well - rush decks, mid-level decks, and end-game decks.
Can't wait to see where the game is headed.
The concept of the game is good and, in the beginning, the balance is good. The big problem is that the balance on some of the higher/newer cards is WAY off (a skeleton king that comes with 3 skeletons in each lane was bad enough but the one that turns EVERY creature on the board into a skeleton is so broken it's not even funny). If they fix the balance, this could be a great game.
This game is fantastic and addictive. On the other hand, of course everyone is correct that you'll go on long losing streaks due to the "algorithm" that decides when you need to get beaten a few times. And there's the suspicion. It never takes very long to get a game started with someone in a part of the world where most people are asleep. And then elsewhere, etc etc - are these really people, or are they bots? The game is riddled with bots.
The thing that makes the game desrve a really low rating is not the algorithm nor the bots, it's the "taunt" characters that stand-in for inter-player communication. What these do is prove that the average player is a real jerk, who feel the need to taunt whenever they've won. OMG that stupid jester. And while you CAN mute your opponent, you can't "permamute" the taunt characters. The developers, I can see, are real jerks themselves, apparently thinking it's funny to taunt and tease an opponent, behaviour encouraged by the fact that it can't really be avoided in this game and the taunts are handed out as rewards to players who spend a lot of money to do well on one of the tournaments.
So, my advice to the average gamer, it's a cool game but the community are like weaselly anonymous little smack-talkers hiding behind their mommies' skirts, and they are probably just little robots too.
As others have said, this game is a huge scam. Their algorithm is seriously messed up and will regularly force you on these ridiculously long losing streak, which will magically end the second you spend gems (which, of course, cost real money to buy).
It is disgusting. The game has nothing to do with skill or even luck. It is completely fixed and anyone who spends money on it is a ****. It is too bad because the game could be fun and could make good money by being honest.
Don't waste your time or money on this garbage.