13 people found this review helpful
Not Recommended
44.9 hrs last two weeks / 279.4 hrs on record (39.0 hrs at review time)
Posted: Mar 10 @ 1:15am
Updated: Mar 26 @ 7:41pm

It's literally just a minimalist browser that accesses a webpage. You don't have bookmarks at your fingertips either like on your phone or browser, which makes it all the more the inferior method of play.

The UI flashes each and every time you click an option in the settings because it refreshes the entire page, which immediately scrolls you to the top of the options so you lose your place.

The cutscenes are surrounded by dead space, which is occupied by useless stats and promotional banners the rest of the time.

Microtransactions are 20% more expensive than simply using the non-Steam browser version.

There are no hotkeys, so F5 doesn't work to skip long animations in battle. This isn't a fresh server either, so those folks in Japan who've been playing for 12 years have one more advantage over you.

Third party collab events and units are missing, so a couple of easy power-ups aren't available.

Drop boxes hard lock the browser if I double click them. It's so asinine, and because there's no history or bookmark function, I can't just click back to where I was after relaunching like in a real browser.

All in all, I wouldn't recommend using this version. TL;DR: It's less accessible, more expensive, and you can (and should) play in your browser instead.
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2 Comments
Mar 10 @ 9:07am 
This version is literally built for people who don't wanna go through the hassle of signing up via moonrunes or straight up just think the game isn't playable globally cause there isn't an app or smth. It's not really built for players like you lmao
Mar 10 @ 1:53am 
ok, don't play it here, go to the app. I am an app player myself and, while I can resonate with your complaints, to new players it is so much easier to create an account in steam or, at least, to get to know the game, that it is a win for gbf.

While for us old players this is not very useful, for new ones it is a world of simplicity.

Also, be mindful that this is an attempt to get more players into a kind of game that is prone to get extinct if they do not gather new people.