Clash of Clans

                Clash of Clans is a free game that anyone can download onto their phones as long as they have smart phone. This game was released in 2012 and was developed by a game company from Finland called Supercell.

                In Clash of Clans players build a town. You then upgrade the different structures in your town to help defend against attacks. You can also build troops to go attack other players and steal their gold and elixir. The gold and elixir can also be harvested by collectors which can also be upgraded. Gold and elixir are used to upgrade the different buildings in your town. Gold is primarily used for increasing your town’s defenses and for upgrading walls. Elixir is used to build troops and to upgrade them. There is also a third type of resource called dark elixir but it isn’t unlocked until you reach a high enough level. Dark elixir is used to create new types of troops and to build and upgrade heroes.

                Aside from just attacking other players you can also join in a clan with other players. A clan can consist of as many as 50 different players. Members of clans can give each other troops and also talk to each other in a special clan chat. Clans can also face one another in a clan war. A clan was lasts two days. The first day is a preparation day where members can get their towns ready and give each other troops for the war. The next day is when you can actually attack each other. Each member gets to launch two attacks against members of the other teams. Each attack gets judged by how much destruction is caused and given up to three stars.  The team that gets the most amount of stars wins the war.

                Clash of Clans isn’t a completely free game. There is also another resource called gems that you can buy using real world money. Gems are used to speed up every part of the game. They can also be used to buy more of the other resources. Gems can also be collected by completing quests or randomly given out when clearing obstacles. However you don’t really get a lot and the easiest way to get them is by buying them. Many of the newer free games have an aspect of the game that you have to spend real money on. Many people don’t like this because they are all advertised as free games even though you have to spend money to get good at the game. Also in a game like Clash of Clans it can give players an unfair advantage. Many people think that games should be fair and they think that spending money to get an advantage is unfair and shouldn’t be allowed.

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