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When it comes to games I love those that are similar to Age of Empires and when I saw an icon of a game on the laptop that I just bought I was compelled to try it. The game's title is "Forge of Empires" which has some similarities with Age of Empires. Also, I was compelled to try it because it indicated on the registration screen that it was exclusive to the manufacturer of the laptop that I just bought. Below is the video gameplay where I based my first impression.

Logging in for the first time

The first time that I logged in, I am greeted with a series of welcome screens (photos below) telling me about building the city of my dream. I am quite interested in this kind of welcome so I read some of the screens.

One of the welcome screens (photo below )is saying about what would I want to be in this game, to be a fighter, or to be a trader. I have been a lot into fighter things playing games so I am thinking of becoming a trader this time around.

The game proper

At first, the photo below is what my city looks like as a start and I am greeted by Ragu Silvertongue that I am starting with a modest city. At this moment it really seems that I am building a city. I like the game's landscape since I am a lover of an urban setting.

A helping hand

Another likable feature of this game is the helpful instruction that tells new players what to do by means of an arrow, which I find very helpful thus helping me to feel the game.

Correcting a mistake

Another helping hand that I found very helpful is that the game will give you an instruction that you deployed a structure in the wrong location, this helps a lot because most of the time new players do not know if he/she has deployed a structure in its correct/optimal location.

Reaching a New Age

About less than a minute into the game I already reached a new "Age" which is the "Bronze Age" with a corresponding reward (two photos below). In the second photo, I can see that I started in the Stone Age, after I built a "Stilt House" I immediately progressed into the "Bronze Age".

Forge Points

The game uses forge points to unlock game features and build structures aside from Diamonds (which can be bought with real money, the currency is in USD).

Story Guide

After the instruction arrow at the start of the game, it is now the turn of the "Story" tab (photo below) that guides a player on what he/she would do next. I love this feature because it helps a player in playing the game going forward, without this feature I may not continue playing even if I love the graphics and narrative of the game. So be sure to always look at the "Story" tab for helpful game tips and updates to the game.

Here's a look at the "Story" tab when clicked...

Castle System

Within the game is a "Castle System" which can be leveled up to a maximum of level 20. Each level has a corresponding reward.

Conquering/Attacking a Province

While playing, I was instructed to perform an attack on a certain province which of course I emerge victorious and later I was instructed to fully conquer a province. Below is a gif image on how an attack looks like.

And below is the first province that was conquered for more than thirty minutes.

How my city looks like after playing for more than thirty minutes

Below is what my city looks like after playing for more than thirty minutes.

Final Thoughts

First of all, I can see that this game mimics the playing style and economy of Clash of Clans by Supercell. If ever you played Clash of Clans before they are very similar. As of the moment of writing this blog I am not feeling that this is a P2E game. Although you can spend real money to make your progress faster, forge points are the free alternative if a player does not want to spend money. This is a game that you can play for years to come. If ever a player wanted to spend real money the payment mode is PayPal and Credit Card.