Kingdoms at War (KaW) for the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad

Review by A-Squared for SavedGamers

KaW is an Online MMORPG that is only playable by iPod Touch users with wifi access or iPhone users with at least Edge network, if not 3G, or wifi to play. There isn’t a lot of setup as to when or where you are in time and space but basically you’re a medieval king or queen building an empire: which is sweet. Start out by picking your type of kingdom, defense, offensive, or a balance of the two. You then go to your kingdom where you use your cash to explore land around you, strategically build on that land, and upgrade those buildings.

Now enter the MMO part. You battle random people that also have accounts. You can spy on them to see if you can win the battle, to steal money from them, or assassinate some soldiers to better your chances of a battle victory. You can “quest” which gives you gold, sometimes. All of this costs you soldiers and spies which replenish themselves every few minutes. You can hire allies and join a clan that have benefits as far as your spies, your attack power, defenses, and cash bonuses for plundering and battles. This comes about by either chatting in the forums, watching the “world chat” or using friend codes (everyone is given a code unique to them). Like many other MMORPG’s of its kind there is a marketplace where you can buy items (for free, except for your fake money you earn/steal in game) that benefit you in various ways. Also you can purchase, with real life money, nobility points which seem to really not be to your advantage to purchase for the casual KaW player but good for the hard core player.

While this game has good mechanics and is fun to play, we need to caution you because of the fact the game is Massively Multiplayer. When you have thousands of people playing a title, it is impossible to gauge what kind of language or talk content that you might encounter. As with all websites that allow you to interact with others, players can choose what kind of interactions you have with people. You can block certain individuals, and can avoid areas of concern since the forums are not necessary to playing the game.

One other thing to take note of is that while many of the in game items are free, there are “premium” items that you buy with real world money, and this can get a bit dangerous. Overall though, we see very little issue with this title, and can recommend it for play! Happy Kingdom building!