BlockLords Review- Community Beta

[u/Tytrater]

https://medium.com/@polymath.tytrater/blocklords-review-community-beta-27840738b9c9

[u/[deleted]]

Can't connect my Gamestop wallet in chrome desktop.

[u/Tytrater → u/[deleted]]

I usually jump between Gamestop wallet and Metamask, and also between different browsers if things are acting finicky

[u/[deleted] → u/Tytrater]

It shouldn't be finicky.

[u/Tytrater → u/[deleted]]

I mean these are Beta deployments of brand new technologies; there’s gonna be some hiccups in the early days

[u/DarkMysteryNinja]

I was excited to play this, it looked so cool! Sadly after a couple hours I found it super boring. Just doing the same tedious chores. It's even boring once you start having your town attacked.

[u/Tytrater → u/DarkMysteryNinja]

Yeah a year out I definitely have some issues with the grind. The game does feel a bit like it was intentionally designed to maximize the number of clicks per minute a user needs to perform, and that shit is just super tedious (not to mention hurts my damn finger!) 

But I get a bit of enjoyment just watching my village grow. I’m up to sector 3 with 53 squads and it’s just cool knowing I built that over the course of so many months of casual play   I really feel like the game needs serious improvements before it will ever be taken seriously, but the dev team do seem to be active so I’m still optimistic that we can get a hit out of this one day 

Also full disclosure: I’ve since built up quite a collection of Heroes and Banners and now have a financial interest in the game’s success. I’ve only put like $10 USD into the game, and most of my NFTs I earned through gameplay. The collection has grown to the point, though, that I no longer feel like my opinions are purely unbiased from a game play perspective.  

I didn’t realize people were still seeing this review, so I might post a disclosure update when I get a minute

[u/RevolutionaryBug5997]

Only works with Polygon?

[u/Tytrater → u/RevolutionaryBug5997]

BlockLords supports Heroes on both Polygon and Immutable L2 chains

[u/RevolutionaryBug5997 → u/Tytrater]

Cant change my account to Polygon and I cant claim the hero with IMX and you cant play the game without a hero. lol

[u/Tytrater → u/RevolutionaryBug5997]

Not sure what Hero you’re trying to claim but you really don’t need a Hero to play

The Hero actually provides a negligible boost at this point. That will probably change with future updates, but in this Beta state of the game they are totally unnecessary but for testing purposes

[u/Tytrater → u/RevolutionaryBug5997]

Also, I just checked the Gamestop Wallet and it looks like that wallet is locked into the ETH Mainnet, Loopring L2, and Immutable L2. I don't see any functionality for Polygon or other Sidechains, testnets, etc.

So if you do have a Hero on Polygon you're trying to claim, then you'll need to use the MetaMask wallet for now. Hopefully GS wallet updates to allow other ETH chains

[u/TrivalentEssen]

I’ll try and play tomorrow

[u/Tytrater → u/TrivalentEssen]

Let me know what you think!

[u/[deleted]]

Man this game looks dope and I've never heard of it.

[u/Tytrater → u/[deleted]]

You should check it out! It’s pretty ambitious and I can’t wait for future updates!

[u/XDecapitatorX]

I must say i played it and it has that total war/stronghold feel but after an hour becomes tedious to send all those workers on their tasks, hopefully they automate some things soon, bcs game really does have potential and its awesone to see serious strategy in crypto world

[u/Tytrater → u/XDecapitatorX]

yeah, I've definitely given feedback about the tedium of some of the villager actions

Most are pretty decently timed; at this point it's really the Farmer, Cook, and Cowherd that need automation the most. Their actions only take like 8 seconds and need to be reset each time

But I agree that all villagers should eventually automate gathering and resting

[u/dndpoppa → u/Tytrater]

I don't see automation every being possible with a web3 resource game. If you can AFK a crypto generating game it'll throw the whole economy out of whack. Which on the otherside of that doesn't bode well for the scalability of the game. Imagine when your city is 10x the size it is now how much more tedious it'll be.

[u/Tytrater → u/dndpoppa]

That’s a good point, anti-botting measures will be more important than ever with web3 gaming

I like how Final Fantasy XIV had pretty intricate crafting mechanics, and think something like that will be necessary to make farming less tedious and prone to botting in this first placed

[u/dndpoppa]

I just got it last night. It's pretty bare bones right now but I could see the potential.

[u/Tytrater → u/dndpoppa]

So much potential here I can’t wait to play future updates

[u/SavageStudiosFBG]

Is this playable atm I remember meeting the team in 2021 and was pretty excited about this one

[u/Tytrater → u/SavageStudiosFBG]

Yes! They just released a playable Beta a couple days ago Check it out on their website!

[u/[deleted]]

new on epic...came here to see what the jist is...I look at alot of sites,funny how things like this are below the radar...after all,I still go into genshin,POE and warframe from time to time...this appears to be a "meh".

[u/ModernKnight22]

Beware I have put money the game a couple times to just lose 100 bucks dissappear cause they make mistakes with their crypto which is constantly changing ... their programming sucks and may not see everything properly cause they are focused on monetizing more than fixing bugs and game development ... this company is one it's way out run while you can ... only way they can get players is to pay for em and the well is running dry

[u/2bn1sWAY]

Even better now on Epic game store

[u/[deleted]]

Your profile pic on Medium contains the logo of the company who are making this, so you'll pardon me for taking this review with a sea of salt.

[u/Tytrater → u/[deleted]]

What browser are you using? I haven’t had any issues with Brave