El Clash of Clans It has all the earmarks of becoming one of those epoch-making games, and not just within the mobile device sector. Its basic mechanics, through which the best essences of the strategy genre, and its cartoony and funny air, are the highlights of the title. Furthermore, the recent arrival at Android it can be the final step towards becoming a true icon for gamers
The arrival of Clash of Clans to the Android platform last week has given us a good opportunity to undertake the analysis of a game that may become one of the largest of its kind. This title has shown in iOS a capacity similar to Angry Birds, Candy Crush o Temple Run to catch the user, but without a doubt it is a game much more complex and rich in possibilities.
Multiplayer strategy, but relaxed
Without a doubt, it is designed to hook lovers of strategy to the style Age of Empires but it is not as absorbing as other similar titles. The Clash of Clans It has many similarities with the Travian, it is inevitably open to multiplayer and we are exposed to attacks by other users, we can make alliances and the games are "a long-distance race".
However, in the Travian You can have a bad afternoon and see how the villages you have been building with utmost dedication for a whole month are devastated. It has its part of grace, we are not going to deny it. However, in the Clash of Clans Attacks can only deprive us of resources but will in no way kill our progress.
What's more, a good attack from another user can give us a lot of knowledge, since we have access to the way he posed the battle and so we can see what were our weakest points and work to reinforce them. In short, facing an experienced user will provide us with great lessons. It is up to us to learn or not from them.
Village growth and resources
The development of our village at a basic level depends on the management that we do of two resources: elixir y gold. Gold is generally used to improve the structural aspects of the game, that is, buildings, weapons, etc. and the elixir for humans (and superhumans): army, spells, etc.
Aggressive or defensive?
Progress in Clash of Clans it will totally depend on your style of play. A aggressive style it implies (if done well) faster growth with the elixir as a basic resource, although it requires an investment in barracks or camps; in addition, we must also focus on improving the town hall and warehouses as soon as possible. The idea is launch online attacks as soon as we have a minimum conscripted army.
It is not necessary to destroy the opponent completely, it is simply necessary to get a acceptable amount of resources and use our troops wisely to lose the minimum number of troops. For example, if there are walls, we must take out archers or balloons. If we see any cracks in the defense, goblins, etc. It is something that we will learn over time.
One more style defensivo is based on the extraction of gold, from which we will be able to create defenses. Obviously, this system requires organizing the village to resist the attacks of other users while seeking, above all, the self-supply of resources, with which, the gold mines and the elixir collectors are going to be very important.
Growth like this is slower, but we must start thinking about expanding the town hall as long as we achieve a good sustained production so as not to remain stagnant.
Types of troops and armies
Build armies and using them based on the enemy's defenses is undoubtedly the most fun part of the game. There is a huge variety of troops, each with specific characteristics, and our intuition to know which one to use or in the development of which to focus will be essential to demonstrate our expertise as players in the Clash of Clans.
Each defensive approach has a different optimal way of being approached, to the point that taking three units Of a type of troop we can easily nullify an apparently well-built defense, yes, this requires talent, imagination and the ability to think as quickly as possible.
Conclusions
Rating Tablet Zona 9,5/10
Ultimately, Clash of Clans it is a round title: fun, addictive, not frustrating, multiplayer, free, with many different strategic possibilities, etc. The only downside we can find is that it is absolutely necessary to have online connection to be able to enjoy it, something that in any case is implicit in the dynamics of this type of game.
For the rest we can only take our hats off to him Clash of Clans that Supercell has released in Android, identical to that of iOS in almost all respects.