3 stars: Awfully, excessively, extraordinarily pay to win. If you are not prepared to spend a couple grand, save your time and play something else. Yes, you can do Free to Play...but you will never make top 10 percent. Cosmetics can give boosts, but will cost you on average 200 usd. The game is well put together, and fun...but expensive. I still play, I know firsthand. The greed is real.
4 stars: Excellent quality building strategy game. Top of it's kind. Great graphics and sound. I would like there to be some sort of heroes quests to acquire items, perhaps dragon quests as well. Occasionally there is trouble clicking the area required during the tutorial quests.
5 stars: This is an interesting, (and adictive), game very similar to other games I've played of this nature. Learning it takes a while because there's no really good instructions for some things. Also, like all games, there are certain things that are really usefull that can only be obtained by buying them. Beware; however, make sure you have protected yourself against losing your \
3 stars: Not bad to play, but definitely a pay to win game. Do not expect to compete with super spenders as they have latest tech, skins and heroes while it will take you a couple of years to achieve same level. Anything worth having is readily available if you are willing to spend tens of thousands of pounds!! Otherwise you are basically just a farm for super spenders.
4 stars: Rise of Empires, so far (maybe an hour in) ...