5 stars: Great game. I love that the game doesn't require you to spend money, but you certainly can if you want to. There are a few things that, at first, seemed like they are behind a pay wall, but devs are nice enough to throw you free gifts pretty regularly. I feel like it's a really healthy balance of real world currency and in game earned items. You can really choose how you want to play.
4 stars: Starting to enjoy playing again since the anniversary event is over. It was too much visually. They've added more rewards which makes it more enjoyable for non paying players. I just wish we could change the email registered with the account. My account was given to me 2 years ago. I'd like to have it registered to my personal email. So choose your main email carefully.
4 stars: Fun game at first. Lots of detail and fun to build up your city. But after playing for three months, I'm getting tired of being attacked out of nowhere and having to rebuild again only to get get attacked again and again by people who are way more powerful. I would leave the game for 15 minutes and come back only to have my city on fire and my soldiers all dead. You can only use the peace shields for so long.
3 stars: This game is not really at all what is advertised. I've been playing for 4 days now, my castle is level 10 and there has been no irrigation/terraforming aspect whatsoever, nor do you even play as a single character and build up an island. It's not a bad game, but it's very diff...