Hero spirits are essentially useless since all quests can be completed without them, and once you get past that stage investing is the only way to get much more money.
There is a bug with the Lvl 110 and Lvl 150 power-ups: neither increases the speed of quest completion.
Four and a half stars for an amazing game, with only a few small complaints. It'd be nice to have a few customization options with your hero, like armor color and the name and all that. I'd also like to see it get more expansive. Apparently you can level up forever, but the shop is limited after a certain point so it comes as a bit low on reward. Still, overall an addictive and incredible little bit of meta gaming.
It's a very short idle game, but in this case this feels like an advantage. All the features are unlockable/purchasable in a single day of real time playing. And since some of the content descriptions are humorous, it's interesting to unlock them in order to read more and look at some cool icons.
But ultimate goal, of course, is the overall efficiency increase, and with each item/action it feels like your money/honor producing machine is getting more and more enhanced, since almost each of it gives you a n% boost. The most significant additions to make the essential accumulation part of the game more addicting and satisfying are the investments system and the "Daily Kingdom News" reports. This mechanics keeps player on a constant edge and willing to spend in the game just a few seconds more in order to get giant instant boost or invest gained resources more profitably.
The design of the game, just as its inner mechanics is very nice, polished and minimal. Nothing superfluous, everything feels very businesslike. The jolly music and goofy hero sound effects, in addition to the comic-fantasy descriptions contrasts with this business manager-y style, creating an overall comic and upbeat feel to this game about greedy and lazy hero, who is clearly more concerned with the accumulation of wealth and honor and stock gambling, than in actual adventures (since all the game he stands still, yawning, while all the minions and recruits do his job). The contrast between cold capitalist calculations, involved in money/honor raising business, and seemingly heroic fantasy theme is very ironic and fun, especially at the later stages, when the search for Grail is becoming a mundane daily business, just more profitable than the others.
Overall, this game creates a fun and somewhat cynical experience of being a calculating business-hero machine, which chops off bandits heads at the rate of 1 per 1/10 of a second, petting a dragon for glory, purchasing a province and accumulating unimaginable amounts of money and honor.
This game seems a lot better than the other one, Overlord. That game took way too long to get anything done like taking over the towns and stuff. :(
I kind of like the heroic music and the humor in this one. ^^; This one might be a little too easier though, I already got everything in just a few days. :?
I don't really get the point of these gold collecting games though... It would be kind of nice if there was medals too, but then again, since you can pretty much get everything by doing nothing, more or less, it might be kind of redundant. :p
It's kind of awesome as well as funny though when I get upgrades so high, I can get tons of gold and honor in a matter of seconds. XD
I wish getting money in real life was this easy. :p Then I could even get the money from the video game and use it in real life. ^^; I guess I'm being a total dork right now though. T_T Oh well, whatever. :p
Erm... not sure what else to say. I guess I'll be looking forward to your other games, maybe, or anything else you make. :?
great game im super addicted but i have a question i see something called hero spirits and its at 0 what are the hero spirits?