Hardcore Droid
  • Home
  • Spotlight
  • Reviews
    • Action
    • Strategy
    • RPGs
  • Most Hardcore
    • Devices
    • Gifts
    • Gadgets
  • About Us
  • Pinball Legends game cover
    Pinball Legends Review
  • Cat Snack Bar Banner
    Cat Snack Bar Review
  • best-betting-apps
    How Have The Best Betting Apps Evolved in 2023?
  • Best-Offline-Android-RPGs-00
    Best Offline Android RPGs
  • Android-Transformed
    Android Has Transformed the Mobile Landscape
  • Scary Hospital 2 zombie nurse
    Scary Hospital 2 Horror Escape Launches on Google Play
  • DevilutionX
    DevilutionX: Play Diablo I on Android
  • Sands of Salzaar 00 title
    Sands of Salzaar for Android Review
  • best-offline-android-strategy
    Best Offline Strategy Games for Android
  • NBA All-World featured banner
    NBA All-World Review
  • Mighty DOOM Official Poster Screenshot
    Mighty Doom Opens for Pre-Registration
  • Magic vs. Metal Title image
    Magic vs. Metal Review
  • SAO VS feature image
    Sword Art Online Variant Showdown Review
  • Tiny Auto Shop 2: Car Mechanic Title
    Tiny Auto Shop 2: Car Mechanic Out Now
  • Idle Pocket Planet Official Title Artwork
    Idle Pocket Planet Review
Hardcore Droid
Hardcore Droid
  • Home
  • News
    • News
    • Spotlight
    • Interviews
    • Consoles
  • Reviews
    • Action
    • Adventure
    • Strategy
    • RPG
    • MMOs
    • Racing
    • Indie
    • Hardware
  • Best Of
    • Top 10 Games
    • Best RPGs
    • Best Action
    • Best Puzzlers
    • Best Strategy
    • Best Indie Strat
    • Best Indie RPGs
    • Most Hardcore
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Game Jobs
    • Archives
    • Attributions
    • Opportunities
  • RPG
  • Strategy

Warship Legend: Idle RPG Review

  • October 31, 2019
  • Peter Primini
Warship Legend Idle RPG
Spread the love

Anyone can be an Admiral, for a price

Every game has good points and bad points. It’s a fact of life that nothing is perfect and there will always be clouds in the sky. Thankfully many games succeed in covering their weaknesses with strengths. Warship Legend is not one of these games. And the most disappointing fact about this is that it very nearly is. There is much to like about it. Unfortunately, much like the food in TV advertisements, the facade of quality is only there to loosen your purse strings. 

My Kingdom for a Ship

First the good. Warship Legend looks great for a mobile game. You take command of a small fleet of real-world warships ranging from submarines to aircraft carriers. The detail on the ship models is quite extensive. To the point where you can not only tell one ship class from another but even different variations of the same class. All the models seem to be accurate to their real-world counterparts as well. Combine that with an intuitive UI and decent effects and you get an excellent visual experience. 

Warship Legend Battle

The gameplay too, while lacking in more in-depth control, does have a certain level of strategy to it. Placement of ships in your formation, as well as the types of ships included, do have a measurable effect on battles. For example, ships in the front line are attacked first so you probably don’t want to put your low defense support cruiser out front. You can also build formations with specific types of ships to get bonuses to your overall stats. It would be nice to be able to target specific enemy ships rather than relying on auto-attack, so as to take full advantage of the bonus certain ships have against other types, but one black mark doesn’t ruin the experience.  Unfortunately, this is about where the good points end.    

The Idle Myth

Warship Legend is an “Idle Game” meaning that you accrue items and resources even while you’re not actively playing. The more you advance through the story the more resources you gain per second and the better the items you find. A good idea in theory but the developers have placed a number of restrictions that limit its effectiveness to free to play users. There’s a hard cap on the number of resources you can collect before you stop doing so. That limit increases with your level to a degree but the only way to get a drastic increase is by paying. Similarly, if you pay to become a VIP you get more resources over time. Starting with 10% more at VIP 1 up to 300% more at VIP 10. 

Warship Legend Idle Screen

The real limiting factor here is Cash, the primary in-game resource. There are a number of other resources in the game that are used for specific actions but Cash is used for everything. So pretty soon you start running out of Cash to upgrade ships and modules and have to decide if you want to level up your carrier from 79 to 80 or upgrade a single piece of equipment. This isn’t so bad at low levels as the amount of Cash you have versus the cost of actions is pretty favorable. But at high levels? Well, good luck getting the cash you need to raise that new ship from level 1 to 80. As battles get harder and upgrades get more expensive you’re likely to find yourself stagnating fairly quickly. While at the start you were advancing to new areas every few minutes now you spend several days just trying to gather the resources to advance one stage.

Warship Legend Fleet

To Davey Jones’ Locker with You

The ultimate disappointment of Warship Legend is that it very nearly delivers a lasting worthwhile product. The visuals are on point, the variety of ships and their abilities are extensive. Both landlubbers and Seamen alike are likely to enjoy looking at and experiencing this game. But only at first. The monetization of resource gathering and the acquiring of better ships means that trying to play the game for free quickly becomes frustrating and tedious. This design is intentional of course. Capture players with a fast-paced engaging experience and then charge them to maintain that experience. And that’s not even mentioning the thematically unrelated roulette-style mini-game that is most definitely rigged to favor big spenders. All in all, there is too much wrong with the way Warship Legend nickels and dimes its players for it to get a recommendation. Despite some strong qualities, ultimately this ship sinks.

 

 

Is it Hardcore?
2

Falls well short.

Warship Legend is a good looking game that falls on its face after its early game stages. Aggressive monetization and glacial free-to-play progression mar an otherwise decent title.

Related Topics
  • Android Role-Playing Games
Peter Primini

Peter is a has-been pilot turned game designer and an avid fan of fantasy and sci-fi writing. He spends most of his time either gaming, writing or turning the pillow over to the cool side. Hopes to one day create the "perfect flight sim" of his childhood dreams. Sometimes, he dreams about cheese.

Previous Article
  • Rewind
  • RPG
  • Spotlight

QuestLord Review

  • October 31, 2019
  • Meg Stivison
View Post
Next Article
  • Rewind
  • RPG

Crystal Story II: War of the Shattered Sky Review

  • October 31, 2019
  • Amanda Lynn
View Post
You May Also Like
Pinball Legends game cover
View Post
  • Indie
  • Miscellaneous
  • Reviews
  • RPG

Pinball Legends Review

  • Trevor Wells
  • March 20, 2023
Cat Snack Bar Banner
View Post
  • Reviews
  • Simulation

Cat Snack Bar Review

  • Mayra Reynoso
  • March 20, 2023
Sands of Salzaar 00 title
View Post
  • RPG
  • Strategy

Sands of Salzaar for Android Review

  • Daniel DeAngelo
  • March 6, 2023
Magic vs. Metal Title image
View Post
  • Action
  • Reviews
  • RPG

Magic vs. Metal Review

  • Dave Weber
  • March 1, 2023
Idle Pocket Planet Official Title Artwork
View Post
  • Free Games
  • Miscellaneous
  • Reviews
  • Simulation

Idle Pocket Planet Review

  • Michael Licon
  • February 23, 2023
CyberStep Gnome Arena Official Screenshot
View Post
  • Hardware
  • News
  • RPG

Gnome Arena RPG Announced by CyberStep

  • James Bell
  • February 22, 2023
Mayanagari Official Title Card
View Post
  • Action
  • News
  • Simulation

GTA-inspired, Mayanagari, Available for Pre-Registration

  • James Bell
  • February 21, 2023
Frozen City title
View Post
  • Strategy

Frozen City Review

  • Daniel DeAngelo
  • February 20, 2023
The Latest
  • Pinball Legends Review
  • Cat Snack Bar Review
  • How Have The Best Betting Apps Evolved in 2023?
  • Best Offline Android RPGs
  • Android Has Transformed the Mobile Landscape
  • Scary Hospital 2 Horror Escape Launches on Google Play
  • DevilutionX: Play Diablo I on Android
  • Sands of Salzaar for Android Review
  • Best Offline Strategy Games for Android
  • NBA All-World Review
Meta
  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
Hardcore Droid
  • Reviews
  • Spotlight
  • Hardcore
Core Gaming on the Android OS

Input your search keywords and press Enter.