Travian
The game is friendly looking with nice litte cartoon figures as soldiers that you can bash each others villages with. The site itself is relatively ok even though it might be a bit slow to load sometimes. The translations on the other hand are sub-standard, lots of errors in the interface makes it look almost silly (The original language is German).
The Game
As a web based game it is about ok. There are much better games out there but it can be fun for a few hours. Compared to the old ArchMage it has a huge number of flaws and here are a few of them:
It is time base, you start building something and it will take 40 minutes then you have to start the next building after that. This makes it impossible to compete if you don’t wish to play _all the time_.
You have to pay for extras. If you don’t pay for extra production or defensiv/offensive bonuses you are at a heavy disadvantage.
The tech tree is extremely boring, developing your litte village doesn’t really take it anywhere.
There is a map. You are placed on a global map which makes playing together with actual friends harder. It would be ok if you could choose starting position with your village but you can’t.
Summary
It is not worth it to play this game more then a couple of hours and it is absolutely not worth it to pay anything for this experience.
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